Problems in speaking skill of the first year English majored students at HUBT and some solutions to improve their speaking skill

Abstract

As you know, English is popular all over the world and becomes an international language. One of the objectives in foreign language teaching in Hanoi University of Business and Technology is to help students improve their speaking skill. This study was conducted to investigate English major students who have difficulties in speaking skill. For the objectives, 50 first-year English majored students were invited to participate in this study. They were asked to do a survey questionnaire which help to indentify the reality of learning English speaking skill. Results show that most of
students have difficulties in speaking English for some factors such as lack of English environment, attitude of learning, methods of learning, lack of vocabulary and cultural differences. In addition, some suggestions are proposed to help student solve these problems and enhance their English speaking skill.