An Implementation of Activity Packages Based on Ang Thong Local Information to Develop English Listening - Speaking Skills for Matthayomsuksa 4 Students

ผลการใช้ชุดกิจกรรมพัฒนาทักษะการฟัง-พูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยข้อมูลท้องถิ่นอ่างทองสำหรับนักเรียนชั้นมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 4

Abstract

This research was aimed to: 1) develop learning packages implementing Ang Thong local information to develop English listening-speaking skills for Matthayomsuka 4 students to the efficiency criterion of 75/75; 2) compare the students’ English listening-speaking skills before and after using the learning packages; 3) examine the students’ satisfaction towards the learning packages. The research sample, chosen by simple random sampling, was 39 Matthayomsuksa 4 students from Wisetchaichan “Tanti Wittayapoom” School, Ang Thong Province, under the jurisdiction of the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 5, during the first semester of the academic year 2017. The research instruments were: 1) learning packages based on Ang Thong local information to develop the students’ English listening – speaking skills, 2) a test on English listening – speaking skills with a reliability value of 0.798 3) a questionnaire on satisfaction towards the learning packages with a reliability of 0.802. Data were analyzed in terms of percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test.
The results were as follows: 1. The developed learning packages had an overall efficiency of E1/E2 = 76.97/76.17, which was higher than the criterion set. 2. The students’ English listening- speaking skills after implementing the learning packages were significantly higher than those before using them (p<.01). 3. The students’ satisfaction towards the learning packages was at a high level.