Practice For Thai spelling skills Development : Steps to Literacy Of Pre – elementary students.

Abstract

The research entitled “The Development of Thai Phonics Skill Exercises for Demonstration School of Chiang Rai Rajabhat University’s Students to Prepare for the First Level of Primary Education Entrance”. A sample was selected from 20 students of Anuban Chiang Rai School in Kindergarten 3. Research instruments were 1) 9 sets of Thai phonics skill exercises, 2) 20 items of pre-test and post-tests and 3) teacher’ satisfaction evaluation form towards the using of Thai phonics skill exercises. The results of the study were as follows:

1. The scores of the test during learning were averaged at 152.13, at the percent of

84.64. The post-test scores have revealed the averaged at 16.75, at percentage of83.75. The findings pointed out that the Thai phonics skill exercises have had efficiency (E1/E2), equaled 84.64/83.75 which higher than a criteria 80/80.

1. The average of pre-test and post-test in achievement test scores for the Thai

phonics skill exercises were 10.05 and 16.75 respectively. It found that the post-test score were higher than pre-test scores and it were significantly different at the level of .05.

1. The satisfaction evaluation of teachers in Demonstration School of Chiang Rai

Rajabhat University who have used the Thai phonics skill exercises were in the high level at 4.74.