Developing a Process to Promote Reading Comprehension of Students in the Thai Language Department, Faculty of Education, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University

Abstract

This research was aimed at 1) creating a process to promote reading comprehension skills of students in the Thai language department, Faculty of Education, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University, 2) studying the process effectiveness, and 3) evaluating students' satisfaction with the process. The sample group consisted of 25 students in the Thai language department, Faculty of Education, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University, year 1 of the academic year 2020, selected by a Purposive Sampling method using the reading scores of the entrance examination. The research tools included 1) reading comprehension assessment forms prior and after using the process, 2) the process to promote reading comprehension, 3) reading comprehension practice form, 4) student satisfaction assessment form for the process. The research results presented the the process of enhancing reading comprehension ability, which consisted of 5 development stages, namely the evaluation stage, the stage of problem recognition and knowledge creation, the collaborative training stage for comprehension, the individual comprehension training stage and the reading comprehension evaluation stage. It was found that (1) the process had and efficiency of 84.34 /87.49, (2) students had higher reading comprehension ability, and (3) the student satisfaction with the process was in a high level.