The effect of the EchoEnglish application on EFL students’ speaking skills
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EchoEnglish application, EFL students, Speaking skillsบทคัดย่อ
Thai government have created and promoted an application named the EchoEnglish application which aims to help Thai people to improve their English communication. The aim of this application is to increase level of confidence in speaking. Learners can achieve their learning goals and relieve their fear when they are speaking, keeping motivated. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effect of the EchoEnglish application on EFL students’ speaking skills. This result was conducted to investigate the effects of EchoEnglish application on EFL students’ speaking skill (total scores), to investigate the effects of EchoEnglish application on EFL students’ sub speaking skills (Fluency, Pronunciation, Vocabulary), and to compare the effects of EchoEnglish application on the speaking skills of Math-Science students to those of English-Chinese students. Furthermore, this study was aimed to explore EFL students’ opinions about learning English speaking through the EchoEnglish application. This chapter presents the results of the study. The results of the research objectives regarding the effects of EchoEnglish application on EFL students’ speaking skills (total scores), the effects of EchoEnglish application on EFL students’ sub speaking skills (Fluency, Pronunciation, Vocabulary), the comparison of the effects of EchoEnglish application on the speaking skills of Math-Science students to those of English-Chinese students. It showed the differences between the students’ speaking before and after the experiment. Furthermore, students’ opinions about learning English speaking through the EchoEnglish application were presented.
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