TAILIEUCHUNG - An investigation into the effects of group work in teaching speaking skills to ESP students at danang university of medical technology and pharmacy (DUMTP)

This study is attempted to determine the students’ passing ratio in English speaking skills and explore the effects of group work in teaching English speaking skills to general nurse students at DUMTP. 282 third-year students were selected to participate in the research. The collected data included scores of the pre- and post-treatment of oral tests and information from the questionnaires. | AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECTS OF GROUP WORK IN TEACHING SPEAKING SKILLS TO ESP STUDENTS AT DANANG UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND PHARMACY DUMTP Pham Dang Tram Anh Da Nang University of Medical Technology and Pharmacy Received 19 09 2017 Revised 20 10 2017 Accepted 30 08 2018 Abstract This study is attempted to determine the students passing ratio in English speaking skills and explore the effects of group work in teaching English speaking skills to general nurse students at DUMTP. 282 third-year students were selected to participate in the research. The collected data included scores of the pre- and post-treatment of oral tests and information from the questionnaires. The result showed little difference between pre- and post-test scores with the three teaching techniques traditional group work and traditional and group work combined however the findings showed the students positive attitude towards group work in class. Hence group work activities could have significant pedagogical implications and could be a useful technique in a language classroom if they are carefully planned. Key words ESP English for specific purposes group work activities language classroom speaking skills 1. Introduction One of the important objectives of National Project 2020 on teaching and learning foreign languages Vietnamese Government 2008 is that Most Vietnamese youth whoever graduate from vocational schools colleges and universities gain the capacity to use a foreign language independently. This enables them to be more confident in communication further their opportunities to study and work in an integrated and multi-cultural environment with variety of languages. In order to succeed in their career in every professional area graduates have to communicate well in English. As in many other countries in Vietnam English communicative skills are the biggest challenging problem for most learners of English in general and for DUMTP s students in particular. Obviously in the .

• Kỹ năng đọc tiếng Anh
• English for specific purposes
• Group work activities
• Language classroom
• Speaking skills
• English speaking skills
• The reality of English for specific purposes
• Challenges of English for specific purposes
• English for specific purposes of An Giang university
• An Giang University
• Lecture English for specific purposes 1
• Bài giảng Tiếng Anh chuyên ngành 1
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• The company
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• Time management
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• Present perfect
• Present continuous for future
• Writing an email
• Write a short report
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• English for business purposes
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• English language
• English for Physics
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• English for mathematical purposes
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• Cognitive Load Theory
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