Gia nhập vào Tổ chức Thương mại Thế giới hỗ trợ Việt Nam hội nhập sâu hơn vào hệ thống thương mại toàn cầu kể từ năm 2006 đã yêu cầu các học viên người lớn trong kinh doanh tiếng Anh để có được các kỹ năng ngôn ngữ trong khu vực này có hiệu lực để thành công trong một trong hai thị trường trong nước ngày càng đòi hỏi khắt khe, thương mại quốc tế của Việt Nam. Do đó, nghiên cứu nhằm mục đích điều tra cần thiết KHÔNG nói kỹ năng phụ dành cho doanh nhân. | VNU Journal of Science Foreign Languages 26 2010 257-261 Appropriate classroom activities for effective teaching of business English speaking skill necessary for Vietnamese businessmen Nguyen Thi Minh Tram Fast track Division- Faculty ofEnglish Language Teacher Education College of Foreign Languages Vietnam National University Hanoi Pham Van Dong Street Cau Giay Hanoi Vietnam Received 4 February 2009 Abstract. The accession into the World 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 the most possibly effective way. Keywords Classroom activities Business English BE speaking skill sub skills businessmen. 1. Introduction In Vietnam the accession into the World Trade Organization WTO assisting the country in integrating further into the global trading system .
