Exploring Communicative Language Teaching in Teaching Speaking Skill on EFL Students of Santiwit Songkhla Technological College, Thailand

Shodiq, M Habibi Yunus Fajar (2025) Exploring Communicative Language Teaching in Teaching Speaking Skill on EFL Students of Santiwit Songkhla Technological College, Thailand. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Islam Negeri Kiai Haji Achmad Siddiq Jember.

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Abstract

English in Thailand was still classified as foreign language. Nevertheless, there were several difficult factors of teaching EFL in Thailand. Most of studies showed that student’s lack of motivation was still becoming the major problem faced by the teacher, and many other problems. It could be caused by their background as students who live in EFL country. Therefore, teacher should consider the right approach in teaching speaking skill to EFL students. Considering that, the teacher utilized an approach in teaching speaking skill namely Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach. Numerous previous studies had shown that CLT is the appropriate approach for teaching speaking skill.
Thus, the research question of this study were how is the implementation of communicative language teaching in teaching speaking skill on EFL students of Santiwit Songkhla Technological College, Thhailand and what are the challenges faced by teacher in teaching EFL students and how are these challenges addressed. Further, this study aimed to explore the implementation of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in teaching speaking skill on EFL Students of Santiwit Songkhla Technological College Thailand and to discover the problems faced by the teacher during teaching EFL students and how these challenges be addressed.
Descriptive qualitative was the research design of this study. Observation, interview, and document review were techniques used in collecting data. The research subject used purposive sampling which involves 1 english teacher and 19 female students of 12th grade of Santiwit Songkhla Technological College. The data analysis used Miles Huberman’s theory which includes data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing. To show the validity of data, the researcher used triangulation technique and triangulation source.
The result of the research were as follows; (1) the exploration of the implementation of communicative language teaching (CLT) in teaching speaking skill on EFL Students of Santiwit Songkhla Technological College were divided into four: the goal, the material, the procedure and the evaluation. The goals were to give more opportunities for students to speak english, to enable students to speak english effectively by practicing real-life communication, and to improve students’ confidence in speaking english. The material used was the real-life conversation at the airport. The procedure was divided into three phases: briefing phase, performance phase, and evaluation phase. (2) The challenges faced by the teacher were the students’ background as EFL students, students and class condition, and lack of motivation in learning English. The strategies of teacher to overcome these challenges were choosing the right approach or method in teaching which suitable for teaching speaking skill and providing motivational feedback to boost student’s motivation and awareness about the importance of English in the future.

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