ISSN: 2782-893X
eISSN: 2799-0664
ISSN: 2782- 893X
—— In today’s classroom, technology is becoming a more prominent form of learning. With the ever-changing world of technology, teachers work hard to incorporate technology into their everyday instruction to connect student passion with learning. According to Harris (2016): Today’s educators are under great pressure to provide 21st century students with a quality education based on 21st century standards. Those standards include providing students with the technological and informational skills needed to compete in an ever-changing, technology-driven world. In the present study, the researcher provided a teacher-made digital speeches to suit the 21st century learners improve their communication and delivery skills in purposive communication course because it was found out during the first twoweeks of the opening of classes that most of the first-year college students lack self-confidence and knowledge on the skills being developed in the previous grades. Employing the quasi-experimental research design through the pre-test and post-test using a researcher-made speeches and rubrics, it was revealed that there is a significant difference in the pretest and post-test performances of the first-year college students in purposive communication course before and after the utilization of teacher-made digital speeches in improving the communication and delivery skills. Thus, it was found out that the teacher-made digital speeches are effective instructional materials and learning resource in improving the communication and delivery skills of the first-year college students in purposive communication course. The content, piece, delivery of the speech and the technology used made the learning resource effective to use in the teaching-learning process. Keywords — Effectiveness, Teacher-Made Digital Speeches, Communication, Delivery Skills, First Year College Students, Purposive Communication Course