The The Enhancement of Reading Comprehension by using Buddhist History Books
Abstract
The purposes of this research were (1) to compare students’ English reading comprehension ability before and after using Buddhism history books as learning material, (2) To study the effectiveness of enhancing English reading comprehension through Buddhism history books, and (3) To study the students’ satisfaction towards enhancing English reading comprehension utilizing Buddhism history books. The participants consisted of thirty 1st year students studying in the Faculty of Education majoring in Teaching English at Mahamakut Buddhist University Isan Campus. The participants were selected utilizing the purposive sampling method. The instruction was conducted for three hours a week and lasted ten weeks. The data were statistically analyzed employing the mean, percentage, standard deviation, and t-test for dependent samples.
The results of the research on the enhancement of reading comprehension by using Buddhist History Books revealed that the students had English reading comprehension skills with the mean score before learning was (μ =11.60, σ=3.29), representing 38.66% and the mean score after learning was (μ =21.73, σ =2.93) representing 72.44, which is higher than the criteria of 70%. The results suggested that the students’ English reading comprehension skills were significantly increased at the 0.05 level. Regarding the satisfaction of the students towards the enhancement of reading comprehension by using Buddhist History Books was found highly satisfied (μ=4.51, S.D.=0.64). Last but not least, the finding indicated that the use of Buddhism history books contributed enhancing students’ reading comprehension skills along with their vocabulary and grammatical knowledge; as well as increasing their knowledge of Buddhism.
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