The Development English Speaking Skills for Communication UsingRole-Playing Activities of Prathomsuksa 2 Students

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to: 1) develop the communicative English Speaking learning activities using role-playing activities forPrathomsuksa2 Students based on the efficient standard of 75/75, 2) compare theEnglish Speaking skills for communication of Prathomsuksa2students after studying through thedeveloped role-playinglearning activities with the criterion of 75 percent, and 3) study the satisfaction of Prathomsuksa2 Students who learned though communicative English Speaking learning activities using role-playing activities for Prathomsuksa 2students. The samples were 22 students of Prathomsuksa2 in AnubanKhumuangSchool selected via the cluster random sampling. The research instruments were: lesson plans, English for communication skills test, and the questionnaire of student’s satisfaction on learning activities using role-playing activities for Prathomsuksa 2 students. The statistics used in data analysis were: percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test (one sample).

The results revealed that: (1) the learning activity using role-playing activities had the efficiency of76.91/77.35 which reached the 75/75committed standard, (2) the score of English speaking skills for communication of Prathomsuksa2 students after studying through the developed role-playing activities was 77.35 percent which was higher than the set criterion, and (3) the students had the satisfaction on learning through the developed activities using role-playing at the high level ( = 4.45, S.D. = 0.28).