Enhanced FWAW (Five Words a Week) Activity to Develop Limited Vocabulary of the Grade 6 -Quezon Pupils

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

English is important in elementary school education because it is the best time to learn a second language (Kristianawati, 2012). It is the foundation years for cultivating vocabularies of a child to achieve fluency and competence.

METHODS

This study was conducted purposely to improve the limited vocabulary of the Grade 6 pupils of Cagwait Central Elementary School of this school year 2017-2018 so as to develop their English comprehension abilities.

RESULTS

Results showed a positive response from the pupils with regards to their participation and interest in the activity. It was evidently observed that they pay attention and put their hearts into their work during drill activities. Pupils' performance in the pretest have increased in the posttest. The difference shows an improvement of pupils' performance before and after the application of the intervention.

DISCUSSIONS

Thus, with due consideration of urgency in vocabulary acquisition and demands in technology, the teacher-researcher enhanced FWAW (Five Words A Week) using multimedia approach. This intervention uses one story with moral lesson per week through video presentation (YouTube), PowerPoint, or using prints with colorful pictures. The comprehension ability of the pupils was checked through games and activity sheets in word translation, graphic charts for identifying elements of the story, retelling, and summarizing. Likewise, each pupil has a learning journal to deposit the five words they learned every week as a manifestation of memory banking by just writing down the five words in their vocabulary deposit slip.