ENHANCING ENGLISH SPEAKING PERFORMANCE OF THE FIRST-YEAR NON ENGLISH MAJOR FROM ETHNIC GROUPS AT THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION BY USING COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES

Abstract

These day English is considered to be an international language; and it plays an important role in the current integration of globalization from communication to opportunities in many sectors such as learning, working, expanding relationships to business cooperation, etc. People have to learn four main skills including speaking, listening, reading and writing when learning any language. In fact, many people who have studying English for more than 5 years can not speaking English fluently because many reasons, especially the first-year non English majors from ethnic groups in Vietnam in general and at TUE in particular. This study aims at investigating the current situation of speaking performance, the current situation of using cooperative activities and the effectiveness of using cooperative activities to enhance English speaking performance of the first-year non English majors from ethnic groups at TUE. Questionnaire, T-test and class observation were used to collect data in order to discover the answers to research questions. The participants were twenty of the first-year non English majors from ethnic groups at TUE. They were the participants of the study. The participants were taken part in a pre-test and divided into two groups: the experimental group and control group. The result of the study is certainly meaningful and useful for not only the ethnic students’ learning process but also the teachers in teaching speaking skill for ethnic students at FLE in particular and TUE in general.