THE EFFECTS OF USING PANORAMA TEACHING METHOD TOGETHER WITH GRAPHIC MAPPING TECHNIQUE ON THAI LANGUAGE INTERPRETIVE READING ABILITY AND CONCLUSION WRITING ABILITY OF PRATHOM SUKSA IV STUDENTS AT WAT SRAKRAI SCHOOL IN NAKHON SI THAMMARAT PROVINCE

Abstract

          The objectives of this research were 1) to compare interpretive reading abilities of Prathom Suksa IV students at Wat Srakrai School in Nakhon Si Thammarat province before and after learning from the Panorama teaching method together with graphic mapping technique; and 2) to compare conclusion writing abilities of Prathomsuksa IV of Wat Srakrai School in Nakhon Si Thammarat province during before and after learning from the Panorama teaching method together with graphic mapping technique. The research sample consisted of 30 Prathom Suksa IV students in an intact classroom of Wat Srakrai School in Nakhon Si Thammarat province during the first semester of the 2019 academic year, obtained by cluster random sampling. The employed research instruments were 1) learning management plans in the Thai Language Learning Area at Prathom Suksa IV level by using the Panorama teaching method together with graphic mapping technique; for Prathom Suksa IV students, consisting of 9 lesson plans ,for total 18 hours. 2) an interpretive reading ability test is pre – test and post – test; and 3) a Thai language conclusion writing ability test is pre – test and post – test .Statistics employed for data analysis were the mean, standard deviation, and t – test.

          Research findings showed that: 1) the post – learning interpretive reading ability of Prathom Suksa IV students by using the Panorama teaching method together with graphic mapping technique was significantly higher than their pre – learning counterpart ability at the .05 level of statistical significance; and 2) the post – learning Thai language conclusion writing ability of students of Prathom Suksa IV was significantly higher than their pre – learning by using the Panorama teaching method together with graphic mapping technique counterpart ability at the .05 level of statistical significance.