THE DEVELOPMENT OF RHYTHM OF PROSE SKILLS ON KARAOKE APPLICATION FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS OF THAI LANGUAGE STUDENTS, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, CHAIYAPHUM RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The objectives of this study are as follows: 1) to compare the rhythm of prose skills before and after learning activities to develop rhythm of prose skills on Karaoke Application for professional teachers of Thai Language Students, and 2) to study satisfaction with the activities of improving rhythm of prose skills on Karaoke Application for professional teachers of Thai Language Students. The samples are undergraduate students in Thai language, Chaiyaphum Rajabhat University, enrolled in the course; The Art of Reading Aloud in 2021 academic year, 55 people acquired using the purposive sampling method, the instruments for this research consists of 1) instrument for developing melodic reading skills namely 1.1) karaoke application media "The Rhythm of Prose " developed by the researcher 1.2) WeSing karaoke application and 2) instrument for measuring and evaluation including 1) an assessment for evaluating the reading capabilities of the Rhythm of Prose, and 2) an assessment for recording satisfaction with the management of the development of the rhythm of prose skills conducted four weeks of development of melodic reading skills by 4 hours of lectures and demonstrations from the application media and 4 hours of manual practices a week for a total of 32 hours. The statistics used to analyze the data include percentage, average, standard deviation, and static used to test the t-test hypothesis. The results showed that 1) Learners had improved their melodic reading skills after using karaoke applications, statistically significant at the level of .05 2) The satisfaction of the students towards developing activities of melodic reading skill  on the karaoke application, at the highest level, the mean score for overall satisfaction was 4.68, the standard deviation was 0.52