A Comparison of Developing English Reading Comprehension Ability of Mathayomsuksa 5 at Klaeng“Wittayasathaworn” School Between a Group Instructed by Using the Murdoch Integrated Approach (MIA) and Those Instructed by Using Traditional Approach

Abstract

             The purpose of the research were to (1) compare English reading comprehension capability of Mathayomsuksa 5 at Klaeng“Wittayasathaworn” School between a group instructed by using the Murdoch integrated approach (MIA) and those instructed by using the traditional approach,
(2) compare English reading comprehension capability of Mathayomsuksa 5 at Klaeng “Wittayasathaworn” School before and after by using the Murdoch integrated approach (MIA) and (3) compare English reading comprehension capability of Mathayomsuksa 5 at Klaeng “Wittayasathaworn” School before and after by using the traditional approach.

            The sample in this research consisted of two classrooms of Mathayomsuksa 5 at Klaeng “Wittayasathaworn” School in the first semester of the academic year 2022 by simple random sampling. The first classroom was M.5/8 designed as the experiment group and instructed by using Murdoch integrated approach (MIA). The second classroom was M.5/9 designed as the control group and instructed by using traditional approach.

            The instrument used in research consisted of (1) 4 reading comprehension lesson plans using the Murdoch integrated approach (MIA), (2) 4 reading comprehension lesson plans using
the traditional approach and (3) an achievement test with reliability of 0.83. The data collected were analyzed in term of mean and standard deviation. The t-test was employed to test hypothesis.

            The result of the study were as follows:

1. The English reading comprehension capability of Mathayomsuksa 5 at Klaeng “Wittayasathaworn” School instructed by using the Murdoch integrated approach (MIA) was higher than those instructed by using the traditional approach were significantly different at the .05 level.


2. The English reading comprehension capability of Mathayomsuksa 5 at Klaeng “Wittayasathaworn” School instructed by using the Murdoch integrated approach (MIA) before and after were significantly different at the .05 level.

            3. The English reading comprehension capability of Mathayomsuksa 5 at Klaeng “Wittayasathaworn” School instructed by using the traditional approach before and after were significantly different at the .05 level.