A Study of Problem and Guidelines for Promoting Literacy of Thai Language Subject Area in First Grade

Abstract

The purposes of this research were; to study problem and guidelines for promoting literacy of Thai language subject area in first grade. Used a meta - analysis method, 42 research documents from ThaiLis Digital Collection database, published from 2010 to 2018, were used to create an opinion questionnaire, 164 primary school teachers for Thai language subject area in first grade under Buriram Primary Educational Service Area Office 2, Surin Primary Educational Service Area Office 3, and Sisaket Primary Educational Service Area Office 2; and to test for Thai literacy problem diagnosis of 389 primary school student for Thai language subject area in first grade, selected by the stratified random sampling technique. The research instruments were research quality evaluation, research characteristics summary, questionnaires and literacy diagnostic tests. The statistics used to analyze data were content validity, Inter - Rater Reliability, meta - analysis, mean, standard deviation, reliability (Lovett), difficulty, discrimination (Brennan) and content analysis.

           The findings of the study revealed that there are 7 problems for Thai Literacy of Thai Language Subject Area in First Grade , including, 1) consonant, 2) vowel, 3) intonation marks, 4) no final consonant, 5) final consonant, 6) diphthong, and 7) leading consonant. There are 3 guidelines to promote literacy namely, 1) teching model, 2) teaching technigue and teaching ways and 3) intructional media.