Investigating the effects of task repetition activity on first-year english majors' oral performance at Lac Hong university

Abstract

The aim of this small-scale qualitative action research was to examine how task repetition affects the oral performance of first-year English majors at Lac Hong University. The study involved a small group of 30 pre-intermediate English majors from the Faculty of English Language and exploited open participant observation and semi-structured interviews to evaluate the students’ perceptions of task repetition activity and its influence on their oral performance. The results demonstrated that the students held a favourable view towards task repetition activity and believed that it could improve their oral fluency, vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, especially when they were under time pressure. It is suggested that further research is needed to examine the advantages of task repetition activity under time constraint in English teaching and learning at Lac Hong University and provide insights on how it can be employed to enhance learners’ development in speaking skills.