Assessing the effects of the Edupia Tutor program on children’s English speaking skills: An online learning model evaluation = Đánh giá những tác động của chương trình Edupia Tutor trong việc cải
 thiện kỹ năng nói Tiếng Anh của trẻ: Đánh giá về một mô hình dạy học
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Tóm tắt

Despite the growing adoption of online learning platforms in Vietnam, there
 remains a gap in evaluating their practical impact on young learners’ English
 speaking skills. This study addresses this issue by examining the effects of the
 Edupia Tutor program—an online learning model—on improving the English
 speaking skills of 5th-grade students in Vietnam. Given the need to not only assess
 outcomes but also improve teaching practices in real-time, an action research
 approach was adopted. This approach was deemed appropriate as it allowed the
 researcher, also acting as the teacher, to implement, observe, and refine
 instructional interventions based on continuous feedback within the actual
 teaching context. The study employed a combination of pretests, posttests,
 questionnaires, and interviews to collect both quantitative and qualitative data.
 Pretests and posttests measured changes in students’ linguistic accuracy, fluency,
 and speaking confidence. Meanwhile, online questionnaires and interviews
 captured students’ experiences and perceptions of the Edupia Tutor program. The
 results revealed that the Edupia Tutor program significantly enhanced students’
 speaking skills, especially in terms of fluency and confidence. These findings
 contribute to the existing literature and offer practical insights for educators and
 researchers interested in the integration of technology in language education.