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Description
The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is an important requirement to evaluate English proficiency in Vietnam. There is a need to have strategies that help students improve their scores in different skills, especially speaking skills. This quasi - study focuses on the effects of implementing Cooperative Principle on IELTS students’ speaking performance and the extent that students obey the four maxims of Cooperative Principle during the IELTS speaking test. 24 students from a language center in the Mekong Delta were divided in two groups, namely experimental and control groups. The treatment was in eight sessions, each lasted 90 minutes. The data from the pre-test and post-test show significantly improvement of students from the experimental group. This is recorded statistically significant improvement in all criteria, showing that the intervention to be more effective than using the traditional method. The findings reveal the positive correlation between students’ speaking performance and the number of the instances of maxims students follow. Pedagogical implications for IELTS teachers, students and further research are made.
Biography
LE Tho holds a Master's degree in Education and works at a language centre in the Mekong Delta, where she specializes in language learning and assessment. Her experience includes teaching, testing and assessment, curriculum design, and professional development in the field of language education. With a deep interest in evaluating and improving language proficiency, she is dedicated to advancing research and methodologies that drive student success in language acquisition. She also continually seeks to bridge research with practical applications in the classroom.
