A Study of Development of English Reading Skill by Using Storyline for Grade 9 Students At La Salle School Bangkok
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This Article aimed to study development of English reading skills using the storyline method of grade 9 students at La Salle school. The objectives were 1) to develop a storyline method to be suitable with teaching for reading comprehension of grade 9 Students at La Salle school Bangkok 2) to compare reading skills before and after using the storyline method of grade 9 students at La Salle School Bangkok 3) to enquire the satisfaction of the storyline method of grade 9 students at La Salle school Bangkok. The research Methodology was quasi-experimental research and the research area was La Salle school Bangkok. The sampling group was 48 grade 9 students at room no. 1 by purposive sampling. The research instruments consisted of 4 lesson plans namely English reading proficiency tests, and students’ satisfaction questionnaire. The data were analyzed by percentage, mean, and standard deviation.
- The appropriateness of the manual of English reading comprehension skills by using the storyline method of grade 9 students at La Salle school Bangkok found that the average mean score of all parts is 4.36 which is at high level. When it was considered as each aspect, it was found that the average mean score of the teaching and learning materials was ( = 4.40, S.D. 0.30) at the highest level and the aspect of the teaching and learning content was ( = 4.31, S.D. 0.31) at the lowest level.
- The comparison scores before and after studying the storyline method strategy to develop English-reading skills of grade 9 students at La Salle school Bangkok had the score of pre-test at = 13.77, S.D. = 3.67, and = 27.08 S.D. = 27.08. This illustrated that most students were classified at a very good level of development.
- The students’ satisfaction after using the storyline method to develop English reading skills in overall aspects had an average mean score of 4.41 at the high level. When it was considered each aspect, it was found that the aspect of the duration of the study is appropriate had an average mean score at = 4.65, S.D. = 0.48 at the highest level and the aspect of teacher encourages students to have creativity had an average mean score at = 4.23, S.D. = 0.63 at the lowest level.
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