BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC BÀ RỊA – VŨNG TÀU LÊ NGỌC DIỆP THE APPLICATION OF SHORT VIDEOS IN TEACHING SPEAKING SKILLS – AN INVESTIGATION INTO ENGLISH – MAJORED STUDENTS AT SONADEZI COLLEGE LUẬN VĂN THẠC SĨ Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu, tháng 5 năm 2024 BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC BÀ RỊA – VŨNG TÀU LÊ NGỌC DIỆP THE APPLICATION OF SHORT VIDEOS IN TEACHING SPEAKING SKILLS – AN INVESTIGATION INTO ENGLISH – MAJORED STUDENTS AT SONADEZI COLLEGE LUẬN VĂN THẠC SĨ Ngành: Lý luận và phương pháp dạy học bộ môn tiếng Anh Mã ngành: 8140111 CÁN BỘ HƯỚNG DẪN KHOA HỌC: PGS. PHẠM HỮU ĐỨC Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu, tháng 5 năm 2024 BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE Ba Ria - Vung Tau, February 2024 MASTER’S THESIS REPORT Student name: Le Ngoc Diep Sex: Female Date of birth: 14/10/1999 Place of birth: Đồng Nai Student code: 21110066 Major: Theory and Methodology of English Language Teaching I. Thesis title: The Application of Short Videos in Teaching Speaking Skills- An Investigation into English-Majored Students at Sonadezi College II. Objectives and contents: This study explores the impacts of short videos on improving freshmen’s speaking skills at Sonadezi College.
The research objectives are as follows: • To find out the influence of using short videos in English-speaking teaching on students’ learning performance. • To investigate how short videos in English-speaking teaching help improve students’ English-speaking proficiency. This study was conducted at Sonadezi College. The research focuses on the effectiveness of applying short videos in promoting the speaking skills of freshmen at Sonadezi College.
The study subjects included 30 students in the experimental group and 30 students in the control group majoring in English at Sonadezi College. The students have compulsorily learned English for at least nine years in secondary and high school. They are supposed to be equal in English proficiency at the below- intermediate level. The researcher is also a teacher working at Sonadezi College.
Quantitative and qualitative methods are applied to evaluate and examine this topic. Three research instruments including pre - and post-oral tests, survey questionnaires, and semi-structured interviews are used to collect data from the research subjects. III- Starting date: March 28th, 2023 IV- Completing date: February 20th, 2024 V- Academic supervisor: Assoc. Pham Huu Duc ACADEMIC SUPERVISOR SCHOOL HEAD (full name, signature) (full name, signature) Assoc.
Pham Huu Duc CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY I certify my authorship of the Master’s Thesis submitted today entitled: The Application of Short Videos in Teaching Speaking Skills- An Investigation into English-Majored Students at Sonadezi College In terms of the statement of requirements for Thesis in Master’s programs issued by the Higher Degree Committee of Postgraduate Institute, Ba Ria-Vung Tau University Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, February 2024. LE NGOC DIEP RETENTION AND USE OF THE THESIS I hereby state that I, Le Ngoc Diep, being a candidate for the degree of TESOL, accept the requirements of the University relating to the retention and use of Master’s Thesis deposited in the library. In terms of these conditions, I agree that the original of my Master’s Thesis deposited in the library should be accessible for purposes of study and research, following the normal conditions established by the Librarian for the care, loan, and reproduction of the thesis. Ba Ria - Vung Tau, February 2024 Signature LE NGOC DIEP TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
4 LIST OF TABLES. 6 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. 9 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION .1 BACKGROUND OF THE RESEARCH .1 Current Situation of English-Speaking Teaching and Learning in Vietnam .2 The Change of the Requirements for English-Speaking Skills .3 The Prevalence of Short Videos Related to English Education .4 THE RESEARCH SIGNIFICANCE.5 SCOPE OF THE THESIS .6 STRUCTURE OF THE THESIS. 19 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW.1 Constructive Learning Theory .3 Communicative Language Teaching Approach .1 Defining Short Video .2 Characteristics and Advantages of Short Video on English-Speaking Teaching.
Studies in Vietnam. SUMMARY OF THE CHAPTER. 32 CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY .2 Questionnaires Survey Method.4 RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS AND MATERIALS .3 English Speaking Proficiency Test .4 The Criteria for Assessing Speaking Skills .5 The Selection of Short Video Materials .5 DATA COLLECTION AND DATA ANALYSIS .1 Pre-Test of the Questionnaire .2 Post-test of the Questionnaire .6 SUGGESTIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SHORT VIDEO- ASSISTED ENGLISH-SPEAKING CLASS .7 TECHNIQUES OF USING SHORT VIDEOS IN CLASSROOM. 63 CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION .1 THE INFLUENCE OF USING SHORT VIDEOS IN ENGLISH-SPEAKING TEACHING ON STUDENTS’ LEARNING PERFORMANCE.1 The Situation of Students’ English-Speaking Learning.2 The Situation of Students’ Use of Short Videos .3 The Situation of English-Speaking Teaching .2 USING VIDEOS IN ENGLISH SPEAKING TEACHING HELPS IMPROVE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH-SPEAKING PROFICIENCY .3 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE SCORES OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PROFICIENCY TESTS .1 Analysis of the Differences in Scores between CC and EC in the Pre-test .2 Analysis of the Differences in Scores between CC and EC from Pre-test to Post- test .4 ANALYSIS OF THE INTERVIEW AFTER THE EXPERIMENT.
83 CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSION.2 IMPLICATIONS OF THE STUDY .3 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY .4 RECOMMENDATION FOR FUTURE STUDIES. 106 Page | 3 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS After a long period of conducting research, I have completed this thesis. The completion of the thesis is not only my efforts but also the help and support of many individuals and groups. My deepest gratitude goes first and foremost to my supervisor, Professor Nguyen Huu Duc, for his constant encouragement and patient guidance.
His support helped me overcome the difficulties when choosing the research topic and he walked me through all the stages of the writing of this thesis, it could not have reached its present form without his consistent and illuminating instruction. He spent a lot of time and effort on me, gave me many valuable opinions, encouragement, guidance, and comments, and edited small details in my thesis for me, helping my thesis to be more complete in terms of content and form. He also always cared, encouraged, and promptly reminded me so that I could complete my thesis on schedule. He also has offered lots of helpful suggestions for the analysis of the experiment results in this thesis.
The attitude he owned for life and studies has been influencing me all along and may benefit me all my life. Secondly, I’d like to express my gratitude to all the professors and teachers at Ba Ria-Vung Tau University who have taught, instructed, and helped me a lot in the past few years. I obtained valuable teaching methods and experience from them, which form a solid foundation for my teaching career. In addition, the department leaders at Sonadezi College where I work have also greatly supported my study and research progress, especially all the teachers in the Faculty of Foreign Languages, without their favor, I could hardly have completed my thesis.
Here, I would like to express my sincere gratitude and respect to them. At last, my thanks would go to my beloved family for their loving consideration and great confidence in me all through these years. I also owe my sincere gratitude to my friends and classmates who offered good suggestions and helped me work out my problems during the arduous course of the thesis. Page | 4 Due to limitations in knowledge, experience, and time to research and implement, the thesis certainly has many shortcomings.
I hope to receive comments from teachers so that I can have a more in-depth view of this issue. Page | 5 LIST OF TABLES Table 3.1 Demographic Information of the 107 Students Table 3.2 Reliability Statistics of the Questionnaire Table 3.3 Reliability Statistics of the Pre-test Paper Table 3.4 Reliability Statistics of the Post-test Paper Table 3.5 Difficulty of the Pre-test Paper Table 3.6 Difficulty of the Post-test Paper Table 3.7 The Teaching Plan for a Short Video-Assisted English-Speaking Class Table 4.1 Descriptive Statistics of the Time When Starting Learning English Table 4.2 Descriptive Statistics of Participation in Extracurricular English- Speaking Training Table 4.3 Descriptive Statistics of Self-evaluate English Speaking Proficiency Table 4.4 Descriptive Statistics of Means to Go to School Table 4.5 Descriptive Statistics of the Ownership of Mobile Phones Table 4.6 Descriptive Statistics of the Accessibility to Mobile Phones Table 4.7 Descriptive Statistics of the Main Purpose of Watching Short Videos Table 4.8 Descriptive Statistics of the Number of English Short Video Bloggers Followed by Students Table 4.9 Descriptive Statistics of the Bloggers Known by Students Table 4.10 Group Statistics of the Pre-test of the Questionnaire Table 4.11 Independent Samples Test of the Pre-test of the Questionnaire in CC and EC Table 4.12 Group Statistics between the Pre-test and Post-test of the Questionnaire Table 4.13 Independent Samples Test between the Pre-test and Post-test of the Questionnaire in CC and EC Page | 6 Table 4.14 Group Statistics of the Scores of CC and EC in the Pre-test Table 4.15 Independent Samples Test of the Scores of CC and EC in the Pre- test Table 4.16 Group Statistics between the Pre-test and Post-test of the English Proficiency Test Table 4.17 Independent Samples Test between the Pre-test and Post-test of the English Proficiency Test in CC and EC Page | 7 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ANOVA Analysis of Variance APP Application CC Control Class CLT Communicative Language Teaching EC Experimental Class IELTS International English Language Testing System MOET Ministry of Education and Training PC Personal Computer PETS Public English Testing System PPT PowerPoint VNFLP Vietnam National Foreign Language Project Page | 8 ABSTRACT With the rapid evolution of educational policies and language requirements, local education departments have integrated quantitative assessments of English proficiency into various entrance examinations. Improving students’ English communication skills has become an imperative for English education programs. Traditional teaching methods, however, have proven inadequate in meeting these contemporary demands and can lead to the fossilization of knowledge, hindering students’ ability to apply their language skills in real-world social situations.
Consequently, there is an urgent need to develop innovative teaching techniques that enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of English-speaking instruction. The advent of short videos presents a promising opportunity for the reform of speaking teaching methodologies, enabling students to immerse themselves in authentic spoken English without leaving their homes. Short videos can recreate realistic social scenarios, allowing students to observe and understand the correct usage of the language while encouraging them to think and communicate in English. This format offers an accessible and relaxed approach to English-speaking learning while simultaneously fostering cross-cultural awareness.
Furthermore, the integration of short videos into classroom instruction provides teachers with a flexible and efficient means to engage students, enhance their enthusiasm for learning, and stimulate their interest in the subject matter. Grounded in the theoretical framework of constructivist learning theory, microlearning theory, and the communicative language teaching (CLT) approach, this study employs a multifaceted methodology, including literature analysis, questionnaire surveys, interviews, and experimental components, to explore the application of short videos in English-speaking teaching at Sonadezi College. The research focuses on students and teachers from two classes at the college, located in Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province. Through questionnaires and teacher reviews, the study analyzes the current state of English teaching and learning, as well as the teachers’ and students’ Page | 9 understanding and utilization of short videos.
A four-month teaching experiment was conducted, with one class serving as the control group, receiving conventional speaking instruction, while the other served as the experimental group, incorporating short video-assisted English-speaking teaching. The findings of this study indicate that the application of short videos in English-speaking teaching has a positive impact on students’ learning attitudes, spanning cognitive, affective, and behavioral aspects, and contributes to the improvement of their English-speaking proficiency. The research also presents a specific teaching plan for utilizing short videos in English-speaking instruction, proposes systematic teaching strategies, and offers new insights for college English- speaking education.