Creating the Dino Phonics Innovative English Pronunciation Kit to Develop Efl Students’ English Pronunciation Skills

Abstract

The innovative English pronunciation kit is the tool to help the learners practice the English pronunciation correctly following the phonic principles. The objectives of this research were 1) to create the Dino Phonics innovative English pronunciation kit to be effective following the criteria of 80/80 and 2) to study the satisfaction with the Dino Phonics innovative English pronunciation kit of the students in Prathom 1. The sample group used in this research consisted of 42 students in Prathom 1 of a private school in Bangkok. The Simple Random Sampling was applied. The research tools were the Dino Phonics innovative English pronunciation kit, assessment form on the quality of Dino Phonics innovative English pronunciation kit, test on the pronunciation, and questionnaires on the satisfaction. The statistics used in the data analysis were percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The research results revealed that 1) the efficiency of Dino Phonics innovative English pronunciation kit was 80.89/81.00 conforming to the defined criteria, 2) the students were satisfied with the Dino Phonics innovative English pronunciation kit at the high level. The aspect which satisfied the students most was that the students enjoyed using the Dino Phonics innovative English pronunciation kit followed by the illustrations in the Dino Phonics innovative English pronunciation kit were colorful and the students wanted to practice pronouncing using the Dino Phonics innovative English pronunciation kit, respectively.