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Title:	Research Project Report assessment of English communication skills of Primary 6 and Secondary 3 students : a case study of Satit Bilingual School of Rangsit University
Authors:	Ruja Pholsward
Keywords:	Academic language -- Research;English language -- Study and teaching (elementary) -- Foreign speakers;English language -- Study and teaching (secondary) -- Foreign speakers
Issue Date:	2012
Publisher:	สถาบันวิจัย มหาวิทยาลัยรังสิต
metadata.dc.description.other-abstract:	This paper reports findings of the assessment of English communication skills of primary 6 and secondary 3 students at Satit Bilingual School of Rangsit University. This is a research project funded by the Research Center of Ransit University in the duration of January 2013- May 2014. The purpose is to find out the extent to which the students at the level of primary 6 and secondary 3 have acquired English language skills in communicating their ideas about themselves and their school life. The subjects were 34 primary 6 students and 18 secondary 3 students. Their parents gave consent in allowing their children to participate in the study. All subjects were interviewed by appointment in March and August 2013. Two bilingual interviewers of Thai and English—one Thai researcher and one American researcher--used a set of ten questions to conduct a 15-minute interview in English with each subject. They used specific criteria in five domains to assess the level of language performance regarding the use of (1) lexis (words), (2) syntax (sentence structure), (3) discourse (conversational turns in interactions), (4) interactions and (5) strategic competence (verbal and non-verbal strategies in conveying thought or ideas). Their ii language performance in the five target domains were assessed at five levels: (1) Level 1: Full control, (2) Level 2: Functional control, (3) Level 3: Moderate control, (4) Level 4: Sufficient control, and (5) Level 5: Marginal control. All interviews were recorded with consent of the subjects. During each interview, two more bilingual researchers of Thai and English were present to collect spontaneous speech data of each subject in the five language areas as well. The major research findings indicate that those subjects at the level of primary 6 performed at five levels with a majority at level 2. The subjects in secondary 3 performed at three levels (1-3) with a majority at level 2; there was none at level 4 or 5. The subjects at the level of primary 6 and secondary 3 show similar language features at specific levels in the five domains with some variation in each, depending on the meanings individual subjects would like to convey in responding to the two bilingual interviewers. The overall results of communication skills assessment point to (1) the subjects with at least three years’ exposure of language input at SBS performed at levels 1 and 2, (2) the subjects with less than three years’ exposure of language input at SBS performed at level 3 dominantly and level 4, (3) the subjects with less than one year’s exposure of language input at SBS performed at level 5. It was observed from spontaneous speech products collected during the interviews and the subjects’ responses that the majority of the subjects at level 1 and 2 though proficient in language use, appeared to lack a natural interactional mode in conversational turns. This lacking feature definitely reflects a need for cultural impact on interaction. It suggests the subjects’ need for native interaction input both inside and outside the classroom rather than dominant interaction with Thai teachers
URI:	https://rsuir-library.rsu.ac.th/handle/123456789/2447
metadata.dc.type:	Other
Appears in Collections:	EDU-Research

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