The Effects of the Flipped Classroom in Teaching English Listening Skills: Vietnamese EFL Learners' Experience

Abstract

Listening is a crucial language skill to be mastered in order to obtain success in not only one’s academic but daily life. However, the limited time of in-class learning may possibly hinder EFL learners’ acquisition and make them lack opportunities to express their ideas freely and creatively. For that matter mentioned, the purpose of this current research was to investigate the EFL learners' attitudes towards the use of Flipped Classroom model in learning listening skills. To this aim, 18 learners were selected and then assigned into a group for experiment. The Flipped Classroom model was introduced and applied into teaching to the students for the same listening course content. The results from the analysis of the questionnaire data revealed that the students had positive attitudes towards the use of Flipped Classroom model in learning listening skills. From these findings, pedagogy suggestions are discussed to further the use of this model in teaching.