Effectiveness of Teaching Vocabulary and Use Of Flashcards to the Performance of the Grade 6 Pupils In English

AUTHOR(S)

BRENJA L. TIBON

ABSTRACT

— This study aimed to determine the Effectiveness of Teaching Vocabulary and Use of Flash Cards to the performance of Grade 6 pupils in English. The findings of the study served as a basis of a proposed Intervention plan. This study used the Quasi- Experimental method of research to determine the significant difference of the aforementioned variables. The researcher utilized Universal Sampling in identifying the respondents of the study. The test of difference between the scores in the pre-test and post-test of Grade 6 pupils in English before and after the integration of teaching vocabulary and using flashcards in teaching English. It shows that the Grade 6 pupils performance in English particularly in the pre-test is fair and the post-test result is very good. Based from the pre-test and post-test performance of the Grade 6 pupils after the integration of teaching vocabulary and using flashcards in teaching English. The level of significance after applying the specific statistical tool that was the bases whether the hypothesis will be rejected. The hypothesis which states that there is no significant difference between the pre-test and post-test performance of the Grade 6 pupils in English before and after the integration of teaching vocabulary and using flashcards in teaching English is rejected. The test of difference of the pre-test and post-test performance in English of the Grade 6 pupils after the integration in teaching vocabulary and using flashcards in teaching English implied that Grade 6 pupils are already exposed to the different vocabulary, still this does not giving the assurance that they know all the words or vocabulary, they still need more vocabulary words by reading more English books in school or at home. Integrating the teaching vocabulary and using flashcards in teaching English is the major reason why their level of performance increases. In other words, if the teacher will continue exposing learners to vocabulary words and with daily routine in reading books, everything is possible. Furthermore, the results on the performances of Grade 6 pupils are excellent because they can now participate with the discussions after exposing to different vocabulary. Keywords — Effectiveness, Teaching Vocabulary, Flash Cards, Grade 6 Pupils, English