The Effects of Using Learning Activity Package Based on Communicative Language Teaching Approach with Role Play Activities for The Development of Japanese Learning Achievement and Speaking Ability of Grade 9 Students

Abstract

Background and Aims: The purposes of this research are: 1) To develop an enlargement and find an efficient learning activity package based on the communicative language teaching approach. This was done with the role-play activities for grade 9 students based on the standard criteria 80/80. 2) To compare learning achievement before and after learning with an activity package based on the communicative language teaching approach, with the role-play activities for the grade 9 students. 3) To study the Japanese speaking abilities of grade 9 students after learning from the activity package. This was based on the communicative language teaching approach with role-play activities, with a 70 percent criterion. 4) To study the satisfaction of students towards learning by using an activity package based on a communicative language teaching approach with role-play activities.

Methodology: This research was Quasi-experimental research using a One-Group pretest-posttest design. The research samples were 23 grade 9 students who studied in the academic year 2023 at Chonradsadornumrung School, Chonburi Rayong Secondary Education Service Area Office. They were randomly selected by using cluster random sampling. The research instruments consisted of the activity package based on the communicative language teaching approach with role-play activities for the grade 9 students, 6 lesson plans, a Japanese language achievement test, the measure of students' Japanese speaking ability, and the satisfaction questionnaire about the activity package based on the communicative language teaching approach with the role-play activities. The statistics used in this research were mean, standard deviation, t-test for the dependent sample, and t-test for one sample.

Results: The results of the study were: Learning activity package based on a communicative language teaching approach with the role-play activities for the grade 9 students possessed the efficiency of 82.17/80.11. This was higher than the set 80/80 based on the standard criteria. The grade 9 students’ posttest mean scores of learning achievement after learning with an activity package based on the communicative language teaching approach, with the role-play activities, were statistically significantly higher than the pretest mean scores at the .05 level. The Japanese speaking ability of the grade 9 students after learning with an activity package based on the communicative language teaching approach, with the role-play activities, was statistically higher than the 70 percent criterion at the .05 level. The satisfaction of the grade 9 students with learning by using activity packages based on communication.

Conclusion: The learning activity package based on the communicative language teaching approach with role-play activities for grade 9 students was shown to be effective according to the established criteria. The students demonstrated higher achievement in the Japanese language subject after the lesson compared to before. Their Japanese speaking ability reached a very high level, higher than 70 percent. Additionally, students' overall satisfaction with learning through the activity package was at a high level.