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Description
Students often learn English by completing tasks both during classroom lessons and as homework assignments. At a university in Hanoi, Vietnam, non-English majors are given suitable tasks targeting the four language skills, vocabulary, or grammar, which they complete according to their pace and abilities. Each task is designed to align with the topics and content taught in class. This study explores how engaging in these tasks affects students’ performance throughout their English course. The main research methods include classroom observation and an analysis of non-English majors’ speaking and midterm test results over the semester. The findings indicated that the task-based approach was generally quite effective, as reflected in the students’ relatively high scores on both assessments, achieved under closely monitored classroom conditions.
Keywords: task-based course, non-English majors, speaking test, mid-term test
Biography
Pham Thi Thanh Thuy, Ph.D is teaching English at Hanoi National University of Education. She earned her M.A degree in University of Languages and International Studies-Vietnam National University, Hanoi. Her Ph.D degree focuses on linguistics. She majors in 4 skills of English, vocabulary, linguistics, and methods of teaching and learning English. She has attended many conferences including 57th RELC International Conference 2023 in Singapore and VietTESOL International Convention Conference 2024. Her slogan is: “You cannot live the 2nd time, so live and work with love at your fullest effort!”
Email : phamthanhthuy09@gmail.com
Mobile : 84975908370
