The Development of English for Business Communication Lesson Plans Using Task- Based Learning Activities for Business Administration Undergraduates, Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna, Chiang Mai

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to develop lesson plans using task-based learning (TBL) activities in English for Business Communication course for Business Administration undergraduates and to assess the students’ English language skills after using the TBL lesson plans. The participants were Business Administration undergraduates, Faculty of Business Administration and Liberal Arts, Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna, Chiang Mai, who enrolled the English for Business Communication course in the second semester of 2020 academic in year. The experimental instruments consisted of 3 sections. In the first section, the instructional development tools were a survey questionnaire, a proto syllabus and lesson plans. In the second section, the lesson plan assessment, the lesson plan evaluation form and the four assessment forms of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills were used. In the final section, the data were collected by using tests for listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. The finding showed that the lesson plans using task-based learning activities effectively enhanced 4 language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, of the learners whose scores surpassed the set criteria.