Content and language integrated learning management with ASEAN folktales to develop English listening-speaking skills and cultural competence among high school students

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) demonstrate how to use ASEAN folktales as teaching materials in Content and Language Integrated Learning approach (CLIL) to support high school students to improve their English listening and speaking skills, as well as their cultural competence, 2) compare students’ English listening test scores before and after using CLIL with ASEAN folktales, 3) compare students’ English speaking test scores before and after using CLIL with ASEAN folktales, and 4) compare students’ cultural competence before and after using CLIL with ASEAN folktales. The target group was 15 students in grade 10 and 11 who enrolled in English as a supplementary class on the first semester of the academic year 2022. The research instruments consisted of 1) 9 CLIL lesson plans (20 hours) consisting of 7 chosen ASEAN folktales developed based on the 4Cs framework together with the CLIL matrix by Coyle, Hood, and Marsh (2010), 2) English listening tests, 3) English speaking tests, and 4) cultural competence self-assessment questionnaires. The pretest and posttest scores for English listening and speaking, as well as cultural competence, were computed and converted to mean scores, standard deviation, and percentages. The research findings indicated that using ASEAN folktales in content and language integrated learning helps students develop their English listening and speaking skills, as well as cultural competence (cultural awareness, cultural knowledge, and cultural skills). The average of posttest scores were higher than the average of pretest scores. Students improved their listening skills from 64.35 percent to 78.35 percent which is regraded as a good level. For the speaking skills, students achieved the speaking test scores from a failed level of 54.43 percent to a good level of 60.90 percent. In all three aspects of cultural competence, students progressed from a moderate level to a high level.