Pedagogical Guidelines Using Integrated Teaching Approaches to Enhance Undergraduate Learners’ English Oral Communication Ability

Abstract

International communication in the present time necessarily involves the English language as the medium of communication. Especially, the competency in English for oral communication becomes an essential skill, that the English users are needed to be well equipped. Effective English oral communication helps the speakers achieve the communicative goals. Hence, the approaches employed in English learning management system in educational institutes to enhance learners’ oral English communicative ability are indispensable. However, most of English instructors have limited knowledge in applying and integrating varied teaching approaches in English oral communication classroom, regarding the relevant contexts of both instructors and learners. Most English instructors depend on traditional way of teaching English communication, leading to the limited efficiency in Thailand’s English learning management system in higher education. This academic article suggests the pedagogical guidelines using integrated approaches to enhance undergraduate learners’ English oral communication ability. The pedagogical guidelines focus on combining teaching approaches, integrating listening and speaking skills and integrating English teaching approaches with digital technology, instead of excessively relying on text-based method. The pedagogical guidelines proposed in this article is recommended to be applied in educational institutes to enhance English oral communication of learners, who enroll in the course of English for Oral Communication.