The Development of English-Speaking Skills for Communication of Vocational Certificate I Students at Ayutthaya Polytechnic College by Using Situation-Based Learning.

Abstract

This Article aimed 1) To study the development of English-speaking skills           for communication of Vocational Certificate I students at Ayutthaya polytechnic College by using situation-based learning, 2) To investigate the effect of English-speaking skills for communication of Vocational Certificate I students at Ayutthaya polytechnic College by using situation-based learning, and 3) To study the satisfaction of English-speaking skills for communication of Vocational Certificate I students at Ayutthaya polytechnic College by using situation-based learning. The participants were 16 Vocational Certificate I students at Ayutthaya Polytechnic College enrolled in an English course during the first semester of the academic year 2024. The study is pre-experimental research, utilizing         a pre- and post-test design with the samples. The instruments included a lesson plan        for teaching English-speaking skills using situation-based learning, a manual for English-speaking skills development through situation-based learning, pre- and post-tests to assess the students' speaking skills, and a satisfaction questionnaire regarding the situation-based learning approach. The data was analyzed using percentage, mean, and standard deviation with the Microsoft Office Excel program. The results of the study showed that                 the students' pre-test scores were at a low level (34%), while the post-test scores significantly improved to a good level (77%). Additionally, the students expressed a high level of satisfaction with the situation-based learning method, with 86.8% indicating very high satisfaction, a mean score of 4.34, and a standard deviation of 0.65.