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Authors: Phan, Thị Khánh Linh; Advisor: Tạ, Thị Thanh Hoa (2024) - A case study was conducted to obtain a better insight into students’ willingness to
communicate (WTC) in speaking lessons that incorporated multiple intelligences (MI).
The researcher also aimed to explore students’ perceptions of the potential of MI approach
and the factors influencing their WTC in the lessons. The study was conducted in an
English center in Nghe An province with 16 IELTS students as participants. To gather data,
the researcher adopted an MI survey questionnaire, preliminary and follow-up WTC survey
questionnaires, interviews, and teacher’s classroom observation. For data analysis, both
qualitative and quantitative approaches were utilized. The results reveale...
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Authors: Vũ, Mai Linh; Advisor: Tạ, Thị Thanh Hoa (2025) - This study explored the utilization of the CLT approach in Hanoi secondary schools, focusing on teachers' perceptions of its benefits and challenges. It was prompted by the need for improved communicative competence instruction in Vietnam and the lack of research on CLT implementation. The sample included 92 language teachers from secondary schools in Hanoi. Using a mĩed-method approach, the instruments included a questionnaire, and follow-up interviews. The findings revealed that the teachers had positive perceptions of CLT‟s benefits, particularly in enhancing students' vocabulary and speaking skills, improving their own teaching abilities, effectively utilizing authentic materials,...
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Authors: Nguyễn, Thị Nhung; Advisor: Tạ, Thị Thanh Hoa (2023) - This research focused on investigating goals and motivation in English
language learning among Year 12 students at a vocational and continuing
education centre. The main purposes of this study were to find out: (1) the
student‟s learning goals and motivation regarding English learning; (2) the
importance of English learning goal setting toward their foreign language
learning motivation. The subjects of this study were 120 Year 12 students at a
Vocational and Continuing Education Centre. A mixed methods research
design was employed with the use of the two data collection instruments,
namely the survey questionnaire and interview. The results of this study show
that most of the...
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Authors: Cao, Thi Bao Ngoc; Advisor: Tạ, Thị Thanh Hoa (2024) - This action research was conducted to obtain a deeper insight into the experiences
of English speaking anxiety among the students and the potential of Gallery Walk
instruction technique in alleviating anxiety as well as their attitudes towards its
application. This study was based in a high school in Hai Phong city with 34 grade 10
students as participants. Guided by foreign language anxiety theory of Horwitz, the
research adopted pre and post questionnaires as well as semi-structured interviews to
collect data. For data analysis, both qualitative and quantitative approach were utilized,
including descriptive statistics and content analysis. Results showed that students
suffer...
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Authors: Nguyễn, Minh Yến; Advisor: Tạ, Thị Thanh Hoa (2022) - The objectives of the study are to examine students' perceptions of writing argumentative essays collaboratively at a university in Hanoi, Vietnam. The researcher also studied students' collaboration during collaborative writing and investigated the effectiveness of applying collaborative learning in enhancing students' writing argumentative essays from the teacher's assessment. The study took place with the participation of 20 third-year students who took English Writing Skills as a compulsory course. The study was conducted as action research in which the researcher plays the role of the teacher and the observer. The procedure of the research has four main steps: planning, action, o...
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Authors: Trần, Duy Thanh Huyền; Advisor: Tạ, Thị Thanh Hoa (2022) - Online learning in general and online group work in particular have been
increasingly popular in response to the school closure during the COVID-19 time.
An investigation on postgraduate students‟ experiences, their perceptions and
suggestions for improved online group work at a university in Hanoi is critical to
fulfill the hope to maximize these positive impacts of group work carried out in
online learning context. 43 M.A students of a university in Hanoi, Vietnam
(majoring in English Language Teaching Methodology) took part in this research
via questionnaire, observation and interviews to collect the data for analysis. Due to
online group work merits, MA students mostly enj...
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Authors: Nguyễn, Thị Minh Ngọc; Advisor: Tạ, Thị Thanh Hoa (2025) - This case study aimed to investigate the interaction behaviors demonstrated by students of introversion and extroversion personality taking part in dialogue speaking. To classify students into two groups of personality (extroversion, introversion), the researcher designed a questionnaire based on Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI). Observation and interview were two key instruments to collect the about their interaction behaviors. The data were analyzed by both quantitative and qualitative method. The quantitative included dialogues and interviews transcripts analysis. The qualitative method contained numeral data analysis regarding data from the questionnaires and observation notes....
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Authors: Cao, Thị Vân Anh; Advisor: Tạ, Thị Thanh Hoa (2023) - This is a case study which aims to investigate the influence of teacherrelated-factors in enhancing student engagement as well as students’ expectations and teachers’ suggestions for teachers in the enhancement of student engagement in English classes at an English center in Hanoi. To gather data, the researcher used questionnaires that were distributed to 30 grade-nine-students at an English center to see how teacher factors influence their engagement in the classrooms. In addition, the researcher conducted some interviews with three teachers and three students as well as did the classroom observation in both her own classes and other teachers’ for better insights into the teacher fa...
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Authors: Nguyễn, Quỳnh Nga; Advisor: Tạ, Thị Thanh Hoa (2024) - This research aimed to investigate EFL teachers' techniques and perceptions in fostering learner creativity at primary schools in Hanoi. Using a mixed-methods design, the research found that teachers combined various techniques in their own way. Visual aids and storytelling being the most frequently used techniques, followed by using prompts to stimulate imagination with moderated. Meanwhile, poetry writing activities were least employed. Moreover, the data also showed a significant vary in teachers' perspectives on their students' creative thinking. Regarding the teacher’s perceptions, hard work, collaboration, and a creative classroom environment were perceived to be essential for f...
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Authors: Nghiêm, Thị Hương Liên; Advisor: Tạ, Thị Thanh Hoa (2021) - Motivation has a significant role in the L2 learning process (Dörnyei, 1994), leading many researchers to investigate the strategies which might generate and maintain students’ motivation in L2 classrooms. Previous studies of motivational strategies have examined the views of either L2 teachers or students (Dörnyei & Csizér, 1998), and the relationship between teachers’ use of such strategies and students’ motivated behaviour. However, little research has investigated the perceptions of both EFL teachers and students in the same context. This study examines EFL teacher and students’ views about motivational strategies used in Vietnamese EFL classrooms to investigate potential mismatch...
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Authors: Đỗ, Thị Hoa; Advisor: Tạ, Thị Thanh Hoa (2022) - Storytelling is renowned as a popular technique in language teaching and learning English as Second Language (ESL) and English as Foreign Language (EFL). In this research, an action research design was employed to contribute better understanding about how young learners acquired a foreign language in an EFL class of five young learners in a private English class. With the storytelling technique the researcher made plans for the class of storytelling and made adjustments, when necessary, within five weeks using five stories. Storytelling lessons were planned weekly and accordingly improvised to facilitate children in their acquisition of English as a foreign language. Through the data ...
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