Kanyaporn Leesamphandh. The study on developmental process of communicative English courses in one world-class standard school. Master's Degree(Language and Culture for Communication and Development). Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center. : Mahidol University, 2014.
The study on developmental process of communicative English courses in one world-class standard school
Abstract:
The purposes of this study were to explore how communicative English courses were developed, and to find out the teachers and students roles in communicative English classes in one world-class standard school. Graves (1996) course development framework of components was employed as the conceptual framework to guide the study, which was conducted in one of the largest world-class standard schools in the Secondary Education Service Area Office 9 in Nakhon Pathom province. This study was conducted by using qualitative case study method through semi-structured and focus-group interviews and classroom observations. The participants were 4 teachers of English: one Thai and 3 non-Thai, and 16 students: 6 Matthayom 1, 4 Matthayom 2 and 6 Matthayom 5. The findings were as follows: (1) non-Thai teachers of English did not analyze students needs before the courses were initially taught; (2) non-Thai teachers of English did not know about the information regarding Thailands world-class standard school project in order to determine goals and objectives; (3) non-Thai teachers of English conceptualized course content according to the title of the course; (4) non-Thai teachers of English developed learning materials by themselves without using any commercial textbooks; (5) non-Thai teachers of English organized activities according to the course content and students intelligibility; (6) students were mostly evaluated through multiple-choice testing; courses were evaluated when there was a school audit; and non-Thai teachers of English were evaluated by the department head and students using questionnaires; and (7) the challenge for non-Thai teachers of English was students regarding their English background, a large number of them in a classroom and their opportunities to use English in educational context around the school. Non-Thai teachers of English had roles as a facilitator, a role model, a motivator, a disciplinarian, and a consultant while students were considered both active and passive learners in communicative English classes. Active learners wanted to have more content while passive learners did not want to learn. Students liked their teachers sense of humor, realized that studying English was important, wanted more study time of these communicative English courses and they wanted their teachers to use more classrooms facilities. The findings of the study provide some deep insights into the development of improved communicative English courses, inform teachers of English in terms of course development in world-class standard schools, and offer some practical suggestions to policy developers regarding the establishment of world-class standard schools.
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