AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE REALITY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS AT THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

Abstract

This study attempted to investigate how English is taught and learnt for the first year students in Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry (TUAF) including the teachers’ professional knowledge, the conditions of teaching and learning English, opportunities for students to use English outside classroom, opportunities for teachers' professional development, and to offer some suggestions for improving teaching and learning English in TUAF. The subjects of this study were 200 students and 6 teachers at TUAF. To achieve the aims of the study, a quantitative questionnaire was used to collect the needed data. The findings show that majority of the teachers have quite good theoretical professional knowledge. Teaching condition is quite good. Some students express their positive attitudes to English learning, but they had too little exposure to English language outside classroom.