The Effectiveness of Word Study in Improving the Spelling Ability in English of Grade Two Pupils of Magahis Elementary School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Learning to spell the words correctly was difficult for the pupils nowadays especially when English words were being spelled. The English language is the third language acquired and learned by pupils at school, next to Filipino and mother tongue. The researcher has been motivated to conduct action research after the series of spelling quizzes done by the Supreme Pupil Government (SPG) every lunch break as part of their academic project. The spelling results of the pupils were not quite well and disturbing. Thus, a word study program has been developed and conducted to see its effectiveness to improve grade two pupil’s ability when it comes to spelling words.

METHODS

The researcher utilized quantitative experimental designs were pre-test and post-test were compared to see the effectiveness of word study in improving ability in English of grade two pupils. Permits were secured from the school head and parents of the respondents. Thirteen (13) boys and fourteen (14) girls, a total of twenty-seven (27) grade two pupils served as the respondents of the study. The researcher administered the pre-test using the Primary Spelling Inventory (PSI). At the time of the study, pupils ranged from the late emergent stage to the middle letter name stage that served as the baseline data. After the pre-test, pupils were grouped according to their spelling ability, then Word Study program was tested. Then, the teacher leads the instructional group through a word sort to highlight the pattern for each group.

RESULTS

The following were the findings of the study: (1) Majority of the respondent's ranges form 6-7 years old and there is an equal distribution of gender. (2) Most of the respondents are in late emergent spelling stage. (3) There is no significant relationship between the age of the respondents to their spelling ability and girls outperformed boys in their spelling stag, not on a significant level. (4) There is an extremely significant difference between the pretest and post-test result of the respondents which means that word study approach using word sort and word hunt strategy really improve the spelling ability in English of grade two pupils.

DISCUSSIONS

The results yield positive outcomes in using word study as a tool in improving the spelling ability in English of grade two pupils. It is recommended that this technique must be utilized in other grade levels to assess and improve their spelling ability in English.