Bee Choo Yee
Institute of Teacher Education Campus Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia

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USE OF HAND GESTURES THROUGH DIGITAL VIDEO TO IMPROVE PHONEMIC AWARENESS AMONG YEAR 2 PUPILS Bee Choo Yee; Nursasniza Adilah Abd. Samad
Journal of English Education Vol 4, No 1 (2019): JEE
Publisher : Universitas Sembilanbelas November Kolaka

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (772.377 KB) | DOI: 10.31327/jee.v4i1.899

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Pupils need phonemic awareness so that they have the ability to manipulate the individual sounds in words. However, they sometimes focused more on reading comprehension rather than recognizing the letter sounds which build the words for reading. This action research was designed to improve the pupils’ phonemic awareness by using hand gestures through digital video and it involved three cycles. The participants involved were 24 Year 2 pupils from one of the primary schools in Malaysia. Three different data collection methods used were tests, pupils’ work and observation. The findings showed there was an improvement of mean scores from 40% in Test 1 to 91% in Test 2. The pupils’ oral exercises also improved from 52.14% to 96.07%.  The results from the observation checklist and notes also showed they became more aware in learning English through their increased communication and active participation in the lesson. This shows that the technique was able to help pupils to learn and remember the sounds of phonemes as they could read the words correctly. It is suggested to carry out further research to develop the pupils’ skills in phonemic awareness through body movements in addition to hand gestures.
THE USE OF E-BOOK TO IMPROVE READING COMPREHENSION AMONG YEAR 4 PUPILS Bee Choo Yee; Nurul Syazana Zainuddin
Journal of English Education Vol 3, No 1 (2018): JEE
Publisher : Universitas Sembilanbelas November Kolaka

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This is an Action Research of using the Story Jumper as an E-book to improve the reading comprehension among Year 4 pupils in one of the primary schools in Malaysia. The participants involved were twenty pupils consisting of seven males and thirteen females. Three data collection methods employed were pre-test and post-test, pupils’ work and teacher’s reflective journal. The findings showed that the use of E-book had increased the level of understanding in reading comprehension among the research participants. The mean for the pre-test and post-test had increased from 45.83 to 93.33. The pupils’ work indicated positive improvements in terms of their level of understanding and responses in reading. It was also found from the reflective journal that the research participants had participated actively in the learning process and their level of motivation was also increased. The implication is to use E-book in the teaching of reading skills among the primary school learners.