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https://rsuir-library.rsu.ac.th/handle/123456789/2173| Title: | The enhancements of self-directed learning on tertiary level students’ English reading skill |
| Authors: | Wen Zhao |
| metadata.dc.contributor.advisor: | Supinda Lertlit |
| Keywords: | English language -- Reading comprehension;Reading (higher education);English -- Study and teaching;Self-directed learning |
| Issue Date: | 2022 |
| Publisher: | Rangsit University Library |
| metadata.dc.description.other-abstract: | The purpose of this study aimed to investigate the enhancements of Self-Directed Learning (SDL) on tertiary level students’ English reading skills in a private university context, as well as their perceptions toward it. The study employed a mixed method of quantitative and qualitative approaches with four instruments for data collection: 1) Pre-test and Post-test, 2) Student’s reading exercise, 3) Student’s journal, and 4) Opinion questionnaire. The study period was six weeks, a sample of 38 students was randomly chosen from College of Liberal Arts of the first-year undergraduates enrolling in the first semester of 2021 academic year. The results revealed that the mean of Post-test was (X"=32.16, SD=5.17) higher than the Pre-test score (X"=22.11, SD=5.34), which means that the students’ English reading skills have been significantly enhanced with SDL. While their reading exercises were 7.37, 9.84, 11.05, 11.16, and 13.05 on the first to fifth week respectively, this means that the students’ English reading skills were improving every week. The student’s journal showed that the difficulties students encountered in readings were unknown vocabularies and the corresponding reading strategies were look up dictionary and the Internet. The results of the opinion questionnaire showed that students had high perceptions toward SDL. They expressed that SDL gave them learning freedoms that could increase their learning enthusiasms, personal growth and thinking abilities. It can be concluded that SDL was not only an effective learning method that could enhance students’ English reading skills, but also could increase their SDL capacities. |
| Description: | Thesis (M.Ed.(Bilingual Education)) -- Rangsit University, 2022 |
| metadata.dc.description.degree-name: | Master of Education |
| metadata.dc.description.degree-level: | Master's Degree |
| metadata.dc.contributor.degree-discipline: | Bilingual Education |
| URI: | https://rsuir-library.rsu.ac.th/handle/123456789/2173 |
| metadata.dc.type: | Thesis |
| Appears in Collections: | EDU-Bil-M-Theses |
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