The purpose of this research is to deal with the problem faced by students of form 5 LR, in understanding the order of adjectives included in the form five syllabus. 19 students consisting of 4 Malay boys and 15 Malay girls were chosen for this particular research. This class had 19 students, so everyone was involved in the research. The students were those with low English Proficiency Level. Thus I, myself, as their English teacher carried out a research to further understand their weaknesses in using and arranging the adjectives before nouns in the right order. I identified their problems through early observations, students’ exercises and the pre test. The findings showed that students had problems arranging the adjectives because they did not know that there were actually rules to determine which adjective to put first. Therefore, this research focused on enhancing students’ skill in arranging the adjectives in the right order. First, I provided a straightforward and complete description of the adjectival rules to enable the students to understand the sequence of adjectives. Students were also provided with clear explanations of the terminology used: Opinion (Quality), Size, Shape, Age, Color, Origin (Nationality/Religion) and Material. From here, I used the word ‘OSSACOM’. Then, I designed a few activities to enhance their skills in using adjectives. Finally, I came up with innovative teaching aids to illustrate the rules of OSSACOM, which I called it as an ‘OSSACOM DEVICE’. The device had successfully boosted students’ confidence to use the adjectives and accelerated the process of getting the correct answers. A post test was used to measure my students’ achievement. The outstanding result from the post test showed that ample exercises, hands-on activities, constant support and encouragement from the teacher had greatly improved my students’ score.

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