Development of Chinese Language Learning Activities of Hotel Business Students through Game-Based Learning to Enhance Chinese Communication, Emotional and Social Skills

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to develop activities for teaching Chinese in the classroom through games to enhance the students' Mandarin Chinese language skills, emotional and social skills 2) to compare the learning achievement of Mandarin Chinese language skills and emotional and social skills between the pre and post semester periods 3) to study the students' satisfaction with the activities of teaching the Mandarin Chinese language. The research population consisted of 67 students in the Hotel Business of Suan Dusit University who enrolled in Chinese for Interpretation Course. The research instruments were a test of Chinese language skills, an assessment of emotional and social skills, an activity plan for teaching Mandarin Chinese in classrooms through games and a satisfaction survey questionnaire. The statistics used in this study were percentage, mean, standard deviation and pair samples t-test. The results found that the students' learning achievement in Mandarin Chinese language skills, the emotional and social skills after teaching through games was significantly higher than in the pre-study period at the .01 level. The students' overall satisfaction was at a high level with 4.42 mean score. The most satisfying aspect was Chinese language teaching activities in classrooms through games, especially in the topic that helping students to have a better attitude in learning Chinese showed mean score at 4.81 The results also proved that activities for teaching Mandarin Chinese in the classroom through game was an effective tool in developing the four Chinese language skills along with the emotional and social skills.