USING TASK-BASED LEARNING TO IMPROVE ENGLISH SPEAKING ABILITY OF PRATHOMSUKSA 2 STUDENTS
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The purposes of this research were to study and compare the English speaking ability before and after learning using task-based learning of Prathomsuksa 2 students and to investigate the students' attitude towards teaching English using task-based learning. The sample consisted of 30 Prathomsuksa 2 students at Anubanudonthani School, under Udon Thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 in the first semester in the 2022 academic year, selected through cluster random sampling. The design of this research was a one group pretest–posttest design. The research instruments included 12 lesson plans, an English speaking ability test, and an attitude questionnaire. The experiment lasted 12 weeks: two hours a week, or 24 hours for all. Statistics used in the study were mean, percentage, standard deviation, one-sample test and t-test for dependent samples. The findings indicated that the students’ pretest and posttest mean scores on English speaking ability were 69.27 or 23.09 percent and 221.43 or 73.81 percent respectively. The students' posttest mean score on English speaking ability was higher than the set criterion of 70 percent. The comparison of the mean scores showed that the students’ English speaking ability in the posttest was significantly higher than that of the pretest at the .01 level. The students’ attitude towards teaching English speaking using task-based learning was rated at a very good level.
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