The Development of English Reading Skill with Phonics for the Lower Primary Students in Surat Thani Province

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: (1) to develop of English phonics reading skill practice for the lower primary students in Surat Thani province to effective according to the 80/80 criterion skill (2) to compare of skill practice between the pre-post reading skill achievements in English phonics reading and (3) to survey of the satisfaction of English teachers and English practice teachers on the English phonics reading practice. The samples of this research consisted of 3 English teachers, 6 English practice teachers and 80 lower primary students selected from 3 schools in Surat Thani province by the purposive random sampling. The instruments of this research for lower primary students were (1) learning plans of the development the English phonics reading skills on vocabulary, (2) pre-post English phonics reading skill test, (3) the criteria for the English phonics skills, and (4) the satisfaction assessment of English teachers and English practice teachers on the English phonics reading practice. The research results were found as follows;

            1) The efficiency test of the English phonics reading practice of the lower primary students was 82.24/80.86. 2) The pre-post reading skill achievements of the English phonics reading practice difference were statistically significant at the .05 level. and 3) the satisfaction assessment of English teachers and English practice teachers on the English phonics reading practice was overall at a high level (= 3.99).