The Effect of Virtual Hotel Tours on The Speaking Skills of Eleventh Grade Students in The Hospitality Department at SMK PGRI 1 Giri Banyuwangi in The 2024/2025 Academic Year

Rachel Ayundi Tata Riski; Miftah Ayufiyanda Anggraini; Nur Alvy Sahrin; Najwa Aprilianti Susanto; Wageyono

doi:10.46838/jbic.v6i2.1069

Authors

Rachel Ayundi Tata Riski Universitas PGRI Banyuwangi
Miftah Ayufiyanda Anggraini Universitas PGRI Banyuwangi
Nur Alvy Sahrin Universitas PGRI Banyuwangi
Najwa Aprilianti Susanto Universitas PGRI Banyuwangi
Wageyono Universitas PGRI Banyuwangi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46838/jbic.v6i2.1069

Keywords:

Speaking Skill, Virtual Hotel Tours, Hospitality English, Pre- Experimental Design

Abstract

Speaking is a crucial component of language proficiency that supports students' communication skills, particularly in vocational contexts such as hospitality. This study was conducted to examine the effect of Virtual Hotel Tours on the speaking skills of eleventh-grade students in the Hospitality Department at SMK PGRI 1 Giri Banyuwangi during the 2024/2025 academic year. A pre-experimental design with a one-group pretest- posttest approach was employed. The participants consisted of 36 students from the eleventh-grade Hospitality class. Data were collected using a speaking performance test based on five aspects: pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension, and analyzed using SPSS version 27. The results showed a significant improvement in speaking scores, with the mean score increasing from 56.78 in the pre-test to 73.89 in the post-test. The Paired Sample T-Test revealed a t-value of 38.919, which exceeded the t- table value of 2.030, with a significance level below 0.05, indicating a statistically significant difference. These findings suggest that the use of Virtual Hotel Tours had effect on students’ speaking skills, particularly in the aspects of fluency, pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and comprehension, with pronunciation showing the highest improvement compared to the other aspects.

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