From Silence to Voice: Fostering English Willingness to Communicate in Thai Secondary Classrooms through Dialogic Teaching
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This study aimed to 1) compare students’ willingness to communicate (WTC) before and after using an English learning activity package based on the Dialogic Teaching Approach, and 2) examine changes in students' WTC behaviors throughout the implementation. The study employed a quasi-experimental research design using a one-group pretest-posttest design. The sample consisted of 25 Mathayom 2 students from a medium-sized school under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Nong Khai, selected through purposive sampling. Research instruments included 1) six English learning activity packages based on the Dialogic Teaching Approach, 2) a WTC questionnaire, and 3) a WTC behavioral observation form with student learning logs. The intervention was implemented over six weeks, with three 50-minute sessions per week. Quantitative data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and Dependent T-Test, while qualitative data were analyzed using deductive coding by three observers. The findings revealed that students' mean WTC scores after the intervention (M = 2.73, SD = 0.82) were significantly higher than before (M = 1.96, SD = 0.38) at the .05 level (t(24) = 6.44, p < .001, Cohen's d = 1.288) across all three components. Additionally, the proportion of voluntary communication increased from 23% to 82%, reflecting a qualitative shift from solicited to self-initiated communication. These findings suggest that English learning activity packages based on the Dialogic Teaching Approach can effectively promote students' willingness to communicate in both quantitative and qualitative dimensions.
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หากผู้เสนอบทความมีความจำเป็นเร่งด่วนในการตีพิมพ์โปรดส่งลงตีพิมพ์ในวารสารฉบับอื่นแทน โดยกองบรรณาธิการจะไม่รับบทความหากผู้เสนอบทความไม่ปฏิบัติตามเงื่อนไขและขั้นตอนที่กำหนดอย่างเคร่งครัด ข้อมูลของเนื้อหาในบทความถือเป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของ Journal of Inclusive and Innovative Education คณะศึกษาศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่
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