The Development of English Reading for Main Idea Skill by Cooperative Learning with CIRC Technique of Vocational Certificate in Accounting 2 students

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: (1) to construct the reading for main idea skilllesson plans based on the CIRC technique for vocational certificate in accounting two students.it aimed to find the efficiency of the reading for main idea activities according to standardcriterion 75/75. (2) compare the achievement of students ability in English reading for mainidea skill and (3) study the student’s satisfaction towards CIRC technique on reading mainidea activities. The samples used in this research were 34 students from vocational certificatein accounting two students, in the first semester of the 2021 academic year in Khon Kaen
Industrial and Community Education College. They were selected by using purposive sampling. The instruments used in this research were six lesson plans, English reading for main idea achievement test, and the student’s satisfaction questionnaire towards the Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) technique. Statistics used in data analysis are average, mean, standard deviation values, t-test.The results of the study are as follows: 1. The plans of English reading for main idea skill by cooperative learning activities with CIRC technique had the efficiency value of 78.87/78.43 which was higher than the 75/75 standard criterion. 2. The achievement of the reading for main idea of the students that were taught by using cooperative learning with CIRC technique of vocational certificate in accounting showed that the post-learning was more valuable than the pre-learning in the significant
statistics different at .05 levels. 3. The student’s satisfaction towards the instruction based on the cooperative learning activities using CIRC technique also indicated that students were satisfied with the cooperative learning activities using CIRC technique at a very high level.