Mingle activities and speaking skill

Abstract

In the English learning process, it is important to develop the four main skills but learners do not fully develop the speaking skill because they do not have enough practice. They cannot speak fluently which makes them feel unsure about speaking and avoid using the language. For these reasons, this research aimed to determine the relationship of mingle activities (find someone who, speed dating, talk when the music stops) and the speaking skill. Furthermore, the participants of the study were 30 students from the fourth-level students at the language center “CTT de los Andes” divided into 14 students to the experimental group (EG) and 16 students from the control group (CG). The methodology used in this study was quasiexperimental and data was collected by performing a pre-test and a post-test taken from the KET speaking section validated by Cambridge. The difference between the groups was tested using the t-test and it was determined that there was a slight difference in the pronunciation, vocabulary and interactive communication which can be seen in the P-value (0.000). It can be concluded that mingle activities improve the speaking skill as it is demonstrated in the analysis of the students’ scores from the fourth level of the language center “CTT de los Andes”, in which learners from the EG improved 2.5 points. In other words, after applying the mingle activities, the learners' performance improved from 5.8 to 6.6 in grammar and vocabulary, from 5.9 to 6.7 in pronunciation and from 5.7 to 6.7 in fluency