Vocabulary Development Thru Pangasinan Songs among Kindergarteners
Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of Pangasinan songs in the development of vocabulary among kindergarteners of Mendoza Memorial Elementary School during the school year 2019-2020. The one-group pretest-posttest experimental design of research and a questionnaire checklist was used in data collection. Frequency count, percent, descriptive rating based on DepEd Order No. 73, s. 2012, t-test correlation/dependent variables and MANOVA were used in the treatment of data.
The study reveals that majority of the respondents are male, have high school graduate parents, mostly of the fathers are into blue-collar jobs while the mothers are mostly self-employed, and most of them have average monthly family income of Php 5,000.00. Majority of the respondents were mix Pangasinan, Ilokano and Tagalog speakers. All of them appeared to have available print and non-print reading materials at home. Prior to the experiment, it reveals that the pupils are all on the Beginning level of proficiency which only means that they do not possess the needed vocabulary to achieve a higher level of vocabulary development. It further reveals that the use of Pangasinan songs in developing pupils’ vocabulary is effective and is proven by the number of the pupils placed under the Advanced level of proficiency right after the exposure in Pangasinan songs. The profile variables of the kindergarten pupils have no significant difference except on the highest educational attainment of the parents and the availability of print and non-print reading materials at home.
It is recommended that the use of Pangasinan songs should be made used as teaching strategy in improving pupils’ vocabulary development among kindergarteners and primary level learners and enhancing teacher’s professional development by attending LAC sessions on the new trends in teaching and other teaching strategies in teaching vocabulary and other skills and encourage them to develop Pangasinan songs.
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