THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHINESE PHONETIC ALPHABETS PRONUNCIATION ACHIEVEMENT BY USING GAME-BASED LEARNING OF GRADE 7 STUDENTS

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the achievement, Chinese phonetic alphabets pronunciation using a game-based learning of grade 7 students. The samples included thirty-one students in the first semester of 2023 academic year at Demonstration School of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University. The duration of the teaching period were eighteen hours. Using the purposive sampling method and a one-group pretest-posttest design. The instruments used in the research Chinese Phonetic Alphabets Pronunciation includes: 1) the four learning activities about pronunciation of consonants, vowel pronunciation, tonal pronunciation and tonal, and inflection Pronunciation of consonant combinations vowels and tones, and 2) the Chinese phonetic alphabets pronunciation test. The data were analyzed using a t-test for the dependent samples and a t-test for one sample. The research finding revealed which considered individually, it was found that all student's score increased. This shows that students who practice pronouncing Chinese phonetic alphabets characters using a game-based learning management model have a higher ability to pronounce correctly and clearly.