THE USE OF ENGLISH CAMP ACTIVITIES TO ENHANCE PRIMARY STUDENTS’ ENGLISH LEARNING MOTIVATION

Abstract

The Objectives of this research article were to 1) investigate the use of English camp activities to enhance primary students’ motivation in English language learning and 2) examine the results of using English camp activities. The subjects in this study were 93 primary school students of prathom 4-6 from 2 teacher professional experience training network schools under Faculty of Education; 29-student of Nakrour Prachasamakkee school and 64-student of Banmaipattana school obtained by using purposive sampling. The instruments used in this study included a questionnaire for pre- and post-activity assessments of student motivation in English learning, pre- and post- activity tests, and a student behavior observation form. The results indicated that 1) activity-based learning in different situations can serve as a guideline for improving students’ speaking ability in 3 aspects of enhancing student motivation: paying attention in activities, being assertive, and having fun with activities, and encouraging the behavior of participating in individual activities is divided into 2 aspects: listening to other people's opinions and cooperation in doing activities and that 2) the use of English camp activities, according to the questionnaire results, could enhance primary students’ English learning motivation at a high level. The students were found to have higher post-activity test scores; Nakrour Prachasamakkee school prathom 4 is 29.17%, prathom 5 is 25%, prathom6 is 38.57% and Banmaipattana school prathom 4 is 28.33%, prathom 5 is 28.89%, prathom6 is 27.72% and the student behavior assessment results were not less than 70%.