Effectiveness of using flash cards for teaching vocabulary at basic level

Abstract

The research study entitled Effectiveness of Using Flash Cards for Teaching Vocabulary at Basic Level was an attempt to find out the effectiveness using flash cards for teaching vocabulary at grade seven students of public school of Ramdhuni Municipality of Sunsari District. The study involved an experimental research design where quantitative data were collected and presented in the charts and tables. Pre-test and post-test were the major tools for collecting data. Experimental group was guided with exposure. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics including frequency and simple percentages. After analysis and interpretation of data, it was found that using flash cards was really interesting and supportive for mastering vocabulary to the seventh's graders. To support this statement, it was found that 'experimental group obtained 74.14 average percentage in the pre-test and 84.14 average percentage in the post test. Here, experimental group had increased 10 percentage score in the post test. However, control group obtained 68.42 average percentage in pre-test and 66.71 average percentage which is -1.71 average percentage than the pre-test (see table 1 and appendix. Similarly, in experimental group, boys obtained 74.57 average percentage in the pre-test and 86.57 average percentage in the post test. Similarly, girls obtained 73.71 average score in the pre-test and 81.71 average score in the post-test. Here boys obtained 4.86 more average percentage in the post-test. (see table no.10 and appendix). Similarly, we have found various uses of flash cards to teach vocabularies like similar and opposite meaning, fill in the blanks, changing main verbs into present participle and past participle, making sensible sentences with the given words, filling in the blanks with various form of language like dialogue, conditional sentences, subject verb agreement and so on. Use of flash cards was found very effective because experimental group performed better than the control group where experimental group obtained 17.43 less percentage in the post test. This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with the introduction the study which consists of background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of study, delimitation of the study and operational definition of the key terms. Similarly, second chapter contains of review of theoretical as well as empirical literature and implications for the study. Moreover, it includes the conceptual framework. Likewise, the third chapter incorporates with the methods and procedures of the study, which covers design and method of the study, population, sample and sampling strategies, research tools, sources of data, data collection procedures, data analysis procedures. In the same way, the fourth chapter includes the analysis and interpretation of the data. Furthermore, the fifth chapter incorporates the findings and conclusions of the study followed by some recommendations based on the study. Finally, the references and the appendices, which are necessary to the validation of the research have also been presented.