The implementation of direct method in teaching speaking skill to grade 8 students at ms nga daily english center

MINISTRY OF FINANCE ACADEMY OF FINANCE Student: Phạm Thị Hồng Nhung Group: CQ57/51.01 GRADUATION THESIS TOPIC: “THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECT METHOD IN TEACHING SPEAKING SKILL TO GRADE STUDENTS AT MS NGA DAILY ENGLISH CENTER” Major : English for Finance and Accounting 1972202010030 Student code : MA Pham Phuong Oanh Supervisor : Hanoi – 2023 MINISTRY OF FINANCE ACADEMY OF FINANCE Student: Phạm Thị Hồng Nhung Group: CQ57/51.01 GRADUATION THESIS TOPIC: “THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECT METHOD IN TEACHING SPEAKING SKILL TO GRADE STUDENTS AT MS NGA DAILY ENGLISH CENTER” Major : English for Finance and Accounting 1972202010030 Student code : MA Pham Phuong Oanh Supervisor : Hanoi – 2023 DECLARATION I, Pham Thi Hong Nhung, hereby declare that this thesis “The implementation of Direct method in teaching speaking skill to grade students at Ms Nga Daily English Center” is composed solely by myself as the product of my own original research If this declaration is found to be untrue, disciplinary measures can be imposed I confirm that when I use information from the other’s work, the sources are cited as well Hanoi, May 22nd , 2023 Signature ABSTRACT This research is conducted to investigate the current situation of implementing Direct method in teaching English speaking skill for grade students at Ms Nga Daily English Center The main purposes of this research are to investigate how Direct method is implemented in teaching speaking skill to grade students at Ms Nga Daily English Center; identify the effectiveness and limitation of using Direct method during the process of teaching and learning at Ms Nga Daily English Center; and eventually give some recommendations for both teachers and students in order to improve the effectiveness of the application of Direct method To conduct the study, two types of data were collected - desk-based research data and qualitative data The desk-based research was conducted to provide clear definitions of speaking skill and the Direct method Qualitative data was collected through in-depth interviews and observation field notes The data was collected from two groups - grade students and all English teachers at Ms Nga Daily English Center The collected data indicated that the implementation of Direct method considerably improved grade students’ speaking skill ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First of all, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my supervisor, M.A Pham Phuong Oanh, for her devotion and patience in guiding and supervising me during the process of my thesis writing Secondly, my sincerest thanks go out to my beloved family and friends, who always bestow upon me an unconditional love and constant support Finally, I would like to give my special thanks to my participants from grade of classes S7, S8, S9, S17 and teachers at Ms Nga Daily English Center Without their support and co-operation, this research would not have been possible LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES Figure Ms Nga Daily English Center’s logo .17 Table 2.1 Problems of students when learning through Direct method 29 Table 2.2 Things students want teachers to to improve the process of learning and teaching English speaking skill through Direct method 30 LIST OF CHARTS Chart 2.1 Time spent in studying English speaking through Direct method by students 27 Chart 2.2 Students' emotions towards learning English speaking through Direct method 28 TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION i ABSTRACT ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .iii LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES iv LIST OF CHARTS v TABLE OF CONTENTS vi INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 Speaking skill .4 1.1.1 Definition of speaking skill .4 1.1.2 Types of speaking skill 1.1.3 Components of speaking skill 1.1.4 Importance of speaking skill 1.2 Teaching speaking skill 1.2.1 Definitions of teaching speaking skill 1.2.2 Methods of teaching speaking skill 1.3 Direct method 10 1.3.1 Definitions of Direct method 10 1.3.2 Principles of Direct method 10 1.3.3 Teaching techniques of Direct method 11 1.3.4 Advantages and disadvantages of Direct method 13 1.3.5 The application of Direct method in language teaching .14 1.4 Characteristics of young learners in learning English .15 1.4.1 Cognitive development of young learners 15 1.4.2 Social development of young learners 15 CHAPTER 2: THE STUDY 16 2.1 Research questions 16 2.2 The current situation of teaching and learning English speaking skill at Ms Nga Daily English Center .16 2.2.1 Students at Ms Nga Daily English Center 17 2.2.2 Teachers at Ms Nga Daily English Center 17 2.2.3 Course books and materials 18 2.3 Participants .18 2.3.1 The students 18 2.3.2 The teachers 18 2.4 Data collecting instruments 19 2.4.1 Classroom observations 19 2.4.2 Interview .19 2.5 Data collection procedures .21 2.6 Data analysis 22 2.6.1 Results from classroom observations .22 2.6.2 Result from the interview 23 2.7 Discussion 30 2.7.1 Achievements 30 2.7.2 Limitations 31 CHAPTER 3: RECOMMENDATIONS 33 3.1 Recommendations to the teachers 33 3.2 Recommendation to the students .34 3.2.1 Speaking English every day helps reduce shyness when speaking English 34 3.2.2 Learn new words and grammars to enlarge vocabulary .35 CONCLUSION .37 Summary of the study .37 Limitations of the study 37 Suggestions for other researchers 38 REFERENCES 39 APPENDIX 41 APPENDIX 2A .43 APPENDIX 2B .44