An investigation into english-majored students’ attitudes and motivation toward speaking learning with english volunteers

Thai Cong Dan and HUYNH NGOC TUYEN *

* Corresponding author (ngoctuyenhuynh1304@gmail.com)

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Received: 08 Sep 2015
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Accepted: 19 Feb 2016
Published: 28 Feb 2016
DOI: 10.22144/ctu.jen.2016.013
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Thai, C. D., & HUYNH, N. T. (2016). An investigation into english-majored students’ attitudes and motivation toward speaking learning with english volunteers. CTU Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development , (02), 20-30. https://doi.org/10.22144/ctu.jen.2016.013
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A large number of studies have been conducted to explore the attitudes and motivation of students toward different varieties of English in order to improve the English proficiency level of students in Can Tho University, especially English-majored students. To add to more venues to these issues, this study would be done with the objectives (1) to investigate English-majored students' attitudes toward speaking learning with English-speaking volunteers and (2) to discover whether English-majored students are more intrinsically and extrinsically motivated toward speaking English with English-speaking volunteers. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used for data collection. A total of 103 English-majored students participated in the questionnaire, 10 participants randomly selected from the sample to join the interview. The study showed that (1) English-majored students had positives toward speaking English with English-speaking volunteers, and that (2) the students were more intrinsincallymotivated than extrinsically motivated. Besides, qualitative data released opinions of what English-speaking volunteers and administrators should do to enhance students' attitudes and motivation toward speaking learning with English-speaking volunteers. possible recommendations for future research were also addressed. 
Keywords: Attitudes, motivation, speaking learning, English-majored students, English volunteers

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