Reducing Students’ Psychological Barriers to Speaking English at a Vietnamese University
Abstract
Speaking is a crucial skill of the four-macro skills because it clearly shows learners’ language ability. However, the speaking skill of learners, particularly the first-year students at Hanoi University of Industry (HaUI), remains limited. It takes a macro study to fid the reasons for and solutions to this problem. Within the limited scope, this article summarizes the psychological factors that prevent learners from speaking English in class. Then it suggests possible solutions that teachers should take to motivate low-level students to speak and improve their overall speaking competence.
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“Reducing Students’ Psychological Barriers to Speaking English at a Vietnamese University”, Soc. sci. humanities j., vol. 5, no. 04, pp. 2164–2170, Apr. 2021, Accessed: Nov. 23, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://sshjournal.com/index.php/sshj/article/view/691
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