Abstract:
The purposes of this research were 1) to develop and find out the efficiency of English instructional packages to enhance English skills for Prathomsuksa 4 Students to meet the criteria set at 80/80; 2) to compare the students learning achievement before and after learning English through instruction packages; 3) to find out the effectiveness index of English instructional packages to enhance English skills for Prathomsuksa 4 Students; and 4) to study the students satisfaction towards English instructional packages to enhance English skills. The samples were 23 Prathomsuksa 4 students who enrolled the Fundamental English Course (E14101) in the first semester of the academic year 2015 at Banwankhuankorwitaya School in Lamplaimat District, Buriram Province, selected by using simple random sampling, lottery technique. The instruments used in this study were 1) English instructional packages; 2) the learning achievement test; and 3) the satisfaction questionnaire. The statistics used for analyzing the collected data were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and dependent samples t-test. The significant difference was set at the level of .05.
The findings were as follows:
1. English instructional packages to enhance English skills Students had an efficiency of 85.99/83.91 which was higher than the criteria set at 80/80.
2. Prathomsuksa 4 Students who learned by English instructional packages after learning had higher achievement than before learning at the .01 level of statistical significant difference.
3. The effectiveness index of English instructional packages to enhance English skills was 0.7137 which was indicated that learners progressed in learning at 71.37 %
4. Prathomsuksa 4 Students were satisfied toward English instructional packages to enhance English skill as a whole at a high level.