THE EFFECTS OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL PACKAGES ON COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH TENSES FOR GRADE 9 STUDENTS

Abstract

          The purposes of this study were: 1) to determine the efficiency of the instructional packages on communicative English tenses for grade 9 students based on the standard criterion set at 75/75; 2) to compare students' learning achievement before and after learning through instructional packages on communicative English tenses; and 3) to investigate the students’satisfaction towards the instructional packages on communicative English tenses of grade 9 students.The samples of this study were 24 grade 9 students who took fundamental English (E23101) course in the first semester of academic year 2013 at Muangphochaipittayakom School,  Nongki District, Buriram Province under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 32, selected by simple random sampling technique. The research instruments were 2 instructional packages, an achievement test, and a satisfaction questionnaire. The statistics used to analyze the collected data were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and dependent samples t-test. The findings were as follows:

            1. The instructional packages on communicative English tenses for grade 9 students had an efficiency of 77.96/77.92 which was higher than the standard criterion set at 75/75.

            2. Grade 9 students who learned by instructional packages on communicative English tenses after learning had higher achievement than before learning at the .01 level of statistical significance.

            3. Grade 9 students were satisfied toward the instructional packages in overall at the most satisfactory level. 

            The findings can be significant for teachers and students to develop an effective teaching and learning the communicative English tenses in ELT setting through the instructional packages.