TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
LIST OF TABLES
PART I: INTRODUCTION
PART II: DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW
1.1. Speaking skill and teaching speaking skill
1.1.1 Definitions of speaking
1.1.2. Teaching and learning speaking skill
1.2. The students' participation and the factors affecting their participation in speaking
lesson
1.2.1. Definitions of students' participation
1.2.2. The factors affecting students' participation in speaking lesson
1.3. Group work activities in language teaching and learning
1.3.1 Definitions of group work
1.3.2. Types of group work
1.3.3. Advantages of using group work activities in speaking lesson
1.3.4. Difficulties of using group work activities in speaking lesson.
1.3.5. The role of the teacher and the role of each student in group work activities
1.3.6. Types of speaking tasks carried out in group work activities in textbook English 10
1.3.7. How to design group work activities effectively
1.3.8. Summary
CHAPTER 2: METHODS OF THE STUDY
2.1. An overview of the research site
2.2. Subjects
2.3. Methods of data collection
2.4. Summary
CHAPTER 3: PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA
3.1. The students' and teachers' attitudes towards learning and teaching speaking skill
3.2. The students and teachers' opinions on the frequency of group work activities in
speaking lessons the teachers at school are implementing
3.3. The students' and teachers' opinions on the design of the activities for groupwork
3.4. The students and teachers' opinions on the benefits of groupwork activities
3.5. The students' attitudes towards the current groupwork activities
3.6. The students' participation in the groupwork activities
3.7. The students' preference of kinds of groupwork activities
3.8. The students and teachers' problems in implementing groupwork activities
3.9. The students' suggestions to increase their participation in group work activities in
speaking lessons
3.10. The teachers' suggestions to increase their students' participation in group work
activities in speaking lessons
3.11. Summary
CHAPTER 4 - FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
4.1. The major findings
4.1.1. The teachers and students' acknowledgements about groupwork activities
4.1.2. The factors affecting the grade 10 students 'participation in groupwork activities
4.1.3. The students' preference of the groupwork activities and the frequency of the
groupwork activities the teachers at school are applying
4.2. Recommendations
4.2.1. Students should be well- prepared for groupwork activities
4.2.2. Students should be always sustained in groupwork activities
4.2.3. The groups' results should be appropriately evaluated
4.2.4. Groupwork activities should be appropriately provided
4.2.5. How to treat the students' noises and overuse of Vietnamese during groupwork
activities
4.2.6. The things administrators should do
4.3. Summary
PART III- CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
APPENDICES