Reading Comprehension Ability Development of the Third-Year English Program Students Faculty of Education Rattana Bundit University through Murdoch Integrated Approach (MIA)

Abstract

          The purposes of this research were to 1) study reading comprehension ability development of the third-year students, 2) compare the reading comprehension ability development of the third-year students, and 3) study the satisfaction of the third-year English program students who were taught through the Murdoch integrated approach. The sample group was 27 students from the first section of the third-year English program, who enrolled in the Faculty of Education at Rattana Bundit University. They were selected by cluster sampling. Research instruments were comprised of Murdoch integrated approach lesson plans, a reading comprehension test, and satisfaction survey questionnaire for teaching based on Murdoch integrated approach. The statistics used in the analysis included percentage, athematic mean, standard deviation, and t-test (Dependent Samples). The results revealed that:

          1) The students who were taught by Murdoch Integrated Approach gained improvement in reding comprehension ability at a percentage of 72.60.

          2) The students who were taught by Murdoch Integrated Approach had improvement in reding comprehension ability at the level of statistical significance of .05

          3) The student’s satisfaction result towards the Murdoch integrated approach was at the highest level (Mean = 4.61, and Standard deviation = 0.47).