TEACHING SPEAKING SKILL TO STUDENTS WITH LOW ENGLISH PROFICIENCY: DIFFICULTIES AND SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS Nghiên cứu về việc dạy kỹ năng nói cho người học có ngữ năng tiếng Anh yếu: Những khó khăn và giải pháp

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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES
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NGUYỄN THỊ VÂN

TEACHING SPEAKING SKILL TO STUDENTS WITH LOW ENGLISH
PROFICIENCY: DIFFICULTIES AND SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS
Nghiên cứu về việc dạy kỹ năng nói cho người học có ngữ năng tiếng Anh yếu:
Những khó khăn và giải pháp

M.A. MINOR THESIS

Field: English Teaching Methodology
Code: 601410

Hanoi - 2010


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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES
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NGUYỄN THỊ VÂN

TEACHING SPEAKING SKILL TO STUDENTS WITH LOW ENGLISH
PROFICIENCY: DIFFICULTIES AND SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS
Nghiên cứu về việc dạy kỹ năng nói cho người học có ngữ năng tiếng Anh yếu:
Những khó khăn và giải pháp

M.A. MINOR THESIS

Field: English Teaching Methodology
Code: 601410
Supervisor: DƯƠNG THỊ NỤ, PhD

Hanoi - 2010


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DECLARATION

I certify that all the material in this study which is not my own work has been identified and
acknowledged, and that no material is included for which a degree has already been conferred
upon me.

Hanoi, October 2010
Nguyễn Thị Vân


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First and foremost, I would like to express my deepest thanks to my supervisor, Ms. Duong

Thi Nu, for her invaluable guidance, criticism and encouragement in the process of completing
this minor thesis.
I also wish to express my sincere thanks to all the lecturers of the Faculty of Post Graduate
Studies at University of Language and International Studies for their very useful lectures.
My profound thanks also go to the teachers and the students at College of Finance and
Business Administration for their enthusiastic help and support.
Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to my loving family and my special friends who
always encouraged and helped me to complete this study.


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ABSTRACT
The research is aimed at finding out the difficulties and some effective solutions in teaching
speaking skill to students with low English proficiency (SLEP). Two questionnaires were
designed to investigate the learning and the teaching English speaking skill of 50 randomly
selected SLEP and 6 teachers at College of Finance and Business Administration (CFBA). The
findings showed that the low motivation and the shallow, negative, and passive learning
strategies of SLEP lead to their unsuccessful outcome. In addition, from the results of the
study, some pedagogical suggestions related to creating a classroom atmosphere, praises and
rewards, opportunities of success, activities and techniques, and more learning strategies, are
offered for teachers of English.