Blended English Teaching Model Improving Communicative Skills
Keywords:
English language teaching, Blended learning, Teaching modelAbstract
The purpose of this research was to explore students’ communicative skills achievement after implementing the developed model which was from phase 2. This research employed Research and Development method. The developed model consisted of 5 components; 1) Orientation to the Model, 2) Model of Teaching, 3) Application, 4) Instructional and Nurturant Effects and 5) Assessment and Evaluation and was implemented in phase 3 with 42
Mae Fah Luang University students who enrolled English 1, 2nd semester, academic year 2017, was randomly divided into an experimental group (n=26) and a control group (n=16). The experimental group used the developed blended teaching model and CANVAS as to supplement in-class instruction whereas the control group used in-class instruction only. Using means, standard deviations and t-test, the findings revealed the overall achievement of the experimental group outperformed the control group (at α =0.01).
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Development Journal, Loei Rajabhat University. 2011; 6(17): 73-86. Thai.
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Management System in Writing. 2014. Teaching English with Technology,
14(3). 3-15.
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English using the Communicative Approach of teaching. 2014.
International Journal of Arts & Sciences, 7(3), 141-149.
7. Uttawet P. Development of a Remedial English Course Using Multimedia to
Enhance English Proficiency and Learning Motivation of Low English Proficiency
Students. STOU Education Journal. 2014; 7(2): 127-140. Thai.
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3rd ed. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2014.
9. Richards J C. Communicative Language Teaching Today. New York:
Cambridge University Press. 2006.
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Chulalongkorn University Press. 1992. Thai.
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Streaming]. 2015. [updated 2018, cited 2015 September 1]. Available from:
https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/ssf-cci
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[updated 2018, cited 2015 October 29]. Available from
http://www.christenseninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/
Classifying-K-12-blended-learning.pdf
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Integrating Personalized, Blended and Competency Education [Internet].
2013. [updated 2015, cited 2015 October 29]. Available from:
http://www.inacol.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/mean-what-you-say.pdf
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foster active learning. Computer Assisted Language Learning. 2015.
[updated 2017, cited 2015 November 5]. Available from:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09588221.2014.967701
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Routledge. 2007.
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Procedure: Blended Learning. Procedia- Social and Behavioral Sciences.
2013; 83: 514-521. [updated 2018, cited 2015 September 18]. Available from
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187704281301166X
17. Sahin-Kizil A. Blended instruction for EFL learners: Engagement,
learning and course satisfaction. The JALT CALL Journal. 2014; 10(3):
175-188. [updated 2018, cited 2015 September 18]. Available from
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1107909
18. Bataineh R F, Mayyas M B. The Utility of Blended Learning in EFL
Reading and Grammar: A Case for Moodle. Teaching English with
Technology, 17(3). 35-49. 2017
19. Kwangsawad T. Teaching English Through Technology. Bangkok:
Chulalongkorn University Press. 2014. Thai.
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2019-07-31
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Bamroongkit, S., Wijakkanalan, S., & Kwangsawad, T. (2019). Blended English Teaching Model Improving Communicative Skills. KKU Research Journal (Graduate Studies) Humanities and Social Sciences, 7(2), 59–70. Retrieved from https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/gskkuhs/article/view/206713
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