• Natnael Demelew
• Dr.L.Manjula Davidson

This study evaluates the effect of task-based learning on students speaking skill and motivation of Woldia secondary school grade 9 students. An experimental design was employed to test the effect of TBL on students speaking skills. Two classes were purposely selected for the study based on their mean score registered at first-semester English subject result and assigned as control and experimental groups. The two groups were given speaking pre-tests at the beginning of the experiment. The experimental group was taught through TBL for seven weeks while the control group was taught the same unit in the traditional way in which TBL was not implemented. After the seventh weeks of implementing the program for two periods of 42 minutes a week, the students were given the speaking test as post-test similar to the pre-test in order to assess the effect of the program on participants speaking skills before and after the implementation. And also questionnaire were conducted after the post test. Paired T-test was employed to find out if the result obtained from the tests was statistically significant or not. The result of the test showed that (t= 7.605, p<0.05) the experimental group had better score gains over the control group because of the implementation of task-based learning on their speaking skills. Likewise, the data gathered from the questionnaire prove that students’ motivation were also promising to say a positive and high degree of motivation. The results of this study indicated that TBL had a positive effect on speaking skills and motivation

Task Based Learning, Motivation

"THE EFFECT OF TASK-BASED LEARNING ON STUDENTS SPEAKING SKILLS AND MOTIVATION: THE CASE OF WOLDIA SECONDARY SCHOOL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.546-553, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812172.pdf

"THE EFFECT OF TASK-BASED LEARNING ON STUDENTS SPEAKING SKILLS AND MOTIVATION: THE CASE OF WOLDIA SECONDARY SCHOOL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp546-553, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812172.pdf