MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING NGUYEN TAT THANH UNIVERSITY NGUYENTAT THANH Phạm Văn Cường AN INVESTIGATION INTO HOW TO MOTIVATE EFL STUDENTS TO DEVELOP SPEAKING SKILLS OF ENGLISH AT SOME UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BINH DUONG Major: English Linguistics Major Code: 8220201 MASTER PROJECT IN ENGLISH LINGUISTICS INSTRUCTOR: ASSOC. TRƯONG VIÊN Ho Chi Minh City - 2024 i DECLARATION BY THE AUTHOR I, the undersigned, hereby declare that this submission is entữely my own work, in my own words, and that all sources used in researching it are fully acknowledged and all quotations properly identified. It has not been submitted, in whole or in part, by me or another person, for the purpose of obtaming any other credit / grade. I understand the ethical implications of my research, and this work meets the requirements of the Faculty and Institution.
Student Name: Phạm Văn Cường Student Number: 2200012931 Signed ii ABSTRACT The study aims to investigate how to motivate EFL students to develop speakmg skills. The research with the topic “An investigation into how to motivate EFL students to develop speaking skills of English at some upper secondary schools in Binh Dương” was carried out from 23rd January to 8th August 2024. The study used a quantitative method to collect data with an onlme survey. The participants are 150 students at some upper secondary schools in Binli Duong.
The questionnaire includes groups such as (1) Demographic information (2) Finding out intrinsic and extrinsic motivation orientations in learning English speaking skills, (3) Problems encountered when learning English speaking skills. The results show that the motivation of the majority of students is the ability to speak fluently, communicate with native speakers, get a good job, have good grades on tests, and study abroad. Elowever, students still face difficulties when communicating such as lack of confidence, vocabulary, and incorrect pronunciation. Students all have different ways of motivating learning speaking skills such as (1) communicating with native speakers, (2) giving presentations in front of the class, (3) using social platforms, and other motivations.
Keywords: EFL students, motivate, speaking skills, upper secondary, Binh Duong school. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT During the period of writing my project, I sincerely appreciate the supportive encouragement everyone gave me at this pivotal time. I am appreciative of everyone who helped me overcome numerous obstacles so that I could complete my master's project. First and foremost, I want to thank the School Board of Nguyen Tat Thanh University and the Faculty of Foreign Languages for lettmg me experience everything here.
Second, I want to express my gratitude to Associate Professor Dr. Truong Vien, my super-visor, who enthusiastically guided me and consistently provided me with professional advice that enabled me to complete my project. I gamed more experience and wrote my project more effectively thanks to his helpful advice. In short, I sincerely thank all the people helping me to finish this master's project.
iv TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION BY THE AUTHOR.iii TABLE OF CONTENTS. iv LIST OF CHARTS. vii LIST OF TABLES. viii LIST OF FIGURES.
ix CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION.Background of the study. Objectives of the study. Scope of the study. Significance of the study.
Organization of the Study. Summary of the Chapter. 4 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW. Definition of terms.
In the world. Gap of the research.Orienting students' motivation to learn English. Summary of the Chapter. Categories in the questionnaire.
Data Collection Procedure. Data collection procedure. Data collection procedure. Summary of the Chapter.
24 CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION. Demographic profiles of the participants. Participant gender information. Gender of survey participants.
Time spent studying English. The importance of motivating EFL students. The number of hours that participants spend practicing English-speaking skills each day. Methodology of English speaking practice of students.The motivations that promote participants in learning speaking English.
Types of speaking practice do most motivating. Accessibility platform for speaking English. Finding out intrinsic and extrinsic motivation orientations in learning English speaking skills. Problems encountered when learning English speaking skills.
The options below demotivated students in learning English speaking skills. The students’ motivation orientations in learning English speaking skills. The difficulties faced by EFL students at some upper secondary schools in Binh Duong.