Development of Training Curriculum Enhancing Thai Language Reading and Writing Teaching Ability of Thai Language Teachers under Narathiwat Primary Educational Service Area Office 3

Abstract

This study aimed to develop a training curriculum and investigated the effects of implementing the training curriculum enhancing the teaching of Thai language reading and writing for Thai language teachers in Narathiwat Primary Educational Service Area Office 3. The participants were 20 Thai language teachers selected through the inclusion criteria of having no educational qualification in Thai Language and currently teaching Thai-as-a-second-language students (TSL). The study was conducted in two phases: In Phase 1, the training curriculum development. In Phase 2, the curriculum implementation.  Data were analyzed by percentage, mean, standard deviation, dependent t-test, and Effectiveness Index (EI).  The results revealed that :  1) The training curriculum enhancing the teaching of Thai language reading and writing for Thai language teachers in Narathiwat Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 was constructed with components of problems and necessities, principles, objectives, curriculum contents, activities, supplementary materials, and assessment. The curriculum draft was validated for suitability and produced a high mean score.  2) The curriculum was subsequently implemented and revealed that the post-training mean score of knowledge to teach Thai reading and writing was significantly higher than that of the pre-training at the .05 level with 0.6387 EI, suggesting that 63.87% of the trainees gained increased knowledge,  the most of the participants (84.41%) further applied the obtained knowledge in their planning and instructional implementation for Thai reading and writing, and  their attitudes towards the training curriculum were extremely positive.