The Development of English Speaking Skills in Community Tourism Using Task-Based Learning with Social Media for Undergraduate Students

English Speaking Skills, Task-Based Learning, Social Media

Abstract

            This research aimed to study the effectiveness of using task-based learning with social media to the develop the English-speaking skills and English reading comprehension of undergraduate students at Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University who were studying community tourism, and to compare the English-speaking abilities and reading comprehension of these students before and after the study. The study used Experimental Research, Pre-Experimental Designs, and One Group Pretest - Posttest Design. The samples selected by the purposive sample group were the 50 undergraduate students at Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University who registered for the 2^nd semester of 2021 academic year. The data was analyzed to find the mean, standard deviation, and t-test on dependent variables.

            The research findings were as follows:

            The efficiency value of the average practice score during study was 84.30 after the study was significantly higher than before the study at .05. The mean post-test score was 89.43 points, which is higher than the specified criteria of 80/80. The average achievement score for English speaking skills for task-oriented communication prior to the study was 12.88, with a standard deviation of 2.93, and after the study 33.72, with a standard deviation of 2.33, from a full score of 40 points. It can be concluded that students successfully developed English speaking skills and English reading comprehension in the community tourism context by using task-based learning with social media.