DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE ORAL PRESENTATION STRATEGIES IN THE BUDDHIST MEDITATION COURSE TO ENHANCE ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILLS AMONG FOURTH-YEAR STUDENTS AT MAHACHULALONGKORNRAJAVIDYALAYA UNIVERSITY, CHIANG MAI CAMPUS
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MEME Model, Buddhist-Oriented Oral Presentation Strategies (B-OPS), English- Speaking Proficiency, Buddhist Meditation Courseบทคัดย่อ
This research aimed to (1) examine the current problems in English oral presentations faced by fourth-year students in the Buddhist Meditation Course, (2) implement the developed oral presentation strategies based on the B-OPS (Buddhist-Oriented Oral Presentation Strategies), and (3) evaluate the effectiveness of the strategies by comparing students’ English-speaking proficiency before and after implementation. The study employed a quasi-experimental one-group pretest–posttest design. The sample consisted of 29 fourth-year students enrolled in the Buddhist Meditation Course at Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, Chiang Mai Campus, selected through purposive sampling. Research instruments included a questionnaire on problems in English oral presentations, lesson plans based on the Buddhist-Oriented Oral Presentation Strategies (B-OPS), and an English oral presentation rubric administered as both a pretest-posttest. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, efficiency index (E1/E2), and paired-samples t-test.
The findings indicated that students experienced a moderate level of problems in English oral presentations ( = 3.48), with the highest difficulties in presentation strategies ( = 3.57), English language skills ( = 3.55), and personal factors affecting presentations ( = 3.51). The implementation of the B-OPS over six weeks demonstrated instructional efficiency exceeding the established 80/80 criterion (E1/E2 = 81.68/80.67). The comparison of pretest-posttest scores showed a statistically significant improvement (t = 16.98, p < .05), with the mean score increasing from 52.55 to 80.64. The results indicate that the developed oral presentation strategies can enhance students’ fluency, content organization, communicative competence, and confidence while reducing speaking anxiety. Overall, the integration of structured presentation techniques with Buddhist-oriented content provided a framework for improving English speaking proficiency in a monastic higher education context.
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