The Application of Bilingual Muslim Folk Tales to Improve Speaking Skills of Early Childhood in the Border Patrol Police 44 Schools under Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Initiative Project
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This research aimed 1) to bilingual Muslim folk tales with the efficiency in accordance with the 75/75 criteria and
compare its effectiveness for schools with Thai Buddhist and Thai Muslim students and only Thai Muslim students, 2) to assess speaking skills of early childhood through application of the bilingual Muslim folk tales method, 3) to compare speaking skills of the early childhood before and after using the bilingual Muslim folk tales, 4) to compare speaking skill of the early childhood by using the pre-test scores as the covariance, 5) to explore the satisfaction of the early childhood students towards teaching by using the bilingual Muslim folk tales. The subjects were 141 early childhood in Kindergarten 2 in the academic year 2019 at the Border Patrol Police Sub Division 44 Schools under Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Initiative Project. The research instruments were 1) lesson plans of the bilingual Muslim folk tales, 2) stories of the bilingual Muslim folk tales, 3) speaking skills tests, and 4) a satisfaction survey. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics including percentage, mean, standard deviation, one-samples test, paired sample test and the analysis of covariance.
The study revealed that the bilingual Muslim folk tales possess the efficiency according to the criteria set 75/75; as for schools with Thai Buddhist and Thai Muslim students, their efficiency is 78.35/84.06, and as for schools with only Thai Muslim students is 78.49/81.43. The average score of speaking skills was higher than 75% at the .01 level of significance. 3) After using the bilingual Muslim folk tales, the early childhood students had better speaking skills, which was significantly higher than before using them at the .01 level. There was no correlation between pretest score and speaking skills after using the them. The satisfaction of the early childhood towards using the bilingual Muslim folk tales was at high level.
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