VIET NAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES BA THESIS A SURVEY OF USING ROLE-PLAY TECHNIQUE ON LEARNING SPEAKING SKILLS FOR GRADE 10 STUDENTS AT QUANG XUONG 2 HIGH SCHOOL – THANH HOA PROVINCE KHẢO SÁT VIỆC SỬ DỤNG KỸ NĂNG ĐÓNG VAI TRONG HỌC KĨ NĂNG NÓI ĐỐI VỚI HỌC SINH LỚP 10 TRƯỜNG THPT QUẢNG XƯƠNG 2 – TỈNH THANH HÓA Student: NGUYEN HUYEN ANH Student code: 621265 Major: ENGLISH Supervisor: NGUYEN THI THUY 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 role - play technique on learning speaking skills for Grade 10 students at Quang Xuong 2 High School – Thanh Hoa Province” 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 Nguyen Huyen Anh Approved by SUPERVISOR ii TABLE OF CONTENTS CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY..................................................................... i TABLE OF CONTENTS........................................................................................ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.................................................................................... v ABSTRACT............................................................................................................ vi LIST OF ABBREVIATION................................................................................. vii LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES...................................................................viii PART I: INTRODUCTION.................................................................................. 1 1. RATIONALE FOR THE STUDY.....................................................................1 2. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ..................................................2 3. RESEARCH QUESTIONS................................................................................3 4. SCOPE OF THE STUDY ..................................................................................3 5. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY...................................................................3 6. DESIGN OF THE STUDY................................................................................3 PART II: DEVELOPMENT.................................................................................. 6 CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW...........................................................6 1.1. REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS STUDIES.....................................................6 1.1.1. Review of previous research in Vietnam................................................6 1.1.2. Review of previous research in the World .............................................7 1.2. REVIEW OF THEORETICAL BA-CKGROUND.........................................8 1.2.1. Overview of Speaking skills...................................................................9 1.2.1.1. Definition of speaking skills.............................................................9