Development of Reading Comprehension Skills by Using Kwl Plus Technique of Grade Xii Students at Pre-Pali School, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University
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The purposes of the study were 1) to develop reading comprehension skills of Grade XII students by using KWL Plus techniques 2) to compare reading comprehension skill of Grade XII students before and after using KWL Plus techniques and 3) to measure Grade XII students’ satisfaction towards using KWL Plus techniques. The participants were 15 high school students from Pre-Pali School, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University. The instruments were English lesson plans of KWL Plus technique, English reading comprehension skills test and satisfaction Questionnaire.
The result in this study found that
1.After intervention, students reading comprehension skills were improved in the higher level.
2.The average post-test scores of students' English reading comprehension abilities were significantly higher than their pre-test scores at the .05 level with the statistical number (x̅ = 26.40, S.D = 2.29).
3. The students' satisfaction towards the integration of KWL Plus technique is at very high level (x̅ = 4.44, S.D. = 4.86).
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