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THU DAU MOT UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES GRADUATE PAPER TITLE: AN INVESTIGATION ON DIFFICULTIES IN SPEAKING ENGLISH OF STUDENTS IN GRADE 7TH AT SAIGON CONNECTION ENGLISH CENTER Student name: Nguyen Cao Hong Hanh Student code: 1722202010074 Class: D17AVGD01 Course: 2017-2021 Major: English for Teaching Lecturer: Ms Nguyen Ngoc Thao, MA Binh Duong, November 2020 0 THU DAU MOT UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES GRADUATE PAPER TITLE: AN INVESTIGATION ON DIFFICULTIES IN SPEAKING ENGLISH OF STUDENTS IN GRADE 7TH AT SAIGON CONNECTION ENGLISH CENTER Student name: Nguyen Cao Hong Hanh Student code: 1722202010074 Class: D17AVGD01 Course: 2017-2021 Major: English for Teaching Lecturer: Ms Nguyen Ngoc Thao, MA Binh Duong, November 2020 i 0 STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP Student full name: Nguyen Cao Hong Hanh Student ID: 1722201020074 Title paper: An investigation on difficulties in speaking English of students in grade 7th at Saigon Connection English Center I hereby confirm that I am the sole author of the paper presented Where the work of others has been consulted, this is duly acknowledged in the paper’s bibliography I have also not consulted any other unnamed online sources All verbatim or referential use of the sources named in the bibliography has been specifically indicated in the text Binh Duong, November 2020 NGUYEN CAO HONG HANH ii 0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS To all teachers at the Thu Dau Mot University, To be able to finish my reports, I am received the enthusiastic support from many people It would be remiss of me to not send my gratitude to those who care, help and guidance me until now First of all, I would like to thank all of lecturers in Thu Dau Mot University for providing me much knowledge and skills in English area via subjects in the education program Four years is the period of courses which are helpful to apply important experiences to prepare for my life after graduation Next, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my teacher’s guidance, Ms Nguyen Thanh Thao, who transfers of precious experience, teaches and supports me a lot during this work Many people, especially my classmates have made valuable comment suggestions on my paper which gave me an inspiration to improve the quality of the assignment Again, I sincerely thank everyone who has helped me during this time! iii 0 ABSTRACT In the era of modernization nowadays, the question whether English has become a pivotal part of human, especially on students provoke a controversy Some people hold the view that it is considered as a beneficial approach for students to boost their career prospect English is taught in all universities in Vietnam Speaking plays an important part in language teaching and learning There are many factor influences on speaking skills There are many activities that are being done to help the learning overcome the difficulties but still limited Research to explore the speaking difficulties of 7th graders at SaiGon Connection English Center Furthermore, research aims to uncover the causes of those difficulties The researcher uses exercise methodology to identify and measure 7th graders' speech difficulties at SaiGon Connection English Center Study designer questionnaire for application on sample research Such questions will be suggested to each student to check for speaking difficulties and the staffing of those difficulties The results show that there are a number of reasons why students have difficulty in speaking for reasons such as inhibition, nothing to say, low or uneven participation, and mother-tongue use Researchers have adopted some of the most important recommendations, which is to establish an appropriate set of supports and encourage students to speak English regularly This report is an attempt to find out the factors for 7th graders difficulty speaking at SaiGon Connection English Center iv 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABSTRACT TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES CHAPTER INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 1.2 PURPOSES OF THE STUDY 1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY CHAPTER LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 DEFINITIONS OF SPEAKING 2.2 THE IMPORTANCE OF SPEAKING 2.3 TEACHING OF SPEAKING 2.4 FACTORS THAT CAUSE SPEAKING DIFFICULTIES TO EFL LEARNERS CHAPTER METHODOLOGY 3.1 RESEARCH METHODS 3.1.1 Qualitative method 3.1.2 Quantitative method 3.2 POPULATION AND SAMPLE 3.3 RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS 3.3.1 Observations 3.3.2 Interviews 3.3.3 Questionnaires 3.4 DATA ANALYSIS v 0 3.4.1 Identification 3.4.2 Classification 3.4.3 Description 3.4.4 Explanation CHAPTER RESULT AND DISCUSSION 4.1 THE MAIN SPEAKING DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY GRADE STUDENTS 4.2.1 Inhibition 4.2.2 Mother tongue use 4.2.3 Language’s difficulties 4.2.4 The knowledge of the topics 4.3 FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE EXISTENCE OF THESE DIFFICULTIES 4.3.1 The limit of time 4.3.2 Teaching strategies 4.3.3 Outdoor activities 4.3.4 Curriculums CHAPTER CONCLUSION 5.1 SUMMARY OF THE KEY FINDINGS 5.2 LIMITATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 5.3 CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS REFERENCES APPENDIX vi 0 LIST OF TABLE Table 1: The teachers’ opinions about difficulties in teaching speaking vii 0 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: The students’ difficulties in speaking viii 0 CHAPTER INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Language plays an important role in human life As the interface's approach, language is meant to be important in presenting opinions to others Everyone can reveal their information and how they feel using language The reality is that humans are inseparable from life, language, and communication Speaking is the best way to communicate English is a necessary language which is used as an aspect of communication all over the world It appears in business, economy, media, travelling, communicate activities, etc Learning English is the best way to help us in the future That is the reason why we choose and follow learning English English is a compulsory subject learned by students from elementary to university Speaking, listening, reading and writing skills must be learned to get a foreign language Speaking is one of the most important skills that needs to be developed and improved as an effective means of communication Speaking English allows people to send and receive information to others Speaking English is not easy for students, because in order to speak fluently and understand well, students must learn seriously, they must learn about Vocabulary, Pronunciation, and Grammar and they must have willingness Obviously, it is necessary to develop communication skills English oral communication skills are part of this skill set, and thus, students should be supported to gain these skills Learners of English at SaiGon Connection English Center often not have opportunities to speak English outside the classroom, and for many of them, the course book is the only place where they have chance to learn English Although speaking is considered a main language skill that students should improve, it has been widely noticed that they face many difficulties in speaking English 1.2 PURPOSES OF THE STUDY The study is aimed to find out the factors which students in grade 7th faced to and lead to the difficulties in speaking 0 CHAPTER RESULT AND DISCUSSION 4.1 THE MAIN SPEAKING DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY GRADE STUDENTS *Questionnaire results You are anxiety You not remember the vocabulary You not know how to say in sentence You use Vietnamese to discuss You have nothing to say 20% 27% 13% 23% 17% Figure The students’ difficulties in speaking According to Figure 1, a majority of the students (27%) strongly agreed that they were anxiety when speaking in front class 23% of students were admitted that their knowledge of vocabulary was limited 20% of them agreed that they were lack of knowledge 17% of them were worried about making a complete 10 0 sentence when speaking And the last 13% of the students claimed that they were using their mother tongue to talk in class To get more details about the difficulties that the students in grade 7th encountered in speaking English at SaiGon Connection English Center, the researcher will analyze these difficulties to make obviously 4.1.1 Inhibition While observing the classroom, students noticed that their participation was very low These are for the reasons mentioned earlier for inhibition Up to 27% of students rated highly agreed anxiety for speaking The observation revealed that most students showed symptoms of anxiety The causes of the students’ anxiety are: fear of mistakes, lack of self-confidence, lack of motivation and the students’ shyness Through the observation, the researcher discovered that when one student came in front the class or stand in their seat to answer a question or talk about a topic, if he had said something wrong, his classmates would laugh at him, leading to create a fear of mistakes when speaking Fear of mistake becomes one of the main factors of students’ reluctance to speak in English in the classroom With respect to the fear of making mistake issue, Aftat (2008) adds that this fear is linked to the issue of correction and negative evaluation Learning English is a means of learning how to communicate with others by speaking English [1] Lack of confidence in speaking English is related to the previous problem encounter in class Students explained that they were not confident in themselves to speak English in front of people Lack of confidence about themselves and their English necessarily suffer from communication apprehension This is often because the teacher is discouraged enough to speak English in public Usually, teachers discourage them from speaking English in the classroom or in front of everyone They learn the English language but they not know how to speak Motivation is one of the keys to success when it comes to speaking Therefore, teachers need to pay attention to this, so find a variety of methods to motivate their students To help students overcome their lack of motivation, Dornyei (2001) [7] Printer, A (2006) proposes four stages that can encourage students' motivation, as follows: The first stage is to facilitate learning, practice and 11 0 ... 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