HUNG YEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES GRADUATION PAPER FIELD: ENGLISH LINGUISTICS A STUDY ON ERRORS IN USING VOCABULARY IN SPEAKING SKILLS OF THE SECOND-YEAR ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT HUNG YEN OF EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY (NGHIEN CUU CAC LOI SU DUNG TU VUNG TRONG KY NANG NOI CUA SINH VIEN NAM THU HAI CHUYÊN NGÀNH NGÔN NGỮ ANH TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC SƯ PHẠM KỸ THUẬT HƯNG YÊN ) Supervisor: Nguyen Thi Bich Van, MA. Student: Ngo Thuy Trang Student number: 11317139 Hai Duong - 2021 HUNG YEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES GRADUATION PAPER FIELD: ENGLISH LINGUISTICS A STUDY ON ERRORS IN USING VOCABULARY IN SPEAKING SKILLS OF THE SECOND-YEAR ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT HUNG YEN OF EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY (NGHIEN CUU CAC LOI SU DUNG TU VUNG TRONG KY NANG NOI CUA SINH VIEN NAM THU HAI CHUYÊN NGÀNH NGÔN NGỮ ANH TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC SƯ PHẠM KỸ THUẬT HƯNG YÊN ) Student: Ngo Thuy Trang Student number: 11317139 Supervisor: Nguyen Thi Bich Van, MA. (ky tén) Hung Yen — 2020 DECLARATION I certify my authorship of the thesis entitled “A study on errors in using vocabulary in speaking of the second-year English major students at Hung Yen University of Technology and Education” This graduation paper is the result of my own research and the substance of this thesis has not been submitted for a degree to any other university or institution and that if this declaration is found to be false, disciplinary measures and penalties can be taken and imposed in accordance with university policies and rules. Hai Duong, June 2021 Ngo Thuy Trang ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The researcher is so glad to have a good opportunity of doing this graduation paper.
It helped me collect and classify knowledge which I have studied. During the process of writing this graduation paper, I have received many necessary assistance, precious ideals and timely encouragements from my teachers, family and friends. I would like to express my gratitude to all of them. First of all, I would like to express my appreciation to all the teachers of Faculty of Foreign Language, UTEHY for teaching me to be a well-educated student.
I have learnt so many things from what they taught me. They have made favorable conditions for me to study at school during my precious four years here. Secondly, I would like to give special thanks to my supervisor, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Bich Van, who has always been willing to give me the most valuable advices, experienced guidance and suggestions in order that the research can complete this study successfully.
Besides, I also would like to thank my friends and my classmates for sharing ideas and checking some mistakes for my study. Last but not least, I would like to give my sincere thanks to my family who have encouraged and supported me a lot. 11 ABSTRACT The study aims at investigating the students’ and teachers’ opinion about the errors in using vocabulary in speaking of the second-year English major students at English Department, Hung Yen University of Technology and Education, finding out the solutions to help students avoid mistakes in using vocabulary in speaking of the second-year English major students at Hung Yen University of Technology and Education In order to achieve the objectives mentioned above, the researcher combined both qualitative, quantitative methods, survey questionnaire. The research was carried out survey questionnaire delivered to 87 second-year English major students and 6 English teachers at Department of Foreign Languages, UTEHY to get direct opinions.
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SG LH HTTH HTHTH HH HH Tà Tà LH Hà Hà HH 1kg 37 Table 5: Main causes of making mistake while using vocabulary in speaking skill according to Students’ OPINIONS 00. 39 Table 6: Main causes of making mistake while using vocabulary in speaking skill according to bš:190199 8901100 TA hố. Al Table 7: Solutions for students through students and teachers” OpITIOTS.- 252 42 Table 8: Solutions for teachers through students and teachers” opITIIOTS. The rationale for the research Speaking skills are often identified as an important and essential skill in the process of learning foreign languages in general and English in particular.
However, not all learners are aware of the importance of speaking skills and actively practice this skill. The fact that when you work in an English-demanding environment, employers always set the standard of whether you can speak English fluently, not how many awards or achievement you've won in English. English has been taught and learnt in every country of the world. Many people realize that they won't be able to reach their ideal job without knowing English.
English is the most commonly used language in the world, that why it is a factor that cannot be taken lightly in the process of world integration for a developing country like Vietnam. People learn English because of many purposes, such as working or studying abroad. Due to these important reasons, teaching and learning English becomes one of the essential problems for education in Viet Nam. Therefore, ministry of education and training pays attention to teaching methods at all schools from primary school to universities or colleges.
So, basically English teaching methods are applied to four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Among these four skills, learners always have difficulty in speaking skill.