The Development of Instructional Packages to Practice English Reading Comprehension Skill by Using Task-Based Learning with Local Learning Resources for the Eleventh Grade Students

Abstract

              Reading is an important tool in acquiring knowledge. Especially, reading comprehension skills can help students to understand the detail of the stories that they read.  At present, many students still lack reading comprehension skills. Which can be seen from the reading tests, and the result from the Ordinary National Educational Test. The development of instructional packages to practice English reading comprehension skill by using task-based learning with local learning resources can help students to improve their English Reading Comprehension Skill.

               The purposes of this research were to 1) study the needs and the fundamental data to develop the instructional packages to practice English reading comprehension skill by using  task-based learning with local learning resources for the eleventh grade students.2) develop and test the efficiency of the instructional packages to practice English reading comprehension skill by using task-based learning with local learning resources for the eleventh grade students based on criteria of 80/80 3) compare students’ English reading comprehension before and after using the instructional packages to practice English reading comprehension skill by using task-based learning with local learning resources and 4) survey the students’ opinions toward the instructional packages to practice English reading comprehension skill by using task-based learning with local learning resources. The sample of this research consisted of 34 students of the eleventh grade during the second semester of 2018 academic year of Thamakawitthayakom School, Kanchanaburi from cluster random sampling. The research instruments were the interview forms, the focus group questions, the instructional packages, the lesson plans, the English reading comprehension skill test, and the students’ opinion questionnaire. The obtained data were analyzed by percentage, mean, standard deviation, dependent t-test and content analysis.

               The results of this research were as follow:

               1) The students, teachers, and people who related to education would like the instructional packages that based on general geography, history, important places, local products, traditions, and beliefs. The instructional packages should be variety of activities, encourage students to practice real task, and focus on Student-centered learning. 2) The efficiency of the instructional packages to practice English reading comprehension skill by using task-based learning with local learning resources for the eleventh grade students was 91.29/82.35 which was the efficiency higher than standard criterion (80/80). This instructional packages were developed by using Thorndike’s Connected Theory, which focused on task-based learning. The students practiced successively the tasks until they had higher reading comprehension skill.. 3) The students’ English reading comprehension skill posttest scores were higher than pretest scores significant at the .05 level. and 4) The students’ opinion toward the instructional packages to practice English reading comprehension skill by using task-based learning with local learning resources were at a highest level.