THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATION COMPETENCY EXERCISES IN THAI LANGUAGE WRITING SKILLS FOR 5TH GRADE STUDENTS
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The objectives of this research were 1) to develop communication competency exercises in Thai Language writing skills for fifth grade students that follow the 80/80 criteria, 2) to compare the results of communication writing competence between the experimental group students taught with developed exercise and taught through traditional learning approach and 3) to study satisfaction with the communication competency exercises in Thai Language writing skills for fifth Grade students. The sample in this study was fifth Grade students (60 students from 9 classrooms) who enrolled in Thai Language subjects at Prasarnmit Demonstration School (Elementary), Srinakharinwirot University in the second semester of academic year 2023. A purposive sampling technique was used to select thirty students in the experimental group and thirty students in the control group in this study. The research tools included 1) four sets of communication competency exercises in Thai Language writing skills for fifth grade students, 2) a communication writing competence assessment test, and 3) a questionnaire on satisfaction after learning through communication competency exercises. The data was analysed by using the efficacy determination E1/E2, mean (M), standard deviation (SD), the Wilcoxon signed-rank test and the Mann-Whitney U-Test. The results indicated that
1. the communication competency exercises in Thai Language writing skills for fifth grade students, the process efficiency (E1) was 81.27, and the outcome efficiency (E2) was 83.21, both of which met the established criteria of 80/80.
2. The students in the experimental group based on the communication competency exercises in Thai Language writing skills for fifth grade students were significantly higher than the students in the control group who received the traditional learning approach, at a statistically significant level of 0.01.
3. The students’ satisfaction in the experimental group after learning with communication competency exercises in Thai Language writing skills for fifth grade students on communication writing competence was at the high level. (M = 4.6, SD = 0.13).
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