using tasks to motivate teenager speaking
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Abstract
We all know that learning a language is a combination of many different skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Meanwhile, speaking skill is considered to be the most difficult one.
The fact is that the majority of foreigners studying English include Vietnamese people are afraid to speak and communicate directly by English even many who have learned English to advanced levels. This seems the common problem in Vietnam.
High school’s students (almost teenagers) lack of the environment to practice English. They just memorize grammar and are tested on it in examinations.
Actually, in English syllabus, some lessons also use CDs to practice listening and speaking skills. However, teachers do not have enough time for students to practice because they just spend time to apply grammar, read vocabulary and do grammar exercises to prepare for the test and exam. In the other hand, lacks of resource is also a cause lead to this problem, especially in rural areas. Students just follow the way their teacher speak even it is sometimes wrong (Hieu 2011).
Consequently, learning English follows these traditional methods will make students passive and ineffective in speaking English.
This report will focus on using communicative approach, especially tasks, to motivate teenager speak English.
First of all, the report will briefly describe some characteristics of teenager learners, so teacher can understand and know how to deal with them. Secondly, some of the reasons lead to teenage learners’ failure in speaking English will be mentioned such as peer pressure, lack of motivation, lack of support, etc. And then, the brief definition about communicative approach and tasks will be mentioned as the recommendations to motivate teenagers speak English. Four kinds of task include mechanical, meaningful, communicative and communication that focus on skills rather than form of language will be useful for teenagers in improving oral
Abstract
We all know that learning a language is a combination of many different skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Meanwhile, speaking skill is considered to be the most difficult one.
The fact is that the majority of foreigners studying English include Vietnamese people are afraid to speak and communicate directly by English even many who have learned English to advanced levels. This seems the common problem in Vietnam.
High school’s students (almost teenagers) lack of the environment to practice English. They just memorize grammar and are tested on it in examinations.
Actually, in English syllabus, some lessons also use CDs to practice listening and speaking skills. However, teachers do not have enough time for students to practice because they just spend time to apply grammar, read vocabulary and do grammar exercises to prepare for the test and exam. In the other hand, lacks of resource is also a cause lead to this problem, especially in rural areas. Students just follow the way their teacher speak even it is sometimes wrong (Hieu 2011).
Consequently, learning English follows these traditional methods will make students passive and ineffective in speaking English.
This report will focus on using communicative approach, especially tasks, to motivate teenager speak English.
First of all, the report will briefly describe some characteristics of teenager learners, so teacher can understand and know how to deal with them. Secondly, some of the reasons lead to teenage learners’ failure in speaking English will be mentioned such as peer pressure, lack of motivation, lack of support, etc. And then, the brief definition about communicative approach and tasks will be mentioned as the recommendations to motivate teenagers speak English. Four kinds of task include mechanical, meaningful, communicative and communication that focus on skills rather than form of language will be useful for teenagers in improving oral