THE EFFECT OF THE USE OF MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY ON YEAR THREE STUDENT’S CHINESE VOCABULARY LEARNING

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of using multimedia technology on students’ achievement towards learning Chinese Language vocabulary among Year 3 students in national school Malaysia. The design of this study is quasi-experimental. Quasi experiment consisted of control group and treatment group with pre-test and post-test. The sample of the study consisted of 69 standard 3 students in national schools from two difference schools in Kuala Lumpur. The control group consisted 32 pupils while the treatment group consisted of 37 pupils. Control group was taught in conventional method and the treatment group was taught by using multimedia technology. Pre-test and post-test have been tested for both groups. Studies have found that the use of multimedia can improve the achievement of vocabulary learning among the students. The t-test result also showed that there is statistical significant different among multimedia technology learning and conventional learning. The conclusion from the study showed that the use of multimedia technology have had increased the achievement of Chinese vocabulary learning. Research implications indicated that the use of multimedia technology can enhance the effect of learning the Chinese vocabulary.