MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY -------- ∞0∞-------- TANG THI LAI THE IMPACTS OF FLIPGRID APP ON SPEAKING SKILLS FOR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT COLLEGE OF FOREIGN AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS MASTER OF ARTS IN TESOL HO CHI MINH CITY, 2021 Tai Lieu Chat Luong MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY -------- ∞0∞-------- TANG THI LAI THE IMPACTS OF FLIPGRID APP ON SPEAKING SKILLS FOR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT COLLEGE OF FOREIGN AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS Major: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Major code: 8 14 01 11 MASTER OF ARTS IN TESOL Supervisor: PHAN THI NGOC THANH, Ph.D HO CHI MINH CITY, 2021 TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC MỞ CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM THÀNH PHỐ HỒ CHÍ MINH Độc lập – Tự do – Hạnh phúc KHOA ĐÀO TẠO SAU ĐẠI HỌC GIẤY XÁC NHẬN Tôi tên là: Tăng Thị Lai Ngày sinh: 09-04-1994 Nơi sinh: Bình Định Chuyên ngành: Lý luận và phương pháp giảng dạy Tiếng Anh Mã học viên: 1981401111009 Tôi đồng ý cung cấp toàn văn thông tin luận án/ luận văn tốt nghiệp hợp lệ về bản quyền cho Thư viện trường đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh. Thư viện trường đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh sẽ kết nối toàn văn thông tin luận án/ luận văn tốt nghiệp vào hệ thống thông tin khoa học của Sở Khoa học và Công nghệ Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh. Ký tên (Ghi rõ họ và tên) CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM Độc lập – Tự do – Hạnh phúc Ý KIẾN CHO PHÉP BẢO VỆ LUẬN VĂN THẠC SĨ CỦA GIẢNG VIÊN HƯỚNG DẪN Giảng viên hướng dẫn: TS. Phan Thi Ngoc Thanh Học viên thực hiện: Tăng Thị Lai Lớp: MTESOL19 Ngày sinh: 09/04/1994 Nơi sinh:Bình Định Tên đề tài: The Impacts of Flipgrid App on Speaking Skills for Non-English Major Students at College of Foreign and Economics Relations Ý kiến của giáo viên hướng dẫn về việc cho phép học viên được bảo vệ luận văn trước Hội đồng: Đồng ý cho sinh viên bảo vệ luận văn.
Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, ngày14 tháng 08 năm 2021 Người nhận xét Phan Thị Ngọc Thanh STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP I certify that the thesis entitles “The Impacts of Flipgrid App on Speaking Skills for Non-English Major Students at College of Foreign and Economic Relations” is my original work. All resources used in the thesis have been documented. The work has not been submitted to Ho Chi Minh City Open University or elsewhere. Ho Chi Minh, September, 2021 Tang Thi Lai i RETENTION AND USE OF THE THESIS I hereby state that I, Tang Thi Lai, being the candidate for the degree of Master of Arts to the TESOL, accept the requirement of Ho Chi Minh City Open University relating to retention and the use of the Master’s thesis deposited in the University library.
In terms of these conditions, I agree that the original of my thesis deposited in the University library should be accessible for the purposes of the studies and research, in accordance with the normal condition established by the library for care, loan, and reproduction of thesis. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS It is vital to acquire help from a large number of people and organizations in order to successfully complete a study. Similarly to my study, reaching the finish line without the assistance of my instructor, peers, employer, students, and family is impossible. In this section, I would like to convey my heartfelt gratitude for their unwavering support.
First and foremost, I would love to express my gratitude to my supervisor, Phan Thi Ngoc Thanh Ph.D, who guided me through every step of my research and aided me whenever I encountered difficulties. Despite her busy schedule, she took the time to provide me with valuable input as quickly as feasible. Furthermore, she frequently provided me with encouragement and advice, which has increased my confidence in my ability to complete this study on time. Second, I must express my gratitude to the College of Foreign and Economic Relations (COFER), where I am employed, particularly to the Dean of Faculty of General English, who has given me the opportunity to be in charge of lecturing English for Business Communication as a research setting.
Without a lot of help from the school, I could not do it on time. Furthermore, I am grateful to the participants, who are second-year students from two classes at COFER who served as representatives of research groups: CQTKS23F and CQTKS23H, for their excellent cooperation in this study. They were willing to participate in pre- and post-tests, complete the survey, and even participate in the interviews after class. Those research documents were clearly not required of them; however, the participants did make an effort to assist me in completing this study.
Following that, I admire Ms. Trinh Vo, who is currently a lecturer at the College of Foreign and Economic Relations. She was the rater who worked alongside me to score pre- and post-tests in order to ensure the research's inter-rater reliability. She was willing to devote time to this study in addition to her teaching schedule.
Last but not least, I would like to express my gratitude to my family and close friends for their tremendous spiritual support over the past two years. They were always encouraging to me while I was having issues with this research. iii ABSTRACT Technology plays an important role in educational environment in which both educators and students need its assistance in order to support teaching and learning process. Technology not only assists in-class procedure but also shifts traditional education beyond the world so that students are able to connect with authentic scenes and materials.
As a powerful tool with a lot of feasible features to empower students’ voice in learning, the Flipgrid application has been becoming more prominent in educational environment, particularly in mobile learning. This study investigated the impacts of a new learning application, Flipgrid on students’ speaking skills and obtain perceptions after using this application. Eighty non-English majored sophomores were divided into two groups named one experimental group and one controlled group. Participants from both research groups received the same teaching syllabus in college training curriculum.
However, the Flipgrid application was instructed to only use in experimental group that helps students practice speaking activities. All instruments included a pre-test, a posttest, an online questionnaire survey and an interview implemented to collect data about the influences of the Flipgrid application on speaking skills. The findings of the study revealed that there were positive influences of the Flipgrid application on speaking performances. Keywords: Flipgrid, Speaking skills, Perceptions, Mobile learning iv ABBREVIATIONS COFER College of Foreign and Economic Relations CG Controlled Group CEFR Common European Framework of Reference EFL English as a foreign language EG Experimental Group Ed-tech Educational technology MALL Mobile-assisted language learning MOET Ministry of Education and Training PDAs Personal Digital Assistants RQ Research Question ULIS-VNU University of Language and International Studies, Viet Nam National University VSTEP Vietnamese Standardized Test of English Proficiency v LIST OF FIGURES Figure 4.1: The Flipgrid app interface on mobiles .2: An example of grids in Flipgrid .3: An example of topics .4: Examples of responses .1: Data collection methods .1: Triangulation in research .1: An example of role play 2 .2: An example of student’s work .3 Normal Q-Q plots for the speaking pre-test results .4 Normal Q-Q plots for the speaking post test results .5: Comparison of means of pretest and posttest scores .6: General perceptions on Flipgrid.7: The influence of Flipgrid on speaking performance and confidence .8: The influence of Flipgrid on engagement, collaboration and learning opportunities .9: Perceptions of enjoyment of discussion, interaction on Flipgrid and learning motivation.
77 vi LIST OF TABLES Table 3.1: The summary of VSTEP speaking scoring rubric .2: The Structure of Online Questionnaire Survey .3: Data collection stages .4: The course outline of lessons .5: The relationship between data methods and research questions .6: Strategic techniques for data analysis .1 Correlation of pretests scores of the CG by two raters .2 Correlation of pretests scores of the EG by two raters .3 Descriptive statistics of pretest scores .4 Independent Samples T-Test of pretests results .5 Correlation of posttest scores of the CG by two raters .6 Correlation of posttest scores of the EG by two raters .7 Descriptive statistics of posttest scores .8 Independent Samples T-Test of posttests results .9: Summary of pre- and postresults of the control group .10: Summary of pre- and posttest results of the experimental group .11: General perceptions on Flipgrid .12: The influence of Flipgrid on speaking performance and confidence .13: The influence of Flipgrid on engagement, collaboration and learning opportunities .14: Perceptions of enjoyment of discussion, interaction on Flipgrid and learning motivation.15: General perceptions on Flipgrid .16: The influence of Flipgrid on speaking performance and confidence .17: The influence of Flipgrid on engagement, collaboration and learning opportunities .18: Perceptions of enjoyment of discussion, interaction on Flipgrid and learning motivation .19: Students’ difficulties with using Flipgrid. 81 vii TABLE OF CONTENTS STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP. i RETENTION AND USE OF THE THESIS. v LIST OF FIGURES.
vi LIST OF TABLES. vii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION. Statement of problem. Definition of key terms .3 English for Business Communication.
Significance of the research. Scope of the research. 7 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW .1 Mobile learning and characteristics .2 Mobile learning and theory .3 Mobile learning in language education .1 Flipgrid: how to use it.2 Educational concepts regarding Flipgrid .3 Flipgrid-based activities .4 Flipgrid in language education. Perception of Flipgrid’s use.
Summary of the Literature Review and research gap. 36 CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY. Research site and participants .1 VSTEP speaking tests .2 Online questionnaire surveys. Reliability and validity .1 Quantitative analysis of pre-test and post-test.
Quantitative analysis of the questionnaire. Qualitative analysis of the interview. 56 CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION. To what extent does Flipgrid affect students’ speaking performance? .1 Speaking pretest results .2 Speaking post-test results.
How do the students perceive the use of Flipgrid in practicing speaking? .1 Results from the online questionnaire survey .2 Results from the interviews. Summary of findings and discussion. Limitations of the study. Recommendations for further research.
101 Appendix A: Questionnaire Survey. 101 Questionnaire in English. 101 Questionnaire in Vietnamese. 104 Online questionnaire survey link.
108 Appendix B: Interview Questions. 108 Appendix C: Speaking Scoring Rubric. 108 Appendix D: VSTEP Speaking Test. 113 Appendix E: Lesson Plan for CG and EG.
114 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION A current trend in education could be an integration of technology resources into a classroom-based environment in the effort both to make teaching and learning more effective and shift a classroom-based model beyond the real world. The research has been derived from my working experience and interests regarding seeking a new prospect of educational technology to English language education in the Vietnamese context. I have started my working journey from international schools since 2016 where I recognized that students in a multicultural learning environment could benefit from both the implementation of pedagogical content and a vast area of technology resources to reinforce learning in the classroom and promote lifelong learning out of the classroom. For over one recent year, with a widespread Corona pandemic in the whole world, the importance of integrated technology-based resources has been more dramatically raised to benefit students in most countries on home-based learning programs.
With that urgent demand, I took advantage of working in these international schools to search for more educational technology applications and website-based resources. The attention has been drawn more to use advanced online resources such as Epics, Brain Pop, Reading Eggs, Tumble Books, Green Screen, IMovie, Stop Motion Studio, Flipgrid and many more.