Linking Handmade Vocabulary Media to for Enhanced Learning Outcomes

Abstract

A handmade learning media is always practical and fruitful for promoting the primary students’ learning skills who are studying in various remote areas throughout Thailand. As it was made from simple available materials and included the students’ characteristics and school stories. Therefore, three objectives of this research study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of handmade learning media for promoting the students’ English vocabulary skills, the students’ achievement and the students’ satisfaction from using handmade learning material for enhancing the grade 6^th students’ English vocabulary skills at Ban Thung Sabaijai Border Patrol Police School. The samples were ten of grade 6^th students:- eight boys and two girls. The research instruments were pre-tests and post-tests and a satisfaction questionnaire. The data was collected and analyzed by using percentage value, average, standard deviations and t-test. The results revealed that the handmade learning media for improving the students’ English vocabulary skills was high effective, as evidenced by higher scores from the post-test than the pre-test and students are satisfied with using handmade learning materials to develop English vocabulary skills. Furthermore, the students’ school stories and characters were included in a way of constructed handmade learning materials leading them learn more and remember more the vocabulary items.