The Development of Poetry Reading Aloud Skills Using Reading Practice Exercises on Nirat Mahasarakham Based on the Four Principles of Iddhipāda for Grade 8 Students at Nongpho Wittayakhom School, Maha Sarakham Province

Abstract

This research aimed to: (1) develop a skill exercise package for reading aloud the Nirat Mahasarakham poem based on the Iddhipāda IV principles to achieve the efficiency criterion of 80/80; (2) compare students’ learning achievement before and after using the skill exercise package for reading aloud the Nirat Mahasarakham poem; and (3) investigate students’ satisfaction with the instructional management using the skill exercise package. The research instruments consisted of: (1) lesson plans, (2) a skill exercise package for reading aloud the Nirat Mahasarakham poem, (3) an achievement test on Thai poetry reading, and (4) a student satisfaction questionnaire. The target group comprised 20 Grade 8 students at Nongpho Wittayakhom School. The statistics used for data analysis were mean, standard deviation (S.D.), and the dependent samples t-test. The research findings revealed that: (1) the efficiency of the skill exercise package was 83.39/86.73, which exceeded the predetermined criterion of 80/80; (2) the students’ achievement in reading aloud the Nirat Mahasarakham poem after the instruction was significantly higher than before the instruction at the .05 level; and (3) the students’ overall satisfaction with the instructional management using the skill exercise package was at the highest level, with a mean score of 4.54.