The Development of English Reading Comprehension Ability Using Panorama Technique for Sakon Nakhon Rajabhut University Undergraduate

Thidawan Wichanee*,Kittiporn Nonkukatekong and Rapeeporn Sroinam Teaching English to the speaker of other languages (TESOL), Udon Thani Rajabhat University, Thailand

*Corresponding author :  thidawanann@hotmail.com

Abstract

          The purposes of this research were to study and compare the English reading comprehension ability before and after learning through PANORAMA technique of Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University undergraduate students and to study students’ attitude towards teaching English comprehension using PANORAMA technique.

          The sample group consisted 40 undergraduate students at Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University in the first semester of the academic year 2015. They were selected by cluster random sampling. The design of the research was a one group pretest posttest design.

          The research instruments were 12 lesson plans, English reading comprehension ability test and the attitude questionnaire. Statistics used in this research were the mean, percentage, standard deviation and t – test for dependent. The finding for this research were as follows;

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