Enhancing Students’ English Language Vocabulary Skills Through An Online Remediation Program

Abstract

Vocabulary acquisition is an integral part of learning a language which involves a challenging process. Hence, the implementation of efficient vocabulary learning strategies should be done among different English classes to make it easier for students to enhance their vocabulary skills. While the pandemic made it more challenging for learners to study and master English vocabulary, the rise of online instructional materials is highly appreciated for it is more convenient for the students to learn. This quasi-experimental study was an attempt to determine the effectiveness of an Online Remediation Program in enhancing the vocabulary skills of Junior High School students. A total of 20 Grade 7 students from University of Saint Louis participated in the online remediation program and answered the vocabulary pre-test and post-test. The researchers utilized pre-test and post-test that were consisted of a 30-item multiple choice to measure the vocabulary skills of the participants. This study followed three phases of data gathering: First, a pre-test was administered to the participants before the utilization of the proposed vocabulary development remediation program. Second, the proposed vocabulary development remediation program was implemented to the target participants. Third, a post-test was administered to the participants after the utilization of the vocabulary development remediation program. Frequency and percentage was used to interpret the pre-test and post-test scores of the participants while independent sample T-test was used to test the significant difference between their pre-test and post-test scores. Results revealed that the post-test scores of the students were higher than their pre-test scores. In addition, the findings showed that there is a significant difference on the pre-test and post-test scores of the participants. Finally, the overall evaluation of the participants to the Online Remediation Program is Excellent. Thus, the study concludes that the utilization of Project STRIVE is effective in enhancing the vocabulary skills of Grade 7 students.