Abstract:
The Purposes of the Study 1. To study thai language teachers ; opinions concerning critical skill training activities in teaching thai language at the upper secondary level. 2. To propose the teaching model of critical skill training activities in teaching thai language at the upper secondary level. Procedures A set of questionnaires was constructed to collect data from the population consisting of 121 thai language teachers at 19 upper secondary goverment schools in Educational Region 4. The collected data were analysed by means of percentage, arithmetic means and standard deviation, then presented in table and descriptive form. The researcher proposed the teaching model based on those findings and considered by jury of experts. Results The results of the study revealed that critical skills training activities performed at the high level were orderly as follows : critical speaking after reading, critical writing after reading, and critical speaking after listening. But critical writing after listening was performed at the low level. According to activities concerning critical speaking after reading, the first one, which the students performed at the high level, was the exchange of questions and answers between teachers and students. According to activities concerning critical writing after reading, the first one, which the students performed at the high level, was to form into small groups to make rational sentences to the matter being read. According to activities concerning critical speaking after listening, the first one, which the students performed at the high level, was to group for discussion after listening lecture. The types of content to be criticized at the high level were orderly as follows : characters in literature or well-known persons, various kinds of poetry, the language of mass medium, external reading books, new and entertainments. The significant problems concerning the performance of critical skill training activities in thai language teaching were that students lacked self-confidence to express their opinions ; and that the jammed subject content in each course caused lack of time for critical activities. The teachers proposed that the teachers themselves should be able to criticize as a precedent, and then stimulate the students to do. The proposed teaching model consisted of three significant steps : to prepare activities, to perform activities and to evaluate activities. To prepare activities concentrated on extending the the experience of the students. To perform activities concentrated on small group discussion and reporting.