Effects of Instructional Process Using Cooperative Language Learning (CLL) on Fluency Development of Sixth-Grade Students’ Oral Communication Skills

Abstract

The purposes of this research were as follows: (1) to study the effects of the instructional process using Cooperative Language Learning (CLL) on fluency development of sixth-grade students’ oral communication skills and (2) to investigate their opinions towards the instructional process. The participants were 35 sixth-grade students studying in a private school in Chon Buri Province in the academic year 2019. The quantitative and qualitative data were collected in 15 periods experiment. The research instruments were lesson plans integrating the Cooperative Language Learning approach, oral fluency scoring rubric, questionnaire and self-evaluation form and semi-structured interview. Statistics employed for quantitative data analysis were the percentage, mean standard deviation, t-test. The qualitative data were analyzed with content analysis. The finding revealed that the post-learning achievement instructional process using Cooperative Language Learning on fluency development of students’ oral communication skills was significantly higher than pre-learning at the .05 level; and (2) students had positive opinions towards learning English through the Cooperative Language Learning approach.