| Summary: | 碩士 === 玄奘大學 === 應用外語學系碩士班 === 103 === This study is to understand the process of applying the Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) approach to volleyball teaching and students’ perception towards this teaching approach through action research. Moreover, this study also aims to know if the prior skills of underhand pass affects volleyball learning. Participants were 29 sixth graders. They received 9 TGfU lessons of volleyball. The qualitative data were collected from observers’ notes, the teacher’s reflection, after-class interviews, student worksheets and class video recordings to do analysis triangulation. The results showed that most students had positive attitude to the TGfU lessons of volleyball, and the prior skills of underhand pass were beneficial for learning volleyball through TGfU. Based on the results, the study provided the following suggestions for applying TGfU approach to volleyball teaching: (1) teachers need to have capability to design and execute TGfU lessons; (2) teachers have to modify their questions promptly according to students’ comprehension and their interaction to lead students to think about the tactics for problem solving; (3) teachers could design a warm-up activity to practice skills and to enhance students’ ability to apply the tactics; (4) teachers need to manage class time effectively to ensure that students have sufficient time to practice and learn; (5) teachers may want to adjust the difficulty level of lessons to promote successful learning experiences and to increase learning intersts.
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