Using Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) to Improve English Reading Comprehension Ability of Prathomsuksa 2 Students
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The purposes of this research were to study and compare English reading comprehension ability before and after studying English reading comprehension using the CIRC of Prathomsuksa 2 students and to investigate Prathomsuksa 2 students’ attitude toward teaching English reading comprehension using the CIRC teaching method.
The sample in the study comprised 30 Prathomsuksa 2/1 students at Sasikarn Wittaya School, Banphue District, Udon Thani Province in the first semester of the academic year 2022, selected by cluster random sampling. The research design was a one-group pretest-posttest design. The research instruments included 12 lesson plans, an English reading comprehension ability test and an attitude questionnaire. The experiment lasted 12 weeks, two hours a week, or 24 hours in total. The mean, percentage, standard deviation, t-test for dependent samples, and one sample t-test were employed to analyze data. The findings indicate that the students’ pretest and posttest mean scores on English reading comprehension ability were 11.40 or 28.58 percent and 29.03 or 72.23 percent respectively. The students’ posttest mean score on English reading comprehension ability was higher than the set criterion of 70 percent and the students’ English reading comprehension ability after the experiment was significantly higher than that of the pretest. The students’ attitude toward teaching English reading comprehension using the CIRC teaching method was at a good level.
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