i MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY NGO LY TAN THUY SPEAKING SKILL EVALUATION FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS AT UK ACADEMY SCHOOL (BA RIA VUNG TAU PROVINCE) A TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION[.]
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY NGO LY TAN THUY SPEAKING SKILL EVALUATION FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS AT UK ACADEMY SCHOOL (BA RIA VUNG TAU PROVINCE): A TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION STUDY Major: Theory and Methodology of English Language Teaching Course code: 8140111 MASTER THESIS IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGE Supervised by Assoc.Prof Phạm Huu Duc, Ph.D BA RIA VUNG TAU- 2022 i DECLARATION BY AUTHOR I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the thesis entitled “Speaking skill evaluation for secondary students at UK Academy school (Ba Ria Vung Tau province): a teachers’ perception study” is the result of my own research for the Degree of Master of Arts in English Language The substance of the thesis has not, wholly or in part, been submitted for any other degree to any other universities or institutions Except where reference has been made in the text, this thesis contains no material previously published or written by another person The study reported in this thesis was approved by the Graduate Faculty of Ba Ria Vung Tau university Author’s Signature Ngô Lý Tấn Thủy ii CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY I certify my authorship of the Master’s Thesis submitted today entitled: Speaking skill evaluation for secondary students at UK Academy school (Ba Ria Vung Tau province): a teachers’ perception study In terms of the statement of requirements for Theses in Master’s programs issued by Higher Degree Committee of Postgraduate Institute, Ba Ria Vung Tau University Ba Ria Vung Tau province, 2022 NGO LY TAN THUY iii RETENTION AND USE OF THE THESIS I hereby state that I, Ngo Ly Tan Thuy, being a candidate for the degree of TESOL accept the requirements of the University relating to the retention and use of Master’s Theses deposited in the library In terms of these conditions, I agree that the original of my Master’s Thesis deposited in the library should be accessible for purposes of study and research, in accordance with the normal conditions established by the Librarian for the care, loan, and reproduction for theses Ba Ria Vung Tau, September 2022 Signature …………………… Ngo Ly Tan Thuy iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In order to complete the thesis “Speaking skill evaluation for secondary students at UK Academy school (Ba Ria Vung Tau province): a teachers’ perception study”, the author has been supported by many people Through this opportunity, I would like to express my gratitude to these people for helping me finish this thesis First of all, I would like to express my genuine appreciation to Assoc Prof Phạm Hữu Đức, Ph.D, my supervisor, for his considerate guidance and his passionate inspiration as well as his thorough explanation on my research paper Secondly, I would like to thank Mr Pierre and Mr Robin, Mr Alex, my colleague at UK Academy School for supporting me during my research Thirdly, I am very thankful for all the participants of this study, who have cooperatively taken part in taking questionnaires as well as contributed their opinions on the textbook and the course In addition, I would like to thank all of the lecturers who gave me interesting lessons, dedication and advice during my study at Ba Ria Vung Tau University Last but not least, I must express my appreciation to my superior at my workplace who has encouraged me to continue my learning path and has always believed in my ability to complete this thesis and to have a brighter future v TABLE CONTENTS DECLARATION BY AUTHOR ii CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY iii RETENTION AND USE OF THE THESIS iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS v ABSTRACT LIST OF TABLES CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Rationale 1.2 Aims of the study 1.3 Research questions 1.4 Scope of the study 1.5 Significance of the study 1.6 Research methods 1.7 Structure of the study CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW .11 2.1 The role of teaching speaking 11 2.1.1 Definition of Speaking 11 2.1.2 Characteristics of speaking 12 2.1.3 Importance of speaking .13 2.1.4 The Factors of Speaking Skills 15 2.1.5 Types of Speaking Performance 15 2.1.6 Factors Affecting the Students' Performance in Speaking Activities 16 2.1.7 The Roles of the Teacher in Speaking Class 18 2.2 Materials evaluation 20 2.2.1 Definition of materials evaluation 20 2.2.2 Reasons for materials evaluation 21 2.2.3 Types of materials’ evaluation .22 2.2.4 Approaches and Criteria for materials evaluation 24 2.3 Speaking skill evaluation 27 2.3.1 Definition of speaking skill evaluation 27 2.3.2 The advantages of classroom evaluation 28 2.3.3 Reasons for speaking skill evaluation 34 2.3.4 Teaching speaking skill .35 2.4 Previous studies on ELT speaking .39 2.4.1 Nature of oral skills .40 2.4.2 Evaluation of speaking skills 42 2.5 Conceptual framework 45 CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY 46 3.1 Research design 46 3.2 Research participants 46 3.3 Data collection instruments 48 3.3.1 Questionnaires 48 3.3.2 Interviews 50 3.4 Data collection procedures 51 3.5 Data analysis .52 3.6 Summary 53 CHAPTER 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 54 4.1 Findings 56 4.1.1 The current status of classroom speaking evaluation conducted in UK Academy school 56 4.1.2 Teachers’ perceptions of the effectiveness of classroom speaking evaluation .60 4.2 Discussion 62 CHAPTER CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 64 5.1 Conclusions 64 5.2 Implication 65 5.3 Limitation 66 5.4 Suggestions for further research 66 REFERENCES 68 APPENDIXES .73 ABSTRACT It is widely known that language acts as a crucial and characteristic product of every country according to the fact that it is the typical nature of each country Once students are exposed to an international language, they must master four skills, especially listening, speaking, reading, and writing in order to effectively master and use it Among the above four skills, oral English is probably considered to be one that requires a lot of study and practice time A large number of students encountered challenges in early phonetic learning In fact, a decent language acquisition is one of the keys for students to gradually open the door to this magical language The aim of the study is to evaluate the speaking skill of secondary students at UK Academy School in Ba Ria city, Ba Ria Vung Tau province to investigate whether the students using their language ability through their speaking skill suitably meet the requirements of the school curriculum in terms of their language proficiency and especially the speaking skill Teacher-based speaking evaluation conducted in the classroom are not only strongly recommended at UK Academy policies but are also the only tool used to evaluate students’ speaking skills in the formal schooling system The data was collected from questionnaires and interviews of 26 English teachers who are recently working at UK Academy school The result of the survey showed that the teaching quality and the curriculum of school highly met the stakeholder’s requirements in terms of aims The research also suggested the designing aspect of materials and teaching methods to make them more interesting for students to learn how to speak English better LIST OF TABLES Table 4.1: Purpose of classroom speaking evaluation 56 Table 4.2 The importance of classroom speaking evaluation 57 Table 4.3 Using methods of evaluation 58 Table 4.4 Test tasks/activities used in classroom speaking evaluation 59 Table 4.5 The classroom speaking evaluation meet the school’s requirements 60 Table 4.6 The classroom speaking evaluation meet the school’s output (B1) 60 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Rationale It is widely known that language acts as a crucial and characteristic product of every country according to the fact that it is the typical nature of each country Once students are exposed to an international language, they must master four skills, especially listening, speaking, reading, and writing in order to effectively master and use it Among the above four skills, oral English is probably considered to be one that requires a lot of study and practice time A large number of students encountered challenges in early phonetic learning In fact, a decent language acquisition is one of the keys for students to gradually open the door to this magical language It is globally known that English, as the most popular language used by people in the world, English is a great second language to learn, whether it is for personal reasons, daily routine, travel or business Learning any new language takes hard work, commitment, and a desire to make mistakes Similarly, Learning English is not an exception English is taught in all schools in Vietnam and at all stages of education, from kindergarten to university However, if you take into account the users of the second language, the problem is here, it is difficult to rule out, people respond better to the language they develop To effectively sell products to people, it is not enough to speak a language they understand, especially when their understanding is limited You must talk to them in the language they use in their hearts There is a reason why the demand for learning English nowadays is booming English has been periodically crowned as “the global language,” especially in the international school, oral language is more and more important for students so that they can challenge themselves and go out the world So, ...DECLARATION BY AUTHOR I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the thesis entitled ? ?Speaking skill evaluation for secondary students at UK Academy school (Ba Ria Vung Tau province): a teachers? ?? perception. .. of materials’ evaluation .22 2.2.4 Approaches and Criteria for materials evaluation 24 2.3 Speaking skill evaluation 27 2.3.1 Definition of speaking skill evaluation ... students to gradually open the door to this magical language The aim of the study is to evaluate the speaking skill of secondary students at UK Academy School in Ba Ria city, Ba Ria Vung Tau province