DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIFIC ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR CADDIES IN CHIANG MAI
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The objectives of this research were 1) to study the opinions of caddies in Chiang Mai towards English lessons 2) to develop specific English communication skills for caddies in Chiang Mai. The research method used to select the sample group by choosing the sample group in Chiang Mai and English lessons were created by experts for collecting data and analyzing results according to the research objectives set. The data will be collected 2 times as pre-test – post-test design, for a period of 3 months. This was a sample group of 30 caddies in Chiang Mai. The research tools used in this study were questionnaires and the English communication proficiency pre-test and post-test as follows:
- English lessons to develop specific English communication skills .
- The English communication proficiency test .
- The opinion questionnaire of caddies towards attending the training
The results showed that:
The highest graded educational outcome was the length of time spent in training and the place used for training (mean= 4.16). The opinion of caddies in Chiang Mai towards English lessons to develop specific English communication skills .Most of the respondents agreed on the length of time it took to complete the training and the place used for training followed by the suitability of the media used in the training and the knowledge gained is beneficial to the profession. Starting content from easy to difficult, appropriate and easy to understand The appropriateness of activities to its content, lecturer's lecture and English lessons used for training.
Comparison of the difference in English language skills training scores , it was found that the scores and knowledge after the post-test were higher than the scores before the pre-test of the sample groups had a statistically significant difference at the 0.05 level.
Keywords: skill development, specific English, caddies
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