Development of an online interactive module for grade VIII students’ speaking skills

Abstract

This developmental research created an online interactive English module for Grade 8 students at a private high school in Guimaras. Specifically, this study utilized Input-Output (IPO) Model to identify the inputs, outputs, and processing tasks needed to transform inputs into outputs. For the inputs of the module, an interview and a performance task were given to the 23 Grade 8 students to evaluate their speaking abilities in terms of fluency, vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. This was essentially the result of the creation and testing of a module to assist the students in improving their speaking skills. It comprises the MELCS Grade Eight lessons as well as activities that might help students improve their speaking skills. The module's activities will help students improve their speaking skills in terms of fluency, grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. The respondents' fluency, vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation skills were adequate, but none of them excelled in pausing and pacing, clarity, or emotion. Pronunciation and vocabulary are strengths, but fluency and grammar are weaknesses, according to the respondents' overall speaking abilities. They were also unable to communicate because they were afraid of making grammatical errors.