ENHANCING YEAR 5 BERSIH PUPILS PENMANSHIP OF b, g, k, q, t, and

y LETTERS USING THE FAT-TASTIC BOARD

FATIN NURFAZIERA BINTI JAAMIN

INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU KAMPUS SULTAN MIZAN

2016
ENHANCING YEAR 5 BERSIH PUPILS PENMANSHIP OF b, g, k, q, t, and
y LETTERS USING THE FAT-TASTIC BOARD

FATIN NURFAZIERA BINTI JAAMIN

An action research submitted in partial fulfilment for the Degree of

Bachelor of Teaching with Honours in the Teaching English as Second

Language (TESL) Primary Education.

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES

INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU KAMPUS SULTAN MIZAN

SEPTEMBER 2016

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 SUPERVISORS APPROVAL

I acknowledge that I have read this research report

and in my opinion this was sufficient in terms of scope and quality

for the certification of

the degree of Bachelor in Education

Teaching of English as Second Language (TESL)

Signature :

Supervisors Name :

Date :

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 DECLARATION

I hereby declare that this research report is my own work except for quotations and

summaries of each of which was acknowledged

Signature :

Writers name :

Date :

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 DEDICATION

A million thanks to my dad,

Mr. Jaamin bin Md. Yusoff,

And my mother,

Mdm. Azizah bt Abdullah.

And to my siblings,

Angah, Achik, Kakak and dearest Faiz Najwan

For your blessings and non-stop support.

Thank you Ayah, Ibu, Angah, Achik, Kakak and Faiz.

For my classmates, especially the special 9,

Mizan VC family and my beloved juniors,

Thanks for being my backbone while I am in IPG.

For my supervisor, Madam Norma bt Yaakub

Who always be there for me and gives a lot of help and guidance,

Thank you so much Madam.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Alhamdulillah thanks to the Almighty for His blessings, I was able to carry out

and complete my action research on time.

Million thanks to my mother and my siblings for their love, support and

encouragement. Thank you for giving me the hopes and strengths to finish this course.

Special thanks to Madam Norma bt Yaakub, my action research supervisor

who always gives advices, helps, guidance and knowledge throughout this action

research process. Her patience, understanding and readiness to help throughout the

process are highly appreciated. Another special thanks to Mr Mohd Zaki bin Amin and

Mr Yahya bin Yusof for teaching me the course of Action Research.

Credits also should be given to the headmaster, teachers and pupils of

Sekolah Kebangsaan Pasir Akar, Jerteh, Terengganu for their helps, favours and

involvement in this action research. Without their cooperation, this research could not

have been carried out.

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 ABSTRACT

Writing is very important in learning English as the pupils will be able to transfer and
express their ideas on papers if they can write well besides speaking. This research
focuses to improve pupils penmanship of only stem and caudate letters; b, g, k, q, t
and y, using the Fat-tastic Board. The research objectives are to enhance the pupils
penmanship and evaluate their interest. 2 pupils from 5 Bersih were chosen as
research participants because they did not write stem and caudate letters accordingly.
Thus, the Fat-tastic Board had been used to help them enhance their penmanship of
the letters, and attract them to write better through the concept of trace and write. The
findings have shown that the pupils have improved their penmanship of the letters
after using the Fat-tastic Board. Besides, through observation and interview, the
pupils have agreed that using the Fat-tastic Board is effective as it helps to enhance
their penmanship of b, g, k, q, t and y letters. The pupils said they enjoyed using the
Fat-tastic Board because it is simple and easy to use. This research teaches me to
be a better teacher in the future, focusing not only on teaching but also in enhancing
the pupils each skill too. The pupils showed positive feedbacks but I hope I can make
the Fat-Tastic Board has a better appearance in the future and increase its
effectiveness by using beads to trigger the pupils sensory motor of touch.
Keywords; penmanship, b, g, k, q, t, and y letters, Fat-tastic Board, enhancement.

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 ABSTRAK
Penulisan adalah sangat penting dalam pembelajaran Bahasa Inggeris kerana selain
melalui bercakap, murid juga boleh menyampaikan idea mereka dengan baik melalui
menulis. Kajian ini memberi fokus kepada memperbaiki penulisan huruf-huruf yang
mempunyai batang dan ekor; b, g, k, q, t dan y, melalui penggunaan Papan Fat-tastic.
Objektif kajian ini adalah untuk memperbaiki tulisan murid dan menilai tahap minat
mereka. Dua murid daripada kelas 5 Bersih telah dipilih sebagai peserta kajian kerana
mereka tidak boleh menulis huruf-huruf tersebut seperti sepatutnya. Oleh itu, Papan
Fat-tastic telah digunakan untuk memperbaiki penulisan murid-murid ini dan menarik
minat mereka untuk menulis melalui konsep tekap dan tulis. Dua peserta kajian
adalah murid daripada satu sekolah di Jerteh. Dapatan kajian telah menunjukkan
bahawa para murid telah berjaya memperbaiki tulisan mereka selepas menggunakan
Papan Fat-tastic. Selain itu, melalui pemerhatian dan temubual, murid-murid tersebut
telah bersetuju bahawa penggunaan Papan Fat-tastic adalah efektif kerana ia
membantu mereka memperbaiki tulisan mereka. Para murid tersebut juga
mengatakan bahawa mereka seronok menggunakan Papan Fat-tastic kerana ia
senang untuk digunakan. Kajian tindakan ini mengajar saya untuk menjadi seorang
guru yang lebih baik pada masa hadapan, yang bukan sahaja tumpu kepada
pengajaran tapi juga dalam meningkatkan skil para murid. Walaupun mendapat
keputusan positif, saya berharap pada masa hadapan saya boleh melakukan
pembaharuan pada penampilan Papan Fat-tastic untuk menjadikan ia lebih menarik
dan menambahkan manik-manik untuk menambahkan kefektifannya untuk
merangsang deria sentuh murid.
Kata kunci; penulisan, huruf b, g, k, q, t dan y, Papan Fat-tastic, memperbaiki.

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 CONTENT

Page

SUPERVISORS APPROVAL

DECLARATION

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ABSTRACT

ABSTRAK

CONTENT

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF APPENDICES

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND

1.2 CONTEXT

1.3 REFLECTION ON PAST TEACHING

2.0 RESEARCH FOCUS

2.1 CRITERIA OF SELECTION

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 2.2 EARLY DATA COLLECTION

2.3 ACTION

3.0 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND RESEARCH

QUESTIONS

3.1 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

3.2 RESEARCH QUESTIONS

4.0 RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS

5.0 ACTION PLAN

5.1 PROCEDURE OF ACTION

5.2 DATA COLLECTION METHODS

5.3 DATA ANALYSIS

5.4 DATA REVIEWED

6.0 FINDINGS

7.0 REFLECTION

8.0 SUGGESTION FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENT

9.0 REFERENCES

APPENDICES

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 LIST OF TABLES

Table Page

1 Steps of using the Fat-tastic Board

2 Interview transcription

3 Research procedure implementation

4 Summary of Data Collection

5 Checklist for observation

6 Thematic tabulation for interview questions

7 Research questions and instruments

8 Question for interview session

9 Results from initial and final test

10 Coding for interview transcription

11 Extract from interview transcription

12 Tabulation data of transcription

13 Observational checklist

14 Coding for interview transcription

15 Extract from interview transcription

16 Tabulation data of transcription

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure Page

1 Early data checklist

2 Participant As handwriting

3 Participant Bs handwriting

4 Stephen Kemmis Model

5 The action

6 The action

7 Example of Participant As handwriting

8 Example of Participant Bs handwriting

9 Steps of Stephen Kemmis Model

10 Participants using the Fat-tastic Board

11 Data Collection Method instruments

12 Checklist for data analysis

13 The triangulation analysis

14 Participants result for initial and final test

15 Participants result for initial and final test

16 Analysis from data analysis checklist

17 Effective rate graph

18 Observation result graph

19 Interest rate graph 38

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 LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix Page

1 Checklist for early data collection 44

2 Checklist for document analysis 45

3 Observational checklist 47

4 Interview questions 48

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 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

Abbreviation

1 KSSR Kurikulum Standard Sekolah Rendah

2 IPGK Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus

3 TESL Teaching English as Second Language

4 SK Sekolah Kebangsaan

5 SJK (C) Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Cina)

6 UPSR Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah

7 PA Participant A

8 PB Participant B

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