The Development of English-Speaking Skills for Communication of Vocational Certificate I Students at Ayutthaya Polytechnic College by Using Situation-Based Learning
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
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.
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
References
Al-Mahrooqi, R. (2022). English communication skills: How are they taught at schools and universities in Oman? English Language Teaching, 5(4), 3–4.
Benjalak Uengsuebchuea. (1997). Practical English: Developing students' listening and speaking skills in English communication through an internship program in the hotel's front office department [Master’s thesis, Srinakharinwirot University].
Demirci, A. S. (2017). Investigation of the communication skills, professional seniority, school stage and gender as predictors of teachers' classroom management styles. Journal of Education and Training Studies, 5(11), 159–168.
Kitaw, Y. (2017). Communication as an educational skill in school units of the 21st century: A survey research. International Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Studies, 4(5), 1–8.
Mcpheat, S. (2010). Effective communication skills. MTD Training & Ventus Publishing.
Nunan, D. (2023). Practical English language teaching. McGraw-Hill.
Office of the Vocational Education Commission. (2023, November 13). Announcement of Office of Vocational Education Commission in policy of the Ministry of Education. https://www.vec.go.th.
Paosuphan, (2013). A study of communication problems in speaking and listening between customers service staff of airline companies and foreign customers at airline companies’ officers in Silom area [Master’s thesis, Thammasat University].
Unal, Z., & Unal, A. (2010). A comparison of classroom management styles of primary and secondary school teachers. Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 4(2), 1–15.
