Abstract
EFL high school students’ low level of participation is reported as a problem commonly found in English speaking classes. This study aims to investigate high school students’ perceptions of suggestions for promoting students’ participation in English speaking classes. Questionnaires and interviews were employed as data collection instruments of the study. 206 EFL high school students from three grades in a high school in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam responded to the questionnaire and then 6 of them participated in the semi-structured interview sessions. The results strongly endorsed that “promote students’ self-confidence”, “make learning tasks stimulating and the way teachers present tasks”, “establish a supportive and caring relationship”, and “create a pleasant classroom climate” were significant strategies promoting students’ participation. The results of the study are expected to contribute to the comprehension of teachers’ strategies to enhance students’ participation in English speaking classes.
 
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IntroductionHuynh Thien Chi, Le Xuan Mai SUGGESTIONS FOR PROMOTING STUDENTS’ PARTICIPATION IN ENGLISH SPEAKING CLASSES: STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS passive in speaking English
206 EFL high school students from three grades in a high school in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam responded to the questionnaire and 6 of them participated in the semi-structured interview sessions
What are high school students’ perceptions of suggestions to promote students’ participation in English speaking classes? The research was designed as a descriptive qualitative and quantitative study in which the data were collected through questionnaires and interviews
Summary
Huynh Thien Chi, Le Xuan Mai SUGGESTIONS FOR PROMOTING STUDENTS’ PARTICIPATION IN ENGLISH SPEAKING CLASSES: STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS passive in speaking English. Do they actively participate in speaking practices. Students’ participation can be affected by a variety of factors coming from students’ side, teachers’ side and the context. This is a common phenomenon in almost all high schools. This has driven the researcher to conduct this study to identify the effective strategies to promote students’ participation in speaking activities
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