The Effects of Role-Play Activities on Long-Term Retention of Undergraduate Students’ English Communication Skills
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English communication skills are essential worldwide because English is the most widely used global language in business, daily interactions, education, and culture. These skills encourage graduates to connect with people from different countries. They broaden the range of career and educational opportunities. Furthermore, they are a crucial soft skill that enhances the ability to collaborate effectively. They are capable of efficiently resolving issues and adjusting to diverse circumstances. This research aimed to study the effect of role-play activities on the development of students' English communication skills and the long-term retention of students' English communication skills from the role-play activities. The sample group consisted of 50 first-year students enrolled in the English for Working Skills course at Rajamangala University of Technology Lannan, Chiangrai, in the second semester of the 2023 academic year. They were selected by simple random sampling and divided equally into experimental and control groups. The research tools employed in the study were five lesson plans, a pre-test, a post-test, and a delayed post-test after one month. The statistics used in the data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and independent t-test. The result showed that the experimental group demonstrated a statistically significant higher achievement than the control group at the 0.01 level. Furthermore, in the delayed post-test of the long-term retention of English communication skills after one month, it was found that the experimental group achieved significantly higher than the control group at the 0.01 level.
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