The Effectiveness of Brain-based Learning in Increasing Communication Skills Among Form 4 Students in Learning Malay Languages

Abstract

Communication skills is one of the most important elements in the 21st century learning. Teacher ability to teach language skills through active conversations among students is a basic skill in communication ability. This research explores the effectiveness of brain-based learning approach towards communication skills among secondary school students. The objectives is to identify the effectiveness of brain-based learning strategy to enhance Form 4 students’ communication skills in the Malay Language subjects. This quasi-experiments research consists 60 Form Four students in two class of a secondary school in Manjung, Malaysia. Data is collected using the instrument of Students’ Communication Skills Questionaire. This is a quantitative research and its data is analyzed in descriptive and inferensi using Independent-Samples t-test. During the teaching implementation of eight weeks, data related to communication skills has been collected. The research findings show that teaching with the brain-based learning approach has succeeded in increasing the communication skills with highly frequent justifications among the students during the learning of the Malay Language.