This study only focus on difficulties encountered in the teaching and learning of English speaking skill to the teachers and the second year students of culture management at TUCST and makes some suggestions for teachers and suggests certain classroom techniques and activities which help to motivate reluctant or reticent to speak English.
Only small group culture management students and the teachers involved in the study, the conclusions drawn were experimental; a study with a large number of teachers and students to investigate their difficulties and solutions would certainly have more valid and reliable data. Therefore, further studies with larger population should be carried out to show more convincing results.
This study suggests some activities for students which help them improve their speaking skill. They are also some suggestions for further researches relating speaking and teaching speaking skill at TUCST in particular and at other colleges and universities in general.
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APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1: PHIẾU ĐIỀU TRA SINH VIÊN