The Effectiveness of Communicative Purpose Based Approach to Improve Speaking Skills in EAP Setting: A Case Study
Abstract
English for Academic Purposes (EAP) is an approach in which the content and the learning
activities applied according to the needs of the English learners. This experimental study involved 26
students from the fifth semester of Indonesian Language Education Department at University of PGRI
Semarang. The data were collected using five different instruments; observation, field notes, interviews,
documentation, and performance tests. The data were analyzed using t-test formula and compared to t-table. The results of this study indicate that there is significant value between the pre-test and post-test results. The result of the calculation of t-test is 9.97. Because the t-table is 2.04, it can be concluded that the t-test> ttable. The data shows that the result of the t-test is higher than t-table, it means that the accepted hypothesis is a positive hypothesis which says that "Hi: There is a significant improvement of speaking competence in the case of performing the idea of the elements of the story in the folklores after being taught using Communicative Purpose Based Approach.”
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