A Comparison of reading and speaking abilities of Matthayomsuksa three students of Watnangsao (Thavornratbamrung) school, samutsakhon by using CALL lessons based on selected contents in Wax Museum

Abstract

         The purposes of this research were: 1)to compare students’ English reading ability before and after using the “CALL” lessons; 2) to compare students’ English speaking ability before and after using the “CALL” lessons; and 3)to study students’ opinions toward the “CALL” lessons. The sample, selected by a purposive sampling technique, comprises 30 Matthayomsuksa three students of Watnangsao School during the second semester of academic year 2017. The students studied English reading through 8 units of “CALL” reading lessons. The duration of experiment research covered 8 class session over a two week period. The instruments used for gathering data consisted of :1) the “CALL” reading lessons 2)a reading proficiency test, used as a pretest and posttest 3) a speaking proficiency test, used as a pretest and posttest and 4)a questionnaire on opinions toward the “CALL”  lessons. A paired- samples  t-test was used compare the students’ English reading and speaking ability before and after using the “CALL” exercises. In addition, the mean and standard deviation of items were used to evaluate the students’ opinions toward the eight “CALL”  lessons. The results of the study were as follows: 1)The students’ ability in English reading after  using the “CALL” reading lessons was significantly higher than the expected criterion at the 0.01 level. 2)The students’ ability in English speaking after  using the “CALL”  lessons was significantly higher than the expected criterion at the 0.01 level. 3)The students had a very high opinion toward the “CALL”  lessons.