Impacts of Extra Class Activities on Students' Listening and Speaking Skills

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of extra class activities in improving students' language-listening and speaking skills. It also aimed at identifying effective extra class activities to develop students' skills. Forty students were selected using simple random sampling. The students divided in to experimental and control group. The former received the treatment (extra class activities), whereas the latter did not receive the treatment. Experimental research design was employed for the study which was mainly quantitative over qualitative techniques for triangulation purposes. The results were analyzed using independent and paired samples t-test.  Questionnaires and focus group discussion also used as supplementary data collecting tools. Therefore, the qualitative data were analyzed through qualitative (Latent) content analysis. The results indicated that the students in the experimental group outperformed the students in the control group in their overall listening and speaking skills ability. The result from questionnaire, interview, and focused group discussions showed that the students have positive attitudes towards the extra class activities though there were no such activity programs in the school.