The Development of English for Communication Skills Training Kit for Matthayomseuksa 2 students, Watchanpradittharam School Pasijaroen District, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

Abstract

The main objectives of this study are as follows: 1) to develop the English for Communication Skills Training Kit for Matthayomseuksa 2 students, aiming to meet the effectiveness index criteria of 80/80, 2) to assess the English communication skills of Matthayomseuksa 2 students before and after using the English for Communication Skills Training Kit, and 3) to evaluate the satisfaction of students on the English for Communication Skills Training Kit. The sample for this study consisted of 39 Matthayomseuksa 2 students from Wat Chanpradittharam School, selected through random sampling. The research instruments included the Teacher Manual of the English for Communication Skills Training Kit, the English for Communication Skills Training Kit for Matthayomseuksa 2 students (comprising a set of 6 booklets), the English Communication Skills Achievement Tests for Matthayomseuksa 2 (consisting of both a pretest and a posttest, with 30 questions each), and a satisfaction questionnaire for Matthayomseuksa 2 students regarding the English for Communication Skills Training Kit (containing 15 questions and a 5-point ranking scale). Statistical tools used for data analysis included percentages, means, standard deviations, and dependent t-tests. The findings of this study were as follows: 1) The effectiveness of the English for Communication Skills Training Kit for Matthayomseuksa 2 students was determined to be 83.78/84.53. 2) The comparison of students' English communication skills between the average pretest score and the average posttest score yielded a significant difference. The mean pretest score was 16.47, while the mean posttest score increased to 24.70. The difference was statistically significant at the .01 level. 3) Students who used the English for Communication Skills Training Kit for Matthayomseuksa 2 experienced the highest level of satisfaction on average ( = 4.61, S.D. = 0.53), making it quite noteworthy.