Conference Proceedings - 2020

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    Blended Learning in English Teaching at Van Lang University: A Reading Course on Moodle
    ( 2020)
    Võ Thị Xuân Ánh
    In the era of technology blooming, education has witnessed substantial changes in teaching methods when teaching and learning process is not much influenced by in-class activities. Technology advances offer a wonderful opportunity for learners to learn not only in the classroom but also outside. Blended learning with a combination of E-learning and face-to-face learning has prevailed among universities. However, there has been much research on learners’ perceptions towards such new teaching method. This study aims to dig deep into learners’ underlying obstacles, benefits, and perceptions in blended learning environment with the support of Moodle platform. 100 first-year non-English major students from Van Lang University were purposely selected for the research. A questionnaire was generated to collect data at the end of 15-week course. The results showed that learners have positive attitudes towards the reading course on Moodle related to flexible learning time and geographical convenience. However, they also faced some technical problems and WiFi connection interruption. In parallel with the findings, many recommendations have been made.
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    Improving pronunciation of freshmen through Moodle based activities
    ( 2020)
    Nguyễn Thị Yến Nhung
    Good pronunciation enhances both the intelligibility and the effectiveness of speech, so how to teach pronunciation has received great attention from teachers and researchers. Among a wide variety of methods, Moodle has emerged as an efficiently potential tool to assist students in acquiring an intelligible pronunciation. Pronunciation courses can be built on a Moodle site where teachers upload and share the designed materials with their students. Despite various advantages of Moodle courses, not many studies offered empirical evaluation of the effectiveness of Moodle projects on improving students’ pronunciation in Vietnam’s English as Foreign Language (EFL) context. Therefore, this study aimed to find out how using Moodle-based activity can improve freshmen’s pronunciation. The project consisted of 62 Van Lang University freshmen (Vietnam), who were organized into two different groups: the control group and the experimental group. Mixed method was used in combination with various tools for data collection such as pre- and post-test, questionnaire and semi-structured interview. The data collected showed that there was a sharp improvement in the experimental group’s pronunciation. In the hope of bettering students’ pronunciation, some suggestions for optimizing Moodle-based activities are also mentioned at the end of this research paper.