THE IMPROVEMENT OF ENGLISH VOCABULARY READABILITY AND REMEMBERING THE MEANING WITH PRACTICE WORKSHEETS FOR STUDENTS AT SRIPATUM UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to compare English vocabulary readability for students before and after using practice worksheets, to compare English vocabulary readability after using practice worksheets with the criteria of 60 percent, to compare the ability to remember English vocabulary meanings for students before and after using practice worksheets and to compare the ability to remember English vocabulary meanings after using practice worksheets with the criteria of 60 percent. The samples were 14 students in the subject of ENG 222: English Language Skills who had the problems of English vocabulary reading and remembering the meanings. The research instruments were: the lesson plans, practice worksheets of one-syllable vocabularies, two-syllable vocabularies and three or more syllable vocabularies. Also there were pretests and posttests of English vocabulary reading and remembering the meanings. The data were statistically analyzed by percentage, mean and standard deviation.

The results of this research revealed that: 1. Students’ readability before using practice worksheets was 17.64 percent and was 66.29 percent after using practice worksheets. In addition, students’ ability in remembering English vocabulary meanings before using practice worksheets was 8.14 and was 75.29 percent after using practice worksheets. 2. Students of 71.43 percent had the ability to read English vocabulary and remember the meanings by passing the criteria of 60 percent. However, students of 28.57 percent were improved without passing the criteria of 60 percent.