The Development of English Morality Tale Series in Local Contexts to Improve English Reading Skills for Upper Elementary School Students in Yala Province
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As English reading is an important fundamental capability for students to develop their learning abilities, this research was conducted to develop English morality tale series in local contexts to improve English reading skills for upper elementary school students in Yala province. The research procedure was divided into 4 stages: 1) identifying English learning problems and needs for developing English morality tale series, 2) developing English morality tale series, 3) testing the efficiency of English morality tale series, and 4) evaluating English morality tale series. 83 upper elementary school students were purposively selected as the subject in the efficiency testing stage. The instruments used in this study were English morality tale series in local contexts and an English reading proficiency test. The data were analyzed by using mean, standard deviation and percentage. The research findings revealed that English teachers and students required English tales that present daily stories related to their local contexts with the insertion of morality, ethics and exercises. As a result, 6 morality tales were developed under the title “English Morality Tale Series”, namely 1. Giving a Helping Hand, 2. Maintaining Discipline, 3. Living Frugally, 4. Loving Your Dwelling, 5. Being Honest and 6. My Great Diligence. The efficiency score of English morality tale series was 81.97/80.29. Furthermore, teachers and students’ opinions on English morality tale series were highly positive.
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