The Development of English Speaking Skills Using the Triangulation Teaching Techniques for Thai EFL Students: Preliminary Results
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This thesis investigates the effectiveness of Triangulation Teaching Techniques in improving Thai EFL students’ English speaking skills and the students’ opinion towards the use of Triangulation Teaching Techniques and develops for improving students’ English-speaking skill. The findings of this preliminary result reveal that the effects of Triangulation Teaching Techniques on students’ language proficiency in terms of oral communicative competence and motivation toward learning English as a foreign language in a heterogeneous class. The experimental group taught in Triangulation Teaching Techniques. The pilot study students for this study consisted of 6 undergraduate students, selected by means of purposive random sampling technique, from a class of Bachelor of Accountancy, the fourth-year students who enroll during Business English 2 in semester 1 of the academic year of 2017, Faculty of Management Sciences, Nakhon Sawan Rajabhat University. This study employed a qualitative case study research design. The data collected through 4 sessions were 1) pre-test and post-test, 2) audiotape with transcribed, 3) results of the English motivation questionnaire and 4) A survey of students’ satisfaction of English speaking skills using the Triangulation Teaching Techniques for Thai EFL students’ questionnaire. The results show that the participants experienced a middle level of EFL speaking when doing the tasks. Furthermore, the researcher also found that the three main causes of EFL speaking for the pilot study group emerged from this study: 1) the problematic nature of speaking skills, 2) the classroom atmosphere, and 3) the lowest English proficiency of the students. The results obtained from the pilot test were not included in the findings of this study.
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