THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXERCISE THAT ENHANCE ABILITY TO READ AND WRITE DIFFICULT WORDS IN LESSONS OF THAI LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT FOR PRIMARY-5 STUDENTS

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to develop of exercise that enhance ability to read and write difficult words in lessons of Thai Language Department for primary-5 students. This research comprised 4 steps of research and development process. The sample was a group of 35 primary-5 students. The research instrument was the satisfaction survey. The research results were as follows;

1. Reading and writing with difficult words issue; there were 18 students who were barely able read the words or have an inability to read, representing 15.65 percent and 22 students who have an inability to write or hardly write the difficult words, representing 19.13 percent. In addition, there were 350 difficult words in the lessons which can be divided into 6 groups. Royal language was the word that the students were not able to read and write the most, representing 26.00 percent. Thai words of foreigner origin, representing 24.80 percent. Homophones represented 24.00 percent. Blended words represented 23.20 percent. The words that consist of Karan represented 22.82 percent and the words consisting of “รร” represented 20 percent. 2. The suitability of the 6 exercises, that enhance ability to read and write difficult words in lessons of Thai Language Department for primary-5 students, was 4.72. After testing with a small group of 12 students, the researcher found that the efficiency of the exercise was 85.76/83.70 which was higher than the specified criterion. 3. The result of applying exercises that enhance ability to read and write difficult words in lessons of Thai Language Department for primary-5 students, indicated that the score obtained after the experiment was significantly higher than the score obtained before the experiment at the .01 level. The efficiency of the experimental group was 88.18/86.52. 4. The result of student satisfaction with exercises that enhance ability to read and write difficult words, regarding to inputs, processes and outputs, showed that the appropriateness of the teacher and students in the experimental group was at the highest level.