VIETNAMESE INTERFERENCE IN TEENAGERS’ ENGLISH SPEAKING PERFORMANCE AT A PRIVATE CENTER IN DONG THAP

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Nhieu, Huynh Thi Nhi

Abstract


This study investigates Vietnamese L1 interference in the spoken English of 30 teenage EFL learners (aged 12–17) at A2 and B1 levels in a private language center in Dong Thap Province, Vietnam. Adopting an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design, data were collected from IELTS-style speaking tests and stimulated recall interviews (SRI). Quantitative error analysis of approximately 200 minutes of recorded speech indicated that lexical errors (36.76%) and phonological errors (34.03%) were the most frequent, followed by grammatical errors (29.21%). Analysis of Stimulated Recall Interview data revealed that learners were often able to identify their errors in retrospect but were unable to self-correct during spontaneous speech, suggesting that metalinguistic awareness did not readily translate into real-time monitoring under cognitive demands. The findings suggest that L1 transfer remains a common feature of teenage learners’ spoken interlanguage in communicative contexts and point to several pedagogical implications for reducing such interference.

Keywords


Vietnamese L1 interference, error analysis, stimulated recall interview, teenage EFL learners, speaking performance

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