The Study of Reading Achievement and Satisfaction on English Reading Comprehension Using STSD Cooperative Learning Technique for Freshmen Majoring in International Trade of Guangxi Vocational Institute of Technology

Abstract

          The objectives of this research were to 1) compare the learning achievement between pretest and post-test, post-test with a 75 percentage criterion on English reading comprehension using STAD cooperative learning technique 2) study the satisfaction on English reading comprehension using STAD cooperative learning technique. The research method was one group pretest posttest design. The sample was one class of 30 International Trade major students in the second semester of academic year 2022 at Guangxi Vocational Institute of Technology, which was selected by cluster sampling. The research instruments included 1) English reading teaching plan using STAD cooperative learning technique together with a reading activity set on English reading comprehension. 2) 30 multiple choices learning achievement test. 3) 20 items with 5 rating scales of satisfaction questionnaires. The statistics used for data analysing were mean, percentage, standard deviation and t-test.

          The results of the research were as follow：1）The post-test achievement was statistically higher than that of pretest at 0.01 level, and the post-test achievement was significantly higher than the criteria of 75 percent criterion at 0.01 level. 2）The students were satisfied with the learning activities. Overall, all aspects had a mean of 4.51 with the highest satisfaction level(4.51, S.D.=0.58).