Using context clues, games and pictures to teach homophones

The purpose of the study was to examine whether context clues, games and pictures could help students learn homophones effectively. The subjects were thirty primary school students (Pratom Suksa 6)at Ban Nonbak Mittraparb 83 School, Buntharik District, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. The instruments of this study were the pre-test, the post-test and six homophone lesson plans which the teacher prepared to teach homophones in academic year 2006. The experiment took six periods each of which lasted for one hour.
The results of the study indicated that context clues, game and pictures help the students learn homophones effectively. The statistic significance was set at p<0.01. The statistic significance gained in the study was at p<0.000.