The Development of English Reading Skill by Using the Critical Thinking Process of First Year Students Majoring in Computer Science, Faculty of Information Technology, Thepsatri Rajabhat University

Abstract

The study aims to: 1) develop English reading skill of first year students majoring in Computer Science by using the critical thinking process and 2) survey the satisfaction of first year Computer Science students toward the English reading learning using the critical thinking process. The samples were 13 Information Technology students majoring in Computer Science from Thepsatri Rajabhat University. The samples were selected by the purposive sampling. To conduct the research, there were two steps: 1) planning the research methodology and designing the research instrument and 2) synthesizing and designing the model of learning activity. The research instruments were the learning achievement pre-test and post-tests, the English reading skill exercises, the English reading quality assessment form and the satisfaction toward the critical thinking process activity survey form. The findings revealed that the participating students who studied by using the critical thinking process in English reading activities scored higher than their pre-test significantly at .05. The participants’ satisfaction involved of learning activities which on development of English reading skill at the high level (  = 4.50, SD = .55)