A Study of Active Learning Activities in Teaching Chinese Vocabulary in Beaconhouse Yamsaard Rangsit School

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the active learning activities in kindergarten teaching Chinese vocabulary, and 2) to compare students' achievement in active learning activities before and after teaching Chinese vocabulary. This study included 65 kindergarten students by using cluster sampling from 200 third grade kindergarten students in Beaconhouse Yamsaard Rangsit School. Students learned Chinese vocabulary through multiple active learning activities, and conducted Pre-test and Post test to determine the effectiveness of active learning activities. Data analysis of this research were used mean, standard deviation, percentage，frequency, t-test and the statistical significance to compare the achievement differences between pretest and post-test. The results of this study found that: 1) the use of active learning activities is conducive to improving students' achievement teaching Chinese vocabulary, and 2) comparison of students' achievement in active learning activities before and after teaching Chinese vocabulary, revealed the students' Initiative and positive after teaching were higher than before they were taught Chinese vocabulary.