Student’s Attitudes towards Communicative Activities on EFL Student’s Speaking Performance

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https://doi.org/10.54855/ijli.221112

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communicative activities, learning English, speaking, student’s attitudes.

Abstract

Speaking proficiency is regarded as one of the essential language skills presumed successful when learners can use what they learn to communicate well. However, many English as a foreign language (EFL) students struggle to master this ability due to a lack of exposure to communication situations. The study aims to determine students' attitudes towards communication activities in the language learning process. This study was conducted with the participation of 21 grade 5 in Vinh Binh Primary School, located in Ben Tre province, to give the answers to the questionnaire with items about using communicative activities in the classroom to enhance students' speaking skills. The findings revealed that communicative activities had a considerable impact on improving experimental students' speaking performance. Moreover, students showed positive views on using communicative activities in their speaking classrooms.

Author Biography

Vo Thi Anh Dao, Tra Vinh University, Tra Vinh City, Vietnam

Vo Thi Anh Dao is a contract English teacher at Vinh Binh Primary School in Ben Tre Province. She has been teaching for six years and continuing her passion for teaching with the desire to dedicate to education and the primary school children in her hometown. With that desire, she is constantly learning and developing herself, researching methods of teaching English to children to make them interested and passionate about this second language.

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17-09-2022

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Vo, T. A. D. (2022). Student’s Attitudes towards Communicative Activities on EFL Student’s Speaking Performance . International Journal of Language Instruction, 1(1), 143–154. https://doi.org/10.54855/ijli.221112

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2022): Language Instruction

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Research Article

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