THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING VIDEO PHONEMES ROUTINE TO ENHANCE NA1 LINUS PUPILS TO RECOGNIZE THE SOUND OF LETTERS

Abstract

The usage of video routine in teaching the sounds of letters in an ESL primary school classroom can be an innovative and engaging tool compared to the conventional teaching of phonemes using pictures and non-native English speakers in introducing new phonemes. Teaching year one weak pupil might need this kind of teaching, and it is more alarming if the majority of the pupils in the class are the LINUS Non-Achiever Level 1(NA1) pupils who did not recognize the sounds of the letters. To resolve this, the Video Phonemes Routine was chosen as an alternative tool to introduce phonemes to the weak (NA1) students. This method uses technology tools such as LCD projector, audio speaker and any suitable phonemes video as a daily routine in the classroom. The usage of the video phonemes as a routine managed to allow two-way interactions of sights and sounds for the non-native speakers to identify the phonemes of letters. This study uses quasi-experimental research. The participants of this study consist of 20 pupils from a school in Jalan Kuchai Lama, Kuala Lumpur. This research uses two instruments: using test and giving a questionnaire to the pupils. It is proper to report when students were taught using the Video Phonemes Routine, as there was a significant increase in student’s ability to recognize the phonemes of the letters.