The development of Korean reading and writing abilities using Communicative Language Teaching Activities for Grade 11 Students

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to compare the Korean reading of Grade 11 students after using Communicative Language Teaching with the criterion of 75 percent, 2) to compare the Korean writing of Grade 11 students after using Communicative Language Teaching with the criterion of 75 percent, and 3) to study student’s satisfaction with Communicative Language Teaching. The target group used in this research were group 19 students of Grade 11, in the second semester of the 2023 academic year in Phadungnaree School, The Secondary Education Service Area Office Mahasarakham, The instruments used in this research were: 1) lesson plans by using Communicative Language Teaching, 2 hours per each plan, for a total of 12 hours. 2) Korean reading ability test; 20 items of multiple choices, 3) subjective Korean writing ability test, 6 items, and 4) student’s satisfaction questionnaire towards the Communicative Language Teaching. The statistics used for the data analysis were mean, standard deviation, percentage and t-test (One Sample). The results of this research were as follows: 1) Students had an average Korean reading test score of 15.84, accounting for 79.21 percent, which was higher the 75 percent threshold with statistical significance at the .05 level. 2) Students had an average Korean writing test score of 11.79, accounting for 78.60 percent, which was higher the 75 percent threshold with statistical significance at the .05 level and 3) the students who receive learning using communicative language teaching activities Satisfaction in all 3 aspects was at the highest level of satisfaction ( = 4.91, S.D. = 0.27)