CREATING A COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION TO SOLVE THAI PRINCIPLE AND USAGE PROBLEMS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL KACHIN - THAI ETHNIC STUDENTS

Abstract

          The Objectives of this research article were to contrast the syntactic structures between Kachin and Thai languages at the phrase, clause and sentence levels by applying the Tagmemic theory, to construct the computer assisted instructional program on Thai principle and usage for Kachin - Thai students in the lower secondary school level with the efficiency of 80/80, and to compare the learning achievement on Thai principle and usage of the students before and after the implementation of the CAI. The purposive samplimg method was applied to select the sample group which consisted of 52 students at Ban Nong Khiew School and 39 students at Arunothai School in Tambon Muang Na, Chiang Dao district, Chiang Mai province. The research instruments consisted of the constructed computer assisted instruction and an achievement test with 50 sequence questions. The data were analyzed for percentage, mean, standard deviation, and the t - test for dependent sample. The research results revealed that there are differences of the syntactic structures between the two languages at the phrase, clause and sentence levels. Moreover, the accumulated scores derived from implementing the CAI were 13,673 with the percentage of 83.47 and the post-test scores derived after implementing the CAI were 3,696 with the percentage of 81.23. Therefore, the efficiency of the computer assisted instruction in the current study was 83.47/81.23. The posttest achievement scores of the students were significantly higher than those of the pre-test at the .01 level with the mean scores of 40.62 and 23.13 respectively.