DEVELOPING SPEAKING SKILL THROUGH PROJECT BASED LEARNING FOR THE FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS (CASE OF HOA THANH PRIMARY SCHOOL)

Tóm tắt

The main objective of English proficiency at primary level is to develop young learner’s listening and speaking skills. The study focuses on the two following matters: the ways project based learning (PBL) might enhance English speaking skills for the fifth grade students at Hoa Thanh Primary School, and the differences that can be found in the speaking skill proficiency between the control group and the experimental group. A mixed method approach (i.e. qualitative and quantitative) were implemented on 112 fifth grade students of Hoa Thanh Primary School and 15 teachers of four different primary schools in Ham Thuan Bac District. All evidence and data were retrieved through the pretest, posttest and reinforced by interviews, observations and questionnaires. Most students were interested, communicative and collaborative in PBL. They admitted that PBL motivated them to share their ideas with their classmates. The findings and discussions of the study revealed the dramatical effectiveness of PBL in developing speaking skills for the fifth grade students. The research contained implications and specific limitations. It also gave beneficial recommendations for further research in the same field.