THE DEVELOPMENT OF BASIC THAI LANGUAGE LEARNING ACTIVITY PACKAGES TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE BACHELOR OF EDUCATION PROGRAM IN THAI AT LOEI RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to: 1) Develop a set of Thai language foundation learning activities to prepare students entering the Bachelor of Education program in Thai at Loei Rajabhat University; 2) Determine the efficiency of the developed learning activity packages based on the 80/80 criterion; 3) Compare students’ learning achievement in Thai language foundation before and after using the learning activities; and 4) Examine students’ satisfaction toward learning through the developed activities. This was a Research and Development (R&D) study that adopted a mixed-methods approach. The target group consisted of 60 first-year students enrolled in the program in Thai, during the first semester of the 2025 academic year, selected by purposive sampling. The research instruments comprised: 1) Five Thai language foundation learning activity packages; 2) Learning achievement test; and 3) Student satisfaction questionnaire. Data were collected through pre-test and post-test assessments, student satisfaction evaluation, and expert validation of the learning packages. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, t-test for dependent samples as well as efficiency calculation (E₁/E₂). The research findings were as follows: 1) The five developed learning activity packages passed the quality evaluation by three experts, with Item-Objective Congruence (IOC) values ranging from 0.67-1.00, indicating good consistency between objectives, content, and learning activities, 2) The efficiency of the learning packages met the established standard, with an average efficiency value of 81.25/82.15, considered at a very good level, 3) Students’ post-test scores were significantly higher than their pre-test scores at the .05 level, and 4) Students’ satisfaction toward the learning activity packages was at the highest level ( = 4.39, S.D. = 0.53).