EFL students

This quantitative research aims to examine 75 EFL students’ perspectives of teacher creativity in teaching English speaking skills at the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education. Using Kharkhurin’s (2014) conceptual framework of creativity, the paper focuses on four dimensions of teachers’ novelty, utility, aesthetics and authentic attributes in teaching English speaking skills.

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Grammar acquisition remains a challenge for many EFL learners, necessitating innovative approaches to enhance learning effectiveness. This study investigates the impact of using the Nearpod platform on improving high school students' grammatical competence. A quasi-experimental design with sampling was selected, including 40 students of class 10A7 at Ngo Quyen High School.

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This study investigates the experiences of English major students at a university in Vietnam with feedback from writing classes. It aims to seek a better understanding of various types of feedback that students receive in their writing courses, assessing their quality, effectiveness, and how they align with students' needs and expectations.

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This study examines the perception of academic vocabulary among EFL English-majored students, specifically on the importance of confidence and difficulties in using vocabulary, the perceived effect on writing, and the ways of learning it.

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This study aims at exploring the causes and impacts of speech errors in spontaneous speech produced by Vietnamese EFL learners, with both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The results of the study showed that the major causes of speech errors were LI interference, cognitive overload, and lack of exposure to real life English conversations.

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This study aimed to determine the effects of self-questioning on pre-intermediate EFL students’ reading comprehension and explore their perceptions of learning to read with self-questioning. A quasi-experimental design was carried out among two groups of sixty-eight Vietnamese pre-intermediate students over a nine-week reading course using self-questioning and teacher-posed questions.

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Their self-report active participation in the e-quizzes and follow-up teacher/peer feedback sessions demonstrated high levels of behavioral engagement. Students were, however, slightly less in agreement with the benefits of Quizizz in enhancing their self-monitoring and critical thinking skills. Some reservations remain about technical problems during quiz administration and the use of scores in Quizizz gamified tests for summative assessment purposes.

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The roles of the teacher and students in online language classes have been a well-researched area, yielding various insights into the potentials of online technologies and the need for a consideration of redefining classroom roles. Drawing on a case study, for particularities, this paper presents the results of an exploratory investigation into the development of classroom roles in an EFL Listening class integrating online technologies at a university.

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EFL university teachers' emotions are likely to be influenced by students’ behaviours in the classroom. Thus, practicing emotion regulation is considered to support teachers to achieve their professional objectives and effective teaching. In this case study, the negative emotions associated with classroom teaching experienced by an EFL university lecturer due to students’ behaviors were video recorded.

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The purpose of this article is to examine the translation processes used by Vietnamese EFL college students as well as the effectiveness of the translated versions in comparison to the original Vietnamese papers.

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By the aim to enhance the listening skills of EFL freshmen, an experiment was conducted using cartoons with thirty-five first-year students in an experimental group, compared to a control group, through pre-tests and post-tests. The intervention took place over five weeks during the first semester of the 2022-2023 school year, utilizing ten cartoons as research tools.

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This study aims to report on an investigation into Dong Nai University EFL students' beliefs and practices of autonomous learning. The study was carried out for 6 weeks in the first semester of school year 2023-2024 at Dong Nai University, Vietnam. The research employed a quantitative method by using a questionnaire to gather data from 80 English-majored students.

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This paper discusses the effects of an intercultural communication course on the development of students‟ intercultural communicative competence, a crucial competence for language learners in the globalised world.

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EFL teachers play different roles in supporting students’ development of learner autonomy in their learning. However, they may encounter challenges in fulfilling their task. This study aims to investigate EFL teachers’ roles and challenges they may face in developing learner autonomy for non-English majors at a college in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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In this study, the efficacy of educational technology tools in enhancing speaking skills was explored through a quasi-experimental design involving 84 IT freshmen. Employing tools such as FORVO (FV), YouGlish (YG), and Oxford Advanced Learners' Dictionary (OALD) 8th edition, the research compared the speaking abilities of students using these technologies (experimental group) against those taught through traditional methods (control group).

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This qualitative study delves into EFL teachers’ strategies for promoting inclusivity in language assessment through their utilization of alternative approaches to accounting for students’ diverse sociocultural backgrounds, language learning experiences, and levels of proficiency.

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Discovering an imagined identity and investment in teaching competency development of English as a Foreign Language studentteachers has gradually become one of the most significant issues in English language teaching field. The study aims to unravel imagined identity and the extent of investment in developing teaching competency of English as a Foreign Language student-teachers at a university in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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Public speaking is recognized as one of the most essential skills in the 21st century, playing a crucial role in assessing students’ speaking abilities and overall communication competence. This is especially important for EFL university students, who face significant challenges in mastering public speaking. This study aims to investigate the causes of public speaking anxiety and examine the effects of workshops on improving students' public speaking skills.

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This study investigates the impact of using collocations in teaching writing English as a Foreign Language (EFL) for first-year English majored students at Dong Nai Technology University (DNTU), and the attitudes of these students towards the application of collocations in the writing course.

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This study investigates first-year English major students' attitudes toward ER activities, addressing the question: “What are first-year English majors’ perceptions of extensive reading activities?” Despite considerable research interest in ER, students’ perspectives on this activity have not been thoroughly evaluated at the university level, highlighting a significant gap in the literature.

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