English major

When mentioning teaching and learning English at all levels of education in countries where English is classified as English as a Foreign Language, four principal skills – listening, speaking, reading, and writing – have been widely researched. Listening has long been recognized as a challenging skill for teachers, students, and researchers in non-English native language contexts.

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This article aims to find out the 2nd year non-English major students’ learning at National Academy of Public Administration towards the speaking skills in the textbook “Face2face, Pre-intermediate” with the focus on students’ difficulties, preferences and demands in learning speaking skill.

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This study seeks to explore the potential of the Project-based learning method in enhancing three important soft skills, including critical thinking, social-emotional skill, and self-regulation, which are believed to be beneficial for students’ sustainable development, among non-English-major students in a university in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.

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One of the major priorities of many nations worldwide is to train STEM human resources to fulfill the demands of the 21st century. Given the potential scarcity of Vietnam’s STEM workforce, it is vital to ascertain students’ present STEM career interests to assist them immediately in making a STEM career decision.

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This research delves into the typical grammatical mistakes made by Vietnamese students when writing in English, with the goal of revealing the particular linguistic difficulties they encounter. Carried out with 57 first-year students with diverse majors at a university in Vietnam, the study examines various levels of English skills, spanning from novice to expert.

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This study intends to investigate the task-based language teaching (TBLT), known for its effectiveness in English Language Teaching (ELT) to improve students' communicative English skills. The study also aims to get insights into students' perspectives on learning grammar through Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT).

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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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The object of the research is 60 first-year non- English language major students at Thai Nguyen University of Sciences. The students were randomly divided into 2 groups (experimental group and control group), each group consisted of 30 students.

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This paper presents a study into difficulties in English – Vietnamese translation faced by English-majored students. Although basic knowledge of English with four main skills is delivered to the students at the beginning of their academic courses at university, translation in general causes tons of troubles for them.

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The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of English podcasts in improving listening skills for non-English major students and measure their satisfaction with podcasts as a listening resource. Twenty-eight participants, including nine males and nineteen females, were randomly assigned to either a control group or an experimental group.

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The study was conducted with the participation of 150 first-year and second-year English major students at the School of Foreign Languages, Thai Nguyen University. The results of the study indicate that all the vocabulary learning strategies listed in the questionnaire were used by the participants.

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English legal characteristics create significant obstacles in understanding equivalent meanings of legal normative documents, so translation skills are thought to be essential for legal professionals. For the purpose of training current and future legal translators, this study aimed to investigate the difficulties legal English major students might encounter when translating legal documents.

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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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The study aims to help students understand challenges when learning legal English, and propose vocabulary learning strategies for students to accumulate appropriate knowledge and a rational orientation for learning legal English.

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This research delves into the realm of language learning strategies (LLSs) among 116 Vietnamese and Indonesian university students majoring in English and English Language Education. Utilizing Rebecca Oxford's Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) with a quantitative approach, the study aims to unravel the connections between culture and language learning strategies.

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This study aimed at investigating English-major students’ experiences with the use of digital resources for their informal language learning (ILL) at a university in Vietnam. The data collection instruments included questionnaires, which were delivered online to 91 participants, and semi-structured interviews carried out with 12 of these participants.

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The study employed the quantitative approach through a questionnaire. The findings of the study reveal that learners have to confront certain barriers regarding the policy, curriculum and applicability along with the opportunities to develop and foster competency.

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This study, therefore, investigated students’ evaluation of Solutions Pre-intermediate, one textbook belonging to the Solutions series. 256 non-English majors at a public university in Vietnam participated in the study and completed an online 29-item questionnaire which examined their perceptions of the organization, activities, linguistic aspects, and subject and content and their overall evaluation of the textbook.

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The study also addresses challenges, such as idiomatic expressions and tool limitations, emphasizing the pivotal role of training programs in addressing issues, educating users, and enhancing tools. In conclusion, the research advocates for an educational shift, urging programs to foster critical thinking.

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Thua Thien Hue provine is one of the major religious centers of the Central - Central Highlands region and the whole country. Hue province Committee for Religious Affairs is tasked with state management of religion in Thua Thien Hue provine.

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