Effectiveness of Oral Proficiency in English for Secondary Schools (OPS-English) Programme in Improving English Language Vocabulary among Secondary School Students

Autor/inn/en	Singh, Manesha Kaur Rajendra; Singh, Manjet Kaur Mehar; Eng, Lin Siew
Titel	Effectiveness of Oral Proficiency in English for Secondary Schools (OPS-English) Programme in Improving English Language Vocabulary among Secondary School Students
Quelle	In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 6 (2015) 6, S.201-208 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2203-4714
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Secondary School Students; Language Proficiency; Oral Language; Speech Skills; Vocabulary Development; Program Effectiveness; Pretests Posttests; Statistical Analysis; Teaching Methods; Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Comparative Analysis; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Sekundarschüler; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Mündliche Leistung; Sprachfertigkeit; Wortschatzarbeit; Statistische Analyse; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Speaking is an important skill that needs to be mastered as it is the best way to communicate with other people in order to deliver opinions and express ideas, but the fact is that secondary school students' ability in speaking English is low in Malaysia. It is caused by several factors such as lack of vocabulary, poor pronunciation, weak grammar and poor fluency that hinders the mastery of English language. In this research, Oral Proficiency in English for Secondary Schools (OPS-English) Programme was employed to improve students' speaking skill by engaging them in vocabulary based activities. The main objectives of this study are to investigate the effectiveness of OPS-English in improving the students speaking skills and increasing their vocabulary count. This is an experimental pretest-posttest control group design study which involved 70 students from a school located in one of the districts in Kedah, Malaysia. The duration of the study was 8 weeks. The data collection was done using pre-test and post-test. The data from the pre-test and posttest was analysed quantitatively using independent sample test. The findings of this study show that OPS-English can improve students' vocabulary. This is proven by experimental group's students' test score that showed improvement in the post-test. OPS-English is a suitable programme that should be used to improve students' vocabulary. The result of this study provides useful insights for English language teachers in teaching speaking. (As Provided).
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