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DECLARATION I hereby state that this graduation paper is entirely unique and has never been submitted to any institutions previously for evaluation Additionally, I have credited and recognized all sources in the reference section Signature Nguyễn Nhật Linh i ABSTRACT This study aims to examine how Communicative Activities are currently used at Rock3T Tung Tran Company Limited to teach English speaking abilities to students aged 9-10 The purpose of this study is to ascertain how often Communicative Activities are utilized in speaking courses, how aware teachers and students are of their use, and the challenges teachers have when instructing this ability The students collaborated with the researcher for seven weeks in a speaking classroom where the instructors employed a range of exercises like describing and sketching visuals, mapping dialogues, gapping information, playing jigsaws, and finding distinctions The instruments used included lesson plans, surveys, an instructors' observation form, and a students' opinion form The study's results showed that after implementing communicative activities, students' English-speaking proficiency was significantly higher than it had been This suggests that it may be possible to successfully implement Communicative Activities in teaching speaking to students aged 9-10 at Rock3T Tung Tran Company Limited ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The researcher would like to acknowledge the assistance I received from a number of people in the course of carrying out the research paper I highly treasure the important role they played in the completion of this study First of all, I would want to express my sincere gratitude to MA Dao Thi Oanh, my supervisor, for her patience in helping to supervise and guide me while I was writing my thesis I might not have progressed this far without her constant support Next, I want to express my gratitude for the internship opportunity Rock3T Tung Tran Company Limited provided for me My warmest gratitude go to all my teachers who taught me not only information but also experience, and to the kids who participated in this study, for their kind support, patience, and understanding I would especially like to thank my friend and all of the teachers at the Academy of Finance's Foreign Language Faculty for their encouragement and thesis-related suggestions They have also provided me with a variety of important knowledge and skills over my four years of education at the Academy of Finance I'd also like to thank my parents, my elder sisters, and my closest friends at this point They have always supported me and given me advice to assist me finish this study I am extremely grateful to all these significant support and encouragement during my study iii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS Rock3T company: Rock3T Tung Tran company limited ALM: Lingual Method SDL: Self-Directed-Learning Method CLT: Communicative Language Teaching Method iv LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES Table 2.1 Motivating factors in speaking lessons at Rock3T Tung Tran Table 2.2 Demotivating factors in speaking lessons at Rock3T Tung Tran Table 2.3.The frequency of application of activities Table 2.4 The benefits of Communicative Activities for students Table 2.5 Difficulties students have to face when joining speaking lessons applied Communicative Activities +Chart 2.1: Student’s opinion about the English skills Chart 2.2: Students’ interest in speaking Chart 2.3: Student’s feelings when joining speaking lessons v TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents DECLARATION i ABSTRACT ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS iv LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES .v TABLE OF CONTENTS .vi INTRODUCTION Rationale of the study English has evolved into a global language of communication in our contemporary world, and it is now a crucial requirement for both education and employment The number of individuals learning English is rising swiftly, and it is being learned in a wide variety of ways from a variety of sources .1 Aim of the study Scope of the study Methodology Organization of the study CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 Overview of speaking skills 1.1.1 Definitions of speaking skills 1.1.3 The four components of speaking skills 1.1.4 Stages of a speaking lesson 1.2 Characteristics of students aged 9-10 vi 1.2.1 Students’ motivation .8 1.2.2 Students’ characteristics 1.3 Factors affecting speaking skills 1.3.1 Psychological factors 1.3.2 Linguistic factors 10 1.4 Methods of teaching speaking skills 11 1.4.1 Lingual Method (ALM) 11 1.4.2 Self-Directed-Learning (SDL) Method .11 1.4.3 Communicative Language Teaching Method( CLT) 12 1.5 Communicative Activities 12 1.5.1 Definitions 12 1.5.2 Characteristics of Communicative Activities 13 1.5.3 Kinds of activities .14 1.5.4 Factors that affect the effectiveness of Communicative Activities 14 1.5.5 Some techniques for effective Communicative Activities 17 1.5.6 The roles of teachers in Communicative Language Teaching .17 1.6.1 Previous studies in the world 18 1.6.2 Previous studies in Vietnam 19 CHAPTER 2: THE STUDY 21 2.1 Research questions .21 2.2 Current situation of teaching and studying at Rock3T Tung Tran Company Limited 22 2.2.1 Description of the students 22 vii 2.2.2 Description of English teachers 22 2.2.3 Description of the course books and materials 23 2.3 Participants 23 2.3.1 The students 23 2.3.2 The teachers 24 2.4 Data collection instruments 24 2.4.1 Classroom observation 24 2.4.2 Questionnaires .24 2.5 Data collection procedure 26 2.6.1 Results from classroom observation 27 2.6.2 Results from students’ questionnaire 28 2.6.3 Results from teachers’ questionnaire 36 2.7 Discussion 38 2.7.1 Achievements 38 2.7.2 Drawbacks 39 2.8 Reasons 40 2.8.1 Reasons from the teachers 40 2.8.2 Reasons from the students 40 2.8.3 Reasons from other factors 41 CHAPTER 3: RECOMMENDATIONS .42 3.1 Recommendations for students 42 3.1.1 Solving problem of using mother tongue 42 3.1.2 Improving students’ background knowledge 43 viii 3.1.3 Improving students’ confidence when speaking 45 3.2 Recommendations for teachers 46 3.2.1 Being more flexible with Students’ poor abilities of English 46 3.2.2 Encouraging students more to surmount their passiveness and shyness47 3.2.3 Allocating time reasonable 47 3.3 Recommendations for Rock3T Tung Tran 48 CONCLUSION 49 Summary of the study 49 Limitation of the study 50 Suggested further research 50 REFERENCES 51 APPENDIX 52 ix INTRODUCTION Rationale of the study English has evolved into a global language of communication in our contemporary world, and it is now a crucial requirement for both education and employment The number of individuals learning English is rising swiftly, and it is being learned in a wide variety of ways from a variety of sources It is widely agreed that speaking a foreign language, namely English, is one of today's prerequisites Speaking is recognized as one of the most important criteria when applying for a job or keeping a certain job position under the condition of improving the language level, in addition to other talents and knowledge As a result, it is more crucial than ever to find answers to the topic of how to teach English successfully The purpose of English instruction and learning is to concentrate students so they can utilize the language for communication and as a tool to advance their academic careers Many Vietnamese students are so preoccupied with their writing or grammar that they are unable to speak effectively and organically Because of this, students are unconfident and shy around native English speakers To overcome various challenges that students have to face when engaging learning speaking skills, Communicative Activities are so crucial and were widely taken advantages in many English center Such activities could increase students’ speaking abilities, inspire pupils and create a conductive environment for language learning, Rock3T company where the writer intern also applies Communicative Activities on improving speaking skills of students which lead to a study being carried out But there are still some issues in application process that need to be solved The study, "The application of Communicative Activities on improving speaking skills of students aged 9–10 at Rock3T Tung Tran Company Limited," was conducted for the purpose of elucidating the situation of applying Communicative Activities of Rock3T company in speaking classes of students aged 9–10 at in order to apply in other teaching environments