Dificulties and solutions to improve second year part time students english speaking skill at university of languages and international studies vietnam national university

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI University of LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL studies FACULTY of postgraduate studies NguyÔn thÞ nguyÖt thu DIFFICULTIES AND SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE SECOND

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI University of LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL studies

FACULTY of postgraduate studies

NguyÔn thÞ nguyÖt thu

DIFFICULTIES AND SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE SECOND YEAR PART-TIME STUDENTS’ ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILL

AT UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL

STUDIES - VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

NHỮNG KHÓ KHĂN VÀ GIẢI PHÁP TRONG VIỆC PHÁT TRIỂN KỸ NĂNG NÓI CHO SINH VIÊN TIẾNG ANH NĂM THỨ 2 HỆ VỪA LÀM VỪA HỌC TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC NGOẠI NGỮ - ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA HÀ NỘI

MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS

FIELD: METHODOLOGY

CODE: 601410

HANOI – 2011

NguyÔn thÞ nguyÖt thu

DIFFICULTIES AND SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE SECOND YEAR PART-TIME STUDENTS’ ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILL

AT UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL

STUDIES - VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

NHỮNG KHÓ KHĂN VÀ GIẢI PHÁP TRONG VIỆC PHÁT TRIỂN KỸ NĂNG NÓI CHO SINH VIÊN TIẾNG ANH NĂM THỨ 2 HỆ VỪA LÀM VỪA HỌC TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC NGOẠI NGỮ - ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA HÀ NỘI

MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS

FIELD: METHODOLOGY

CODE: 601410 SUPERVISOR: VU THUY QUYNH, MA

HANOI – 2011

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.1 The background of the study 1 1.2 Aims of the study and research questions 1 1.3 The scope of the study 2 1.4 The significance of the study 2 1.5 The method of the study 2 1.6 The organization of the thesis 3

2.2 Speaking competences 4 2.3 Approaches in teaching and learning speaking skill 6 2.4 Speaking difficulties of language learners 7

3.1 The setting of the study 10 3.2 Participants 11 3.3 The instruments 12

CHAPTER 4: PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA 15 4.1 Students’ English language background 15 4.2 The connection of speaking to reading, listening and writing skills 17 4.3 Students’ difficulties in speaking English 19 4.4 Students’ opinions on methods of overcoming their difficulties in

speaking English

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5.1 Pedagogical Implications 31

5.2 Conclusion 38 5.3 Limitation of the study and suggestions for further research 38

Appendices

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ABSTRACT

The research in this minor thesis is carried out to investigate the current situation of learning English speaking skill of second year part-time students of English, at A2 campus University of Languages and International Studies - VNU However, this study only focuses

on difficulties experienced by the students of English and some recommendations including strategies and classroom techniques and activities for both teachers and students to minimize those difficulties Especially, this research attempts to explore the potential sources causing the difficulties of students in learning speaking English and at the same time identify the specific problems of those causes respectively Moreover, some recommendations are made with the aim to help students in this university to improve the quality of learning the speaking skill

The thesis consists of five chapters The first chapter is an introduction to the thesis The second chapter is literature review The next chapter is research methodology Chapter 4, the main chapter, revealed the presentation and analysis of data which contains of students’ difficulties in learning speaking English The final chapter is suggestions and conclusions of the research, which discusses the conclusion that can be drawn from the study, concurrently proposes some coping strategies and suggest some classroom techniques and activities for teachers to minimize these difficulties Moreover, the limitation of the thesis is pointed out and the areas for further study are put forward in the final chapter It is hoped that this thesis is useful for students of English

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