LET’S TALK AND LET’S GO GLOBAL: THE IMPACT ON STUDENTS’ ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION SKILLS

English proficiency is still a problem among school students in Malaysia. It can affect the aspiration of Malaysia to become a developed country by 2020. Government since then has taken many efforts to overcome it. Despite of that, it should not a single handed effort by government as other parties can contribute towards the solution of the problem. Hence, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu has stepped up a gear and come up with a programme, Let’s Talk and Let’s Go Global which directed its focus on communication skills of students. Therefore, 260 Form Four students from 13 schools around Kuala Terengganu district were chosen as pioneers. This programme ran for six months, from July to December 2013. It adopted several methods in order to facilitate the learning process. In the meanwhile, data of students’ involvement and performance were collected throughout the duration. In general, there were major improvements in term of students’ communication skills. Thus, it is recommended that it should be continued in the future.