Journal of Foreign Language Teaching and Learning
Vol 2, No 1 (2017): January

ENHANCING STUDENTS' COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TASK-BASED LEARNING

Rahmawati, Fitria (Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
10 Jan 2017

Abstract

This study aims to examine the effect of task-based learning implementation to enhance students' communicative skills. A one-group pretest-post-test experimental design was conducted with 37 first-year students as the participants. Video-making was selected as the assigned task. The outcomes were two short videos on the assigned topics. The results reveal that before the treatment, the students' communication skill was moderate (mean= 13.11), while after one-semester-length implementation, their skill increased and was categorized as high (15.45). Furthermore, there was a signi?cant difference on students' communicative skill before and after the treatment (t-value > t-table = 5.585 > 2.021). It implies that the task-based learning through video-making task significantly enhanced students' communicative skills. Finally, some implications for language learning regarding the results of the study were also presented.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

FTL

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

The journal focus and scope of JFLTL is to publish research articles within the field of an advanced understanding of strategies in learning English, strategies in teaching English. The scope research based paper on the interactions about: teaching skills communication learning strategies writing ...