Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
; 201406040041
Lecturer ; Mr. Zachariah Aidin Druckman
Topic ; Factors Affecting Students’ Speaking Performance.
Not all language learner are fluent. Teachers need to take part in helping students.
Three major parts; 1) communicative competence.
2) speaking performance.
3) speaking problems.
1) linguistic competence, sociolinguistic competence, pragmatic competence, and
strategic competence.
2) Factors – performance condition (time pressure, planning, standard of
performance, and amount of support).
- Affective factors (motivation, self confidence, anxiety).
- listening ability.
- topical knowledge.
- Feedback during speaking activities.
3) inhibition, lack of topical knowledge, low or uneven participation, and mother-
tongue use.
Inhibition- worry about making mistakes, fear at criticism or losing face, shy.
Lack of topical knowledge- cannot think of anything to say, no motivation to express
themselves, little understanding on the topic.
Low or uneven participation- given little time to speak when in group, one may
dominate the speech.
Mother-tongue use- easier to use, easier to understand, easier to communicate, and
it is natural.
Teachers play a major role in student’s life!
It has all the content that I need to understand.
Easily understood (context, research, and meaning)
The use of word in the text are easily understood
Can be use as a reference to my topic.
Abstract- stating the purpose of the study (to investigate the speaking problems of
the students and the factors affecting their speaking performance.)
- stating the number of participant involved
- mention about research instruments and made some recommendations,
and also what to expect from the research.
Introduction- stating the necessary skills in learning language (speaking, listening,
reading, and writing.)
- addressing issues related to the topic.
Problem statement- Identifying the problem/ factors affecting speaking.
(Performance conditions, Affective factors, Listening ability,
Topical knowledge, and Feedback during speaking activities.)
- Stating the bigger problem which is speaking problems which
the students encounters the most.(inhibition, anxiety, shyness,
complete use of mother-tongue, fear of criticism, and no motivation.
Research objectives- Examining the factors affecting their oral performance.
- Suggesting some recommendations that may enhance
students‘ speaking performance.
Research questions- What are the problems that the students at Le Thanh Hien High
School encounter when they learn to speak English?
- What are the factors that affect their speaking performance?
Methodology- In order to get data for the study, two hundred and three students of
five grade, 11 classes were chosen to answer the questionnaires.
- The instrument used in this study was questionnaires and class observation.
- the researcher used class observation to see how the teachers carried
out speaking lessons, how the students performed and what problems
the students really encountered in speaking lessons.
- The procedure for conducting the questionnaire survey are very well
organized.
- considering the student’s English understanding, the researcher translated
the data into Vietnamese after validate it to his supervisor.
- sample data are provided.
Analysis- Use quantitative data (Excel program), and also qualitative data.
- The researcher also discussed the strong and weak points of these classes.
- both teachers and students agreed that topical knowledge affect greatly on the
student’s speaking performance.
- tables and percentage are used correctly.
Discussion and conclusion- the researcher state that there were consistent among data
from teachers’ questionnaire, students’ questionnaire and
class observation.
- majority of them choose topical knowledge to be the great
issues regarding the student’s speaking performance.
- other part includes listening ability and motivation to speak,
teachers’ feedback during speaking activities, and confidence.
References- use reliable reference, right quotation, sources are relevant, and theories
are used correctly.
Appendix- provide questionnaire to teachers and students.
- questions are related and relevant to topic.
Yes.
Lead to more discovery.
Makes me think deeper.
There is more to what the researcher had research.
More factor than what had been told.
Nguyen, H.T (2015). FACTORS AFFECTING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING PERFORMANCE AT
LE THANH HIEN HIGH SCHOOL .
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