scholarly journals The Effect of Task Based Language Learning (TBLL) on Developing Speaking Skills of Secondary School Learners in Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 283
Author(s):  
Munir Hussain Anjum ◽  
Muhammad Munir Kayani ◽  
N. B. Jumani

The objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of task based language learning on developing speaking skills of secondary level learners. To achieve this objective, a task based instructional programme consisted of four units of textbook of grade IX was developed. The students of IX grade of Islamabad district were the population of the study. Two groups experimental and control were randomly taken in a natural setting from a randomly selected school of Islamabad district. Both groups were pre and post-tested to determine the difference in their mean scores. Both groups were administered a teacher made speaking skill test as pre-test before starting intervention of treatment. The experimental group got treatment, while control group was taught conventionally for 45 days. Same teacher made speaking skill test was administered to both experimental and control groups as post-test after 45 days. Two tailed t-test was applied at 0.05 levels. The results of the present study showed statistically significant differences between mean scores of the experimental group subjects in term of speaking skills as the post-test scores of experimental group were noticeably higher than the scores of control group. The results of the study support the effectiveness of TBLL as a foreign language. The present study recommends that Pakistani teachers should adopt TBLL approach which is pragmatic, instead of struggling with obsolete traditional methods in second language acquisition.

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-53
Author(s):  
Khaessar Indra Perkasa ◽  
Emzir Emzir ◽  
Ratna Dewanti ◽  
Ratna Dewanti

Abstract Many factors make quality education or not. These factors include the professionalism of educators, educational inputs both in the form of student input and facilities (infrastructure input), learning process, environment and others. This paper attempts to confirm the process of improving students' speaking skills on English subjects through cooperative learning of Jigsaw models on students in X Class of MIA SMA Negeri 2 DKI Jakarta. The subjects were 108 students studying speaking English The subjects then were randomly assigned into experimental group and control group The experiment lasted for nine weeks started with pre-test in the beginning and ended with a post - test in the last meeting. During the treatment, the teacher applied planning, drafting, revising and editing stages in learning. The result shows Learning outcomes in students, especially speaking skills in students in SMA Negeri 2 DKI Jakarta has increased. This is evident through the experiments on cycles I and II both for class 10 Mipa 1, from the mean of 70.9167 to 84.2778. class 10 Mipa 2, from the average 71.8056 to 86.2222 and for class 10 Mipa 3 from the average 70.5833 to the average 84.2222 so that the total increase during applying the Jigsaw type cooperative learning model from the initial value. Keywords: skill speaking english, jigsaw cooperative learning


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Eva Faliyanti ◽  
Devi May Ratih

The aimed of this research is to test the effectiveness of using Pecha Kucha Technique in students’ speaking performance at fourth semester of English Department in Muhammadiyah University of Metro. Pecha Kucha is a presentation form of 20 pictures for 20 seconds and it is also called 20x20 presentations.The entire presentation always lasts for exactly 6 minutes and 40 seconds. The research method used in this research is an experimental research. The subjects of this research are the students at fourth semester of English Department in Muhammadiyah University of Metro academic year 2020. There are 21 students of control group and 21 students of experimental group. The research instrument used to collect the data in this research is an oral test. From the two classes, the experimental and control group, the measurement shows that increasing line of the speaking ability of the experimental group is higher than the control group. The result of pre-test score shows that the average score of the experimental group and the control group are 52.38 and 56.19. From the score of both groups, the result shows that the control group is better than experimental group. Then, the result of the post test of the experimental group is higher than control group; the average scores are 70,71 for experimental group and 62.38 for control group. It can be concluded that there is significant influence of using Pecha Kucha Technique in students’ speaking skill.


2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 1195
Author(s):  
Islam NamazianDoost ◽  
Asadallah Hashemifardnya ◽  
Nasrin Panahi

This study examined the effects of using approximation and appealing for the help techniques on learning speaking skill among Iranian intermediate EFL learners. First sixteen participants out of 120 were chosen for the target population. The participants were then randomly assigned to three equal groups- two experimental groups and one control group. The groups were pretested by a speaking pre-test. Regarding the treatment, the experimental groups were taught by using the communicative approach techniques including approximation and appealing for the help. One experimental group received instruction on how to appeal for the help if their competence cannot come up with the exact word. The other experimental group received instruction on how to compensate failure in conversation by using approximate words. For example, in case of forgetting the exact word they used an approximate word or phrase like using "boat" instead of "ship" or "pipe" for "water pipe". However, the participants in the control group received traditional activities in learning speaking such as question and answer, topic discussion, dialogs and role playing. The treatment took 10 sessions of 45 minutes each under the guidance of the supervisor. Then, the control group and the experimental groups took the post-test of pet. After collecting the data, they were analyzed through using One-way Anova and Post-hoc Scheffe Test- Multiple Comparisons. The findings showed that both experimental groups outperformed than the control group. The results showed that those students who received appealing for the help treatment were better than approximation group and control group.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-241
Author(s):  
Syafrizal Syafrizal ◽  
John Pahamzah

The study aims to investigate if role play and discussion methods can improve students’ speaking skills significantly. The researcher also attempts to investigate whether role play or discussion method that better enhancing the students’ speaking performance after the teaching-learning process conducted. To achieve these aims, the quasi-experimental research design is employed. The data were gathered from 60 students of twelfth grade in one of the vocational high schools in Pandeglang, Banten. Students from two classes were taken randomly and divided into experimental and control groups. Some instruments like pre-test - post-test were employed to collect the data. At the end of the study, many advantages were found to improve the students’ speaking skill including vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation aspect. Both groups indicated to experience improvement, but the experimental group showed more advanced enhancement indicated by their achieving to reach the ‘good’ category in speaking. While none of the students from the control group could get that. Conclusively, students taught by the discussion method show more improvement with 19.93 as their mean score. While students by role-play method have 13.73 as their mean score. It is significantly different from both methods indicated by the significance value score of 0.14 which is less than 0.05. Hence, the discussion method is more effective than the role-play method in improving students’ speaking ability. For that reason, it is recommended for teachers to use discussion method to improve students’ speaking comprehension.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Irawati . ◽  
Haryanto . ◽  
Syarifuddin Dollah

This study aimed at investigating the effect of strategies-based instruction on students’ speaking skill at Lakidende University and the students’ interest in learning English through strategies-based instruction. This research employed Quasi Experimental Method, with non-equivalent control group design. This research assigned experimental group and control group (30 students for each).Speaking test was used to see the effect of strategies-based instruction on students’ speaking skill and questionnaire was used to see students’ interest in learning English through strategies-based instruction. The data obtained through the speaking test were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Meanwhile, the data from questionnaire were analyzed in percentage and descriptive statistics. The students’ speaking skill covered three components: accuracy, fluency, and comprehensibility. The findings showed that there was an improvement on the students’ speaking ability after the treatment. There was a significant difference between the results of post-test of experimental and control group, where the mean score of post-test of experimental group was 70.37, which was higher than the mean score of post-test of control group was 59.63.The value of P-value or sig. (2-tailed) shows that P-value or sig. (2-tailed) is smaller than α (0.00 < 0.05).Furthermore, the data that were collected from questionnaire showed that the students were very high interest toward strategies-based instruction. It is showed by the mean score in scale of 89.6, which was categorized as very high interest. Keywords: effect, strategy-based instruction, speaking skill


2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-82
Author(s):  
Suci Noor Anisa Putri Rahayudianti ◽  
Andoyo Sastromiharjo ◽  
Yulianeta Yulianeta

ABSTRAKSI: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perbedaan signifikan penerapan metode “think, pair, and share” di kelas eksperimen dan kelas kontrol tentang kemampuan siswa dalam menulis teks berita. Metode yang digunakan adalah eksperimen kuasi, dengan desain kelompok kontrol “non-equivalent”, dan sampel bertujuan terdiri dari dua kelompok: 30 siswa di kelas kontrol dan kelas eksperimen. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa kemampuan menulis teks berita siswa sebelum mendapat perlakuan, secara keseluruhan, masih kurang maksimal. Perolehan nilai pre-test di kelas eksperimen, rata-rata sebesar 41; sedangkan kelas kontrol sebesar 46.8. Pada saat post-test, kelas eksperimen mendapat nilai 80; sedangkan kelas kontrol sebesar 53.8. Kemampuan menulis teks berita siswa kelas eksperimen dan kelas kontrol, dengan demikian, mengalami peningkatan. Hasil uji hipotesis pada siswa kelas VIII SMP (Sekolah Menengah Pertama) Laboratorium UPI (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia) Kampus Cibiru, Bandung, Jawa Barat, Indonesia ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan signifikan antara kemampuan menulis teks berita siswa kelas eksperimen dan kelas kontrol. KATA KUNCI: Pembelajaran Bahasa; Teknik Berpikir, Berpasangan, Berbagi; Teks Berita; Kemampuan Menulis Siswa.ABSTRACT: “Application of Think, Pair, and Share Learning Methods in News Text Writing Lesson”. This study aims to investigate a significant difference in the implementation of think, pair, share method in the experimental and control groups of students’ ability in writing the news text. The method used is quasi experiment, with non-equivalent control group design, and the purposive sampling was consisted of 30 students for each groups. The finding shows that before the treatment, the students’ achievements in both groups were not maximal. The pre-test score results of the experimental group was 41; while the control group was 46.8. However, the post-test results of the experimental group was 80; but the control group as 53.8. It indicates the students’ ability in writing the news text in the experimental groups improved. The hypothesis test to the students in Year VIII of SMP (Junior High School) Laboratorium School UPI (Indonesia University of Education) Cibiru Campus, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia can be concluded that there is a significant difference in ability of writing the news text between the students in the experimental and control groups.KEY WORD: Language Learning; Think, Pair, Share’s Method; News Text; Student’s Writing Competences.     About the Authors: Suci Noor Anisa Putri Rahayudianti, S.Pd. adalah Alumni Departemen Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia FPBS UPI (Fakultas Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia) di Bandung, lulus tahun 2017. Dr. Andoyo Sastromiharjo dan Dr. Yulianeta adalah Dosen Senior di Departemen Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia FPBS UPI di Bandung, Jawa Barat, Indonesia. Alamat e-mail penulis: [email protected] Citation: Rahayudianti, Suci Noor Anisa Putri, Andoyo Sastromiharjo Yulianeta. (2018). “Penerapan Metode Pembelajaran Think, Pair, and Share dalam Pembelajaran Menulis Teks Berita” in MIMBAR PENDIDIKAN: Jurnal Indonesia untuk Kajian Pendidikan, Volume 3(1), March, pp.73-84. Bandung, Indonesia: UPI [Indonesia University of Education] Press, ISSN 2527-3868 (print) and 2503-457X (online). Article Timeline: Accepted (October 9, 2017); Revised (March 2, 2018); and Published (March 30, 2018).


Author(s):  
Mesfer Saud Mubarak Al- Hersh

The study aimed to reveal the effectiveness of using educational activities based on entertainment in development listening and speaking skills in the Arabic language course (Loghati) of the third- grade students. To achieve this، the researcher followed the semi-experimental approach based on creating two groups: experimental group and control group. He also prepared a number of activities that contain entertainment with selecting number of listening and speaking skills that are related to the course goals and content. In addition to that, he designed listening test، speaking situations and note card for speaking skills. The study sample consisted of (28) students divided into two groups: an experimental group of (14) students and a control group of (14) students. The researcher pre-tested the students in listening and speaking. The results showed no statistically significant differences between the two groups. After that، the experimental group studied using entertainment-based activities، while the control group studied in the usual way. At the end of the application the two groups were post-tested in listening and speaking، the study results were as follows: There were statistically significant differences between the average grades of the experimental and control groups in the listening post-test in favor of the experimental group. There were statistically significant differences between the average grades of the experimental and control groups in the speaking post-test in favor of the experimental group. Considering the findings of the study، several recommendations were presented: Add educational activities based on entertainment in the Arabic language course (Loghati); to assist in the development of listening and speaking skills. Ask Arabic teachers' assessments to focus on teachers' attention in developing listening and speaking skills and giving them as much importance as other language skills.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Enayati ◽  
Abbas Pourhosein Gilakjani

Regarding the large amount of vocabulary that learners should learn and the limited amount of time available in the EFL classes, Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) is considered as an attractive option for learning. One specific benefit of using CALL vocabulary instruction is to provide systematic repetition of words, ensuring that learned words are not forgotten. The objective of current investigation is to examine the effect of CALL on Iranian intermediate learners’ vocabulary learning. The researchers used Tell Me More (TEM) software for this objective. This investigation used Preliminary English Test (PET) as a standardized measurement to seek the level of the subjects in terms of language proficiency. Then, the researchers assigned the participants into two groups: experimental group and control group. Experimental group included 31 EFL students and control group involved 30 EFL students. 80 items were administered as pre-test to evaluate the participants’ previous knowledge of English in respect to the vocabularies. The researchers taught the students of both groups for 12 sessions. The TEM software was used as treatment in experimental group and the control group received no treatment. The taught words were the same in both groups. After 12 sessions, the 65 items were administered as post-test in order to compare the results of the scores of two groups and decide about the effectiveness of the treatment. The data were analyzed through running the Independent sample t-test. The results of post-test showed that the participants of experimental group outperformed the control group and had positive attitudes towards CALL. The results of this study may be useful for EFL teachers, EFL learners, and syllabus designers.


2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-36
Author(s):  
Lasim Muzammil ◽  
Andy Andy

Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS) is quite essential to improve EFL learners’ speaking ability. It can be done successfully by means of the basic concept of TPRS known as comprehensible input in second language acquisition (SLA). This paper presents a study on learners’ speaking ability through TPRS making use of three important steps; Showing, Telling, and Reading. This is a quantitative study using quasi-experimental as the two intact groups are used; experimental and control group. The data are obtained from pre-test, post-test and questionnaires viewed from both students’ and teachers’ perspective. The data from pre-test and post-test are analyzed by using independent sample t-test. The experimental and control are ascertained to be homogenous in term of English performance from the pre-test analysis. The post-test are carried out from both groups after the treatment and the the result of the test are compared in order to prove if the null hypothesis is rejected indicating that there is significant difference performance between the two groups. The result of the study is expected to be beneficial for English teachers, EFL learners, and further researchers. Keywords: Speaking Skill, Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS)


2020 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Binu A

The study intended to ƒOnd out the effect of vision training among skill ability of University level male football players. A total of 20 healthy male university level football players were selected for the purpose of study. They were of the age between 18 to 24 years with normal vision. The participants were randomly categorised into two groups: Group I- experimental (n=10), Group IIcontrol (n=10). To assess the skill ability of football players McDonald soccer skill test was conducted as pre-test for both experimental and control groups. Various speciƒOc vision training (Depth perception, Ocular motility, Quick Exposure, Opaque lifesaver card, Dice pursuits, Nearfar chart, Gaze work, Vergennes, Tracking and Focusing) was assigned to the experimental group for a period of eight weeks with training of ƒOve days in a week; whereas the control group did not undergo any treatment. After eight weeks of vision training programme the post-test was conducted for experimental and control group. The collected data on selected criterion variable was statistically analysed by using't' ratio. The result of the present study revealed that there was signiƒOcant improvement in skill ability of experimental group due to vision training. The hypothesis was accepted at 0.05 conƒOdence level. It was concluded that eight weeks of vision training programme helped to improve the skill ability of experimental group. The control group had seen no improvement in skill ability.


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