Employing English reading activities to promote English reading comprehension of EFL undergraduate students through self-made teaching materials

Abstract

The purposes of this study were (1) to construct English reading activities through
self-made teaching materials for developing English reading comprehension
for first-year undergraduate students at a private university in Bangkok,
(2) to compare students’ learning achievement between the pre-test and the
post-test of employing English reading activities through self-made teaching
materials, and (3) to gauge the students’ level of satisfaction towards activities
through self-made teaching materials. Twenty-five students were purposely
selected from first-year undergraduate students at a private university in
Bangkok during the first semester of the 2023 academic year. The instruments
used were five units of English lessons based on general reading content,
a reading achievement test, a questionnaire, and an interview to gauge the
subjects’ positive assessment of the effectiveness of the instructional materials.
The t-test was utilized to analyze the English reading progress of the subjects
before and after using the English reading lessons based on general reading
content. Data analysis was carried out by examining the questionnaire scores
in terms of standard deviation, percentages and mean. The results showed
that: (1) English reading activities through self-made teaching materials for
developing English reading comprehension had an efficiency of 85.60/82.50,
which was higher than the 80/80 standard. (2) There was a significant difference
between the pre-test and the post-test at p < .05 the level of significance.
(3) The students reported a high level of satisfaction towards English reading
lessons.