THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH READING COMPREHENSION SKILL USING ADDITIONAL READING KNOWLEDGE SETS WITH CONTENT ABOUT TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN LANSAK DISTRICT OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT LANSAK DISTRICT LEARNING ENCOURAGEMENT CENTER AT UTHAITHANI OFFICE OF LEARN

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) develop the additional reading knowledge sets regarding tourist attractions in Lansak District, 2) compare the English learning achievement before and after using the additional reading knowledge sets regarding tourist attractions in Lansak District, and 3) study satisfaction with the additional reading knowledge sets regarding tourist attractions in Lansak District. The sample group consisted of 50 high upper secondary school students. The instruments used in this research included: 1) the five parts of additional reading knowledge sets on tourist attractions in Lansak District, 2) the five lesson plans, 3) the 30-item pre- and post-test with four-choice options, and 4) a 15-item satisfaction questionnaire on the additional reading knowledge sets on tourist attractions in Lansak District. The statistics used for data analysis were mean, standard deviation and paired-sample t-test.

The research findings were as follows:

1. The additional reading knowledge sets contained the interesting tourist attractions in Lansak District and vocabulary met the quality standard, with an overall item-objective congruence (IOC) index of 0.89.
2. The results of the English language learning achievement of students before and after learning through using the additional reading knowledge sets of tourist attractions in Lan Sak District was found that the post-test scores were significantly higher than the pre-test scores at the .05 level.
3. The results of the student satisfaction with the learning management through using the English additional reading knowledge sets regarding tourist attractions in Lansak District in overall were at a high level ( =4.35, S.D. = 0.24).