Enhancing English - Vietnamese translation skills via student teamsachievement divisions technique: Action research at Hanoi Open University

With an aim to improve the translation skills of the second-degree English major students at Hanoi Open University, the Classroom Action Research was done with the use of Student Teams-Achievement Divisions (STAD) technique. 24 Students in class were divided into six groups. The Classroom Action Research consisted of two cycles. The data collected were all the results of the pretests, the post-tests, observation sheets and the worksheets.