Title:
TRAINING COURSE DEVELOPMENT OF USING ENGLISH FOR CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION OF TEACHERS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL

Authors:
Wannee Niamhom ,Thailand

Abstract:
The purposes of this research were: 1. to develop and study the quality of training course in using English for instruction in classroom of English teachers in primary school, 2. to experiment of using training course in using English for instruction in classroom of English teachers in primary school. The research methodology was employed by research and development. The used research population were the 28 English teachers who taught in primary school, attended the training, studied the result of the experiment of training course in using English to teach in classroom. The tools in the research were a training course in using English to teach in classroom, congruency evaluation form, course of suitability form, testing knowledge and skill in using English form, and a satisfactory questionnaire. The collecting data were distributed: a satisfactory questionnaire and a testing knowledge and skill in using English for English teachers who attended the training course before and after the training. The statistical data analysis were frequencies, percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test. The research result was found that: 1. the development and studying the quality of training course of using English to teach in classroom was composed of seven components:1)principle and reason,2)the purpose of curriculum, 3)curriculum structure, 4)units of training,5)training approach, 6)training materials, and 7)measurement and evaluation. When leading training course drafting that developed for the experts’ evaluation was found that it was suitable and capable of leading to use for training; 2. the result of the experiment in using training course by studying the result of knowledge and skill testingin using English before and after the training of English teachers who attended the training, were found that English teachers who attended training had knowledge scores in using English after the training, was higher than before significantly at the level of 0.05, and having skill in using English in classroom correctly and fluently; nevertheless, the satisfaction of the participants in training were found that they were satisfied in the high level