SELF-ASESSMENT OF THE FRESHMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN DISCUSSION OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING SKILLS TRAINING AT HANOI UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY

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  • Dang Thanh Van Hanoi University of Business and Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51453/2354-1431/2024/1069

Keywords:

Self-assessment, motivational participation, English competency, effectiveness, language environments

Abstract

Of all the four skills, speaking is one of the skills which is very important to be mastered by most language learners. This descriptive quantitative study was conducted with 69 representative first-year non-English major students at Hanoi University of Business and Technology during the second term of the 2022-2023 academic years. The results revealed that most of the participants had a low level of English which deterred them from active participation in English-speaking lessons. Moreover, despite finding it challenging to take part in discussion activities, they still wanted teachers to give them more chances to participate in. The findings would be served as resourceful references to whom concerned

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2025-01-16

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Dang, V. (2025). SELF-ASESSMENT OF THE FRESHMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN DISCUSSION OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING SKILLS TRAINING AT HANOI UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY. SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL OF TAN TRAO UNIVERSITY, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.51453/2354-1431/2024/1069

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Vol. 10 No. 3 (2024): Scientific Education (English)

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Humanities and Social Sciences

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