Slide a study on group discussion and its impacts on speaking ability of the non major students at the post elementary level in military science academy

A study on group discussion
A study on group discussion
and its impacts on speaking
and its impacts on speaking
ability of the non-major
ability of the non-major
students at the post-
students at the post-
elementary level in Military
elementary level in Military
Science Academy
Science Academy
By Pham Thanh Mai

Design of the study
Design of the study
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Chapter one : Introduction
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Chapter two : Literature review
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Chapter three: Research design
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Chapter four : Data analysis
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Chapter five : Findings
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Chapter six : Discussion and Conclusion

Scope of the study

Scope of the study
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Quantity : 16 students
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Target group : Post – Elementary Non-major
English students in 4
th
year of Chinese Department at MSA
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Time : 10 weeks
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Investigation :
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Nature of group work
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Relationship between group work and individual
presentation

Objectives of the study
Objectives of the study
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contribute more theory to the understandings of group discussion
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find out the essentials of group discussion
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provide the teachers with the basic framework
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provide students with more chances to interact
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build a stepping-stone to further study

Research questions
Research questions
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What truly happens during group discussion in
classroom?
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Do the students in pre-planning groups perform more
accurately and better than those in unplanning groups in
terms of tenses, subject-verb agreement and pronouncing
morpheme-s in plurality?

Methods of the study
Methods of the study
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Qualitative :
- Observation
- Questionnaire
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Quantitative:
- Descriptive statistics

Subjects of the study
Subjects of the study
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16 post-elementary non major students
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all of them learned English for 3 years at school
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None of them has ever been to an English speaking country

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they have little opportunity to use English outside the
classroom
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age : 21 – 24
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Sex : male

Instrumentation
Instrumentation
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Audio – recording
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Questionnaire
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Observation note

The implementation of the study
The implementation of the study
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Time : 10 weeks
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Total number of participants: 16
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Number of participants in a group: 4
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Number of groups: 4
( 2 No planning groups & 2 Pre-planning groups)
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Records: All the group discussions and the individual

presentations from No planning group & Pre-planning
group

Group Data Analysis
Group Data Analysis
Language Related Episodes
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Form-based LREs (F - LREs)
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Lexis-based LREs (L - LREs)
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Mechanics-based LREs (M - LREs)
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Leadership move

Individual Data Analysis
Individual Data Analysis
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Error - Free - Verb Forms (EFVF)
- The percentage of accurately used verbs in terms of
tense and subject-verb agreement is taken into account
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Error - Free - Noun Forms (EFNF)
- The percentage of correct noun form is measured by the
number of nouns used correctly in plurality by adding
morpheme-s to the end of the word

Group Discussion Findings
Group Discussion Findings
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Language Related Episodes (LREs)
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Vary between 2 groups, among topics
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M-LREs are highest
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Turns in group talks
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no much difference in the number of turns among
the participants
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Leadership moves
- One or two students seem to be leaders in every talk

Individual Presentation Findings
Individual Presentation Findings
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most of the participants in PTP group performed better and
more accurately than those in NP group in terms of EFVF
and EFNF (in terms of tense, subject verb agreement and
pronouncing morpheme-s in plurality ).

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Group planning prior to individual presentations is really useful
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Group planning should be applied and encouraged in the
classroom
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Further study:
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Investigate in three areas: fluency, complexity and accuracy.
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Find out other factors affect students’ speaking competence
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experiment in higher or mixed proficiency level students
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Include the subjects of both male and female in class
Conclusions and Suggestions
Conclusions and Suggestions