Luận Văn A study on extra-activities to improve English speaking skill of QTTN class at HPU

Khóa luận tốt nghiệp năm 2012
Đề tài: A study on extra-activities to improve English speaking skill of QTTN class at HPU


TABLE OF CONTENT
PART I : Introduction . .1
1. Rationale . 1
2. Aims of the study . . 2
3. Scope of the study 2
4. Methods of the study . 2
5. Design of the study 3
PART II: Development . 4
Chapter1: Theoretical background . 4
1. Speaking 4
1.1. Definition of speaking 4
2. Factors affecting learners’ speaking skill . 5
2.1. Listening . 5
2.2. Grammatical accuracy . 6
2.3. Understanding pronunciation . 7
2.4. Accent neutralization . 9
2.5. Organization ideas .11
2.6. English fluency 14
2.7. Enthusiasm .15
2.8. Self-confidence 16
2.9. Paralinguistic communication skills 17
2.10. Length of answers 18
3. Extra –activities . 18
3.1. Definition of extra-activities 18
3.2. Some form of extra-activities 19
Chapter 2: Research Methodology . 40
1. Introduction .40
2. The Objective of the Survey . 40
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3. Subjects 40
4. Methodology and Method of the Survey 41
4.1. Methodology . 41
4.2. Method 41
5. Procedures 41
Chapter 3: finding and discussion 42
3.1. Students’ English ability 42
3.2.Students’ attitude towards how speaking important to them . 43
3.3.Students’ taking part in extra-activities . 43
3.4. Taken Forms of extra-activities . 44
3.5. Students’ opinion about extra-activities . 44
PART III: Conclusion . 46
1. Conclusion . 46
2. Suggested techniques . . 47
3. Suggestions for further study . . 51
References
Appendixes
Student’s questionaire


PART ONE : INTRODUCTION
1. Rationale
Speaking skill is one of the important factor for judging a person‟s
English ability.
In the international relationship, English speaking ability is very important
to be able to participate in the wider world of work. The speaking skill is
measured in terms of the ability to carry out a conversation in the
language. This reality makes teachers and parents think that speaking
ability should be mastered by students
As a master of fact, it is not easy to study well a foreign language like
English. Almost students have difficulties in communication. In fact,
communication well is one of the key which helps learners step by step
discover this interesting language. To the non-major students especially
business administration students, speaking English is increasingly is
important factor, plays an essential role in integrating new flat working
environment. However, not all people are aware of this.
From my point of view , there is a need for business administration
students to be prepared for more business related communication in
addition to the more social and casual day- to -day communication skills
that the majority of the business administration students can master. With
this graduation paper, the writer wishes to stress the importance of extraactivities to improve English communication of business administration
students, especially QTTN‟ students
All the above reasons have inspired the writer to choose the subject “ A
study on extra-activities to improve English speaking skill of QTTN
class at HPU” to do research
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2. Aims of the study
With the hope of helping the business administration students make
progress in studying English speaking through extra-activities, the
graduation paper aims at finding out problems and expectations in English
speaking study. Moreover, some suggestions on appreciate techniques to
study English speaking have been given. Hopefully, students will be
interested in learning English speaking. So that they will pay much
attention to the lectures and get better results/
3. Scope of the study
In fact, there are lots of various techniques to study English
communication. It requires much of time and effort. However, due to the
limitation of time, resources and knowledge of mine, this study con only
focus on study some effective techniques in studying English speaking
for the business administration students.
4. Methods of the study
English speaking is a big theme; however, because of the limited
time and my knowledge, in this paper, the writer only focuses on note
taking skill problems in listening faced by business administration
students and some techniques for teaching English to solve these
problems. The study limits itself at finding out the difficulties in learning
speaking skill of QTTN students. Moreover, the researcher concentrates
on improving note taking skill in speaking class accessed in the view of
both students and lecturers
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5. Design of the study
The study contains 3 parts
Part I: Introduction presents the rationales, aims, research questions, scope,
method and design of the study.
Part II: Development consists of three chapters
Chapter 1 THEORETICAL BACKGROUND - deals with the concepts
including speaking and factors effected to speaking skill.
Chapter 2: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY - gives the situation analysis,
subjects, and data collection instruments.
Chapter 3: FINDING AND DISCUSSION – shows the results of the survey
and a comprehensive analysis on the data collected.
Part III: Conclusion presenting an overview of the study, suggestions for further
research and limitations of the study.
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PART TWO: DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 1: THEORETICAL BACKGROUNDS
1. Speaking
1.1. Definition of speaking
In Oxford Advanced Dictionary the definition of speaking is to express or
communicate opinions, feelings, ideas, etc, by or as talking and it involves the
activities in the part of the speaker as psychological, physiological (articulator)
and physical (acoustic) stages.
According to Chaney, speaking is the process of building and sharingmeaning
through the use of verbal and non-verbal symbols, in a variety of contexts.
While another expert, Theodore Huebner said “Language is essentially speech,
and speech is basically communication by sounds”
And according to him, speaking is a skill used by someone in daily life
communication whether at school or outside. The skill is acquired by much
repetition; it primarily a
Oxford Advanced Dictionary, p. 13 A. L. Chaney and T. L. Burke,
Teaching Oral Communication in Grades K-8
(Boston: Allyn &Bacon, 1998), p. 13
From the above definition, it can be inferred that speaking is expressing ideas,
opinions, or feelings to others by using words or sounds of articulation in order
to inform, to persuade, and to entertain that can be learnt by using some
teaching learning methodologies.