MINISTRY OF JUSTICE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HANOI LAW UNIVERSITY NGUYEN THI THANH TU 443044 GRADUATION PAPER Hanoi-2023 MINISTRY OF JUSTICE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HANOI LAW UNIVERSITY NGUYEN THI THANH TU 443044 SUPERVISOR PHAM THI THANH HOA, MA. Hanoi-2023 DECLARATIONS I hereby state that I: Nguyen Thi Thanh Tu- 443044, being a candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts accept the requirements of the University relating to the retention and use of bachelor’s Graduation Paper deposited in the library. In terms of these conditions, I agree that the origin of my paper deposited in the library should be accessible for the purposes of study and research, in accordance with the normal conditions established by the librarian for the care, loan or reproduction of the paper. Supervisor Student Pham Thi Thanh Hoa April.
, 2023 il ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In the process of doing the graduation paper, I have received a lot of help, assistance, guidance, encouragement and contributions from my teachers, family, and friends. My great gratitude goes to my supervisor Pham Thi Thanh Hoa (M.A) for her enthusiastic guidance, very helpful ideas and instructions for the preparation and her corrections during the completion of this graduation paper. It would be a mistake if I did not mention the first-year English majors at Hanoi Law University who took part in my survey questionnaire enthusiastically and my interview. Thanks to their participation, I had a data survey, and analysis and gave the appropriate solutions.
Finally, I would like to give my heartfelt thanks to my family and friends who always encourage and inspire me to complete this graduation paper. Hanoi, April 2023 Student Nguyen Thi Thanh Tu ill ABSTRACTS Motivation is an influential inner drive that compels individuals to accomplish whatever they must do, especially in the process of learning to speak English, which requires a lot of practice and effort. To learn speaking skills effectively, support tools are indispensable and one of them is group work activities. Therefore, this study aims to examine the effects of group work activities on motivating first-year English language students in speaking lessons at Hanoi Law University.
The participants of this study are 75 first-year English language students at Hanoi Law University. Data was collected through questionnaires and interviews. The results of the study are highly valuable for both students and their learning process. It was found that group activities have both positive and negative effects on student motivation, but the positive impacts were more prevalent than the negative ones.
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It has become the medium of intercultural communication, taking the leading role in world business, science, popular culture, mass media, etc. Moreover, English not only promotes financial growth but also provides a means of communication among people of different cultural backgrounds and creates a new community where people may join and share their cultures and beliefs with a broader audience (Johnson, 2009, p. As a result, teaching and studying English is necessary for communicative purposes to meet the demands of global economics, particularly in acquiring speaking abilities. Teachers should give their students as many opportunities as possible to practice speaking in the target language so that they can engage with others in a variety of linguistic and social situations using such language subsystems appropriately and spontaneously.
This is comprehensible in the sense that for many pupils the prime goal of learning a foreign language is to be able to speak it. Bygate (1987) claimed that speaking is the most crucial of the four language abilities since it is one of the reflexive skills that help learners use foreign languages to express opinions, thoughts, and feelings to listeners. Moreover, it can highlight the mistakes and accuracy that a language learner makes (Khamkhien, 2010). Therefore, numerous students who are learning English desire to study and frequently practice enhancing their speaking abilities, which will aid them in their future studies and employment.
However, Vietnamese students in general, and English language students at Hanoi Law University in particular, still face multiple difficulties while studying speaking skills. Especially for first-year English language learners, who have just entered the university will undoubtedly face significant challenges in adapting to the university's pedagogical culture. Many I freshmen undergo the most crucial changes of their lives while transitioning into college (Simpson & Frost, 1993). For a lot of them, this is their first time away from home, where they have the authority to make their own decisions.
Additionally, they may have to overcome numerous limitations in time management and completing tasks, as well as dealing with other people's expectations (Brooker, 2017). This can be even tougher when they are removed from their family, friends, and the people they are used to being around (Buote et. According to Magembe (2018), first-year students regularly experience considerable challenges in adjusting to a new environment and handling the workload. When faced with such a predicament, students may experience feelings of apathy and difficulty being motivated.
How do freshmen overcome those obstacles? The researcher thought that the students needed to be motivated enough in their lessons. According to Ellis (2008), numerous factors influence students' success in learning foreign languages such as age, attitude, aptitude and intelligence, cognitive style, motivation, and personality, of which motivation of the learners is the key to creating individual differences in effective language learning. Motivation assists learners in improving self-discipline and interest in learning. Without motivation, learners may lack enthusiasm in their studies, so they cannot learn efficiently.
There are numerous techniques to increase student motivation, of which group work is an effective method. Numerous researchers are studying using group-work activities to improve speaking capability during speaking classes. However, the different activities or techniques are appropriate for participants from other regions. Thus, the researcher wants to examine whether the approach of instructing Speaking English through using the utilization of group work has a beneficial influence on the motivation of First-year English language students at Hanoi Law University.
Therefore, all the afore-mentioned reasons encourage the author to conduct a research paper entitled “The effects of group work activities on motivating first- year English language students in speaking lessons at Hanoi Law University”. Aims of the study This research aimed to obtain two objectives. The first objective is to recognize the influence of group work activities on first-year English major students' motivation in speaking classes at Hanoi Law University. The other is to determine the student's attitude towards utilizing this method in the speaking class.
Accordingly, this study will address the following research questions: 1. What are the effects of group work activities on first-year English major students’ motivation in speaking class? 2. What is the student's attitude towards using group work in the speaking class? 3. Scope of the study In respect of the scope of this paper, the study focuses on examining how group-work techniques influence first-year English language learners' motivation in speaking lessons at HLU.
Participants in this research were 75 English language learners, including 36 males and 39 females. The data was collected through interviews and questionnaires. The researcher conducted semi-structured interviews with the students who took part in group work in speaking lessons. Significance of the study This study was carried out with the expectation that its findings will provide readers with informative information.
Although it was conducted on a small scale, the researcher hopes that once completed, the study, to some extent, can help first- year English language students at Hanoi Law University can utilize all the advantages of group activities to invigorate the enthusiasm for learning and raise the quality of English-speaking classes. Investigating how group work activities influence student motivation could guide learners in making effective learning styles to improve their speaking abilities. This would facilitate teachers to plan group activities that are suitable for each group of students, which could enhance the quality of lessons, increase student involvement in the subject, and strengthen the connection between students and teachers. Moreover, this project will provide educators with a student-centered approach to teaching speaking abilities to maximize student participation.
Lastly, this research also provides a reliable source for researchers who are interested in this topic. Method of study. To achieve the objectives stated, the author used both qualitative and quantitative methods. The qualitative data collected for the study comes from semi- structured interviews.
The quantitative data comes from a questionnaire. Organization of the study INTRODUCTION: Introduction includes the rationale, aims, scope, significance, and method of the study. DEVELOPMENT Chapter 1: Literature review presents literature related to the study including the theoretical background of speaking such as definitions of speaking skill, teaching speaking 1n a classroom. The theoretical background of group-work elaborates the definition of group-work, the advantages, and disadvantages of group-work.
The theoretical background of motivation and the last part of the literature review is review of previous works. Chapter 2: Methodology shows the procedure for carrying on the research such as semi-structured interviews, questionnaires, and methods of data analysis. Chapter 3: The results of the study report the main findings obtained from the data collection and discuss the prominent aspects. CONCLUSION: Conclusion is the summary of the whole study.
The limitations of the study and suggestions for further study are also recommended in this part. DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 1. Theoretical background of speaking 1. There are numerous definitions of the term "speaking" proposed by language learning researchers.
In Webster New World Dictionary, speaking is to say words orally, to communicate by talking, to make a speech. According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (P. 1479), “Speak” means “to talk to somebody about something; to have a conversation with somebody’. Nunan (2006) argued that speaking is “the process of building and sharing meaning through the use of verbal and non-verbal symbols, in a variety of contexts”.