Teaching assimilations to improve listening skills for Vietnamese students

Few would deny that at the very first stage of learning, language learners have to spend most of their time on practising listening skills in communication inside and outside class. They have to listen to others speaking, listen to themselves while talking and even implicitly while reading and writ...

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Main Author: Du Thanh Tran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: VJE 2020-12-01
Series:Vietnam Journal of Education
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Online Access:https://vje.vn/index.php/journal/article/view/85
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description Few would deny that at the very first stage of learning, language learners have to spend most of their time on practising listening skills in communication inside and outside class. They have to listen to others speaking, listen to themselves while talking and even implicitly while reading and writing. Listening is an important way of acquiring the language as well as picking up the structures and vocabulary. With a careful observation of the current situation of Vietnamese learners’ listening competencies and a thorough review of reference materials in English language teaching and learning, it is hoped that the study will help heighten students’ awareness of the problematic sounds that they encounter when listening to colloquial, casual and connected speech.
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spelling doaj.art-5c74daf67579442ca0f2a2d07f7719412024-04-12T04:05:57ZengVJEVietnam Journal of Education2588-14772815-55722020-12-0144Teaching assimilations to improve listening skills for Vietnamese studentsDu Thanh Tran0Thu Dau Mot University, Vietnam Few would deny that at the very first stage of learning, language learners have to spend most of their time on practising listening skills in communication inside and outside class. They have to listen to others speaking, listen to themselves while talking and even implicitly while reading and writing. Listening is an important way of acquiring the language as well as picking up the structures and vocabulary. With a careful observation of the current situation of Vietnamese learners’ listening competencies and a thorough review of reference materials in English language teaching and learning, it is hoped that the study will help heighten students’ awareness of the problematic sounds that they encounter when listening to colloquial, casual and connected speech. https://vje.vn/index.php/journal/article/view/85Assimilationconnected speech soundslistening skills
spellingShingle Du Thanh Tran
Teaching assimilations to improve listening skills for Vietnamese students
Vietnam Journal of Education
Assimilation
connected speech sounds
listening skills
title Teaching assimilations to improve listening skills for Vietnamese students
title_full Teaching assimilations to improve listening skills for Vietnamese students
title_fullStr Teaching assimilations to improve listening skills for Vietnamese students
title_full_unstemmed Teaching assimilations to improve listening skills for Vietnamese students
title_short Teaching assimilations to improve listening skills for Vietnamese students
title_sort teaching assimilations to improve listening skills for vietnamese students
topic Assimilation
connected speech sounds
listening skills
url https://vje.vn/index.php/journal/article/view/85
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