The Construction of Listening Comprehension Exercise Package for Chinese Students Learning Thai as a Foreign Language

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to construct and examine the efficiency of listening comprehension exercise package for Chinese students learning Thai as a foreign language following the 80/80 efficiency criteria, to investigate the learning outcome of Chinese students undergoing the use of the listening comprehension exercise package, and to assess the Chinese students’ satisfaction towards the use of listening comprehension exercise package. The population was 13 third-year Chinese students learning Thai language in their semester 1/2019 at the Institute of International Language and Culture, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University. The research instruments were 10 sets of listening exercise package, 10 learning management plans on listening comprehension, 42-item multiple choice listening comprehension achievement test, 15-item questionnaire assessing Chinese students’ satisfaction towards the use of listening comprehension exercise package. The results showed that:

1. The constructed listening comprehension showed efficiency (E₁/E₂) at 83.56/80.56 which was higher than the 80/80 standard criteria.

2. The learning outcome of listening comprehension of Chinese students learning Thai as a foreign language, before undergoing the use of listening comprehension, showed the pre-test means at 26.62 accounting for 63.36% with standard deviation at 2.87, while the posttest means was 34.0 accounting for 80.95% with standard deviation at 3.55, and the learning progress was at 7.4 or 17.67%. When comparing the difference in achievement scores before and after taking t-test, there was a significant difference at the level of 0.01.

3. The Chinese students learning Thai as a foreign language showed their satisfaction towards the use of listening comprehension exercise package, in overall, at the high level with the means at 4.82 and standard deviation at 0.47.