Sirani Songsri. Using communicative activities to enhance the English speaking skills of the first year high vocational students at Prachin Buri technical college. Master's Degree(English for Career Development). Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi. Office of Academic Resource and Information Technology. : , 2567.
Using communicative activities to enhance the English speaking skills of the first year high vocational students at Prachin Buri technical college
Abstract:
This research aimed to: 1) improve speaking skill achievement of first-year high vocational students at Prachin Buri Technical College using communicative language activities, and 2) investigate the students' satisfaction with the use of communicative language activities.
This quasi- experimental study employed a one- group pretest- posttest design to examine the students speaking skill achievement. The participants, obtained by purposive sampling, were 34 first-year high vocational students who enrolled in the course of English for Communication in the first semester of the academic year 2022. Four research instruments were employed in the research: 1) a pre- test and post- test, 2) seven lesson plans of 4 topics, 3) a speaking evaluation form, and 4) a satisfaction questionnaire. The pre- test and post- test scores were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and dependent t- test to determine whether the mean scores before and after using the communicative activities were significantly different using SPSS. The questionnaire was analyzed using mean and standard deviation and was interpreted based on a 5-point scale.
The research results revealed the following: 1) regarding the difference between the results of the pre- test and the post- test after using the communicative language activities, the students speaking skills were statistically significant difference (p< .05). The average mean score of the students post-test (13.15) was higher than that of the pretest (7. 88). 2) The students satisfaction with the use of the communicative language activities was high with the overall average scale of 4.40, and the standard deviation was .49. According to the results, using the communicative language activities was effective in enhancing the students speaking skills.