The Effect of Learning Activity Management Using Moral Tales to Enhance Vocabulary Recognition and Speaking Skills of Kindergarten 3 Students at Pannee Kindergarten, Mueang District, Chiang Rai Province
Abstract:
The objectives of this study were to investigate English vocabulary recognition skills using moral tales, to study English speaking skills using moral tales, and to study parents satisfaction towards the effect of implementing moral tales. The population of this study was 60 kindergarten 3 students in the second semester, academic year 2019 at Pannee Kindergarten, Mueang District, Chiang Rai Province. The population was divided into 20 students from room A, B, C. (20 students per room). The sample of this study was 20 kindergarten 3 students from room C. The sample was selected based on a purposive random sampling. The research instrument was 5 moral tales, comprising 1) Nudee likes to eat vegetables, 2), I want to be..., 3) Lets eat fruits, 4) How do you like to travel? , and 5 Shapes of land as well as vocabulary recognition test with 20 items and speaking skill test with 20 items, and parent satisfaction with the developed moral tales with 10 items. The results of this study indicated as follows: 1) Overall efficiency of all five moral tales was 95.70/92.25. 2) A mean posttest score for vocabulary recognition using moral tales for kindergarten 3 students was higher than a mean pretest score with a statistical significance level of .01. 3) A mean posttest score for Enhance speaking using moral tales for kindergarten 3 students was higher than a mean pretest score with a statistical significance level of .01. 4) Overall satisfaction of parents with the developed moral tales was at a very high level (93.00%) and a fair level (7.00%).