The Learning Management by Using Four–Blocks Approach with 5W1H Technique for Empowering Reading for Main Idea and Writing a Summary in English for Prathomsuksa 6 Students

Abstract

The objectives of this study were 1) to develop the learning management plan by using Four–Blocks Approach with 5W1H Technique for empowering reading for main idea and writing a summary in English for prathomsuksa 6 students; 2) to compare reading for main idea in English of students before and after implementing Four–Blocks Approach with 5W1H Technique; 3) to compare writing a summary in English of the students before and after implementing Four–Blocks Approach with 5W1H Technique; and 4) to examine the students’ satisfaction towards the learning management by Four–Blocks Approach with 5W1H Technique for empowering reading for main idea and writing a summary in English. The target group was 38 prathomsuksa 6 students from Ban Yuan School (Chiang Kham Nakarowat). The research instruments were 1) learning management plans based on Four–Blocks Approach and 5W1H; 2) achievement test on reading for main idea; 3) achievement test on writing a summary; 4) questionnaire assessing students’ satisfaction towards the learning management by Four–Blocks Approach with 5W1H Technique.

          The results showed that: 1) The learning management plan indicated the highest level of appropriateness (  = 4.92,  = 0.14). In addition, the efficiency assessment indicated that the learning management plan 1 - 4 were at 88.66/82.63, 80.43/85.26, 84.50/84.74 and 85.33/84.21. 2) The comparison of pre- and post-implementation of learning management by Four–Block Approach with 5W1H Technique for empowering reading for main idea in English of the students showed that the progression score was 16.81 or 56.03%. 3) The comparison of pre- and post-implementation of learning achievements by Four–Block Approach with 5W1H Technique for empowering writing a summary in English of the students showed that the progression score was 14.81 or 49.37%. 4) The assessment of students’ satisfaction towards implementing the learning management plans based on Four–Block Approach with 5W1H Technique, in overall, indicated the highest satisfaction (  = 4.69 ,  = 0.21).