... public performance was preceded by
rehearsal forthe performance, involving students doing the task in pairs or groups to
prepare forthe performance of the task in front of the class. The terms ... speaker is spelling out the word.
The speaker is asking a question or raising the intonation.
Falling intonation
Continuing intonation
The speaker is reading out from task input provided. ...
perspectives. The terms rehearsal and performance were used inthe thesis because
they captured the teachers’ and students’ orientation and intent as observed inthe
lessons and explained inthe interviews....
... making their lingua franca to communicate with the rest of the world-
not only with native English- speaking but also non-native English speaking countries
in international setting” (p.26). In ... certain topic or
theme - not the topic around the skills. Examples of theme-based activities are given
in Heaton‟s (1994) paper: the topic might be presented in terms of information
gathering involving ... pursue their secondary education in
Singapore. According to the feedbacks from previous batches of students who are
studying in RI, the education in Singapore is indeed a good chance for Vietnamese...
... speaking teaching at school, their assessment of the speaking lessons inEnglish 10”, their opinions on the criteria for a good speaking lesson, and their feeling after
speaking lessons. The ... presents the findings, and recommendations forthe improvement of
English speaking teaching and learning at Gia Phu High School.
1. summary of the findings
According to the finding from the questionnaire, ... insufficient investment in preparing the lessons.
In summary, we can see from the findings that the interview can really provide in depth
the information about the reality of speaking teaching...
... play inthe parks a lot but we wear warm clothes, because the days get cold. School starts again in
autumn, at the beginning of September. I don’t like school !
Summer is the time for me! School ... other country inthe world.
England is
5- The flight to Ho Chi Minh city lasted one hour and a half.
It took
6- The organizers will exhibit the paintings till the end of the month.
The paintings ... because school starts in September.
c- Daniel doesn’t play inthe park in autumn because the days are cold.
d- Daniel goes to school with great pleasure.
2. a- Schoolin Britain finishes in May.
...
...
participation in thinking, talking, writing and working on the topic under the focus in a
writing lesson (Tribble, 1996). On other words, pre-writing stage is the “information-
gathering phase inthe ... to interview other group members for writing
ideas. When the students write the record of an interview, they convey to other genuine
information transmitted to them by other students. The interview ... challenge.
For the teachers, they used to teach the old textbooks in which writing has no place.
Therefore, they have no experiences in teaching theme-based writing. Another problem
is the students’...
... important in learning and teaching foreign language.
Interest in culture is linked to the intrinsic motivation of a learner. Therefore, if the teacher
can get the learner interested inthe culture ... "Speaking is an interactive
process of constructing meaning that involves producing and receiving and processing
information." Its form and meaning are dependent on the context in which ... treating
cross-cultural characteristics into teaching of speaking inEnglishforthe teacher and students
at Nam Dan I high school.
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2. Aims of the study
The major aims of the...
... on finding
their foreign language learning experiences. These findings indicated that their de-
motivation in learning English was a significant issue for EFL learning, and a
framework for ... aimed at investigating de-motivating factors in learning English
of the students at Ly Thai To HighSchoolin Bac Ninh, the degree of influence of
different de-motives on them and their experiences ... their experiences in overcoming de-motivation in
learning English. Thesample of study consisted of 100 students at Ly Thai To High
School in Bac Ninh and the instrument of the study was a questionnaire...
... out inthe hope that the findings from the study will be of some
benefits to the teachers at Tay Ho HighSchoolin their teaching listening.
1.3. Research questions
In order to find out the ... of the textbook at the secondary school. Therefore,
the objectives forthe 10
th
form students to achieve would be higher. According to
the Ministry of Education and Training, with listening ... observation and informal interviews with teachers of English to collect
further information about the real situations of teaching and learning listening skill
in grades 10 at TH high school.
1.6....
... English since they were inthe 6
th
form, which means that they
have 4 years of learning English at junior secondary school and when they start learning in
high school, their ability of using English ... comprehension involves the continuing construction
of an interpretation of the spoken input, and the ability to adjust the
interpretation in response to new information is especially crucial inthe L2 ... their spoken forms. As students listen,
they usually apply the skills, the same uses in listening in their mother tongue, predict what
they will hear and try to match them with the things they...