VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOL UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES KACULTY OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES DINH THI HONG HANH USING LEXICAL CHUNKS TO DEVELOP THE SPEAKING FLUENCY OF STUDENTS IN A CONTINUING EDUCATION CENTER IN HANOI Sử dụng cụm từ vựng để phát triển khá nang noi cua hoc sinh tai một trung tâm giáo dục thường xuyên ở Hà Nội M.A MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: $140231.01 Hanoi, 2018 'VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOIL UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST GRADUATE STUDLES SASHERRA RARE ERE REE ĐINH THỊ HONG HANH USING LEXICAL CHUNKS TO DEVELOP THE SPEAKING FLUENCY OF STUDENTS IN A CONTINUING EDUCATION CENTER IN HANOI Sử dụng cụm từ vung dé phát triển khả năng nói của học sinh tại một trung tâm giáo dục thường xuyên ở Ilà Nội M.A MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 8140231. Le Van Canh Hanoi, 2018 DECLARATION Dinh Thi Hong Hanh, hereby certify that the minor thesis entitled “ising lexical chunks to develop the speaking fluency of students in a continuing education center in Hanoi.” is the result of my own rescarch. This thests has not, beer previously submitted for any other degrees. ‘he work was done under the guidance of Associale Professor Te Van Canh, al the University of Languages ard International Studies.
Hanoi, May 2018 Student’s signature Định Thị Hồng Hạnh TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration - - - 1 Acknowledgements - - ii Abstract. ii Table of contents. - - - Iv PART A: INTRODUCTION 1 1. Rational for the study - 1 2.
Aim of the study 3. Structure of the thesis PART B: DEVELOPNMENT. Chapter 1: Literature reyicw w 1.1 Overview of speaking 3 1. Challenges of vocabulary learning.
Lexis and lexical chunks - - - TI 1. Types of lexical chunks. The significance of teaching lexical chunks .1, Promoting language fluency - - 21 1.2, Enhancing language accuracy - - 22 1.Tacilitating creative language productien.4 Guiding language production. Increasing Icamer’s mottvation.
Lexical chunks and language fluency 25 1. Lexicalchunks and accuracy of language 26 1. Lexical chunks and creative language production. - 26 Chapter 2 : Methodology and Data analysis.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration - - - 1 Acknowledgements - - ii Abstract. ii Table of contents. - - - Iv PART A: INTRODUCTION 1 1. Rational for the study - 1 2.
Aim of the study 3. Structure of the thesis PART B: DEVELOPNMENT. Chapter 1: Literature reyicw w 1.1 Overview of speaking 3 1. Challenges of vocabulary learning.
Lexis and lexical chunks - - - TI 1. Types of lexical chunks. The significance of teaching lexical chunks .1, Promoting language fluency - - 21 1.2, Enhancing language accuracy - - 22 1.Tacilitating creative language productien.4 Guiding language production. Increasing Icamer’s mottvation.
Lexical chunks and language fluency 25 1. Lexicalchunks and accuracy of language 26 1. Lexical chunks and creative language production. - 26 Chapter 2 : Methodology and Data analysis.
PART A: INTRODUCTION, 1) Rationale for the study: Speaking serves as an indispensable part of language learning. Compared to the two basic skills listening and rending in Hnglish leaming process speaking is the hardest for BFL learners to acquire. On the one hand, it involves a large amount of vocabulary; on the other hand, English leamers need to internalize what. they have Icamt and at the same time produce language fluently and accurately.
It is much more complex and demanding than other language competence. Therefore, leamers’ speaking compelones ean reflect their Raglish proficiengy to some exten! Students’ speaking skills are tested mì Ierns of fluency, accuracy and complexily. Therefore, developing students’ speaking skills is always a great challenge to any LVL teachers. From my teaching experience and also through the informal conversations wilh my students, T realized thal the main bamer to.
studerts” speaking fluency is their lack of vocabulary. However, it takes a long time to develop the students’ lexical competence because they tend to learn few single words in one lesson, then they forget them. During my MA course, I learned that one solution to this challenge is the use of the lexical approach with the focus on helping siudents to use lexical chunks. This thesis reports my action research in whichI experimented the lexical approach with my students.
2) Aim of the study: ‘This studyis an attempt to investigate the use of lexical chunks in an empirical way and to track changes in elementary-level Vietnamese students’ spoken usage of lexical chunks over a period of five months in Vietnam. It tries to probe into the possible relationship between L2 leamers’ competence of lexical chumks and their language production through analysing results from two speaking tests, one anultiple-cboice chunk, and an interview. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Tam greally indebied 10 University of Languages and Internalional Studies granted me this chance to study higher education. Yo accomplish this study,1 would like to express the deepest gratitude to my supervisor, Associate Professor Doctor Le Van Canh for his thoughtful, patient and enthusiastic guidenee, supervision .ncounigement, and support all along the period of the study, Without his expert, constant and valuable guidance and criticism.t would not have been able to conduct my research.
I am thankfill to all my beloved students who conducted their enthusiastic participation during the process of data callection. Lasily, special words of Uumks are seni to my beloved family for their encouragement which help me overcome all obstacles during the completion of this study. PART B: DEVELOPMENT Chapter 1: Literature Review 1. Overview of Speaking: Speaking is one of the four language skills used for many purposes, for example, whan we are having a causal conversation, the purpose might be to have social contact with the other people; or when we discuss over a subject, we may aim to express our opinion (Richard &Renandya, 2602).
The context is essential to be underslood and accounted for. Levinson(] 983) argued thal ihe term context has bwo aspects: social and interpersonal. Social context is important in studies that foous on socio-linguistic aspects of language. However,interpersonal context should be studied in sub-diseiplines such as pragmatics, conversational analysis, and discourse analysis.
In the present study the conversational analysis plays critical role. In the process of communication, the speakers of a language should have Imowledge of the forms of language they use. They must know how to use this knowledge to negotiale meaning. Ta order to clarify meaning, the speakers and hearers or writers and readers should be able to interact.
‘he quality of interaction influences many aspects of the speakers’ life. One factor that increases the quality of interaction among nonnative speakers is [usney Speaking activities in language classroom have various goals including learning for ‘the content matter and language items from other participants, leaming, communicative activities,developing skill in discourse, and finally developing fucney (Nation, 1989) In the test, students are tested in terms of fluency, accuracy and complexity Therefore, it is a great challenge for the students to achieve the required level in all these three areas, Thus, it seems that increasing students’ fluency requires a lot of practice and the development of a rich lexical repertoire ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Tam greally indebied 10 University of Languages and Internalional Studies granted me this chance to study higher education. Yo accomplish this study,1 would like to express the deepest gratitude to my supervisor, Associate Professor Doctor Le Van Canh for his thoughtful, patient and enthusiastic guidenee, supervision .ncounigement, and support all along the period of the study, Without his expert, constant and valuable guidance and criticism.t would not have been able to conduct my research. I am thankfill to all my beloved students who conducted their enthusiastic participation during the process of data callection.
Lasily, special words of Uumks are seni to my beloved family for their encouragement which help me overcome all obstacles during the completion of this study. The continuing education context. Data collection and Analysis.1, How does the teaching and learning of lexical chunks change the students’ speaking fluency? .How do the students porceive of the benifits of the lcaming 0Ï loxica) chunks to their speaking ability?. Discussion of the relaLionship between L2 learns’ use of lexical chunks and language procedure .1, Changes in the teacher’s awareness of teaching vocabulary and speaking 39 2.2, Advantages from the process of conducting the action research.
Possible limitations in the action research. Plan for the next cyole. x PART A: INTRODUCTION, 1) Rationale for the study: Speaking serves as an indispensable part of language learning. Compared to the two basic skills listening and rending in Hnglish leaming process speaking is the hardest for BFL learners to acquire.
On the one hand, it involves a large amount of vocabulary; on the other hand, English leamers need to internalize what. they have Icamt and at the same time produce language fluently and accurately. It is much more complex and demanding than other language competence. Therefore, leamers’ speaking compelones ean reflect their Raglish proficiengy to some exten! Students’ speaking skills are tested mì Ierns of fluency, accuracy and complexily.
Therefore, developing students’ speaking skills is always a great challenge to any LVL teachers. From my teaching experience and also through the informal conversations wilh my students, T realized thal the main bamer to. studerts” speaking fluency is their lack of vocabulary. However, it takes a long time to develop the students’ lexical competence because they tend to learn few single words in one lesson, then they forget them.
During my MA course, I learned that one solution to this challenge is the use of the lexical approach with the focus on helping siudents to use lexical chunks. This thesis reports my action research in whichI experimented the lexical approach with my students. 2) Aim of the study: ‘This studyis an attempt to investigate the use of lexical chunks in an empirical way and to track changes in elementary-level Vietnamese students’ spoken usage of lexical chunks over a period of five months in Vietnam. It tries to probe into the possible relationship between L2 leamers’ competence of lexical chumks and their language production through analysing results from two speaking tests, one anultiple-cboice chunk, and an interview.
PART B: DEVELOPMENT Chapter 1: Literature Review 1. Overview of Speaking: Speaking is one of the four language skills used for many purposes, for example, whan we are having a causal conversation, the purpose might be to have social contact with the other people; or when we discuss over a subject, we may aim to express our opinion (Richard &Renandya, 2602). The context is essential to be underslood and accounted for. Levinson(] 983) argued thal ihe term context has bwo aspects: social and interpersonal.
Social context is important in studies that foous on socio-linguistic aspects of language. However,interpersonal context should be studied in sub-diseiplines such as pragmatics, conversational analysis, and discourse analysis. In the present study the conversational analysis plays critical role. In the process of communication, the speakers of a language should have Imowledge of the forms of language they use.
They must know how to use this knowledge to negotiale meaning. Ta order to clarify meaning, the speakers and hearers or writers and readers should be able to interact. ‘he quality of interaction influences many aspects of the speakers’ life. One factor that increases the quality of interaction among nonnative speakers is [usney Speaking activities in language classroom have various goals including learning for ‘the content matter and language items from other participants, leaming, communicative activities,developing skill in discourse, and finally developing fucney (Nation, 1989) In the test, students are tested in terms of fluency, accuracy and complexity Therefore, it is a great challenge for the students to achieve the required level in all these three areas, Thus, it seems that increasing students’ fluency requires a lot of practice and the development of a rich lexical repertoire PART B: DEVELOPMENT Chapter 1: Literature Review 1.