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Abstract:
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The accession into theWorld Trade Organization assisting Vietnam in integrating further into
the global trading system since 2006 has required Vietnamese learners who major in Business English to
acquire effective language skills in this area to succeed in either the increasingly demanding domestic
market or the international commerce. Hence, the study aims at investigating necessary BE speaking sub
skills for Vietnamese businessmen through a survey questionnaire answered by selected sales personnel in
import-export companies in Hanoi. Another questionnaire was conducted to explore the perceptions of the
teachers in universities majoring in BE of appropriate classroom speaking activities for teaching of the
necessary sub skills. Finally, teacher’s journal, students’ interview and questionnaire were used in an
action research that is applied to a sample of students to explore the effectiveness of the classroom
activities. The quantitative and qualitative data in this final phase revealed that all the activities the teacher
practised with the students developed different areas of speaking as a language skill. This study hopes to
be useful for improving BE programs, so that these programs will be able to provide lessons’ match to the
real situations and can serve students’ career objectives in themost possibly effective way. |