THE EFFECT OF TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE INTEGRATED WITH COOPERATIVE LEARNING THROUGH THE ROUND ROBIN TECHNIQUE ON ENHANCING CHINESE SPEAKING ABILITY OF MATHAYOMSUKSA 3 STUDENTS

Abstract

The purposes of this research were : 1) to compare the Chinese speaking ability of Grade 9 students before and after being taught through the Total Physical Response Integrated with cooperative learning through the round robin technique 2) to compare the students’ Chinese speaking ability after learning with the 70 percent proficiency criterion and 3) to study the students’ satisfaction toward learning through the Total Physical Response Integrated with cooperative learning through the round robin technique. The samples were 30 Grade 9 students in the first semester of the 2025 academic year, selected by cluster random sampling. The research instruments consisted of the Lesson plans, a Chinese speaking ability test, and a satisfaction questionnaire. The statistics used for data analysis were mean, standard deviation, percentage, and t-test for dependent samples.

The findings of this research were as follows:

1) The students taught through the Total Physical Response Integrated with cooperative learning through the round robin technique had an average pretest score of 54.33 and an average posttest score of 104.80. The posttest mean score was significantly higher than the pretest mean score at the .05 level.

2) The Total Physical Response integrated with cooperative learning through the round robin technique students’ average posttest score of 104.80, equivalent to 87.33 percent, which was higher than the set criterion of 70 percent.

3) The students' satisfaction toward learning through Total Physical Response integrated with cooperative learning through the round robin technique was rated at the highest level.