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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGE AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES NGUYỄN THỊ NGỌC HÀ

ADAPTING SPEAKING TASKS IN ENGLISH 10
(THE OLD VERSION) FOR THE MINORITY STUDENTS AT
YEN BAI ETHNIC BOARDING HIGH SCHOOL THIẾT CHỈNH MỘT SỐ BÀI TẬP NÓI TRONG CUỐN SÁCH
“TIẾNG ANH 10” CHO HỌC SINH THIỂU SỐ Ở
TRƢỜNG DÂN TỘC NỘI TRÚ YÊN BÁI M.A MINOR THESIS

THIẾT CHỈNH MỘT SỐ BÀI TẬP NÓI TRONG CUỐN SÁCH
“TIẾNG ANH 10” CHO HỌC SINH THIỂU SỐ Ở
TRƢỜNG DÂN TỘC NỘI TRÚ YÊN BÁI M.A MINOR THESIS

Field: English Methodology
Code: 60.14.10
Course: K17 (2008-2010)
Supervisor: DR. DƢƠNG THỊ NỤ

Ha Noi, September 2010 7

TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
LIST OF TABLES, GRAPHS AND FIGURES
TABLES OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACTS
PART I: INTRODUCTION 10

II.1.3. The students at Yen Bai Ethnic Boarding High School 34
II.1.4. The materials of teaching and learning 34
II.2. The subject 35
II.3. The Instrument: 36
II.4. Procedure: 38
CHAPTER III: DATA ANALYSIS, DISCUSSION AND
RECOMMENDATION 41
III.1. Data analysis and discussions 41
III.1.1. Questionnaires for both teachers and students 41
III.1.1.1. Evaluation of the effectiveness of model, picture
presentation parts in the speaking tasks 41
III.1.1.2. The suitability of the topics in the speaking tasks with
students‟ needs and interests 42
III.1.1.3. Evaluation of speaking task forms in the
textbook…………………………………………………………… 42
III.1.1.4. Evaluation of the difficulty level of speaking tasks in the
textbook 44
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III.1.1.5. Evaluation of the effectiveness of different types of speaking
tasks 47
III.1.1.6. Speaking skills gained by students after finishing learning
textbook 48
III.1.2. Questionnaires for teachers 50
III.1.2.1. Ways of exploiting tasks 50
III.1.2.2. Factors affecting task adapting 50
III.1.3. The Interview 51
III.2. Some suggested techniques of adapting speaking tasks to encourage
communication to the 10
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