THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES BY APPLYING GAMIFICATION TO ENHANCE FRENCH SPEAKING SKILL ACCORDING TO CECRL FOR UPPER SECONDARY STUDENTS
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This research was designed concerning about French learning activities based on gamification concepts in order to enhance students' French speaking skills according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The samples used in the research were 32 students who were studying in grade 12 at Triamudomsuksa Nomklaokunnatee School in the academic year 2023 using purposive sampling. Data collection methodologies were used in this research regarding four lesson plans of French-speaking activities. Moreover, pretest and post-test assessments of the students' French-speaking skills were employed to find out the results of the research. The data. The collection was gathered from 18 periods of French language learning activities. The tests were done before and after learning the four lessons. The data were analyzed using mean score, standard deviation, one-sample t-test, and dependent sample t-test. According to the learning French speaking activities which were divided into 4 topics: Describing personalities, My activities, Asking questions, and Trading conversation as well as using the concept of gamification by allowing students to participate in collecting points and having Leaderboard, the results were shown that students' French speaking skill was significantly higher before they were employed the method at a level of .05, with the influence of the independent variable affecting the dependent variable at a large level. Additionally, it can be seen that students' French speaking skill was significantly higher than DELF A1 at a level of .05, with the influence size of the independent variable affecting the dependent variable at a high level.
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