Development of English Reading Comprehension Kits through SQ6R Technique for First-Year Students Majoring in Finance, Southern Finance College, Lao PDR.

English Reading Comprehension Learning Kits, SQ6R Technique.

Abstract

            The purposes of this research were to 1) develop the English reading comprehension learning kits through SQ6R technique for the first-year students of Southern Finance College, Lao PDR., based on the standardized criteria of 80/80, 2) compare the students’ learning achievement before and after using the developed learning kits, and 3) study the students’ satisfaction toward the developed learning kits. The sample consisted of 40 first-year students majoring in Finance of Southern Finance College, Lao PDR., in the second semester of 2022 academic year, gained by cluster sampling. The research instruments were 12 sets of learning kits validated at a higher level of appropriateness, an achievement test made by the researcher with the difficulty indices ranged between .67-.80, the discrimination indices ranged between .31-.76, and the reliability value of .97, and a questionnaire for the students’ satisfaction towards the kits with the highest level of appropriateness. The statistics used for data analysis was percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and dependent t-test.

            The research findings were as follows:

1. The developed learning kits consisted of 12 sets entitled Greeting Customs, Education and Schooling, Technology in Education, Digital Marketing, The Piracy Business, Advantages of Accounting, Finance vs. Accounting, Logistics, Government Jobs vs. Private Jobs, A Job Application, A Job Interview, Business Communication, with the efficiency values of 81.5/82.25 which followed the expected standard criteria of 80/80.
2. The students’ learning achievement after using the developed learning kitswas statistically higher than that before using them at the .01 level.
3. The students’ sastisfaction toward learning by using the developed learning kits through SQ6R technique was at a higher level.