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Research Methodology
Topic for End-Term Proposal
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Subject: Research Methodology
Topic: The effects of group work activities on motivating the first-year students in speaking
lessons.

CONTENT
I. Rationale
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First-year students have just been received into a new school and do not know much, and
they may be shy.
Teamwork is good for first-year students because it can help them be more confident and
they can talk with others in speaking classes.

II. Aims of the Study
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This thesis shows the effects of group work activities on motivating first-year students in
speaking lessons.
It is hoped that this study will be very important for teachers and students in the future.

III. Research Questions
This study will answer some questions:
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How do teamwork activities influence first-year students in speaking classes?
Which teamwork activities should teachers organize in speaking classes?

IV. Scope of the Study
This thesis could only be focus on these following problems:
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Reality in speaking classes, especially for freshmen.
Effects of teamwork on encouraging new students in speaking lessons.

V. Methods of Study
We have used these methods of study in this research:
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The analysis method
The comparative method: to compare the students who join teamwork activities and those
who are not.


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The quantity method: to show how to organize group work activities among students.
The statistical method: to make an investigate about schools that hold group work
activities for first-year students.
The descriptive method

VI. Tentative Design of the Study
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This study is a qualitative research.
Group work activities are necessary for freshmen because they may help students
improve many skills.
In this study, there are some study methods: analysis method, comparative method,
quantity method, statistical method, descriptive method.

VII. Outline of Literature Review
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Key concepts

Introduction
- There are a lot of effects of group work activities on motivating the first-year students in
speaking lessons.
- Those effects are very important to freshmen because those are required skills for
students.
Body
- Group work activities can help first-year students become friendly and open to the new
environment with new friends.
- Teamwork is one of the most effective way to study.
- Doing teamwork can improve speaking and presentation skills for students.
Conclusion
- Group work activities have a lot of advantages for first-year students.
- It is recommended that teachers should organize more teamwork activities for students to
let them interact verbally with each other.

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Related studies

There are some related studies to teamwork for students:
- Robert Lingard and Shan Barkataki in “Teaching teamwork in engineering and
computer science” have claimed that teamwork-based projects challenge the student to
apply the technical knowledge they gain in school to solve meaningful and complex
problems. However, to be truly proficient in teamwork, a student must also learn and
practice a large number of peripheral skills
- Richard L.Hughes and Steven K.Jones in “Developing and assessing college student
teamwork skills” gave knowledge about that research on team member contributes to
overall team’s effectiveness, and various applications of this research to developing and
assessing teamwork by students on team and group projects and assignments.


VIII. References
Definition of teamwork:
Teamwork is the collaborative effort of a group to achieve a common goal or to complete a task
in the most effective and efficient way. This concept is seen within the greater framework of
a team, which is a group of independent individuals who work together towards a common goal.