The Development of Chinese based Instructional Model Promoting Communicative Competency of Thai Primary Students

Abstract

The purposes of the study were (1) to develop a Instructional model of Chinese language course to promote communicative competency of grade 1 students at Khon Kean University demonstration school, primary level (Faculty of Education) and (2) to assess the quality of the learning model of Chinese language course by considering students’ communicative competency after the model application and students’ satisfaction. This research and development design consisted of four stages which were 1) identifying the Chinese class problems, 2) developing the learning model, 3) experimenting the model in the classroom, 4) reviewing for further model development. The findings of the study showed as follows:

            (1) There were three aspects in the developed learning model which included principles, purposes, and processes of learning activities management. This focused on five steps of learning management called “CTOM Model” which is the combination of the Total Physical Response (TPR) technique using pictures, objects, and body parts, the Open Approach as well as the multimedia to promote communicative competency in listening, speaking, and writing.

            (2) In terms of the quality of the learning model, it was found that after the experiment, the average scores of students’ listening, speaking, and writing skills were 94.00%, 92.70%, and 86.60% respectively. Students could listen and define vocabularies such as greetings and numbers. They could also have a short conversation on basic greetings and numbers in Chinese and write the letter 好 (hǎo) correctly according to the Chinese stroke order. The overall level of students’ satisfaction was at a good level in all aspects, especially in the activity and instructional media sections.