THE EFFECTS OF USING ENGLISH GAMES TO DEVELOP LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS AND SATISFACTION TOWARDS ENGLISH STUDYING OF GRADE 9 STUDENTS

Abstract

          The purposes of this research were to 1) develop and examine the English learning activities by using English games to meet the standard efficiency of 80/80, 2) compare the students’ English listening and speaking ability before and after learning through English games, and 3) investigate the students’ satisfaction toward English learning activities by using English Games to enhance English listening and speaking ability. The samples, obtained by cluster random sampling, were 38 of Grade 9 students during the first semester of the academic year 2019. The research instruments were English games, listening and speaking ability test, and a satisfaction questionnaire. The statistics used to analyze the data were mean, standard deviation, percentage and t-test. The findings were 1) The efficiency of the developed English learning activities by English games had a value at 82.25/85.80 which was higher than the set value of 80/80. 2) The academic results of the students’ listening and speaking test taught by English games after learning higher than before learning was 25 percentage ( ̅=4.32, S.D.= .58), and 3) The average score of students’ satisfaction toward the developed English learning activities by using English games to enhance listening and speaking abilities was at the highest level ( ̅ = 4.85, S.D. = .655)