IMPROVE THE FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS’ ENGLISH SPEAKING PERFORMANCE AT THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY THROUGH LANGUAGE GAMES

Abstract

Speaking seems to be the most important skills of all the four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). Nowadays, it is not easy for learners to speak English well, so the purpose of this study was to find out the effectiveness of using language games to improve the first - year students’ speaking performance at Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry (TUAF). The quasi-experimental design was used in the study, using questionnaire, pre-test and post-test as the main data collection instruments. The subjects of the study were sixty first-year students at TUAF. The results of the study showed that there is no significant difference between the mean pre-test scores of the experimental and control   group. But there is significant difference between the mean post-test scores of the experimental and the control group. Based on the research findings, some recommendations were made. The current study was expected to help first-year students improve their performance in speaking classes.