Non-technological teaching aid: effectiveness in developing young learners' grammatical accuracy

With the rapid development of educational technology in the teaching and learning of English, many instructors are beginning to integrate various technology related activities in their lesson. However, many of the recent studies states inaccessibility to technological infrastructure had hindered the...

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Main Authors: Soorianarayanan, Richard Rao, Abd Rahman, Siti Nadhirah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Macrothink Institute 2024
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/117469/
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description With the rapid development of educational technology in the teaching and learning of English, many instructors are beginning to integrate various technology related activities in their lesson. However, many of the recent studies states inaccessibility to technological infrastructure had hindered the implementation of said activities in the classroom. This study hence investigates the effectiveness of an interventional teaching aid that does not need technology on improving young learners’ grammar accuracy in terms of using preposition accurately and forming simple sentences using preposition. Sixty (n=60) year 4 learners of a primary school were enrolled in the quasi-experimental research where the Experimental Group (EG) were involved with the interventional teaching aid called Dice and Paste (DAP) activity. The results indicated that among the two groups, the EG who received instructions based on DAP activity improved the most in post-test for both preposition test (section A) and also simple sentence formation using preposition (section B). This researcher recommends ESL language instructors, other subject instructors, program coordinators, and other stakeholders to adopt DAP especially in an environment where technological infrastructures were lacking.
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spelling upm-1174692025-05-26T04:57:14Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/117469/ Non-technological teaching aid: effectiveness in developing young learners' grammatical accuracy Soorianarayanan, Richard Rao Abd Rahman, Siti Nadhirah With the rapid development of educational technology in the teaching and learning of English, many instructors are beginning to integrate various technology related activities in their lesson. However, many of the recent studies states inaccessibility to technological infrastructure had hindered the implementation of said activities in the classroom. This study hence investigates the effectiveness of an interventional teaching aid that does not need technology on improving young learners’ grammar accuracy in terms of using preposition accurately and forming simple sentences using preposition. Sixty (n=60) year 4 learners of a primary school were enrolled in the quasi-experimental research where the Experimental Group (EG) were involved with the interventional teaching aid called Dice and Paste (DAP) activity. The results indicated that among the two groups, the EG who received instructions based on DAP activity improved the most in post-test for both preposition test (section A) and also simple sentence formation using preposition (section B). This researcher recommends ESL language instructors, other subject instructors, program coordinators, and other stakeholders to adopt DAP especially in an environment where technological infrastructures were lacking. Macrothink Institute 2024-10-22 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/117469/1/117469.pdf Soorianarayanan, Richard Rao and Abd Rahman, Siti Nadhirah (2024) Non-technological teaching aid: effectiveness in developing young learners' grammatical accuracy. International Journal of Linguistics, 16 (5). pp. 1-13. ISSN 1948-5425 https://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/ijl/article/view/22130 10.5296/ijl.v16i5.22130
spellingShingle Soorianarayanan, Richard Rao
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Non-technological teaching aid: effectiveness in developing young learners' grammatical accuracy
title Non-technological teaching aid: effectiveness in developing young learners' grammatical accuracy
title_full Non-technological teaching aid: effectiveness in developing young learners' grammatical accuracy
title_fullStr Non-technological teaching aid: effectiveness in developing young learners' grammatical accuracy
title_full_unstemmed Non-technological teaching aid: effectiveness in developing young learners' grammatical accuracy
title_short Non-technological teaching aid: effectiveness in developing young learners' grammatical accuracy
title_sort non-technological teaching aid: effectiveness in developing young learners' grammatical accuracy
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