The Development of Computer-Assisted Online Media for Integrative English Language Instruction: Teaching Prepositions to Matthayomsuksa 6 Students at Pali Triam Udomsuksa School

Abstract

This research entitled “The Development of Computer-Assisted Online Media for Integrative English Language Instruction: Teaching Prepositions to Matthayomsuksa 6 Students at Pali Triam Udomsuksa School” is a mixed methods research with the purposes of this research were to 1) develop the computer-assisted instruction program on the topic of" Prepositions" based on the assigned criteria of the efficiency 80/80, 2) evaluate the computer-assisted instruction program, 3) compare the pretest scores to the posttest scores of the achievement of the students who studied with the developed computer-assisted instruction program, 4) study the effectiveness index for Computer-Assisted Instruction program, and 5) survey the satisfaction of the students with the developed instruction program. The sample size was 20 Matthayomsuksa 6 students who studied “Prepositions” at Pali Triam Udomsuksa School. The research was a pretest-posttest control group design. The research instruments were a computer-assisted instruction program, an achievement test, a self-assessment form of satisfaction, and an assessment form of the computer-assisted instruction program. The research statistics used were percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test (Dependent Sample).

The results of the research were as follows: 1. The instructions had an efficiency that was higher than the established requirement. 2. The average opinion of the experts on the computer-assisted instruction was very high. 3. The academic achievement was significantly higher than before learning at the .05 level. 4. The effectiveness index of the lesson was 73.14% 5. The students' overall satisfaction with the learning was at a very high level. From the in-depth interview, it was found that: 1. Students can use information technology as a tool in learning English according to the teacher's suggestions. 2. Students take responsibility for learning English by themselves more and more, which can be observed from their improvement in using English in a better direction. 3. Students have a better improvement in using English step by step, which can be proved and they can communicate in English naturally.