Improving Students’ Mastery of Vocabulary Through Flip Book Approach

Sarala Thulasi Palpanadan*, Asliaty Atim, Zulida Abdul Kair, Venosha K.Ravana and Muhammad Aiman Mohammad
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Sarala Thulasi Palpanadan*: Centre for Language Studies, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia
Asliaty Atim: Centre for Language Studies, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia
Zulida Abdul Kair: Centre for Language Studies, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia
Venosha K.Ravana: Faculty of Language and Linguistics Universiti, Malaysia
Muhammad Aiman Mohammad: SK Seri Tebrau, Johor, Malaysia

English Literature and Language Review, 2019, vol. 5, issue 7, 117-122

Abstract: Many students find it hard to acquire and convey messages due to the lack of mastery in vocabulary. Since vocabulary plays a major role as the basic requirement to learning a language, its mastery became vital in learning English. On the other hand, lack of vocabulary impedes students’ understanding in reading comprehension texts especially in second language classrooms. Therefore, this study was conducted in order to obtain information regarding the effectiveness of using flip book in increasing Year 3 pupils’ mastery of vocabulary in English. This study investigated the use of flip book approach in helping the students to improve vocabulary through fun and meaningful learning. 15 participants were involved in the action research who were selected from a suburban school in Malaysia. Survey, written documents and field notes were used as the medium of data collection. The results showed significant positive changes in the performance of the students from time to time. Flip book approach was found to help the weak students who faced problems in understanding the meaning of the vocabulary taught in the classrooms. This study suggests that students need to enhance the mastery of the vocabulary in order to have a good grasp of the language including the four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Keywords: Vocabulary mastery; Flip book; Comprehension texts; Action research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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