MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES ------ GRADUATION THESIS THE EFFECTS OF USING COMPLETION DICTATION TECHNIQUE ON IMPROVING STUDENTS’ LISTENING COMPREHENSION ABILITY. STUDENT NAME : NGUYEN HOANG MY MY ID NUMBER : 17035321 CLASS CODE : DHAV13B COHORT : 2017-2021 SUPERVISOR NAME : HO THI HIEN, M. HCMC, 06/2021 MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES ------ GRADUATION THESIS THE EFFECTS OF USING COMPLETION DICTATION TECHNIQUE ON IMPROVING STUDENTS’ LISTENING COMPREHENSION ABILITY. STUDENT NAME : NGUYEN HOANG MY MY ID NUMBER : 17035321 CLASS CODE : DHAV13B COHORT : 2017-2021 SUPERVISOR NAME : HO THI HIEN, M.
HCMC, 06/2021 MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES ------ Student name : NGUYEN HOANG MY MY ID Number : 17035321 Class Code : DHAV13B Cohort : 2017-2021 Supervisor Name : HO THI HIEN, M. Student’s declaration: I declare that this graduation report is entirely my own work and does not involve in plagiarism or collusion. It also has not been accepted as part of a submission to another purpose elsewhere. I accept heavy penalty for any cheating or plagiarism.
Date submitted : ……………………… Signed : ……………………… Word count :. words ABSTRACT Listening is considered a significant skill and a prerequisite to develop other skills but in the foreign language classes, it is a neglected skill since teachers and learners pay too much attention to grammar and other skills. In this study, the researcher aimed at exploring the effects of using completion dictation technique on enhancing students’ listening comprehension ability. The quantitative data was collected from 121 English-majored students from the Faculty of Foreign Languages at Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh city.
Conclusions drawn from the questionnaire data have shown that the majority of participants agree with the benefits that completion dictation technique brings, besides, there is a strong correlation between using completion dictation technique and students’ listening skill improvement. And this is well-demonstrated by observing the results of the students' weekly assignments. There are still some remained difficulties, but the study only focuses on the assessment, so it does not offer any solutions. However, a few suggestions for future researchers have been proposed.
Keywords: completion dictation, dictation, listening comprehension. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT During the process of writing this graduation report, I have received a lot of help and support to be able to overcome the difficulties and be motivated to complete this project. First, I would like to express my gratitude to the School Board of Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh city and the Faculty of Foreign Languages for always creating ideal conditions to support me, especially during this difficult time. Second, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor - Mrs.
Ho Thi Hien for guiding me enthusiastically, cheering me and my team members up when encountering challenges. She always brings positive energy to the group so working with her turns out to be easy. She also shared her valuable experience to help the group perfect the research paper. Without her help, I would not have been able to complete this graduation thesis.
Third, I am honored to work with Vo Thi Hoa, Nong Hoang Huynh, the best group members I could ever ask for. They are super creative, dynamic, and always encourage me throughout the process of doing my graduation thesis. Furthermore, I would like to thank the 121 students of the Listening 3 classes for their enthusiastic contributions to the survey and thanks to that I was able to have very reliable and valid data. Last, I am exceptionally grateful to my family for their endless love.
My parents always support me and take care of me during my process of graduation thesis, thanks to them I feel more energized and motivated. TABLE OF CONTENTS MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE. 3 INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY .4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH.5 SCOPE OF THE RESEARCH .3 CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW .1 DEFINITIONS OF KEY TERMS.1 Definition of listening skills .2 Definition of dictation technique .3 Definition of completion dictation technique.4 Definition of evaluation.5 Definition of learning styles .6 Definition of Google Classroom.7 Definition of Bookwidgets.1 Importance of listening skills.2 How to learn listening skills? .3 Difficulties in listening .1 Benefits of dictation techniques .2 Difficulties in using dictation techniques .3 How to dictate? .4 Completion dictation technique .1 Types of learning styles.6 RESULTS OF PREVIOUS STUDIES .20 CHAPTER III: RESEARCH DESIGN. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND RESEARCH METHODS .26 CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS .2 Completion dictation technique .1 The attitudes of the participants toward the effectiveness of using completion dictation technique to improve listening comprehension ability.2 The improvements in the listening comprehension ability of the participants.3 The obstacles that the students encountered while using completion dictation technique.
50 SUPERVISOR’S EVALUATION FORM. 50 STUDENT’S NAME: NGUYỄN HOANG MY MY STUDENT ID NO. 50 SUPERVISOR’S NAME: HO THI HIEN. 51 EXAMINER’S EVALUATION FORM.
52 STUDENT’S NAME: NGUYEN HOANG MY MY STUDENT ID NO. 53 UPDATED IN JULY 2017. 53 PREPARED BY: LE THI THUY, M. 53 HEAD OF THE DIVISION: TRAN KIEU MY AN, PH.
53 RUBRICS FOR WRITTEN GRADUATION THESIS (70%). 54 RUBRICS FOR ORAL PRESENTATION (10%). 58 RUBRICS FOR TEAMWORK (10%). RUBRICS FOR SUPERVISOR’S APPRAISAL (5%).
61 RUBRICS FOR TEAMWORK (10%). RUBRICS FOR PEER EVALUATION (5%). 64 THE SUPERVISOR’S APPROVAL OF THE STUDENTS’ SUBMISSION (YES/ NO): ………………………………. 66 UPDATED IN JULY 2018.
66 Submitted by Nguyen Hoang My My ID number: 17035321 CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION In this chapter, the researcher is going to clarify the reasons why this topic was chosen for researching and mention several points such as the research questions, the aims, and the significance of the study. Besides, the limitations of the study are also raised in this chapter.1 Rationale Listening plays an important role in daily life, we cannot communicate with one another without listening, it is also crucial in classroom settings, especially in foreign language classrooms. However, in English classrooms, listening seems to be ignored because language teachers focus so much on grammar and reading. Students spend years in secondary and high schools studying grammar structures and reading skills, rarely practicing either speaking or listening.
Since listening is so important, students need time to practice. With a listening course in IUH which includes 30 in-class periods, aside from instructing learners to do exercises, teachers need to introduce new words so there is obviously not enough time for learners to practice and improve their listening skills. Besides, next semester the participants in this research will attend the translation classes so spending more time on enhancing their listening skills at this point is necessary. This leads to the next reason why we conduct this research.
In case the students want to practice more at home, they may be confused about finding the appropriate method that suits their abilities and is accessible. And the completion dictation technique is one of the best and reachable techniques to enhance listening skills. It is a useful way to recognize different sounds and realize visual forms of English words and their spoken counterparts. From the above reasons, this study concentrates on the effects of using completion dictation techniques on enhancing students’ English listening comprehension ability in the context of IUH.2 Research objectives This research centers around three main objectives.
First, we aim at discovering the students’ opinions of the effectiveness of using completion dictation technique to improve their listening skills. Second, we also want to see how much the participants have improved their listening skills Supervisor: Ho Thi Hien, M. 1 Submitted by Nguyen Hoang My My ID number: 17035321 over time using completion dictation technique. Last, we want to figure out what kinds of obstacles the students may confront when they apply completion dictation technique to improve their listening skills.3 Research questions - What are the participants’ attitudes toward the effectiveness of using completion dictation technique to improve listening comprehension ability? - Are there any improvements in the listening comprehension ability of the learners? - What are the obstacles that the students may encounter while using completion dictation techniques? 1.4 Significance of the research The research is critical for improving listening skills in learning English.
Based on the findings of the study, advantages can be acquired as below: - To students: For those who have not known about the completion dictation technique, the results of the study will furnish the learners with some information on this technique and students can apply the completion dictation technique in their improvement of listening skills. Moreover, students who have known this technique beforehand would adjust their learning methods to enhance listening skills more effectively due to the perspective they have on the benefits and limitations of the completion dictation techniques. - To teachers: Data produced from the research will inform the teachers about the learners’ attitudes towards completion dictation technique and their common obstacles. This empowers the teachers to apply appropriate teaching methods, create interesting activities so that the students can acquire the knowledge productively.
- To further researchers: This research can be a helpful reference for researchers in the future. It will assist them with revealing crucial spheres related to this issue that many researchers could not investigate. Supervisor: Ho Thi Hien, M. 2 Submitted by Nguyen Hoang My My ID number: 17035321 1.5 Scope of the research There is a limited number of participants since the study is conducted only in the context of the Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City.
The research focuses on a group of 121 English- majored students from the Faculty of Foreign Languages. Next, the research only concentrates on the relationship between listening comprehension and the completion dictation techniques so the thesis will not specify any resolution for the given issues. Last, the results which show the improvements of the participants will be compared only between pretest and post-test results. Supervisor: Ho Thi Hien, M.
3 Submitted by Nguyen Hoang My My ID number: 17035321 CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW This chapter attempts to provide definitions of key terms related to the research such as listening skills, dictation techniques, completion dictation technique, evaluation, learning styles, Google Classroom, Bookwidgets. Furthermore, the significance, benefits, drawbacks of listening skills, as well as the completion dictation technique, are also discussed in this chapter. Last, the researcher carefully reviews the relevant literature and research related to the topic of applying completion dictation techniques in enhancing listening comprehension ability for learners.1 Definitions of key terms.1 Definition of listening skills According to Vandergrift (1999), listening comprehension is “a complex, active process in which the listener must discriminate between sounds, understand vocabulary and grammatical structures, interpret stress and intonation, retain what was gathered in all of the above, and interpret it within the immediate as well as the larger sociocultural context of the utterance” (p. Underwood (1989) supported this concept by describing that “Listening is the activity of paying attention to and trying to get meaning from something we hear.
Listening is also indicated as the way toward comprehending speech in a second or foreign language (Richards, 1999). In general, listening can be perceived as a process of catching the sounds with your ears, identifying those sounds (stress, pauses, rhythm, and letter), and making an interpretation of them into meaningful messages immediately.2 Definition of dictation technique Oller (1979) defined “Dictation is a task which requires the processing of temporally constrained sequences of material in the language, divided up the stream of speech and then refers down what is heard requires understanding the meaning of the material”. According to Davis and Rinvolucri (1993) dictation is to decode the sounds of [English] and recode them in writing.