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Description
This study examines a Flipped Mastery instructional model integrated with the Global Speak mobile application, focusing on grammar accuracy and speaking fluency among non-English-majored Grade 10 students at a gifted high school in northern Vietnam. Participants comprised over 70 learners from Physics and Literature tracks, with proficiency ranging from A2 to B1 — a population whose motivation for English frequently remains secondary to their specialist subjects.
Grounded in Mastery Learning principles and Flipped Learning pedagogy, the model operates across three phases. Before class, students complete levelled grammar tasks on the Global Speak app, with performance data logged on the platform's Learning Management System. The teacher uses these analytics to identify grammatical weaknesses and form mixed-ability groups. In class, peer instruction through "The Experts' Exchange" requires students to explain grammatical structures to peers, generating opportunities for both accuracy-focused consolidation and spontaneous spoken interaction. Post-class role-plays further push learners to deploy target grammar in fluent, contextualized speech.
Early observations suggest that flipping grammar instruction reduces teacher-fronted explanation time, allowing more in-class speaking practice. Students also report lower anxiety when processing grammar independently beforehand, increasing willingness to communicate among those who do not identify as English specialists.
This research offers EFL practitioners a practical, ICT-enhanced framework for integrating grammar instruction with speaking development, with particular relevance to gifted non-English-majored learners in Vietnamese high school contexts.
Biography
Nguyen Huong Lan is currently an English teacher at Bien Hoa High School for the Gifted, Ninh Binh Province. She is also pursuing a Master’s degree in Linguistics and English Language Teaching Methodology at Hanoi National University of Education.
She has achieved several academic distinctions, including First Prize in the Faculty-level Scientific Research Contest at the English Department, HNUE 2024, and Second Prize in the University-level Scientific Research Contest, HNUE 2024. Her research was also selected for the semi-finals of the 26th EURÉKA Scientific Research Student Award. Besides, she is the co-author of a research paper published in the Journal of Science: Educational Science, Volume 69, Issue 4. In 2025, she also had a research paper published in the Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Innovation in Learning Instruction and Teacher Education, ILITE 4.
Her recent research focuses on developing a toolkit to help high school students enhance their media and information literacy skills through English project-based learning in the Vietnamese educational context. Her research interests include ICT in education, digital literacy in language learning and education, media and information literacy, English project-based learning, and pedagogical design in the Vietnamese educational context.
| Affiliate type | Vietnamese public school |
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