speaking data jasmine
Description
The study analyses speaking enhancement among middle school children in Rural Karnataka. A total of 160 students participated in the study. There were two groups, including the experimental and the control group, with 80 students in each group. It is a quasi-experimental study that was statistically analysed through mixed-methods ANOVA, and the results were analysed. The independent variables in the study are idiom illustrations, and the dependent variable is speaking, which has sub-variables of sentence formation, vocabulary, and pronunciation. There are three hypotheses to be tested. They are - • H01- There is no progress in the Sentence formation (Speaking) abilities of learners between the Control group and Experimental Group. • H02- There is no progress in the Pronunciation (Speaking) abilities of learners between the Control group and Experimental Group. • H03- There is no progress in the Vocabulary (Speaking) abilities of learners between the Control group and Experimental Group. Materials and methods Idiom illustrations were employed based on the themes in the textbooks. These were used to improve their comprehension of the idioms and their speaking skills through sentence formation, pronunciation, and vocabulary activities. The statistical method employed for this study is mixed method ANOVA. It is a statistical analysis technique combining within-subjects (repeated measures) and between-subjects factors. It can be used when there is at least one within-subjects factor (e.g., multiple time points) and one between-subjects factor (e.g., different groups) and while comparing the effectiveness of a treatment over time between different groups (e.g., an experimental group vs. a control group). This method is employed when the data is normally distributed and the assumption is that the sphericity (for within-subjects factor) where the variances of the differences between all combinations of related groups (levels of the within-subjects factor) are equal. The homogeneity of variance (for between-subjects factor), where the variances between groups are approximately equal. The research design is a quasi-experimental research design. Purposive sampling was employed to take the sample population belonging to two different schools. A total of 160 students participated in the study with 80 belonging to each school. There were two groups, including the experimental and the control group with 40 students in each group. The Pre-test was administered for both groups, followed by the intervention and the post-test. A delayed post-test was administered after a period of 30 days. The data collection tools employed to collect the data were classroom observations and test papers to grade the student’s performance. The data analysis tool used to analyse the data was SPSS, which incorporated Mixed Methods of ANOVA and descriptive statistics.