Using Zone of Proximal Development Theory to Encourage the Behavior Reaction in English Subject of Ethnic’s Students

Abstract

                   This research aimed to study (1) to develop and access the efficiency of vocabulary for kids’ book by using zone of proximal development theory for ethnic’s students to meet the efficiency criterion of 75/75 and (2) to compare the behavior reaction in English subject of ethnic’s students. The target group was 14-student of Ar-o-yama Border Patrol Police School, Fang district, Chaing Mai province. The instrument was vocabulary for kids’ book, lesson plan, pre-test & post-test, and the evaluation form of the behavior reaction in English subject of ethnic’s students which be passed the evaluation by 5 experts. The statistic for collecting data was analysis data by basic statistics such as average, percentage and standard division. The research results were found as follows;

1. the efficiency criterion of vocabulary for kids’ book by using zone of proximal development theory for ethnic’s students was 78.35 / 79.00 and 2. the behavior reaction in English subject of ethnic’s students was divided to three parts were: cognitive domain of before using the vocabulary for kids’ book average was 2.00 in low level and after that the average was 4.67 in very high level, affective Domain of before using the vocabulary for kids’ book average was 2.00 in low level and after that  the average was 4.16 in high level, and psychomotor domain) of before using the vocabulary for kids’ book average was 1.99 in very low level and after that  the average was 4.10 in high level.