THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY USING THE DR-TA (DIRECTED READING-THINKING ACTIVITY) INSTRUCTION WITH THE 5W1H QUESTIONING TECHNIQUE FOR GRADE 6 STUDENTS

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to; 1) the development of activity of using the DR-TA instruction with the 5W1H questioning technique to promote the English reading comprehension ability of Grade 6 students with the criteria efficiency of 75/75; 2) compare the English reading comprehension ability of grade sixth students before and after learning using the DR-TA instruction with the 5W1H questioning technique and 3) the students' satisfaction with using the DR-TA instruction with the 5W1H questioning technique. The sample group used in this research were 10 students of Ban phumnonsawang School, obtained by Cluster Random Sampling at school as a random system. The research instruments were : lesson plan for reading comprehension in English using the DR-TA using the DR-TA instruction with the 5W1H questioning technique ; English reading ability test and the satisfaction questionnaire. The statistics used in the research were Mean, Standard Deviation, Percentage and The Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test (Nonparametric Tests) The results showed that; 1) The result of English reading comprehension ability using the DR-TA instruction with the 5W1H questioning technique of the sixth grade students obtained the efficiency of 82.50/80 which is higher than the specified efficiency criteria of 75/75; 2) The compared result of English reading comprehension ability using the DR-TA instruction with the 5W1H questioning technique shows that Post-test scores are significantly higher than Pre-test scores at .05 level and 3) The overall satisfaction of learning through using the DR-TA instruction with the 5W1H questioning technique  was at a high level.