The Development of English Speaking Ability for Communication of Vocational Certificate I Students by Team-Based Learning

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          The purposes of this study are to examine the ability of the students to communicate, their English-speaking abilities using team-based learning, and to survey the satisfaction levels of students toward studying communicative English and using team-based learning. The sample group consisted of Vocational Certificate Level One students at Donmueang Technical College, Bangkok, in the first semester of the 2021 academic year. The sample group was made up of 40 students by cluster random sampling by raffle.The duration of the study was 12 hours over six weeks, at two hours per week and two hours for the pre-test and post-test, for a total of 16 hours.   The research instruments used in this study were six lesson plans, a pre-test and a post-test. The Evaluation Criteria of English-Speaking Skills for Communication and the questionnaire measured the satisfaction of the students with their English-speaking ability for communication and using team-based learning. The data were analyzed by means of the standard deviation scores and a t-test. The results revealed the following:  (1) the English communication ability of Vocational Certificate Level One students by Team-based learning after the experiment was higher at a statistically significant level of 05; (2) the satisfaction of the students with learning to speak English for communication through team-based learning after the experiment was higher at a statistically significant level of .05.