EFL Young Learners’ Perceptions about Individual Audio Recording Tasks in Their Oral Fluency

Globalisation provides opportunities to maximize cooperation in the world. Thus, learning global languages has become a must-do thing for people in the 21st century. English is considered the foremost spoken language in the world. In Vietnam, the National Foreign Language Project in the 2008 - 2020 period was approved to enhance students’ communication skills after they graduate from school. However, the time limitation in class has affected speaking practice. Individual audio recording tasks are one of the most effective activities which fill the problem of “lack of speaking environment” in recent years. Despite the fact that doing individual recording tasks has been in use for a long time, investigating learners’ perceptions about individual audio recording tasks has not received much attention. This study was conducted to investigate the EFL young learners’ perceptions about the benefits of individual audio recording tasks in their oral fluency and find out their challenges in how to do individual audio recording tasks. Twenty young learners studying at an English center in Vinh Long province took part in the research. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected by using a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The findings implicate that young learners highly perceived the benefits of doing individual audio recording tasks in improving their oral fluency, attitude and motivation. However, they encountered some challenges while doing individual audio recording tasks regarding linguistic problems and personal background.