DEVELOPMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE THAI LANGUAGE ANALYTICAL READING SKILLS TRAINING SET IN CONJUNCTION WITH ACTIVITY-BASED LEARNING FOR GRADE 6 STUDENTS

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to study classroom language skills of English pre-service teachers, Faculty of Education, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University, and 2) to study the satisfaction towards the English camp activity for promoting classroom language skills of English pre-service teachers, Faculty of Education, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University. The sample was 22 English pre-service teachers participating in the English camp activity for promoting classroom language skills, selected by purposive sampling. The research instruments were the observation form of classroom language skills, the satisfaction questionnaire towards the English camp activity, and the post-activity report. Both observation form and satisfaction questionnaire had an IOC value ranging from 0.67 to 1.00. Quantitative data was analyzed by the statistics: mean and standard deviation; qualitative data was analyzed by content analysis. The results showed that 1) the level of English pre-service teachers’ classroom language use during the English camp activity was rated at “moderate” level (M = 3.18, SD = 0.74), and 2) although students sometimes used classroom language during the activity, their satisfaction towards the English camp activity for promoting classroom language use was rated at the high level (M = 4.36, SD = 0.68).