The Effect of Task - Based Learning Program to Improve English Reading Skills of Students in a Private University in Nakhon Pathom
Abstract
The purposes of this study were to: 1) investigate reading skill of first year students; 2) compare students' English reading achievement before and after using task - based learning program; and 3) investigate students' satisfaction towards task- based learning. The research samples were 40 first year nursing students who registered in English I section 2 in the second semester of academic year 2014. The research instruments were lessons plan, rubric score for evaluating learning task, the reading comprehension tests, and the satisfaction the set of questionnaires. The data were analyzed by t-test, mean, and standard deviation. The findings of the study revealed that: the average score of students reading comprehension were significantly different at the .05 level after using Task Based Learning was higher than the average score before using Task Based Learning and the students' satisfaction towards task-based learning was at a very good level.
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