Abstract:
The research program aimed to develop a knowledge package of the Patani Malay (PM) usage of the students who took part in the bi/multilingual education extension program, to develop a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in accordance with the bi/multilingual education program, and to link the network of the bi/multilingual education extension program in Yala Province. The samples consisted
of the stakeholders in the schools of the bi/multilingual education expansion program, who were 15 teachers, 40 first-grade students, and 25 kindergarten children in Anuban 3 (6 years old). The study was carried out by using a questionnaire, a group discussion, and a data entry form for data synthesis. Data were analyzed by content analysis. The findings of the research concluded that:
1. There were two knowledge sets related to PM usage in the bi/multilingual education expansion program in Yala Province.
1.1 The knowledge related to the situations and problems of the teaching and learning in accordance with the bi/multilingual educational process in Yala Province. Based on the findings of the first subproject, there were three schools which engaged in the bi/multilingual education expansion program in Yala Province. All of them did not use the Malay dialect with the Thai-based script and the bi/multilingual teaching and learning plans and materials at the elementary level. However, there was still some teaching and learning using PM in the kindergarten classes. According to the study, there were two schools that continued to teach using PM with the Thai-based script developed by the bi/multilingual education program.
1.2 The knowledge related to reading skills in both of PM and Thai language of the students who took part in the bi/multilingual education expansion program. Based on the results of the first subproject, it was found that there was no difference between the scores of both reading skills for the first-grade students in the bi/multilingual education expansion program schools. The average scores (in percentage) of both reading skills were at 51.33 and 53 percent, respectively.
2. The computer-assisted instruction (CAI) of the bi/multilingual education was developed in accordance with the kindergarten (Anuban 3) curriculum in 6 units. They were PM consonants, PM vowels, My School, Important Places in My Village, My House, and My Body. The study was carried out in the two network schools. The findings showed that after the setting up of the CAI, the schools had
tried only two units of PM consonants and vowels, and the students achieved higher than before lessons in the units. The average scores were 50.6 and 33.1 percent, respectively.
3. Only two bi/multilingual education network schools, in the kindergarten class, adopted the teaching and learning using PM in Yala Province. After taking part in the activities organized by Yala Rajabhat University, the network came up with the suggestions that the bi/multilingual teaching and learning had to be developed in the dimension of the application of media technology for easy access
that fitted to the digital world.