Developing Teaching Guidelines and Learning Module of Speaking for General Communication: Students’ Perception and Needs

Oct 15, 2026

Covid-19 continues to spread across the world, including Indonesia, significantly affecting education. Online learning is used to limit outbreak transmission, requiring educators and students to adapt their teaching and learning practices. This study investigates students’ perceptions and needs regarding speaking for general communication through a survey method based on Kirkpatrick’s model. Participants were 165 first-semester English Language Study Program students at IKIP Siliwangi Bandung who completed online instruction and practice. Results show mostly positive perceptions and improved speaking skills, while mismatches remain in handouts, technological confidence, and material topics, requiring further module/handout development aligned with learners’ needs.

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Introduction

Online learning during Covid-19

Speaking skills and instructional challenges

Speaking for general communication micro-skills

Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature, and Culture. Vol. 6 No. 2 2021 [https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity](https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity) Developing Teaching Guidelines and Learning Module of Speaking for General Communication: Students’ Perception and Needs Lilis Suryani1, Dewi Listia Apriliyanti2, Fauziah Nur Rohmat3 [Correspondence Author:](Correspondence Author: Dewi L. Apriliyanti deedeliezta@gmail.com)[ Dewi L. Apriliyanti](Correspondence Author: Dewi L. Apriliyanti deedeliezta@gmail.com)[ ](Correspondence Author: Dewi L. Apriliyanti deedeliezta@gmail.com)[deedeliezta@gmail.com](Correspondence Author: Dewi L. Apriliyanti deedeliezta@gmail.com) IKIP Siliwangi1,2,3 DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v6i2.2440 Abstract Covid-19 is still spreading in all over the world, including Indonesia and it has big impact to education sector. Online learning is a way to reduce the spread of covid-19 outbreak. Educators and students, whether ready or not, have to do online learning because to avoid the spread of this pandemic. Hence, this research would like to know students’ perception and needs toward speaking for general communication. This study is conducted using a survey method based on Kirkpatricks’Model. The survey accumulated and investigated learners' perception on speaking for general communication course after they learned and practiced it in the online lecturing class. The respondents of the survey were selected using purposive sampling method. The subject of this study were 165 students of a first semester, the English Language Study Program at IKIP Siliwangi Bandung, who was taking a speaking for general communication course. Based on the result, most of the students had positive perception and they could improve their speaking skill after teaching session. However, there were three things that were not really appropriate with the students’ needs, namely, handout/teaching materials, technological confidence, and topics of materials. Therefore, further research is needed to develop the module/handout based on students’ needs. Keywords: online learning, speaking, perception, need INTRODUCTION Nowadays, the world of education is facing a crucial situation because of the Covid-19 pandemic (Kapasia, et al., 2020; UN, 2020; OECD, 2020). The learning system that originally could be done face-to-face becomes online learning. Online-based teaching is something that must be done during the Covid-19 pandemic, including in Indonesia. Educators and students, whether ready or not, have to do online learning because to avoid the spread of this pandemic. Sarvestani, Mohammadi, Afshin, and Raeshy (2019) stated that e-learning in education have been one of the most important achievements of higher education which can solve many of the problems of this system. In addition, Stem (2019) cited in Yulia (2020) said that online learning is teaching that uses the internet. In other words, students do not have to study at school but they can study at home (Keengwe & Kidd, 2010; Condie & Livingston, 2007) . This is certainly not an easy because many things are done both from the readiness of educators, students, and teaching materials that are adjusted to online-based teaching, especially in the preparation of speaking teaching materials. Corresponding Authors: Dewi L. Apriliyanti, English Education Study Program, IKIP Siliwangi, Indonesia. Email: [deedeliezta@gmail.com](deedeliezta@gmail.com) Speaking is one of the four skills in learning English (Burns & Siegel, 2018; Bailey, 2003; Inayah & Lisdawati, 2017) . In fact, a person can be categorized as having learned a language only if he is able to produce it through interaction. In addition, speaking skills are used in many aspects and for various reasons, including communication in social environments. Speaking is a very complex interactive skill that adds complexity to trigger anxiety for foreign learners (Woodrow, 2006; Hutabarat & Simanjuntak, 2

FAQs

What is the research focus regarding speaking for general communication?

The research examines students’ perceptions and needs toward speaking for general communication after they learned and practiced it in online lecturing.

How was the study conducted?

The study used a survey method based on Kirkpatrick’s model with purposive sampling of 165 first-semester English Language Study Program students.

What did the results show about students’ perceptions?

Most students reported positive perceptions and could improve their speaking skills following teaching sessions.

Which areas were not well aligned with students’ needs and require further work?

The mismatches concerned handouts/teaching materials, technological confidence, and the topics used in the materials, indicating the need to develop modules/handouts based on student needs.

Oct 15, 2026

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