ISSN: 2265-6294

Implementing Task-Based Learning to Improve English Listening and Speaking Abilities of First-Year Undergraduate Students

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Pisit Jittisukpong,

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The objectives of this study were to 1) assess the impact of task-based learning on first-year undergraduate students' English listening ability and 2) assess the impact of taskbased learning on first-year undergraduate students' English-speaking ability. Thirty firstyear undergraduate students from the Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology participated in the study. The subject group engaged in task-based learning throughout the first semester of the 2021 academic year. Lesson plans, a pre-post English speaking test, a pre-post English listening test, and a teaching log were used to gather data. The data were statistically examined using the mean, standard deviation, and t-test for dependent samples. According to the study's findings, task-based learning improved first-year undergraduate students' English listening skills in a statistically different way from before the trial. 05 level.

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