TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF USING BRAINSTORMING ACTIVITIES IN ENGLISH CLASSES AT SOME PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN HUE CITY

Abstract

This study explored teachers’ perceptions of using brainstorming activities in English classes at some primary schools in Hue City, a city in Central Vietnam. The sample of the study consisted of fifty primary school English teachers. Data collected from the questionnaire and interview were analyzed, synthesized, and interpreted both quantitatively and qualitatively. The findings of the study reveal that most of the primary English teachers held positive perceptions of brainstorming activities. Some brainstorming activities such as listing, mind-mapping, and visual brainstorming were claimed to be regularly used in their teaching English to children at primary schools. Such difficulties as the lack of time, large classes, mixed levels of students, etc. were reported to prevent teachers from conducting brainstorming activities successfully. From the study’s findings, some implications were made with the hope that the primary teachers will practice these activities in teaching English to young learners more effectively.