A study of an English instructional model based on flipped classroom approach to enhance the ability of reading comprehension of students majoring in English, Faculty of Education, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University
Abstract:
The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the effectiveness of an English instructional model based on flipped classroom approach to enhance the ability of reading comprehension of students majoring in English, Faculty of Education, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University. The participants were 30 undergraduate students majoring in English. They were selected by purposive sampling in the course of Critical Reading for Teachers of English in the second semester academic year 2022. The research instruments used for collecting data were lesson plans, a pre-post English reading comprehension test, and a student satisfaction questionnaire. The data were analyzed by mean, standard deviation, and t-test for dependent samples. The results of the study found that: 1) An English instructional model based on flipped classroom approach to enhance the ability of reading comprehension consists of 4 components: (1) principles, (2) objectives, (3) 5 stages of instructional procedures: Introducing How to Learn, Searching and Organizing Data, Constructing Knowledge, Creating Products, and assessment and evaluation. The result of the evaluation of all elements by the 5 experts was the appropriate level. 2) The effectiveness of the instructional model indicated that 1) the participants had higher ability of reading comprehension than before studying through the instructional model with statistical significance level of .01. 2) the participants had higher ability of reading comprehension than the criteria at .05 level of significance and 3) the participants had satisfactions towards learning through the instructional model at a high level.