THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH SPEAKING PROFICIENCY FOR THE 5TH GRADE STUENTS AT PONROM ANUSORN SCHOOL IN LOPBURI

Abstract

The purposes of the study were 1) to study the needs of active learning in English classroom of the 5^th grade students at Ponrom Anusorn School in Lopburi, 2) to develop active learning in English speaking of the 5^th grade students at Ponrom Anusorn School in Lopburi and 3) to study the effectiveness of active learning in English classroom of the 5^th grade students at Ponrom Anusorn School in Lopburi. The participants were 20 5^th grade students at Ponrom Anusorn School in Lopburi. The study is pre-experimental research by using pre-test and post-test with the samples. The instruments were the lesson plans that helped students develop their English speaking skill, the pre-test and post-test of the use of English speaking skill through active learning and a questionnaire of students’ satisfaction towards the use of active learning in English classroom. The calculation method was the percentage, mean, and standard deviation by Microsoft Office Excel program.

The result in this study showed that the mean score of the posttest (M = 13.25) was significantly higher than the mean score of the pretest (M = 5.10). The t-test result yielded a t-value of -18.237 and a p-value < .001, indicating a statistically significant improvement in English achievement after the implementation of the active learning approach. This supports the hypothesis that the active learning method can enhance English language learning outcomes. the overall satisfaction level was high, with all categories receiving mean scores above 3.40, except for classroom atmosphere, which was rated as moderate. The assessment process received the highest satisfaction score (M = 3.85), indicating that students appreciated the variety and fairness of the evaluation methods used during the active learning sessions.