Effects of organizing online Thai language learning environment using task-based learning to enhance oral communication skills for learners of Thai as a second language
Abstract:
The purposes of the research were: 1) to study the effect of organizing Online Thai Language Learning Environment (OTLLE) using task-based learning to enhance oral communication skills of secondary learners of Thai as a second language, 2) to compare the effect on oral communication skills between the experimental group and the control group, and 3) to study oral communication skills gain score of learners using Thai as a second language. The samples comprised of 30 secondary school Karen learners. The research instruments consisted of OTLLE using task-based learning and lesson plans. The data collection instruments consisted of an oral communication skills measurement and a behavior of learning in online language learning environment evaluation form. The data were analyzed using percentage, arithmetic mean, a standard deviation, Two-way repeated ANOVA measurement, and gain score. The result of the study revealed that: 1) the oral communication skills mean scores of learners learning Thai as a second language who studied in online language learning environment using task-based learning were significantly higher as seen in the increasing mean scores of repeated measurement (p<.05), 2) the oral communication skills mean scores of the experimental group was significantly higher than those of the control group (p<.05), and 3) the average of oral communication skills gain scores of learners using Thai as a second language who studied in OTLLE using task-based learning was 54 percent, which was 50 percent higher than usual.