A PACKAGE FOR LEARNING NEGATIONS IN TAMIL Dr. G. Singaravelu Reader, UGC-Academic Staff College & B.Ed Co-ordinator Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India

Need of the study Traditional methods did not help the learners to learn Negations in Tamil. It was a challenging task to the learners of standard VI. An innovative Learning package can be encouraged the young learners to learn more negations in limited time.

Objectives 1. To find out the problems of conventional methods in learning Negations in Tamil at Government school. 2. To find out the problems of conventional methods in learning Negations in Tamil at Aided school. 3. To find out the significant difference in achievement mean score between the pre test of control group and the post test of control group in Government school. 4 To find out the significant difference in achievement mean score between the pre test of control group and the post test of control group in Aided school.

5. To find out the significant difference in achievement mean score between the pre test of Experimental group and the post test of Experimental group in Government school. 6. To find out the significant difference in achievement mean score between the pre test of Experimental group and the post test of Experimental group in Aided school. 7. To find out the impact of innovative Learning package in Negations of Tamil at standard VI in Government school and Aided school.

Hypotheses Students of standard VI have problems of conventional methods in learning Negations in Tamil at Government school. Students of standard VI have problems of conventional methods in learning Negations in Tamil at Aided school. There is no significant difference in achievement mean score between the pre test of control group and the post test of control group in Government school. There is no significant difference in achievement mean score between the pre test of control group and the post test of control group in Aided school

There is no significant difference in achievement mean score between the pre test of Experimental group and the post test of Experimental group in Government school. There is no significant difference in achievement mean score between the pre test of Experimental group and the post test of experimental group in Aided school To find out the impact of innovative Learning package in Negations of Tamil at standard VI in Government school and Aided school.

Methodology Equivalent group Experimental method was adopted in the study. Sample selected for the study Sixty pupils of studying in standard VI from Government Higher Secondary school, Kalveeranpalayam,Coimbatore. Sixty pupils of studying in standard VI from Maruthamalai Devasdanam Subramanian Swamy Higher secondary school,Vadavalli,Coimbatore.

Instrumentation Researcher’s self-made achievement test was used as a tool for the study. Reliability of the tool Test- retest method was used for the study.The co- efficient correlation was found 0.85 in the tool through test-retest method. Validity of the tool Content validity was established for the test through expert suggestions. Hence reliability and validity were properly established for the study.

Procedures of the study Phase 1: Assessing the problems of the students in acquiring competency in learning Tamil Negations for both schools of Government and Aided in existing methods through administering pretest. Phase 2: Pre-production stage. Phase 3: Production stage. Phase 4: Preparation of package

Phase 5: Execution of activities through using the learning package Phase 6: Administrating pretest and post test to the control group and tabulated the scores. Phase 7: Administrating pre test and post test to the Experimental group and tabulated the scores. Phase 8: Finding the effectiveness of the Package for Negation.

Data collection The researcher administered a diagnostic test to identify the problems of the students in learning Tamil with permission of Principals of the schools. Pretest –Treatment-Posttest was used in the study.

Hypothesis There is no significant difference in achievement mean score between the pre test of Experimental group and the post test of Experimental group in Government school StagesNMeanS.Ddft- valueResult Pre test Experimental group significant Post test Experimental group

Hypothesis There is no significant difference in achievement mean score between the pre test of Experimental group and the post test of Experimental group in Aided school StagesNMeanS.D.Dft- value Level of significance Pretest Experimental group P>0.05 Post test Experimental group

Findings Students of standard VI have problems of conventional methods in learning Negations in Tamil at Government school. Students of standard VI have problems of conventional methods in learning Negations in Tamil at Aided school. There is no significant difference in achievement mean score between the pre test of control group and the post test of control group in Government school. There is no significant difference in achievement mean score between the pre test of control group and the post test of control group in Aided school.

Findings There is significant difference in achievement mean score between the pre test of Experimental group and the post test of Experimental group in Government school. There is significant difference in achievement mean score between the pre test of Experimental group and the post test of Experimental group in Government school. There is significant difference in achievement mean score between the pre test of Experimental group and the post test of Experimental group in Aided school. Learning package in Negations of Tamil is more effective than conventional methods in learning Tamil Negation at standard VI in Government school and Aided school. Learning package in Negations of Tamil is more effective than conventional methods in learning Tamil Negation at standard VI in Government school and Aided school.

Educational Educational Implications Learning package can be prepared for other subjects also. It can be encouraged to implement to use in adult education It may be implemented in Higher education

Conclusion The study reveals that the students have problems in learning Negation in Tamil by using traditional approaches. Learning Package is more effective in Learning Tamil Negation. It will be more supportive to promote the learners in learning Tamil.