Following Up the Result of Training Curriculum of Using Classroom Language of English Teacher in Primary School
Volume 5, Issue 4 Wannee Niamhom
Published online: 26 August 2019
Abstract
This study has the purpose of following up the result of training curriculum in using classroom language of English Teacher in primary school under the educational area office, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand, in four aspects: school context, characteristic of leading knowledge and activities from the training, correctness in using classroom language, problems and obstacles in leading knowledge from the training application, and recommendations for further training curriculum arrangement. The employed population in this research were the twenty-eight English teachers in primary-level schools under the Educational Area Office, Nakorn Pathom, who participated in curriculum training of using classroom language. The tools applied in this research were interviews, questionnaires, and observation. The data collection methodologies were traveling to interview and observing teachers’ instruction of the schools’ performance. The statistical data analysis methodologies were frequencies, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and content analysis. The research results were found: firstly, the school context the schools that participated in teachers’ performance – was mostly from the middle-sized schools. The teachers were mostly not graduated from English major nor minor in English subject, mostly having duties in teaching Prathom 1-6; besides these duties, they still have other tasks, such as teaching other subjects and school administrations; secondly, the way of leading knowledge and activities perceived from training application. The participating teachers teaching the English curriculum in classrooms had brought knowledge and activities in various ways by instructing in classrooms at the most. Then, there were limitations on technological materials from the school; and lastly, the recommendation for the next curriculum training is to increase more time for training, arranging training in other topics, and activities accompanying English usages, such as musical activities and games.
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To Cite this article
Niamhom, W. (2019). Following up the result of training curriculum of using classroom language of English teacher in primary school. International Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 5(4), 165–170. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.20469/ijhss.5.20005-4