Teaching speaking skills through problem solving activities to second year non english major students at hanoi university of business and technology

TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPENDICES

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONs

List of tables and charts

Part A: Introduction

PART B: DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 1: LITERATURE REVIEW

1.1. Communicative language teaching and Collaborative learning.

1.1.1. Communicative language teaching (CLT)

1.1.2. Collaborative learning (CL)

1.2. An overview of speaking skill

1.2.1. Definition of speaking skill

1.2.2. Components of speaking

1.2.3. Characteristics of a successful speaking activity

1.3. Problem-solving activities in teaching speaking.

1.3.1. What is the problem-solving activity?

1.3.2. Benefits of using problem solving activities in teaching speaking.

1.3.3. Types of problem-solving and procedures of problem-solving activity in speaking lesson.

CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY

2.1. Setting of the study

2.2. The learning materials

2.3. The participants

2.3.1. The students

2.3.2. The teachers

2.4. Action research procedure

2.4.1. Problem identification

2.4.2. Preliminary Investigation

2.4.3. Plan of action

2.5. Evaluating students’ speaking proficiency

2.6. Methods of data collection

2.6.1. Interview

2.6.2. The teachers’ class observation:

2.6.3. English speaking tests:

2.6.4. Questionnaire

2.7. Data collection procedure

CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS and Discussions

3.1. Research question 1:

3.2. Research question 2:

3.3. Conclusion

Part C: Conclusion

3. Conclusion

4. Limitations of the study and suggestions for further studies

References

Appendices