The purpose of this study was to investigate, first, whether there are differences, in the listening and speaking proficiency in the elementary school classroom by teaching fairly tales, second, whether there are differences, or not, in the listening ...
The purpose of this study was to investigate, first, whether there are differences, in the listening and speaking proficiency in the elementary school classroom by teaching fairly tales, second, whether there are differences, or not, in the listening and speaking according to the gender of the children, third, what are the effects of teaching fairy tales on children's listening and speaking proficiency according to the gender of children, fourth, what is the relationship between the attitude of studying English and interest in learning English as for teaching fairy tales.
Subjects were 59 elementary school children sixth grade, who are divided into two groups ; the experimental group consisted of 30 students and the control group consisted of 29 student. The self report questionnaire was used to measure listening proficiency, the degree of interest in, and the attitude toward learning English. The speaking proficiency was measured by an interviewing. In order to quantify the effectiveness, interest and attitude, the author used the Likert type five-point scale. Data were analyzed by Spsswin 7.5.
The study concluded that: (1) according to teaching English fairy tales there were significant differences in the listening arid speaking proficiency. (2) According to the gender there was no significant difference in the proficiency of listening and speaking. (3) There were significant differences in the listening and speaking proficiency between experimental group and control group. But there was no significant difference in gender. (4) There was significant correlation between the attitude of studying English and the interest in learning English.