A Survey Study of the Opinions of Matthayomsuksa 6 Students at Panyaworakun School toward Concentrate of Critical Reading 6B Coursebook
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Concentrate of Critical Reading 6B Coursebook, Textbook Analysis CriteriaAbstract
The research “A Survey Study of the Opinions of Matthayomsuksa VI Students at Panyaworakun School toward Concentrate of Critical Reading 6B Coursebook” had the subjects of 3 classes. By means of purposive sampling, 76 high-school students of 3 classes studied E33203 Thematic English Course and used Concentrate of Critical Reading 6B Coursebook. The purposes of this research were to study the opinions of 76 Matthayomsuksa VI students toward the effectiveness of Concentrate of Critical Reading 6B Coursebook to decide to adopt (or continue with) this coursebook. The research instruments were Concentrate of Critical Reading 6B Coursebook, the English textbook evaluation questionnaire synthesized from many textbook analysis criteria by Suphannee Arsairach, The students’ data from the questionnaire were analyzed by way of directed content analysis.
The research results revealed that for 76 Matthayomsuksa 6 students at Panyaworakun School, there are their opinions which agree or disagree with the coursebook in many aspects as follows: 1. content 2. objectives 3. topics 4. subject matter 5. language content 6. grammar 7. vocabulary 8. phonology 9. social and cultural context 10.methodology 11. exercises/ activities 12. presentation pattern 13. grading 14. impressionistic overview. The findings also included the activities for agreeing students and for disagreeing students and this research suggested the way how to improve the coursebook. The coursebook has one form of exercises simulated from entrance examination papers too much; therefore, 63.35% of students agreed with this coursebook and their trend is likely to adopt (or continue with) this coursebook. On the other hand, 36.65% of students who prefer communication to the exercises of entrance examinations might disagree with the coursebook and it is possible for them not to adopt (or continue with) this coursebook.
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