USING GROUP-WORK ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILL FOR THE FIRST YEAR ENGLISH MAJORS AT THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION

Abstract

Language is extremely vital in human life. Therefore, English plays an important role in the current integration of globalization from communication to opportunities in learning, working, expanding relationships to business cooperation, etc. Working in a group is considered as an excellent tool in enhancing their speaking ability in both pronunciation and brainstroming ideas. This study aims at investigating the difficulties in learning English speaking skill of the first year English majors of Thai Nguyen University of Education as well as the use of group-work activities and suggesting some effective techniques about group-work activities to develop their speaking skills. Interview and class observation were used to collect data in order to discover the answers to research questions. The participants are the students coming from class English k52 and a teacher teaching English speaking skill for this class. The result of the study is certainly meaningful and useful for both the students’ learning process and the teachers’ teaching speaking skill.