VIETNAM NATIONAT, UNIVERSITY, HANOT UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES, PHUNG THI THU HANG A STUDY ON USING GROUPWORK ACTIVITES TO LMPROVE SPEAKING SKILL FOR THE MEMBERS OF AN ENGLISH CLUB AT VUNG CAO VIET BAC HIGH SCHOOL Nghiên cứu việc sử dụng các hoạt động nhóm để nâng cao kỹ năng nói cho các thành viên của Câu lạc bệ Tiếng Anh ở trường PT Vũng Cao Việt Bac MA. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS FIELD: ENGLISH TEACHING METHODOLOGY CODE: 60140111 HANOI — 2014 VIETNAM NATIONAT, UNIVERSITY, HANOT UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES, PHUNG THI THU HANG A STUDY ON USING GROUPWORK ACTIVITES TO LMPROVE SPEAKING SKILL FOR THE MEMBERS OF AN ENGLISI CLUB AT VUNG CAO VIET BAC HIGH SCHOOL Nghiên cứu việc sử dụng các hoạt động nhóm để nâng cao kỹ năng nói cho các thành viên của Câu lạc bệ Tiếng Anh ở trường PT Vũng Cao Việt Bac MA. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS FIELD: ENGLISH TEACHING METHODOLOGY CODE: 60140111 SUPERVISOR: HOANG TRT XUAN HOA, PhD HANOI — 2014 DECLARATION 1 certity that this thesis 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, Phùng Thị Thu Hằng LIST OF TABLES TABLES Table 1: Students’ opinions on learning English speaking skill Table 2: The teachers’ frequent use of groupwork activities ‘table 3: ‘he students and teachers’ opinions on benefits of groupwork activities Table 4: Organization of groupwork activities in speaking aelivily Table 5: Kinds of groupwork activities that students want to participate in ‘Table 6: ‘The difficulties students had when working in group work Table The students! suggzstions lo make group work activitics in speaking lesson effective TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. TARLE OF CONTENTS.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIƠNS. seo PART A: INTRODUCTION 1 1. Rationales of the sludy 1 2. Aims of the StUdY.
Significance of the study 2 A. Scope of the Study. Methods of the StUdY. Design of the study.
25 CHAPTERl: LITERATURE REVIEW.1, Nature of speaking skill. Concepts of speaking (spoken language) 5 1. Characteristics of speaking 6 1. The imporlanee of speaking skill in language Ioaching and loaring corllcxt.
Group work ina speaking lesson. Definitions of group work. How to organize group work nctivitics effectively 9 1.1, Forming students in groups. Preparing for students to work in group.
Monitoring groupwork activitics. Ending groupwork activities. Benefits of using groupwork activities in language teaching u 1. The tole of the leacher and the tole of cach student.
im groupwork aclivilics 12 1. The role of the teacher. The role of each student in groupwork activities. - - 13 iv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS VCVBHS: Vung Cao Viet Bac High School E§L :EnglishasaSecond Language ii ABSTRACT This research generally attempts to investigate using groupwork activities to improve speaking skill for students in the English club at Vung Cao Viet Bac High School (VCVBITS).
The study has been conducted for the purpose of clarifying how groupwork are used in speaking lessons of the students in the English club at VCVBHS and investigating the difficultics of using groupwork activitiss in teaching and loaning speaking skill for students of the English chub at VCVBHS. The data wate obtained through the analysis of students’ questionnaire, interviews with four English teachers who are controlling directly the English club. The findings of the rescarch revealed that groupwork activitics wers frequently used to improve the speaking, skill. The use of groupwork activities were also *eneBoial for both teachers and leamers.
However, the study also found out some students” difficulties such as low proficiency, their passive way of learning styles, using Viemamese when working in groups. and some teachers’ difficultics in using groupwork activities in such as lack of time, large and multilevel classes,.fhe author also gave some recommendations 10 make groupwork activities effective and successfal in speaking Jessons and to help students in the English club at Vung Cao Viet Bac High Schoot to improve their speaking skill. Lis hoped thal this thesis will help other English leachers he aware of the benefits of groupwork activities and apply thom in teaching English speaking mors successfully and effectively. LIST OF TABLES TABLES Table 1: Students’ opinions on learning English speaking skill Table 2: The teachers’ frequent use of groupwork activities ‘table 3: ‘he students and teachers’ opinions on benefits of groupwork activities Table 4: Organization of groupwork activities in speaking aelivily Table 5: Kinds of groupwork activities that students want to participate in ‘Table 6: ‘The difficulties students had when working in group work Table The students! suggzstions lo make group work activitics in speaking lesson effective ii ABSTRACT This research generally attempts to investigate using groupwork activities to improve speaking skill for students in the English club at Vung Cao Viet Bac High School (VCVBITS).
The study has been conducted for the purpose of clarifying how groupwork are used in speaking lessons of the students in the English club at VCVBHS and investigating the difficultics of using groupwork activitiss in teaching and loaning speaking skill for students of the English chub at VCVBHS. The data wate obtained through the analysis of students’ questionnaire, interviews with four English teachers who are controlling directly the English club. The findings of the rescarch revealed that groupwork activitics wers frequently used to improve the speaking, skill. The use of groupwork activities were also *eneBoial for both teachers and leamers.
However, the study also found out some students” difficulties such as low proficiency, their passive way of learning styles, using Viemamese when working in groups. and some teachers’ difficultics in using groupwork activities in such as lack of time, large and multilevel classes,.fhe author also gave some recommendations 10 make groupwork activities effective and successfal in speaking Jessons and to help students in the English club at Vung Cao Viet Bac High Schoot to improve their speaking skill. Lis hoped thal this thesis will help other English leachers he aware of the benefits of groupwork activities and apply thom in teaching English speaking mors successfully and effectively. TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
TARLE OF CONTENTS. LIST OF ABBREVIATIƠNS. seo PART A: INTRODUCTION 1 1. Rationales of the sludy 1 2.
Aims of the StUdY. Significance of the study 2 A. Scope of the Study. Methods of the StUdY.
Design of the study. 25 CHAPTERl: LITERATURE REVIEW.1, Nature of speaking skill. Concepts of speaking (spoken language) 5 1. Characteristics of speaking 6 1.
The imporlanee of speaking skill in language Ioaching and loaring corllcxt. Group work ina speaking lesson. Definitions of group work. How to organize group work nctivitics effectively 9 1.1, Forming students in groups.
Preparing for students to work in group. Monitoring groupwork activitics. Ending groupwork activities. Benefits of using groupwork activities in language teaching u 1.
The tole of the leacher and the tole of cach student. im groupwork aclivilics 12 1. The role of the teacher. The role of each student in groupwork activities.
- - 13 iv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS VCVBHS: Vung Cao Viet Bac High School E§L :EnglishasaSecond Language iv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS VCVBHS: Vung Cao Viet Bac High School E§L :EnglishasaSecond Language vii 1. Summary 14 CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH METHOROLOGY - ce lS 2. An overview of the English club at VCVBHS. ‘The subjects of the study 16 2.
Semi-strnctrred inlerview. Summary - - - en CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS. The students’ and teachers’ opinions on leaning and teaching English speaking skill ~ ~ ~ ~ 19 3. The students and teachers’ opinions on the benefits of groupwork activitics.
The students’ and teachers’ organization of groupwork activities in speaking activity e DB 3.4, Difficulties the teachers and students have faced when using groupwork activities26 3. he teachers” solutions to overcome their difficulties 37 3. The sindents' suggestions lo make groupwork activities in speaking Isssons effective - - - e OR 3. The teachers’ suggestions to help students use groupwork activities in speaking lesson effectively.
Sumnary 29 CHAPTER 4, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. Research question 1: How groupwork activities are used in the speaking lessons of the students in the English club at VCVB high school? .2, Research question2: Whaf are the difficulties the teachers and the students in the English club at VCVBHS face when using groupwork activities? 3 4. 232 ii ABSTRACT This research generally attempts to investigate using groupwork activities to improve speaking skill for students in the English club at Vung Cao Viet Bac High School (VCVBITS). The study has been conducted for the purpose of clarifying how groupwork are used in speaking lessons of the students in the English club at VCVBHS and investigating the difficultics of using groupwork activitiss in teaching and loaning speaking skill for students of the English chub at VCVBHS.
The data wate obtained through the analysis of students’ questionnaire, interviews with four English teachers who are controlling directly the English club. The findings of the rescarch revealed that groupwork activitics wers frequently used to improve the speaking, skill. The use of groupwork activities were also *eneBoial for both teachers and leamers. However, the study also found out some students” difficulties such as low proficiency, their passive way of learning styles, using Viemamese when working in groups.
and some teachers’ difficultics in using groupwork activities in such as lack of time, large and multilevel classes,.fhe author also gave some recommendations 10 make groupwork activities effective and successfal in speaking Jessons and to help students in the English club at Vung Cao Viet Bac High Schoot to improve their speaking skill. Lis hoped thal this thesis will help other English leachers he aware of the benefits of groupwork activities and apply thom in teaching English speaking mors successfully and effectively. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I wish to express my deepest gratitude tomy supervisor Ms Hoang Thi Xuân Hoa for her constant encouragement, precious advice and especially for her valuable correciions toughoul this study. There is-no donbl that without her help, this thesis wontd ‘be impossible to be accomplished, My sincere thanks are also sent to the lecturers of the Faculty of Post Graduate Studi < of University of Langages and Trlematioral Stustios for their useful lessons and.
whole-hearted advices. I would like to acknowledge my thanks to all the authors of the books, magazines, and other ralcrials listed im the toference part for the ideas thal have been reflected and developed in the study. 1 am indebted to my family and friends who have encouraged and supported me very mich in the completion of this paper. If there had not been great help from the above people, the study could not have boon fulfilled, Last but not least, I would like to thank the students who willingly took part in the survey of this paper ii ABSTRACT This research generally attempts to investigate using groupwork activities to improve speaking skill for students in the English club at Vung Cao Viet Bac High School (VCVBITS).
The study has been conducted for the purpose of clarifying how groupwork are used in speaking lessons of the students in the English club at VCVBHS and investigating the difficultics of using groupwork activitiss in teaching and loaning speaking skill for students of the English chub at VCVBHS. The data wate obtained through the analysis of students’ questionnaire, interviews with four English teachers who are controlling directly the English club. The findings of the rescarch revealed that groupwork activitics wers frequently used to improve the speaking, skill. The use of groupwork activities were also *eneBoial for both teachers and leamers.
However, the study also found out some students” difficulties such as low proficiency, their passive way of learning styles, using Viemamese when working in groups. and some teachers’ difficultics in using groupwork activities in such as lack of time, large and multilevel classes,.