Development of Supplementary Computer Multimedia on Thai Culture to Enhance Learning English for Upper Elementary level

Authors

  • Samart Manchantrarat โรงเรียนสาธิตแห่งมหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์ ศูนย์วิจัยและพัฒนาการศึกษา
  • Nopphawan Chimroylarp Department of Education, Faculty of Education, Kasetsart University
  • Nataya Pilanthananond Department of Education, Faculty of Education, Kasetsart University

Keywords:

Computer Multimedia, Thai Culture, Learning English

Abstract

Learning with the supplementary computer multimedia which was the media with pictures, sounds and animations will stimulate interest and increase students’ achievements. It also helps increase the efficiency of instruction as well. The research objectives were to 1) develop the supplementary computer multimedia related to culture in Thai society, 2) study the learning achievements and, 3) satisfactions on the upper elementary level students after learning through the supplementary computer multimedia created by the researcher. This media had contents related to culture in Thai society. Researcher designed and developed the media that consisted of 3 units. Then, experiment with the sample of 30 upper elementary level students of Kasetsart University Laboratory School Center for Educational Research and Development, selected by purposive sampling. The research tools were supplementary computer multimedia related to culture in Thai society, learning achievement test, and the questionnaire of students’ satisfactions on learning with this media. The data was collected and analyzed by using basic statistics, calculating the Arithmetic Mean, and summarizing the issues from the questionnaire. The results of the research revealed that the supplementary computer multimedia related to culture in Thai society can enhance learning in English for the upper elementary level students. After learning, students had learning achievement passed the criteri asof the goal, 70 percentagesup and were satisfied on this media at the highest level.

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2020-08-31