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Description
Artificial intelligence and digital technology make manually teaching English with learners’ competence-based approach much challenged for teachers in general, it is a possible way of combining communicative and non-communicative activities in the class in order to develop students’ language skills and competence and to meet their current needs in English learning. This study investigates the perceptions of 250 fifth grade students with the aim of better understanding the appropriateness and effectiveness of communicative and non-communicative activities in their English as a Foreign Language classes in Phu Ly primary schools. Mixed methods, data were collected by means of a questionnaire, semi-structured interview and group discussion were used. The research shows that the majority of the students expressed strong interest in non-communicative activities rather than communicative activities in term of preference. This study also finds out the learners’ difficulties in taking part in non-communicative activities that reveals some further researches in the future. Recommendations for overcoming these difficulties including a need for closer co-operation between students and teachers in the way, which improve students’ level of using communicative and non-communicative activities in balance with the help of technology.
Biography
She is now Vice Principal of the primary school. She has nearly 15 years of teaching from primary to high schools. She would like to be engaged in life-long learning pursuit of education and training with people around the world. She hopes that she will have more and more chances to learn and receive knowledge from everyone.
