TEACHING SPEAKING SKILL TO STUDENTS WITH LOW ENGLISH PROFICIENCY: DIFFICULTIES AND SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS Nghiên cứu về việc dạy kỹ năng nói cho người học có ngữ năng tiếng Anh yếu: Những khó khăn và giải pháp

1 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES ***************** NGUYỄN THỊ VÂN TEACHING SPEAKING SKILL TO STUDENTS WITH LOW ENGLISH PROFICIENCY: DIFFICULTIES AND SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS Nghiên cứu việc dạy kỹ nói cho người học có ngữ tiếng Anh yếu: Những khó khăn giải pháp M.A MINOR THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 601410 Hanoi - 2010 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES ***************** NGUYỄN THỊ VÂN TEACHING SPEAKING SKILL TO STUDENTS WITH LOW ENGLISH PROFICIENCY: DIFFICULTIES AND SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS Nghiên cứu việc dạy kỹ nói cho người học có ngữ tiếng Anh yếu: Những khó khăn giải pháp M.A MINOR THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 601410 Supervisor: DƯƠNG THỊ NỤ, PhD Hanoi - 2010 DECLARATION I certify that all the material in this study which is not my own work has been identified and acknowledged, and that no material is included for which a degree has already been conferred upon me Hanoi, October 2010 Nguyễn Thị Vân ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to express my deepest thanks to my supervisor, Ms Duong Thi Nu, for her invaluable guidance, criticism and encouragement in the process of completing this minor thesis I also wish to express my sincere thanks to all the lecturers of the Faculty of Post Graduate Studies at University of Language and International Studies for their very useful lectures My profound thanks also go to the teachers and the students at College of Finance and Business Administration for their enthusiastic help and support Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to my loving family and my special friends who always encouraged and helped me to complete this study ABSTRACT The research is aimed at finding out the difficulties and some effective solutions in teaching speaking skill to students with low English proficiency (SLEP) Two questionnaires were designed to investigate the learning and the teaching English speaking skill of 50 randomly selected SLEP and teachers at College of Finance and Business Administration (CFBA) The findings showed that the low motivation and the shallow, negative, and passive learning strategies of SLEP lead to their unsuccessful outcome In addition, from the results of the study, some pedagogical suggestions related to creating a classroom atmosphere, praises and rewards, opportunities of success, activities and techniques, and more learning strategies, are offered for teachers of English ... VÂN TEACHING SPEAKING SKILL TO STUDENTS WITH LOW ENGLISH PROFICIENCY: DIFFICULTIES AND SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS Nghiên cứu việc dạy kỹ nói cho người học có ngữ tiếng Anh yếu: Những khó khăn giải pháp. .. the difficulties and some effective solutions in teaching speaking skill to students with low English proficiency (SLEP) Two questionnaires were designed to investigate the learning and the teaching. .. teaching English speaking skill of 50 randomly selected SLEP and teachers at College of Finance and Business Administration (CFBA) The findings showed that the low motivation and the shallow, negative,