THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE E IMMERSIVE IN ENHANCING STUDENTS’ EFL SPEAKING ABILITY

Abstract

This study investigates the effectiveness of students’ EFL speaking ability, using the E Immersive through yutube . It aims to explore whether e immersive effective in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context is more effective on the students’ speech development as a teaching approach. A quasi experimental design was employed for the study. The participants were 40 students of English department of STKIP PGRI Jombang who were taking Speaking class in their fourth semester at STKIP PGRI Jombang. The quantitative data were taken from students’ speaking test. The research finding revealed that the students’ achievement of experimental group in speaking ability is higher than control group and the students responses showed that they had almost positive response in taking the speaking class by employing immersive multimedia which reduced the use of code-switching strategies by the students and enabled them to develop oral production skills in English It implied that E immersive learning is effective to be implemented in speaking class.