An investigation into the applicability of critical strategy in group work to the teaching of speaking skills for the second year students at English department of Hong Duc university

• Main Author: Nguyễn, Thị Hồng Hạnh
• Other Authors: Nguyễn, Bàng
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: ĐHNN 2017
• Subjects: Tiếng Anh; Kỹ năng nói; Phương pháp giảng dạy
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/51095
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

The study investigates the applicability of critical strategy in group work to the teaching of speaking skills for the second year students at English Department of Hong Duc University. Two survey questionnaires and four classroom observations were used to examine the teachers' and students' attitudes and beliefs towards CS in groups, the reality of application, the difficulties faced by the teachers and students as well as the possible suggestions to improve CS in group work for life long learning process. Results of the study showed that both groups of teachers and students are fully aware of the sheer importance of CS in group work to the students' speaking skills improvement. Using CS in groups, according to the findings, may be a feasible solution to heighten the speaking abilities and capacities, and confidence of the second-year students as well as raising mutual interactions between the teacher and students and the students themselves. Besides, this strategy are also considered to be able to improve teachers' teaching methodologies in relation with the process of renovation for teaching at the Foreign Language Department, HDU currently