USING ROLE PLAY ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILLS FOR MATTAYOMSUKSA 1 STUDENTS

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: 1) to design the role play activity to develop English speaking skills for Mattayomsuksa 1 students to meet the efficiency criterion (E1/E2) at 75/75,  2) to compare students’ English speaking skills before and after using role play activity, and 3) to investigate the students’ satisfaction towards using role play activity to develop English speaking skills. The samples applying purposive sampling consisted of 40 Mattayomsuksa 1 students at Buengsampan Wittayakom School, Buengsampan, Phetchabun, 1 class, in 2019 academic year. The research instruments consisted of 1) role play activity to develop English speaking skills for Mattayomsuksa 1 students, 2) the evaluation of English speaking skills  before and after using role play activity and, 3 the evaluation of a satisfaction towards using role play activity. The research was conducted in 14 hours (1 hour a week) for 14 weeks. The mean, standard deviation, and t - test (Dependent Sample) were applied to analyze the data. The findings were as follows:   1. Role play activity to develop English speaking skills for Mattayomsuksa 1 students attained the efficiency criterion at 79.05/81.46, which was higher than the established requirement of 75/75.   2. The mean of English speaking skills posttest scores is higher than the mean of English speaking skills pretest scores in the significant level of 0.05   3. The samples showed the highest satisfaction level towards instruction by using role play activity to develop English speaking skills for Mattayomsuksa 1 students.