DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING PACKAGE BY USING SCHOOLOGY IN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY ONLINE FOR IMPROVING ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILLS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN KRABI PROVINCE

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to find the efficiency of the training package by using Schoology in Professional Learning Community online to improve English communication skill for primary school English language teachers in Krabi according to the criteria 80/80, 2) to study the achievement of English communication skills of Primary school English language teachers in Krabi who used the training package by using Schoology in PLC online and to study the satisfaction of Primary school English language teachers towards the training package. Research samples were 16 primary school teachers who taught English subject in Sungtongvittaya School in the first and second semesters of 2019 academic year. The research instruments included with a questionnaire used for collecting basic information, a training package for developing English communication skills of primary school English language teachers, an achievement test with the difficulty between 0.38 – 0.75 and reliability at 0.92 and a trainees’ satisfaction questionnaire. Data were analyzed by using percentage, mean, standard deviation, and
t-test dependent.

The research results found that the training package developed met the criteria at 81.64/83.59. The participants’ average score of the achievement after using the training package was higher than before using it at statistically significant difference at 0.05 and the trainees’ satisfaction towards the training package was in ‘very much’ level.