MEASUREMENT OF FACTORS AFFECTING ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILLS OF STUDENTS AT THE FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT OF VAN LANG UNIVERSITY
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28 March 2026
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15 March 2017
Abstract
SPEAKING ENGLISH BECOMES REALLY IMPORTANT IN VIETNAM ESPECIALLY FOR THE TIME OF INTERNATIONAL AND GLOBAL INTEGRATION. THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES (FFD) AT VAN LANG UNIVERSITY DESIRES TO TRAIN STUDENTS TO SPEAK ENGLISH WELL TO WORK IN THE COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT; HOWEVER, MOST OF THE STUDENTS ARE NOT SPEAKING FLUENTLY. THIS S TUDY IS DONE WITH THE QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHOD USING SPSS SOFTWARE THROUGH LIKERT SCALE TO FIND THE POOR FACTORS IN THEIR ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILLS. THAT RESULT LEADS TO RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF SPEAKING AND TEACHING ENGLISH IN THE FACULTY IN PARTICULAR AND IN THE UNIVERSITY IN GENERAL .
Keywords
VIETNAM
ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILLS
THE FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
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