CHINESE LANGUAGE WRITING SKILL IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENTS AT RAJAMAMGALA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SUVARNABHUMI AYUTTHAYA HUNTRA CAMPUS USING ACTIVE LEARNING METHOD

Abstract

This research aimed to study learning achievement in Chinese language writing skill of students at Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi Ayutthaya Huntra Campus, by using active learning method. The population in the study was 50 undergraduate students of the Faculty of Liberal Arts majoring in English for Communication who enrolled in Everyday Chinese Language and Basic Chinese in the first semester of the academic year 2022. The research tools were: 1) Chinese Language study plans focusing on words that are used in Chinese language in order to develop Chinese writing skill by active learning process, and 2) an achievement test for students at Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi Ayutthaya Huntra Campus, by using active learning. The tool for data collection was a learning achievement test. The statistics for data analysis were percentage, average, standard deviation, and t-test dependent. In terms of learning achievement in Chinese language writing skill of the students at Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi Ayutthaya Huntra Campus after applying active learning method, it was found that the pre-test result was 19.48 in average, and the post-test was 26.18. When comparing the test scores before and after learning, it indicated that the students had improved Chinese writing skill because the post-test scores were higher than the pre-test scores at a statistical significance level of 0.05.