Development of The English Communication“Local Guide” Curriculum For Students of Khong Jiam Wittayakom School

Abstract

The three objectives of the research were as follows: to develop the English communication “Local Guide” curriculum for students at Khongjiamwittayakom school, to create the English communication “Local Guide” curriculum to study the results obtained from the training based on the curriculum, and to study the samples’ levels of satisfaction. Twenty 11^th grade students were selected to participate and evaluate the training program. The research instruments included the English communication “Local Guide” curriculum developed by the researcher, an index of consistency, an evaluation of congruence, a knowledge and skill test, a questionnaire on training satisfaction. The statistics used were frequency, percentages, mean, standard deviation and t-test.

        The results revealed that the pre and post tests on the knowledge and skill testing, the trainees’ different score showed that there was improvement among the trainees at the significant level of .05. The questionnaire results showed that the trainees were highly satisfied with the curriculum and the future-orientation of the training. The trainees also highly agreed that the training helped them with job motivation. There are five factors; guest lecturer is the highest satisfaction level and teaching method, English curriculum, media and place are high satisfaction level.  The English Communication Curriculum have four topics : 1 Confidently Introducing yourself in English 2 Daily English Conversation  3 Way to say Hello and Goodbye in English 4 English for Tourism 5 English for Tour Guides and Khongjiam Sightseeing

       In addition, this program can improve students’ English skills, motivate them to be local guides. Moreover, they can make money for this part time job while studying.