Developing Chinese listening - speaking skills of the freshmen through 4 MAT model to consist of basic Chinese vocabulary exercises who are in Chinese Program, Faculty of Humanities and Social sciences, Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) study students’ efficiency through 4 MAT to consist of basic Chinese vocabulary exercises following E1/E2=80/80, 2) study effectiveness index through 4 MAT to consist of basic Chinese vocabulary exercises, 3) compare Chinese listening - speaking skills of the freshmen before and after using 4 MAT model to consist of basic Chinese vocabulary exercises,4) compare Chinese listening - speaking skills of the freshmen before they were different from Chinese listening -speaking skills and after using 4 MAT model to consist of basic Chinese vocabulary exercises, and 5) study freshmen’s satisfaction after using 4 MAT model to consist of basic Chinese vocabulary exercises. The population was the freshmen who were in Chinese Program, Faculty of Humanities and Social sciences, Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University in the 2019 year, and the sample was the 33 freshmen through cluster random sampling who were major in teaching Chinese as a second language of Chinese Program in the 2019 year. The instruments were used in this research were Lesson plans which were created by idea and theory about 4 MAT model, measure students’ Chinese listening-speaking skills and a questionnaire for satisfaction. The data were analyzed by using percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test (Dependent Sample) and F-test (One –way AVOVA). The findings were as follows: 1) efficiency through 4 MAT to consist of basic Chinese vocabulary exercises was 84.71/85.50. 2) effectiveness index through 4 MAT to consist of basic Chinese vocabulary exercises was 0.7874. 3) Chinese listening - speaking skills of the freshmen after using 4 MAT model to consist of basic Chinese vocabulary exercises were higher than before at the 0.01 level of significance. 4) Chinese listening - speaking skills of the freshmen before they were different from Chinese listening -speaking skills and after using 4 MAT model to
consist of basic Chinese vocabulary exercises were no difference at the 0.01 level of significance. 5) freshmen’s satisfaction after using 4 MAT model to consist of basic Chinese vocabulary exercises was at the highest level. Kewords : Chinese listening - speaking skills, 4 MAT model, basic Chinese vocabulary
exercises, Chinese Program