Effects of blended learning on Thai EFL university students' speaking ability and learning motivation

Name: Piyapan Kantisa

keyword: Blended learning

; Speaking ability

; Learning motivation

; Perceptions

; Thai EFL students

Abstract: This study aims to investigate the effects of blended learning on Thai university students’ speaking ability, students’ learning motivation, as well as to explore students’ and teachers’ perceptions towards blended learning. Utilizing a mixed-methods embedded experimental research design, 56 students in the treatment group received blended learning instruction. Meanwhile, the other 46 students in the control group received traditional teaching instruction. In this study, the pre- and post-speaking tests and students’ learning motivation questionnaires were used to collect the quantitative data. Both descriptive and inferential statistical methods were then used to analyze these quantitative data. The qualitative data were retrieved from students’ online reflection blogs and students’ and teachers’ semi-structured group interviews. These data were then analyzed by coding and grouping into themes. After the intervention, the treatment group outperformed the control group, since the post-test mean score of the control group was 3.11 and the post-test mean score of the treatment group was 3.98. The research results showed that blended learning instruction implemented in the treatment group, helped improve students’ speaking ability with a statistical difference at p < .001 level. Furthermore, the results indicated that students’ learning motivation was at a high level. Additionally, a great majority of both student and teacher participants had positive perceptions towards blended learning. The research results, therefore, conclusively prove that blended learning implementation is effective in improving students’ speaking ability and in attaining a high level of students’ learning motivation

Thammasat University. Thammasat University Library

Address: BANGKOK

Email: preserv@tu.ac.th

Name: Pragasit Sitthitikul

Role: advisor

Created: 2020

Modified: 2022-11-22

Issued: 2022-11-22

วิทยานิพนธ์/Thesis

application/pdf

DOI: 10.14457/TU.the.2020.137

eng

DegreeName: Doctor of Philosophy

Level: Doctoral Degree

Descipline: English Language Teaching

Grantor: Thammasat University

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