DEVELOPMENT OF LISTENING – SPEAKING CHINESE LANGUAGE UNITE 买东西 USING TASK – BASED LEARNING OF GRADE 5 STUDENTS.

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to compare the listening and speaking abilities in Chinese of Grade 5 students before and after learning through a task-based learning approach, 2) to compare the listening and speaking abilities in Chinese of Grade 5 students after learning through a task-based learning approach with the 60% criterion, and 3) to study the satisfaction level of Grade 5 students towards the task-based learning approach. The sample group in this research consisted of 23 students from Grade 5/2 at Koratwittaya School, Mueang District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, in the first semester of the 2024 academic year. The group was selected using cluster sampling. The research tools included a lesson plan, a Chinese listening proficiency test, a Chinese speaking proficiency evaluation, and a satisfaction questionnaire. Data were analyzed using mean, percentage, standard deviation, and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for normal distribution. Hypotheses were tested using the dependent t-test and one-sample t-test. The research findings were as follows: 1) The listening and speaking abilities in Chinese of Grade 5 students after learning through the task-based learning approach showed a statistically significant improvement compared to before, at the .05 level. 2) The listening and speaking abilities in Chinese of Grade 5 students after the task-based learning approach was 72.80%, which significantly exceeded the 60% criterion at the .05 level. and 3) The satisfaction level of Grade 5 students towards the task-based learning approach was at the highest level.