A DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE SPEAKING CURRICULUM USING COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING APPROACH FOR UPPER ELEMENTARY STUDENTS

Abstract

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: 1) to develop and evaluate the quality of an English communicative speaking curriculum based on the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach for upper elementary students; and 2) To examine the effects of the implemented curriculum in enhancing with the target group. This study employed a pre-experimental research design using a one-group pretest and posttest model. The sample group used were upper elementary students from Maechiangraiwittaya School during the second semester of the 2024 academic year, selected through simple random sampling. The research instruments included: an English communicative speaking curriculum, a curriculum manual, and the speaking communicative ability test. The statistics used for analyzed were percentage, mean, and standard deviation T-test dependent.

The results of the research were found as follows: 1. English communicative speaking curriculum using communicative language teaching approach for upper elementary students consisted of 7 elements 1) problem statement 2) principle of curriculum 3) aims of curriculum 4) Five units of content structures i.e. (1) Go to school (2) Go to the temple (3) Go travel (4) Go to the market and (5) Go to the market 5) activity 6) materials resources and learning sources and 7) measurement and evaluation. The level of the overall appropriateness of the curriculum was high. The level of the overall appropriateness of curriculum's manual was the highest and the effectiveness of learning according to the curriculum was 0.75 and 2. Students who have studied with English communicative speaking curriculum using communicative language teaching approach had a statistically higher average score for speaking communicative ability after study at the level of .05