THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILL OF GRADE 7 CHINESE STUDENTS USING GAMES BASED TEACHING METHOD IN ANHUI PROVINCE, CHINA

This study aimed to investigate whether game-based teaching improved the English-speaking skills of 40 7th grade Chinese students in Anhui Province, China, and further investigated their satisfaction. A middle school conducted a cluster random sample to select students from 7th grade classes. We gathered the quantitative data by administering speaking skill tests through the T-test for dependents, and we analyzed and interpreted the student satisfaction data from questionnaires based on two distinct research objectives: We aimed to contrast the English-speaking abilities of 7th grade Chinese students before and after implementing game-based instruction, and to scrutinize the students' contentment with their fellow 7th grade Chinese peers. The results show that speaking skills have significantly improved with the mean difference. And the student’s satisfaction was high. This indicated that all participants demonstrated improvement in speaking skill scores, and students' satisfaction was also positive. The study's findings revealed that game-based teaching could help students improve their English-speaking skills.