The Study of Improvement the Spelling and Reading Ability and Learning Impression of Elementary School Students with YouTube English Songs

• Main Authors: Su Rou Xuan, 蘇柔軒
• Other Authors: Hsieh Ling Feng
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8hh24x

碩士 === 中華大學 === 科技管理學系 === 107 === ABSTRACT To toward to the trend of internationalized, the students in Taiwan have to study English earlier in order to strengthen their English ability and it is also the cause for increasing the demands of learning English and overall popularization. Usually parents prefer to educate their kids to learn English before elementary school but learning time and knowledge in English don’t always directly proportional related! We also discovered that the majority of the students who are not good at fundamentally phonics spelling causes the insufficient of basic knowledge would affect the overall English learning and as a result, have low ability in terms of English learning effectiveness. In order to educate students with a fun and provide more scenario environment at the same time becoming more efficient of learning English is the main intent of this research. We have chosen an unconventional approach, Pinkfong on YouTube by using their English songs which associated with phonics spelling as a design course of research purpose of 10 weeks, 400 minutes in total to train and facilitate students’ ability to spell and read also their study morale and interest. After 10 weeks of experiment, we’ve discovered that experimental group students who were using Pinkfong phonics songs on YouTube, are far more fluent in terms of spelling, phonological awareness and reading fluency compared to control group students. This research also has a designed studying attitude chart which investigates students’ study morale and interest on the experimental group. We found out that experimental group students who were using phonics songs on YouTube to learn phonics spelling have overall willingness of learning English and better attitude towards it. Using English phonics songs to learn English has better overall recognition. The method and outcome of this research can provide a reference for relevant educational people as a tool to increase fundamental English learning and ability of spelling and reading for students. Keywords: YouTube, English Songs, Phonics, Phonological Awareness, Reading Fluency