[FONT=Times New Roman]TABLE OF CONTENTS

CANDIDATE’S STATEMENT i

ACKNOWLEGDEMENTS ii

ABSTRACT iii

LIST OF ABREVIATIONS iv

LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES v

TABLE OF CONTENTS vi

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION 1

I. Rationale of the study 1

II. Aims of the study 2

III. Reseach questions 2

IV. Scope of the study 2

V. Methods of the study 2

VI. Design of the study 3

PART TWO: DEVELOPMENT 4

Chapter one Literature review 4

1.1. Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) 4

1.1.1. Concept of CLT 4

1.1.2. Characteristics of CLT 4

1.1.3. Conditions of Applying CLT 5

1.1.4. Using CLT in Teaching Speaking Skills 6

1.1.5. Factors Affecting CLT Application 7

1.2. Speaking Skill 7

1.2.1. Concepts of Speaking 7

1.2.2. Characteristics of Speaking 8

1.2.3. The Development Approach of Speaking Skill 9

1.3. Problems with Speaking and Speaking activities 10

1.3.1. Problems with Speaking 10

1.3.2. Problems with Speaking Activities 11

1.4. Motivation 12

1.4.1. Definition of Motivation 12

1.4.2. Types of Motivation 13

Chapter two Research Methodology 15

2.1. Practical Situation of Teaching and Learning English Speaking Skills at HaUI 15

2.1.1. Description of the English Course and its Objectives at HaUI 15

2.1.2. Description of the Students at HaUI 16

2.1.3. Description of the Teachers at HaUI 17

2.2. The Study 17

2.2.1. Participants 17

2.2.2. The Setting of the Study 18

2.2.3. The Data Collection Methods 19

2.2.4. Data Analysis of the Teachers’ and Students’ Survey Questionnaires 20

2.3. Findings and Discussions 33

2.3.1. Teachers’ and Students’ Attitudes towards Speaking and Speaking Materials 33

2.3.2. Teachers’ and Students’ Problems in Teaching and Learning to Speak

English 33

2.4. Summary 37

Chapter three Recommendations to Improve the Teaching and

Learning to Speak English 38

3.1. Improving Teachers’ Classroom Techniques to Teach Speaking Materials 38

3.1.1. Increasing Students’ Speaking Interest and Motivation 38

3.1.2. Applying Different Activities in Teaching Speaking 39

3.1.3. Activating Students to Work in Different Stages of Speaking 41

3.2. Training Students to Become Efficient Speakers 42

3.2.1. Making Students Aware of the Nature of Speaking Process 42

3.2.2. Encouraging Students to Develop Speaking Habits 42

3.3. Developing English Speaking Materials 44

3.4. Improving Teachers’ Professional Knowledge, Teaching Methodology and

Responsibilities 45

3.4.1. Improving Teachers’ Professional Knowledge 45

3.4.2. Improving Teachers’ Teaching Methodology 46

3.4.3. Increasing Teachers’ Responsibilities 46

3.5. Summary 47

PART THREE: CONCLUSION 48

REFERENCES

APPENDICES I

APPENDIX 1 : Survey Questionnaire for Teachers I

APPENDIX 2 : Survey Questionnaire for Students II