The Development of English Reading Comprehension Skills Using the KWL Plus Technique of Grade 4 Students at Demonstration School Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study and compare the English reading comprehension achievement of Grade 4 students before and after the implementation of the KWL Plus teaching technique. The sample group consisted of 35 Grade 4 students. The research instruments included: 1) lesson plans based on the KWL Plus technique and 2) a 30-item multiple-choice English reading comprehension test with four options per item. The data were analyzed using mean (????̄ )), standard deviation (S.D.), and t-test for dependent samples. The research findings revealed that the English reading comprehension achievement of Grade 4 students after learning through the KWL Plus technique was significantly higher than before the intervention at the .05 level, which is consistent with the established hypothesis.