(SKKN HAY NHẤT) the effectiveness of using pair work and group work in speaking lessons for the 11TH

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I. INTRODUCTION

1. RATIONALE OF THE STUDY

Nowadays English has become more and more important part in Vietnam

and it is an international language. Therefore, it has been taught in Vietnam from

primary schools to high schools as a compulsory subject. In English teaching,

the main objective is to prepare students for communication in the real world

and it is very important for a learner to efficiently equip himself with four skills:

Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing, together with relatively sufficient

background knowledge. Among those skills, speaking is a crucial part of

language learning. The mastery of speaking skill in English is a priority for

many second or foreign language learners.

The goal of education is currently focused on the development of

dynamic, the creative and active of students enable them to identify and solve

problems. So the application of traditional methods - centered teachers - are not

suitable for the development of education. The innovation of teaching and

learning method is affirming the advantages in the process of receiving lessons

of students. In fact, the last aim of learning foreign language is to communicate.

So in the period of learning, students don’t speak much, there is no effect in that

period. Foreign language teachers need to take advantages all chances to suggest

students practising speaking more than other subjects. Therefore, the foreign

language period is very different from other subject periods. Students are always

willing to speak. They speak a lot and understand what other people speak, they

can reach the aims of learning foreign language.

With many years of experience in teaching English at Nguyen Quan Nho

high school, I found that most students are lazy in giving ideas and answering

the questions. If the teachers apply traditional teaching methods in the lessons,

students will be more and more passive in learning. So, through the form pairs

and groups can support forms of work or working class individual. The training

activities in pairs, two - way nature of the group, strengthening the exchange of

information over the student or give the activities of communication practiced in

class so students can communicate in confidence English. To achieve this goal,

teacher should study the content of each lesson in the textbook, study subjects

and suitable students. Besides, teacher with teaching experience of ourselves,

observe, talk to friends and colleagues in and outside of schools to choose and

organize students to work in pair and group for suitable lessons, with cognitive

abilities of the children and attract their attention, giving the atmosphere more

lively lessons, relieved stress to promote the initiative and creativity of students

in acquiring knowledge.

Therefore, I decided to choose the theme “The effectiveness of using

pair work and group work in speaking lessons for the 11th form students” as

the topic of my research.

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2. AIMS OF THE STUDY

The study is aimed at:

- The research firstly aims to introduce pair work and group work and to

show the advantages of working in pairs and groups.

- The research secondly aims to show how to organize pair and group

work effectively and how to deal with initial problems that may arise.

- The research thirdly aims to show how pair and group work can be used

for various classroom activities.

- The research lastly aims to give teachers confidence in using pair and

group work themselves.

3. SCOPE OF THE STUDY

With this study, I put focus on investigating and discovering obstacles or

difficulties encountered by students in English speaking lessons at Nguyen Quan

Nho high school. From these findings, the internal and external causes are

analyzed to give some suggestions for tackling them in order to motivate

students and help improve students’ speaking competence by using pair work

and group work.

The study was conducted on the students of grade 11 at Nguyen Quan

Nho high school with the textbook “Tiếng Anh 11”.

4. RESEARCH QUESTIONS

This study is carried out to find the answer to the following questions:

1. How often are pair work and group work applied in English speaking

lessons?

2. Does using pair work and group work increase students’ interest in

English speaking lessons?

3. Does using pair work and group work increase students’ participation

in English speaking lessons?

5. METHODS OF THE STUDY

In order to get the goals of the study, I used some methods such as:

1. Observation method: The subjects performed self-exploration research

project conducted classroom visits, attended colleagues’ lessons.

2. Experimental methods: Teachers teach test conducted on each specific

purpose requires some speaking lessons.

3. Investigation method: Teachers ask questions to check understanding

content assessment of the students’ lessons.

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