THE EFFECTS OF INSTRUCTION USING REAP METHOD AND NORMAL TEACHING METHOD ON READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY AND ESSAY WRITING ABILITY OF GRADE 6 STUDENTS AT ANUBAN SOEMNGAM SCHOOL, LAMPANG PROVINCE

Abstract

          The objectives of this research were (1) to compare reading comprehension ability and essay writing ability of grade 6 students before and after learning through the instruction using REAP method; (2) to compare reading comprehension ability and essay writing ability of the students who learned through the instruction using REAP method with the two counterpart abilities of the students who learned through the normal teaching method; and (3) to study the relationship of reading comprehension ability with essay writing ability of the students who learned through the instruction using REAP method.  The research sample consisted of 46 grade 6 students at Anuban Soemngam School in Lampang province, obtained by multi-stage sampling. Then, they were randomly assigned to an experimental group and a control group. Statistics employed for data analysis were the mean, standard deviation, t-test, and Pearson correlation coefficient. The research findings were as follows: (1) the post-learning reading comprehension ability of grade 6 students who learned through the instruction using REAP method was significantly higher than their pre-learning counterpart ability at the .01 level of statistical significance; and their post-learning essay writing ability was also significantly higher than their pre-learning counterpart ability at the .01 level of statistical significance; (2) the reading comprehension ability of grade 6 students who learned through the instruction using REAP method was significantly higher than the counterpart ability of the students who learned through the normal teaching method at the .05 level of statistical significance; and the essay writing ability of grade 6 students who learned through the instruction using REAP method was significantly higher than the counterpart ability of the students who learned through the normal teaching method at the .01 level of statistical significance; and (3) the reading comprehension ability of grade 6 students learning through the instruction using REAP method correlated positively at the high level and significantly at the .01 level of statistical significance with their essay writing ability, with the correlation coefficient of .85.