Factors affecting the first year non english major students’ participation in oral activities

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES

Part A: INTRODUCTION

Part B: DEVELOPMENT

CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW

1.1. Theoretical background of speaking

1.1.1. Concept of speaking

1.1.2. The role of speaking in foreign language teaching and learning

1.1.3. Approaches in teaching speaking

1.2. Student’ s participation in oral activities

1.2.1. Concept of students’ participation

1.2.2. Factors affecting students’ participation in oral activities

1.3. Relevance of this study

CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY

2.1. Background of the study

2.1.1. An overview of Thai Nguyen College of Education

2.1.2. The teachers

2.1.3. The students

2.1.4. The materials and syllabus

2.1.5. Classroom facilities

2.2. Research questions

2.3. Participants

2.4. Data collection instruments

2.4.1. Survey questionnaires

2.4.2. Interviews

2.5. Data collection procedure

HAPTER 3: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

3.1 Data analysis

3.1.1. Results of students’ survey questionnaire

3.1.2. Results of teachers’ survey questionnaire

3.1.3. Result from interviews with teachers

3.2. Findings and discussion

3.1.1 Students’ low level of participation in oral activities

3.2.2. Students’ factors

3.2.3. Teachers’ factors

3.2.4. Classroom factors

3.2.5. Material factors

3.3. Conclusion

HAPTER 4: IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

4.1. The students

4.2. The teachers

4.3. The classroom

Part C: CONCLUSION

1. Summary of the study

2. Limitation and suggestions for further study

2.1. Limitations of the study

2.2. Suggestions for further research

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