Development of Learning Innovation Based on Content and Language Integrated Learning Approach (CLIL) to Enhance English Communication Skills of Elementary School Students in Education Sandbox in Chiang Mai
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This study aims to develop a learning innovation based on the Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach to enhance English communication skills among elementary school students in the educational innovation sandbox area of Chiang Mai Province. The participants included 156 fourth-grade students and two teachers from two pilot schools within the innovation sandbox, selected through multi-stage sampling. A quasi-experimental research design was employed, utilizing learning activity guides developed by the researcher and pre- and post-assessment tools for English communication skills in a multiple-choice format. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and Paired-sample T-test. The findings revealed that:
1) Five learning principles were synthesized and structured into 5 learning stages: (1) reviewing communication contexts, (2) analyzing communication contexts, (3) linking communication contexts, (4) practicing communication, and (5) simulating communication. These stages were validated by 3 experts, achieving a content validity index exceeding the threshold of 0.66 for all stages. The principles were deemed highly suitable for elementary students’ development, fostering modern learners and innovation creation. Subsequently, five lesson plans were developed, each lasting 3 hours, totaling 15 hours, with each plan encompassing all five stages. The plans also passed expert validation with a content validity index above 0.66 for all plans.
2) Post-intervention analysis indicated that students' average English communication skills scores increased compared to pre-intervention scores, with statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level. Both students and teachers expressed high satisfaction with the activities. Students rated the content, activity engagement, and skill development very highly. Teachers also expressed the highest level of satisfaction with the activity manual in terms of its content and completeness.
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