Journal of Innovative and Creativity
Vol. 5 No. 3 (2025)

The Implementation of TBLT in Teaching Speaking for Students in Vocational High School

Putri Febrianti (Universitas Negeri Surabaya)
Ririn Pusparini (Universitas Negeri Surabaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 Sep 2025

Abstract

Proficiency in English, especially in speaking, is crucial for vocational high school students aiming to compete in the global workforce. However, many students encounter challenges in effective communication. Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT), which focuses on meaningful communication through meaningful tasks, offers encouraging solution. This research aims to describe how TBLT is implemented in teaching speaking for vocational high school students and to know the students’ speaking performance after using this method. This research is a basic interpretative qualitative design, the research was conducted with eleventh-grade students of DPIB 1 and an English teacher at one of vocational high school in Surabaya. The data in this research are observation sheet and performance assessments using a rubric. the data are analyzed descriptively to answer the research questions. The result of the observation showed that the implementation of this approach was in line with three stages of TBLT in teaching speaking. The teacher successfully designed tasks relevant to the students need and showed increased the students speaking skill. Analysis of the students speaking performance indicated notable helps in pronunciation and vocabulary. While fluency and grammar also showed progress, they require further development. Overall, the implementation of TBLT helped the students in speaking English. It could be shown in the result of students performances. This research underscores TBLT’s potential to enhance speaking proficiency in vocational contexts through relevant and authentic tasks.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

joecy

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Mathematics Social Sciences Other

Description

Journal of Innovative and Creatifity (JOECY) publishes research articles in the field of education which report empirical research on topics that are significant across educational contexts, in terms of design and findings. The topic could be in curriculum, teaching learning, evaluation, quality ...