The Effect of Task-Based Learning with Information Gap on Enhancing Speaking Skill of Mathayom Five Students

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Kirati Sittirak
Anirut Chumsawat
Suwat Madej
Orada Opasrattanakorn

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The research was a one group pretest-posttest design. The purposes of this research were to 1) study the effect of task-based learning with information gap on the English speaking skill of Mathayom five students before and after using it, and 2) study the satisfaction of Mathayom five students towards using task-based learning with information gap. The subjects were 33 Mathayom five students studying English 3 course in the first semester of 2023 academic year at Phromkiripittaykom School, selected by purposive sampling technique. The research instruments were 1) 3 task-based learning lesson plans, 2) an English speaking skill assessment form, and 3) a students’ satisfaction questionnaire towards using task-based learning with information gap. The data were analyzed by using mean (x̄), standard deviation (S.D.) and t-test. The results were as follows: 1) English speaking skill of the students after using task-based learning with information gap was significantly higher than before using it at .05 level; and 2) the students’ satisfaction towards using task-based learning with information gap was at a high level.

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Sittirak, K., Chumsawat, A., Madej, S., & Opasrattanakorn, O. (2024). The Effect of Task-Based Learning with Information Gap on Enhancing Speaking Skill of Mathayom Five Students . Education Journal of Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University, 3(1), e0780. retrieved from https://so16.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/EJ-NSTRU/article/view/780
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