Sai Aung Khan. The use of cooperative learning for enhancing the English speaking skill of national high school students in Myanmar. Master's Degree(Curriculum and Instruction). Rangsit University Library. : Rangsit University, 2024.
The use of cooperative learning for enhancing the English speaking skill of national high school students in Myanmar
Abstract:
This research was to investigate the use of cooperative learning to enhance the
English speaking skill of National High School students in Myanmar. The researcher
studied whether the use of cooperative learning would enhance the English speaking
skill of National High School students after implementation and explored their level of satisfaction. Thirty students were purposefully chosen as a study sample group. The researcher employed both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
The quantitative data were gathered through an English speaking test, pretest
and posttest, and students satisfaction questionnaire, while the qualitative data were gathered through focus group discussion. The information gathered from English speaking tests was analyzed using a sample-paired t-test based on the mean, standard deviation, and a significant value. The scores of English speaking tests revealed a significant mean difference of 3.96 (24.75%) between the posttest mean (12.56) and the pretest mean (8.60). Additionally, the significance value (p) found is .000. In terms of the posttest, every student improved. Furthermore, the findings from the students' satisfaction questionnaire demonstrated that nearly all participants expressed the highest level of satisfaction, and their responses from the focus group discussion showed a positive satisfaction towards the use of cooperative learning. Therefore, cooperative learning was strongly recommended as an alternative
method to teach English speaking skill.