English Literacy Curriculum Based on Content and Language Integrated Learning and Project-based Learning Approaches for Upper Secondary School Students

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to develop an English literacy curriculum based on Content and Language Integrated Learning and project-based learning approaches for upper secondary school students. Samples were 36 M. 5 students of Triam Udom Suksa School of the South, Nakhon Si Thammarat. The duration of experiment was 18 weeks with the total of 36 hours. The research instrument was English Literacy Test. Data were analyzed by using mean, standard deviation, and t-test. Research findings found that a developed course curriculum consisted 7 steps which are: 1) Agree on a theme for the project; 2) Determine the final outcome; 3) Structure and plan the project; 4) Information gathering cycle; 5) Information compilation & analysis; 6) Information reporting; and 7) Evaluate the Project. After the experiment, ability mean score of control group was higher than before at significantly different level .05. The data showed that the students, teachers and School Director satisfactory scores were rated at high level. The recommendations made were such as the local content should be adapted to the users’ local content and the students should be motivated to conduct the project, inquire information, and draw their own potential to finish the project.