This research was a quantitative the method. The main purposes of the research were to 1) study the personal information of grade-6 students who were studying at Wat Sitaram primary School in Pomprap Sattruphai District of Bangkok, 2) study the ability in English reading of grade-6 Students studying at Wat Sitaram School, 3) study the strategies in reading skills of the grade-6 Students of Wat Sitaram School, 4) determine the problems of English reading skills of grade-6 Students studying at Wat Sitaram School, and 5) determine the method of teaching of English reading skills conducted at Wat Sitaram School as well as the attitude of grade-6 Students towards English reading skills. The sampler used for this study were 30 grade-6 Students who were studying at Wat Sitaram School in Pomprap Sattruphai District, Bangkok. The data collection in this study was carried out by interview 6 scholar concerning English reading skills and using questioner distributed to 30 grade-6 Students of Wat Sitaram School in Pomprap Sattruphai District , Bangkok. Statistics used for data analysis were percentage, arithmetic mean, and standard deviation. and observation. The statistics analysis of the data was percentage.

             The results of this study were found that the level of ability in reading of the students before using the reading materials designed was at 2.30 % the level of ability in reading of the students after using the reading materials was at 3.50 % 

             The results of this study were found that the level and development of English reading skills of the Students textbook and the Buddha story book were deferent, that was the reading skills of the Buddha story book of the Students were better than the reading skills of Student’s textbook. 

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