VIET NAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES BA THESIS A SURVEY OF USING GROUP WORK ON LEARNING SPEAKING SKILLS TO GRADE 9 STUDENTS AT KHANH DUONG SECONDARY SCHOOL IN NINH BINH KHẢO SÁT VIỆC SỬ DỤNG KĨ NĂNG LÀM VIỆC NHÓM TRONG VIỆC HỌC KĨ NĂNG NÓI ĐỐI VỚI HỌC SINH LỚP 9 TRƯỜNG THCS KHÁNH DƯƠNG TẠI NINH BÌNH STUDENT: TA THI GIANG STUDENT CODE: 621263 MAJOR: ENGLISH SUPERVISOR 1: NGUYEN THI THUY LAN, M.A SUPERVISOR 2: PHAM HUONG LAN, M.A Hanoi – 2021 i CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY I, the undersigned, hereby certify my authority of the study project report entitled “A survey of using group on learning speaking skills to grade 9 students at Khanh Duong Secondary School in Ninh Binh” submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor in English Language. Except where the reference is indicated, no other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the text of the thesis. Hanoi, 2021 Ta Thi Giang Approved by SUPERVISOR ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS During the process of fulfilling this graduation paper, I have received much necessary assistance, previous ideas, and timely encouragement from my teachers, family, and friends. I would like to acknowledge and extend my great thanks to many people who have made the completion of this study possible: First and foremost, I would like to offer the deepest appreciation to my supervisor, Nguyen Thi Thuy Lan, M.A and Pham Huong Lan M.A who have supported me throughout my thesis with his knowledge and enthusiasm. Their detailed comments and useful advice have helped me shape my ideas and realize my aims. Therefore, it is an undeniable fact that this paper would have not been completed without her invaluable support. Secondly, I am extremely grateful to all the lecturers of Faculty of Education and Foreign Languages in Vietnam National University of Agriculture for their awesome lectures that have helped to increase my interest in English language and enriched my academic knowledge of English during the past four years. In addition, I warmly thank all my friends for their encouragement and precious assistance throughout the process of writing the thesis. Their material and spiritual support is a great driving force for me. Especially, I wish to thank Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu, Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong and 60-grade 9th students at the Khanh Duong secondary school for their enthusiastic and effective cooperation in the process of completing the survey questionnaire. Finally, I am greatly indebted to my parents, who have encouraged and supported me to fulfill this graduation thesis. HaNoi, 2021