Using Seesaw Application in Improving English Speaking Skills: the Case of an International Middle School

This study is designed to identify factors affecting the 6th grade Korean students’ English speaking learning as well as the difficulties they encountered and then investigate the impacts of SeeSaw on speaking skills at an international middle school in Hanoi. In this study, the students’ improveme...

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Main Author: Hoa Huong Le
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: VJE 2022-06-01
Series:Vietnam Journal of Education
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Online Access:https://vje.vn/index.php/journal/article/view/152
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description This study is designed to identify factors affecting the 6th grade Korean students’ English speaking learning as well as the difficulties they encountered and then investigate the impacts of SeeSaw on speaking skills at an international middle school in Hanoi. In this study, the students’ improvements on speaking skills were measured by a pre-test and a post-test after the intervention. In order to address the factors causing the students’ difficulties in speaking, their learning motivation, interactions with teachers, peers and parents, and attitudes towards SeeSaw, 20 post-intervention questionnaires were delivered to the 20 students belonging to the experimental group. The questionnaire result analysis with SPSS also provided qualitative data on the social well-being of the Korean students. Furthermore, qualitative data taken from the interview with some random respondents were used to make the results obtained from the questionnaires clearer and more reliable. The study results revealed the students’ difficulties in learning English speaking skills and some enhancement in their speaking skills. It can be concluded that SeeSaw is a useful tool for the teaching and learning English speaking skills.
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spelling doaj.art-796fad62dbdb4f958b423cf8a78f80462024-04-12T04:05:29ZengVJEVietnam Journal of Education2588-14772815-55722022-06-0162Using Seesaw Application in Improving English Speaking Skills: the Case of an International Middle SchoolHoa Huong Le0People’s Police University, Vietnam This study is designed to identify factors affecting the 6th grade Korean students’ English speaking learning as well as the difficulties they encountered and then investigate the impacts of SeeSaw on speaking skills at an international middle school in Hanoi. In this study, the students’ improvements on speaking skills were measured by a pre-test and a post-test after the intervention. In order to address the factors causing the students’ difficulties in speaking, their learning motivation, interactions with teachers, peers and parents, and attitudes towards SeeSaw, 20 post-intervention questionnaires were delivered to the 20 students belonging to the experimental group. The questionnaire result analysis with SPSS also provided qualitative data on the social well-being of the Korean students. Furthermore, qualitative data taken from the interview with some random respondents were used to make the results obtained from the questionnaires clearer and more reliable. The study results revealed the students’ difficulties in learning English speaking skills and some enhancement in their speaking skills. It can be concluded that SeeSaw is a useful tool for the teaching and learning English speaking skills. https://vje.vn/index.php/journal/article/view/152Speaking skillsimprovementSeesaw applicationintervention
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Using Seesaw Application in Improving English Speaking Skills: the Case of an International Middle School
Vietnam Journal of Education
Speaking skills
improvement
Seesaw application
intervention
title Using Seesaw Application in Improving English Speaking Skills: the Case of an International Middle School
title_full Using Seesaw Application in Improving English Speaking Skills: the Case of an International Middle School
title_fullStr Using Seesaw Application in Improving English Speaking Skills: the Case of an International Middle School
title_full_unstemmed Using Seesaw Application in Improving English Speaking Skills: the Case of an International Middle School
title_short Using Seesaw Application in Improving English Speaking Skills: the Case of an International Middle School
title_sort using seesaw application in improving english speaking skills the case of an international middle school
topic Speaking skills
improvement
Seesaw application
intervention
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