EXPERIENTIAL TEACHING METHOD TO ENHANCE ENGLISH SPEAKING ABILITY OF BUSINESS ENGLISH STUDENTS AT YUNNAN BUSINESS VOCATIONAL COLLEGE, CHINA

Abstract

The objectives of this study were 1) to compare English speaking ability of Business English students pre and post learning experiential teaching method, 2) to compare English speaking ability of Business English students with the criterion set at 70 % of pre learning score experiential teaching method, and 3) to assess the students’ satisfaction on experiential teaching method. The research methodology was experimental research. The population consisted of 40 first-year business English students at Yunnan Business Vocational College, China on academic year 2022. The instruments used in this research were 1) Business English speaking ability test, and 2) student’s satisfaction questionnaire on experiential teaching method. The statistics used for data analysis were percent, mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The study results revealed that 1) English speaking ability of Business English students post learning through experiential teaching method were higher than pre learning with a statistically significant level of .05. 2) English speaking ability of the students post learning through the experiential teaching method was higher than the 70 % of criterion set. 3) The students’ satisfaction on post learning through the experiential teaching method was at the high level.