THAI LANGUAGE LEARNING ACTIVITIES BY USING THE GRAFFITI MODEL ON READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY AND COOPERATIVE SKILLS OF UBONRATCHATHANI UNIVERSITY’S STUDENTS

Abstract

             The objectives of this research article were to compare 1) reading comprehension ability skills between a group learning by the graffiti model and a group learning by conventional instruction 2) cooperative skills between a group learning by the graffiti model and a group learning by conventional instruction.3) reading comprehension ability of the two groups of students when doing their pre-test and post-test in this experiment. 4) cooperative skills of the two groups of students when doing their pre-test and post-test in this experiment. The samples were of Ubon Ratchathani University students registered in the Thai Language for Communication course, the first semester of the academic year 2018. The samples were divided into two groups. There were 90 students in the experimental group, which learned by the graffiti model, and a controlled group of 85 students learned by conventional instructions. Results were concluded as follows:1) The controlled group had higher reading comprehension ability after the experiment than before the experiment at the .05 level of significance; 2) The controlled group had higher reading comprehension ability than students instructed by conventional instructions at the .05 level of significance; 3) The controlled group had higher cooperative skills after the experiment than before the experiment at the .05 level of significance and; 4) The controlled group had higher cooperative skills than students instructed by conventional instructions at the .05 level of significance.