THE PROMOTION OF READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY OF 6TH GRADE STUDENTS BY USING TASK-BASED LEARNING WITH AUTHENTIC MATERIALS

Abstract

The purposes of this study were 1) to compare reading comprehension ability of grade-six students before and after using task-based learning with authentic materials and 2) to study the satisfaction of grade-six students towards task-based learning with authentic materials. The samples of this research were 14 grade-six students at Suthapoch Municipal School during the first semester of academic year 2024. The participants were selected by the cluster random sampling. The research technique method was the one-group pretest-posttest design. The instruments used for this research consisted of 1.) lesson plans with task-based learning with authentic materials 2.) the English reading comprehension ability test, used as a pretest and posttest and 3.) one set of satisfaction questionnaire towards task-based learning with authentic materials. The mean (), standard deviation (S.D), dependent sample t-test and content analysis were employed to analyze the data.

The findings were as follows: 1.) The students’ reading comprehension abilities after using task-based learning with authentic materials were significantly higher at the 0.05 level 2.) The students’ satisfaction towards using task-based learning with authentic materials was at a high level.