TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS iii LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES iv PART ONE: INTRODUCTION 1 1. Rationale of the study 1 2. Scope of the study 1 3. Aim and objectives of the study 2 4. Research questions of the study 2 5. Methods of the study 2 6. Organization of the study 2 PART TWO: DEVELOPMENT 4 CHAPTER I: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 4 I.1 The nature of language skills 4 I.1.1 The nature of language skills 4 I.1.2 The nature of speaking skill 4 I.1.2.1 What is speaking? 4 I.1.2.2 What are components of speaking? 5 I.1.2.3 What skills and knowledge does a good speaker need? 7 I.2 Teaching adults 8 I.3 How speaking skill has been taught to adult ESOL learners 9 CHAPTER II: THE REALITY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILL AT VNUH 13 II.1 Overview of the subjects of the study 13 II.2 Data analysis 14 II.2.1 Discussion of the survey questionnaires 14 II.2.2 Presentation of statistical results 15 II.2.2.1 Teaching and learning speaking skill at SGS as seen from students’ perspective 15 II.2.2.2 Teaching and learning speaking skill at SGS as seen from teachers’ perspective 17 III.1 Findings 19 III.1.1 From students’ perspective 19 III.1.2 From teachers’ perspective 21 III.2 Recommendations 21 III.3 Suggested activities for motivating students and improving their speaking ability 27 PART THREE: CONCLUSION 43 1. Summary of the study 43 2. Suggestions for further study 43 REFERENCES A APPENDIX C
