Enhancing English Speaking Skills and Learning Achievement Using Active Learning Management Associated with Game for Mathayomsuksa 2 Students

Abstract

The purposes of this study were 1) to develop English speaking skills through active learning associated with games for Mathayomsuksa 2 students, aiming for an average score would not be less than 60% of the total score and at least 60% of the students passing the criterion. 2) to compare the students’ learning achievement after learning through active learning with games with the criterion of 70% of the total score. 3) to study the students’ satisfaction toward the learning management using the active learning associated with games. This research employed a one-group posttest only design. The sample consisted of 23 Mathayomsuksa 2/1 students from Pracharat Wittaya Serm School, Phrayuen District, Khon Kaen Province, in the second semester of the 2025 academic year. The sample was selected by cluster random sampling. The research instruments were: 1) lesson plans based on active learning associated with games; 2) an English - speaking skills test; 3) a learning achievement test; and 4) a satisfaction questionnaire. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test for one sample. The results of the study revealed that:        1) the Mathayomsuksa 2 students had an average post-learning English speaking skills score of 38.91 out of 60, accounting for 64.85 percent, and 17 students, or 73.91 percent, passed the criterion of 60 percent of the full score, which was higher than the prescribed criterion;            2) the students had an average post-learning achievement score of 23.83, which was significantly higher than the criterion of 70 percent of the full score at the .05 level, and 3) the students’ overall satisfaction toward the learning management using the active learning associated with games was at the highest level.

Keywords: Active Learning Management, Game, English-Speaking Skill, Learning Achievement, Satisfaction