Enhancing First Year Students’ Speaking Skills through English Club

Abstract

The study aimed at investigating the potential role of English club as a mean to improve students’ English speaking skills. The study focused on figuring out whether the application of English club could help enhancing students’ speaking skills or not, and identifying students’ attitude towards the activities of English club. The participants of the study were 90 first year students and 3 teachers of English at College of Education, Thai Nguyen University. The data collection instruments including questionnaire and class observation were employed. The analysis of the data collected revealed that the students had good scores in their speaking skills by joining in the activities of English club. The results from the questionnaires and observation were also reflected positive attitude of students towards the activities. On this basis, implications for teachers’ preparation, classroom practices and future research were proposed.