Improving Students’ Speaking Proficiency through Teaching Critical Thinking Skills: A Case Study of English Major Students at Rajamangala University of Technology Isan, Nakhon Ratchasima
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This research was intended to examine students’ speaking proficiency through teaching critical thinking skills and to explore students’ satisfaction toward this teaching technique to English as a Foreign Language students at Rajamangala University of Technology Isan, Nakhon Ratchasima. The sample comprised 38 third-year English major students who studied in a seminar in English language subject, in 2017 academic year. The research instruments were lesson plans, speaking tests, and questionnaires. The data were analyzed by mean, standard deviation, and t-test dependent. The findings indicated that students’ speaking proficiency was significantly higher than before teaching at 0.05 level. Also, the students’ satisfaction toward teaching critical thinking skills was at a high level.
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บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของมหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีราชมงคลอีสาน
ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับมหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีราชมงคลอีสานและคณาจารย์ท่านอื่นๆในมหาวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใดๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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