The Development of an English Communication Training Program for Border Patrol Police
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The purposes of this research were to develop an English Communication Training Program for Border Patrol Police and to study the results of using the curriculum. The research process was divided into 4 phrases which were Phase 1: General information study, Phase 2: Curriculum development, Phase 3: Implementing the curriculum and Phase 4: Evaluation and curriculum improvement. The sample group in Phase 3: Implementing the curriculum, was 30 border patrol police. The tools used to collect data were the English for Communication Skills Test and surveys asking the trainees’ opinions about the training course. The data were analyzed using percentage, mean and standard deviation. The research results revealed that 1) The results of the development of an English Communication Training Program for Border Patrol Police 1.1) The results of the study of general information revealed that the English language training course used in police duty contained only a content framework for general English. However, the course was insufficient in content of English for Border Patrol Police. The training mainly focused on lecturing, giving knowledge but it lacked practice and application in practice. 1.2) Training curriculum development consisted of background and importance, principles, objectives, content, time, activities, trainees, training material and evaluation. The suitability of the training program was a very appropriate level; especially contents in 4 units related to the use of English for Broder Patrol Police. 2) The results of implementing the training curriculum showed that the trainees' ability to use English for communication before and after the training was significantly different at the .05 level. In the phrase of evaluation and curriculum improvement found that the overall level of feedback on the course was at a high level. Considering each aspect, it was found that the opinions on the content of the curriculum were at a moderate to high level. Opinions on activities, comments on lecturer were at the high level and opinions on the curriculum was found that the opinion level was moderate to high. The trainees realized that they had gained a high level of knowledge and skills in English from the training program that were useful for their practice as a border patrol police.
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