The Achievement and Satisfaction of Thai Students upon Learning Management of Mandarin through Kahoot Application

Abstract

The objectives of this paper were 1) to study the achievement in Mandarin learning management before and after the use of Kahoot of first-year students majoring in Chinese program at Suratthani Rajabhat University. and 2) to study the satisfaction on Mandarin learning management using Kahoot of first-year students majoring in Chinese program at Suratthani Rajabhat University. The sample included one section of 20 first-year students, in semester one of academic year 2020. The study was an experimental study using one group pretest – posttest design

The research findings were 1) the students’ achievement in Mandarin learning management pretest was 53.00 percent and posttest was 71.43 percent. The analysis based on the teaching Chinese framework of the academician, the researcher found that the posttest score of using Kahoot on Mandarin synonyms (近义词) and sentence structures “verb +了” of the sample was not considered a good level. 2)The satisfaction on Mandarin learning management using Kahoot of the students showed that the enjoyment was in the highest level ( = 4.28, S.D. = 0.890), followed by the use of the program ( = 4.27, S.D. = 1.044), and the benefits                       ( = 4.12, S.D. = 1.158), respectively. In addition, the analysis of the interview on the satisfaction of Mandarin learning management showed that the students were most satisfied with the enjoyment.