THE DEVELOPMENT OF WRITING SKILL IN UNCOMMON FINAL CONSONANT WORDS USING GAMES WITH LETTER BLENDING EXERCISES FOR GRADE 3 STUDENTS

Abstract

            This pre-experimental research aimed to 1) Develop learning activities using games with letter blending exercises to meet the efficiency criterion 80/80, 2) Compare students’ writing ability in uncommon final consonant words before and after learning through developed learning activities, and 3) Study the effectiveness index of students’ writing ability in uncommon final consonant words.Target group consisted of 10 grade 3 students of Nongkrungtaobuengrueyai school, Khonkaen province, determined by purposive sampling. Research instruments were 1) Instruction plans, 2) The letter blending exercises of an uncommon final consonant sound, and 3) Test to write the uncommon final consonant words. Analytical statics were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Wilcoxon Singed Rank Test. Results were revealed as follows: 1. The efficiency of the learning activities using games with letter blending exercises in spell the uncommon final consonant words of N, D and B protocols for grade 3 students was 82.83/89.33. 2. Ability to write and spell words that do not match the standard spelling after studying higher than before studying statistically significant at the .05 level. 3. The index of effectiveness in writing and spelling words that do not match the spelling standard of grade 3 students by organizing educational game activities together with letter blending exercises progress in learning is 80.14%.