TRAINING COURSE BASED ON THE PHENOMENON-BASED CONCEPT TO DEVELOP GRADUATE STUDENTS' CRITICAL LISTENING AND VIEWING ABILITIES

Abstract

This research aimed to develop a training curriculum based on the phenomenon-based learning approach for enhancing undergraduate students’ critical listening and viewing abilities and to investigate the effectiveness of the developed training curriculum. The sample consisted of 30 first-year students majoring in Thai Language, Faculty of Education, Songkhla Rajabhat University, who were enrolled in the Listening, Viewing, and Speaking for Thai Language Teachers course during the first semester of the 2024 academic year. The participants were selected through simple random sampling. This study employed a research and development methodology. The research instruments included a structured interview form, an opinion questionnaire, the developed training curriculum, lesson plans, a test of critical listening and viewing abilities, and assessment criteria for evaluating such abilities. All research instruments were examined by experts for content validity, and the index of item-objective congruence values was found to be within the acceptable range. The findings revealed that the developed training curriculum was rated at the highest level of quality (M = 5.00, S.D. = 0.00). The curriculum was designed in accordance with the major principles of phenomenon-based learning, including learning from authentic situations and contexts, learner-centered learning, problem-based inquiry learning, and the interdisciplinary integration of knowledge. In addition, the developed training curriculum was effective in enhancing the students’ critical listening and viewing abilities. The posttest scores were significantly higher than the pretest scores at the .05 level of statistical significance. These findings demonstrate that the developed training curriculum can effectively enhance undergraduate students’ critical listening and viewing abilities through learning experiences grounded in the essential principles of phenomenon-based learning. Overall, the results confirm the effectiveness of the developed curriculum in promoting critical listening and viewing abilities among undergraduate students. It also provides a systematic approach for developing these abilities among undergraduate students within higher education learning contexts.