การศึกษาโครงการครูชาวต่างประเทศสอนภาษาอังกฤษในโรงเรียนประถมศึกษา สังกัดกรุงเทพมหานคร / ลัดดา อมตชีวิน = A study of English teaching by native speaker project in elementary schools under the jurisdiction of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration / Ladda Amatashewin
The objective of the study is to study the English teaching by native speakers in elementary schools under the jurisdiction of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration in various aspects as follows : performing in their duty according to the policies of the schools joining the project, classroom management according to the program, the students' English learning achievement, and the students’ satisfaction in English learning in the program set by the schools. The subjects consist of 5 educational supervisors, 23 school administrators, 23 heads of extra curricular courses (English), 27 foreign teachers, 151 Thai English teachers and 329 grade 1-6 students. The research tools consist of a document analysis form, a questionnaire, behavior observation forms, and achievement tests. The data is analyzed by frequency distribution and percentage calculation. The results of the study show that regarding the school policies, most school administrators have held meetings for their academic division and English language teachers of every level to inform them of the objectives and practice guidelines. The academic division and head of extra curricular courses (English) were assigned the job of writing up the school project, appointing a course coordinator, selecting foreign teachers who are university graduates with a minimum of 2 year experiences in teaching, organizing an orientation session for foreign teachers in the school and informing them of the project's objectives and asking them to prepare lesson plans. It was found that in grades 1-4, foreign teachers meet with the students one hour a week, and for grades 5-6, two hours a week. In terms of teaching schedules, it is found that each foreign teacher is assigned to teach 15-20 hours per week, most of which are spent teaching students in grades 4-6. In terms of content, in most cases foreign teachers would consider the content with their Thai colleagues and follow the English course syllabus set in 1997. The material of teaching is mostly English. If students do not understand the instruction or the meaning of some vocabulary items, the foreign teachers will demonstrate or mime while explaining to them. The teaching style is focused on urging the students to practise speaking and to think. Most of the activities are role - plays and a storytelling from a picture. In each session, the emphasis is placed on students’ participation in classroom activities, and the material are pictures or real objects that the teachers provide themselves. As for learning achievement, students who have learnt speaking and listening with native speakers achieve higher -.cores than those who did not study with native teachers. However, groups' scores on writing and reading do not differ. In terms of students’ satisfaction, most of the students like the personality of the foreign teachers most because they are lively, friendly, dressed appropriately and attentive to the students. The students also like them because they are satisfied with the classroom atmosphere which is fun and with freedom in doing the activities while the teachers provide feedback and encouragement as well as greet and talk to the students in a friendly manner.
