BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC QUẢN LÝ VÀ CÔNG NGHỆ HẢI PHÒNG ------------------------------- ISO 9001:2015 KHÓA LUẬN TỐT NGHIỆP NGÀNH : NGÔN NGỮ ANH - ANH Sinh viên : Trần Thị Phương Thảo Giảng viên hướng dẫn: TS. Trần Thị Ngọc Liên HẢI PHÒNG 07– 2020 Luan van MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HAI PHONG MANGAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY ----------------------------------- A STUDY ON TECHNIQUES TO LEARN AND IMPROVE SPECIALIZED ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR THE THIRD-YEAR LOGISTICS MAJOR STUDENTS AT VIETNAM MARITIME UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATION THESIS MAJOR: THE ENGLISH LINGUISTIC Student : Tran Thi Phuong Thao Supervisor : Tran Thi Ngoc Lien HAI PHONG 07 – 2020 Luan van BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC QUẢN LÝ VÀ CÔNG NGHỆ HẢI PHÒNG -------------------------------------- NHIỆM VỤ ĐỀ TÀI TỐT NGHIỆP Sinh viên: Trần Thị Phương Thảo Mã SV: 1612751025 Lớp : NA2001 Ngành : Ngôn ngữ Anh - Anh Tên đề tài: Nghiên cứu về các phương pháp để học và cải thiện từ vựng tiếng Anh chuyên ngành cho sinh viên năm thứ ba ngành Logistics tại trường Đại học Hàng Hải Việt Nam Luan van NHIỆM VỤ ĐỀ TÀI 1. Nội dung và các yêu cầu cần giải quyết trong nhiệm vụ đề tài tốt nghiệp. Các tài liệu, số liệu cần thiết.
Địa điểm thực tập tốt nghiệp. Luan van CÁN BỘ HƯỚNG DẪN ĐỀ TÀI TỐT NGHIỆP Họ và tên :. Học hàm, học vị :. Cơ quan công tác : Trường Đại học Quản lý và Công nghệ Hải Phòng Nội dung hướng dẫn:.
Đề tài tốt nghiệp được giao ngày 30 tháng 03 năm 2020 Yêu cầu phải hoàn thành xong trước ngày 30 tháng 06 năm 2020 Đã nhận nhiệm vụ ĐTTN Đã giao nhiệm vụ ĐTTN Sinh viên Giảng viên hướng dẫn Hải Phòng, ngày 01 tháng 07 năm 2020 HIỆU TRƯỞNG Luan van CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM Độc lập - Tự do - Hạnh phúc PHIẾU NHẬN XÉT CỦA GIẢNG VIÊN HƯỚNG DẪN TỐT NGHIỆP Họ và tên giảng viên:. Họ và tên sinh viên:. Nội dung hướng dẫn:. Tinh thần thái độ của sinh viên trong quá trình làm đề tài tốt nghiệp.
Đánh giá chất lượng của đồ án/khóa luận (so với nội dung yêu cầu đã đề ra trong nhiệm vụ Đ.N trên các mặt lý luận, thực tiễn, tính toán số liệu…). Ý kiến của giảng viên hướng dẫn tốt nghiệp Được bảo vệ Không được bảo vệ Điểm hướng dẫn Hải Phòng, ngày … tháng … năm. Giảng viên hướng dẫn (Ký và ghi rõ họ tên) QC20-B18 Luan van CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM Độc lập - Tự do - Hạnh phúc PHIẾU NHẬN XÉT CỦA GIẢNG VIÊN CHẤM PHẢN BIỆN Họ và tên giảng viên:. Họ và tên sinh viên:.
Nội dung hướng dẫn:. Phần nhận xét của giáo viên chấm phản biện. Những mặt còn hạn chế. Ý kiến của giảng viênchấm phản biện Được bảo vệ Không được bảo vệ Điểm phản biện Hải Phòng, ngày … tháng … năm.
Giảng viên chấm phản biện (Ký và ghi rõ họ tên) QC20-B19 Luan van TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT. 2 LIST OF ABBREVIATION .1 Rationale of the study .2 Aim and objectives of the study .4 Scope of the study .6 Organization of the study. 8 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW .1 Overview of ESP .1 Definition of ESP .1 Difficulties faced by students in general .2 The responsibility of the teacher .4 What is specialized vocabulary ? .5 Techniques to acquire vocabulary.2 Overview of English for Logistics .1 Overview of Logistics industry .2 Importance of English for Logistics .3 Types of vocabulary in English for Logistics. 22 Luan van CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH FINDINGS .1 Participants and the samples .1 The survey questionnaire .4 The results of the questionnaire and data analysis .1 The reasons to learn specialized English vocabulary .2 Difficulties in learning English vocabulary of third-year Logistics majors in classes at VMU.3 Third-year Logistics students real situations of learning specialized English vocabulary at VMU .4 Suggested techniques to improve specialized English vocabulary.
37 CHAPTER 4: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS .1 Summary of the study .2 Limitations of the study .3 Suggestions for further study. 47 Luan van ABSTRACT This Graduation thesis studies on techniques to learn and improve specialized English vocabulary for third-year Logistics major students at Vietnam Maritime University. The aim of this thesis is to determine common difficulties which students encounter in learning specialized English vocabulary and come up with some solutions to them. In order to comply with that objective, I used two data collecting techniques: questionnaire and document analyzing.
The dissertation concludes that the third-year Logistics major students at Vietnam Maritime University have to face many challenges in their study of ESP, and it also analyses the techniques they tend to use to study ESP 8 Luan van ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I have to thank my research supervisor, Mrs. Tran Thi Ngoc Lien. Without her assistance and dedicated involvement in every step throughout the process, this paper would have never been accomplished. I would like to thank you very much for your support and understanding over the past four years.
Besides, I would like to thanks to Mr. Nguyen Minh Duc, Head of Logistics Department in Vietnam Maritime University. My time at Vietnam Maritime University has been highly productive thanks to his assistance. Duc has kindly assisted me with the statistical analysis in this dissertation and was very patient with my knowledge gaps in the area.
I am also grateful to Mr. Nguyen Thanh Duong, a student in the Department of International Business and Logistics at VMU. I am extremely thankful and indebted to him for his experience and valuable guidance and encouragement extended to me. Moreover, I would like to thank the students in International Business & Logistics Department who participated in the questionnaire and the interview for their participation, which is vital for my work and also helped me to get the results with the best quality.
Besides, I would like to thank all of my teachers at Hai Phong Technology and Management University for their dedicated guidance for me during the time I studied in here. I will never forget their support. Last but not the least, I would like to thank my family and friends for supporting me spiritually throughout writing this thesis and my life in general. Hai Phong, June 2020 Student Thao Tran Thi Phuong Thao 9 Luan van LIST OF ABBREVIATION VMU Vietnam Maritime University ESP English for specific purpose EGP English for general purpose EAP English for academic purpose 10 Luan van CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Rationale for the study In the tendency of integration of the global economic, English has become the global language means for multinational and multicultural communication.
With the rapid development and expansion of informatics technologies, it is the most widely spoken foreign language in the world. Nowadays, it plays a vital role in many fields in the life including business, tourism business, foreign trade, science, technology, education, entertainment and so on. In Vietnam, English is known as a key language tool to success in science technology and get in touch on an international level. It is undeniable that the importance of English has increased day by day in Vietnam.
The number of English speakers has been on the rise for many years. Taking into consideration the importance that English has for an international communication we might say that this communication is not restricted to everyday language, but to different types of register where people exchange their ideas by employing certain functional styles, be it formal or informal, written or verbal. The Vietnamese government is prompting the learning of the English language by giving a high priority to this language and making it compulsory. Students cannot get their degree if they do not have a certificate of the English language issued by an international test center.
Therefore, there has been an explosion in the need of teaching and learning English in Vietnam. Such exchanges and interactions with the internationals increase the need to have people who know not just general English, but to have an extensive English vocabulary on various specific scientific, judicial, political, social, fields. Hence, it is obvious that knowing English and using English for specific purposes is a challenge. It can be said that ESP is acquiring a special status in Vietnam.
A person would be much more appreciated if he or she has a good command not only of the general foreign language, but of a specific field. Mohan (1986) adds that ESP courses focus on preparing learners “for chosen communicative environments”. A foreign language speaker would be more comfortable in 11 Luan van many situations if he /she knows the right vocabulary which is to be helpful and beneficiary in the job that this person is doing. Specifically, one who graduates on Economics and works as an economist might have the chance to exchange ideas, opinions, with other people in different conferences, workshops, or even communicate in the foreign language that he/ she possesses if he works for foreign or multinational companies, which are established here in Vietnam.
Vietnamese students find it necessary to study English for specific purposes, as they are asked for many projects, assignment, course tasks etc. and the information is all in English. If they do not know the right vocabulary used in the area of their studies, this will lead in deficiency. Despite the obvious importance of ESP for students, surely, there still remain some problems in learning specialized English vocabulary, particularly at Vietnam Maritime University (VMU), there is a fact that the third year Logistics major at VMU have a poor number of logistics English vocabulary.
Surprisingly, students may be very good at doing grammatical exercises, but they find it hard to communicate well in English at their field of study, such as explaining some terms properly. Furthermore, students find it hard to remember those specialized vocabulary and unable to put it to productive use and to form words and utterances in communication. In contrast, there is a fact that the logistics term is an interesting and complex thing as well. Hence, many students have to face some difficult problems in sufficient awareness of both the vivid existence and meaning of logistics terms and academic vocabulary.
That makes students become fed up with learning specialized English vocabulary. Another reason is quite traditional and passive in both teaching and learning methods and similar activities day by day. For the obvious reasons above, it is an urgent need to take priority in specialized English vocabulary learning. Therefore, I would like to suggest some appropriate and effective techniques of learning ESP to third year Logistics major students at VMU with the hope that the students will be able to acquire the meaning at first.
Secondly, applying vocabulary learning techniques in their learning process make them become independent and gain active positions in learning the specialized vocabulary knowledge. Due to my English knowledge 12 Luan van limitation and the frame of the graduation paper, the research ambition in this graduation paper is offering insightful techniques to deal with this problem. For this reason, I would like to carry on this study with the title: “A study on techniques to learn and improve specialized English vocabulary for the third year Logistics majors students at Vietnam Maritime University.2 Aim and objectives of the study As an English major student, the main purpose of this study is to provide some suggested techniques in learning specialized English vocabulary for the third year Logistics major students to make them more interested in learning specialized English vocabulary as well as mastering specialized English vocabulary in the most effective way.