Development of Thai Listening Skills for Analytical Thinking using a Learning Process Based on the Teaching of the Four Mat System (4 MAT) for International Students

Abstract

The objectives of this research article were 1) to develop Thai listening skills for analytical thinking using a learning process that emphasized the Four MAT System (4 MAT) teaching for international students studying in Thai Language and Culture Program, Faculty of Humanities, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University; and 2) to study satisfaction after developing Thai language listening skills for analytical thinking using a learning process that emphasized the Four Mat System (4 MAT) teaching. It was an action research. The population used in the study was 16 international students studying in the Thai Listening for Analytical Thinking course, semester 2, academic year 2022. The research tools included the Four Math System (4 MAT) learning management plan and a learning achievement test. The researcher determined basic statistics, including mean, standard deviation and comparing Thai listening achievement for analytical thinking before and after studying. The results of the research found that students who studied using the learning process that emphasized Four-Matt System teaching (4 MAT) had a mean pre-test score of 15.88 and a mean post-test score of 22.69. The students had learning achievement in learning after studying at higher than before studying. It showed that students had developed Thai listening skills for better analytical thinking and students' satisfaction towards the development of Thai listening skills for analytical thinking using a learning process that emphasized teaching using the Four Math System method (4 MAT) at a high level  = 4.23 S.D. = 0.76)