THE INFLUENCES OF THE FLIPGRID APP ON VIETNAMESE EFL HIGH SCHOOL LEARNERS’ SPEAKING ANXIETY

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  • Tran Thi Bach Tuyet MA, Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam
  • Nguyen Duy Khang Dr., Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam

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https://doi.org/10.46827/ejfl.v5i1.3264

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Flipgrid- video-mediated communication tool- speaking anxiety- EFL learners’ attitudes

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Research on the use of Flipgrid in the language classrooms has focused on its effects of online video-mediated communication tools, learners’ attitudes, and perceptions; nonetheless, not much research has recently been conducted about the influences of the Flipgrid app on EFL learners’ speaking anxiety. Therefore, this research aimed at investigating whether Flipgrid helps the EFL high school learners reduce their anxiety in learning English speaking and determine the learners’ attitudes towards its usages. The research followed a combination of a quasi-experimental method and a mixed-method with the participation of 60 EFL tenth-grade learners in a high school in the Mekong Delta. Three research instruments namely the modified Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS), the questionnaire, and the interviews were employed in this study. The findings showed that there was a decrease in EFL high school learners’ level of anxiety in learning English speaking after experiencing Flipgrid. Moreover, the majority of the learners also showed their positive attitudes towards the use of Flipgrid in learning English speaking and expected that Flipgrid should be employed frequently to make learning English speaking become more motivating.

 

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  • Tran Thi Bach Tuyet, MA, Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam

    Tran Thi Bach Tuyet is a teacher of English at a high school in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. She is going to finish her MA program, majoring in Principles and Methods in English Language Education, at Can Tho University, Vietnam. She is interested in doing research on integrating ICTs into the classrooms.

  • Nguyen Duy Khang, Dr., Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam

    Nguyen Duy Khang is a senior lecturer of English at the School of Foreign Languages, Can Tho University, Vietnam. His interests include language teaching and learning, didactics, professional development, pedagogy and education, ICT in language teaching and learning, EMI, and curriculum development.

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2020-08-18

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