A comparative study of Grade 5 students' word stress competence under multisensory and listen and repeat teaching approaches in English as a foreign language class at a public school in Bangkok, Thailand

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the level of word stress competence of Grade 5 English as a foreign language students taught through multisensory. To listen and repeat teaching approaches and determine whether there was a significant difference in the gain in word stress competence from the pre-test to the post-test among students taught in English as a foreign language class at a public school in Bangkok, Thailand. The research was a quasi-experimental study conducted on two groups. The experimental group (Class 5/2) used the multisensory teaching approach. The other group was the control group (Class 5/1), using the listen and repeat teaching approach in the 2019 academic year. The research instrument utilized was the pre-post test of word stress competence developed by the researcher. The scores were analyzed using standard deviations and an independent samples t-test (two-tailed). The study’s findings revealed a significant difference in the gain in word stress competence from the pre-test to the post-test between students in the experimental and control groups. Students taught through the multisensory approach achieved higher than those taught through listening and repeat.