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Luận văn thạc sĩ nghiên cứu vnu ulis an evaluation of the course book new english file elementary for the first year students, khảo sát thực trạng, phân tích nguyên nhân, đề xuất

2015

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

1. CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1. AIMS OF THE STUDY

1.2. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

1.3. RESEARCH QUESTION

1.4. SCOPE OF THE STUDY

1.5. OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY

2. CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1. TEXTBOOK, COUSE BOOK, AND MATERIALS

2.1.1. Definitions

2.1.2. Role of materials in English Language Teaching

2.1.3. Definition of Materials Evaluation

2.1.4. Reasons of Materials Evaluation

2.1.5. Types of Materials Evaluation

3. CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1. DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENTS

3.2. DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES

4. CHAPTER 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

4.1. THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE COURSE BOOK TO THE AUDIENCE IN TERMS OF THEIR ENGLISH LEVEL

4.2. THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE COURSE BOOK TO THE AIM OF THE COURSE

4.3. THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE MATERIAL TO THE CONTENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURSE BOOK

4.4. THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE MATERIAL TO THE METHODOLOGY REQUIREMENT OF THE COURSE

4.5. SUMMARY OF MAJOR FINDINGS

5. CHAPTER 5: RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION

5.1. LIMITATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH

APPENDIX 1: THE SYLLABUS OF THE ENGLISH COURSE FOR THE FIRST YEAR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT UFBA

APPENDIX 2: THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE BOOK “NEW ENGLISH FILE – ELEMENTARY”

APPENDIX 3: CHECKLIST FOR EVALUATION BY HUTCHINSON AND WATERS (1987)

APPENDIX 4: QUESTIONNAIRE FOR TEACHERS

APPENDIX 5: QUESTIONNAIRE FOR STUDENTS

APPENDIX 6: KHẢO SÁT Ý KIẾN HỌC VIÊN

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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES TRẦN THỊ THỦY AN EVALUATION OF THE COURSE BOOK “NEW ENGLISH FILE - ELEMENTARY” FOR THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (UFBA) (Đánh giá giáo trình “New English File - Elementary” dùng cho sinh viên không chuyên năm thứ nhất Trƣờng Đại Học Tài Chính Quản Trị Kinh Doanh) M. MINOR THESIS MAJOR: ENGLISH TEACHING METHODOLOGY CODE: 60140111 HANOI – 2015 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES TRẦN THỊ THỦY AN EVALUATION OF THE COURSE BOOK “NEW ENGLISH FILE - ELEMENTARY” FOR THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (UFBA) (Đánh giá giáo trình “New English File - Elementary” dùng cho sinh viên không chuyên năm thứ nhất Trƣờng Đại Học Tài Chính Quản Trị Kinh Doanh) M. MINOR THESIS MAJOR: ENGLISH TEACHING METHODOLOGY CODE: 60140111 SUPERVISOR: NGUYỄN ĐỨC HOẠT, Ph.D HANOI – 2015 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I, first and foremost, would like to express my deepest gratitude to my supervisor, Nguyễn Đức Hoạt, Ph.D for his continuous support, valuable advice, comments, criticisms and corrections throughout the study. Without his guidance and help, this work would not have been accomplished. I would like to express my gratitude to the whole group of teachers and students at UFBA by whom meaningful data for the thesis was collected and handed in on time. The last but not least, thanks to valued encouragements and great support from my parents, my husband and my son in so many ways that gave me significant motivations, determination and passion to carry on my thesis. 1 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to evaluate the course book “New English file-Elementary” which has been currently used for the first year students at UFBA. The following research question should be answered: To what extent does “New English file - Elementary” satisfy the course requirements in terms of the audience, content, aims and methodology for the first year students at the University of Finance and Business Administration? The evaluation was conducted at macro level on the basis on four criteria. On the purpose of achieving the professional goal above, the author had to review the literature in relevance to materials evaluation, employ document analysis, survey questionnaire and determine the answer to the research question. The results revealed that the course book were generally suitable to the intended learners and course‟s requirements. However, there should be made some changes for more effective exploitation of the material in the future. Based on the findings, some recommendations on adapting, adding, modifying several items in the course book have come out in order to make the best use of the material in coming years. 2 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION. AIMS OF THE STUDY . SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY . SCOPE OF THE STUDY . OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY .2 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW . TEXTBOOK, COUSE BOOK, AND MATERIALS . Role of materials in English Language Teaching . Definition of Materials Evaluation . Reasons of Materials Evaluation . Types of Materials Evaluation . Types of Evaluators . Models of Materials Evaluation . Criteria for Materials Evaluation .13 CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY . DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENTS .17 3 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES .21 CHAPTER 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION . THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE COURSE BOOK TO THE AUDIENCE IN TERMS OF THEIR ENGLISH LEVEL . Material analysis results. THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE COURSE BOOK TO THE AIM OF THE COURSE . Material analysis results. THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE MATERIAL TO THE CONTENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURSE BOOK. The material analysis results. THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE MATERIAL TO THE METHODOLOGY REQUIREMENT OF THE COURSE . Material analysis results. SUMMARY OF MAJOR FINDINGS .37 CHAPTER 5: RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION . LIMITATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH .45 APPENDIX 1: THE SYLLABUS OF THE ENGLISH COURSE FOR THE FIRST YEAR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT UFBA .45 APPENDIX 2: THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE BOOK “NEW ENGLISH FILE – ELEMENTARY” .52 4 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com APPENDIX 3: CHECKLIST FOR EVALUATION BY HUTCHINSON AND WATERS (1987) .53 APPENDIX 4: QUESTIONNAIRE FOR TEACHERS .59 APPENDIX 5: QUESTIONNAIRE FOR STUDENTS .65 APPENDIX 6: KHẢO SÁT Ý KIẾN HỌC VIÊN .71 5 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Table 4.1: The students and teachers‟ opinions of the overall difficulty level of the material Table 4.2: Teachers and students‟ opinions of aim of the course book “New English File- Elementary” Table 4.3: The teachers and students‟ opinions about the language points covered in the material Table 4.4: The teachers and students‟ opinions about language skills in the material Table 4.5: The students‟ onions about the effectiveness of the sub-skills and the familiarity of the topics to the students‟ knowledge level Table 4.6: The teachers‟ opinions about the tasks/ exercises of language points and language skills Figure 2.1: The material evaluation model by Hutchinson and Waters (1987) Figure 4.1: The students and teachers‟ opinions of the overall difficulty level of the material Figure 4.2: Teachers and students‟ opinions of aim of the course book “New English File- Elementary” Figure 4.3: The teachers‟ and students‟ opinions about the tasks/ exercises of language points and language skills Figure 4.4: The students and teachers‟ opinions about guidance for doing the types of tasks 6 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1. RATIONALE It has generally agreed that material plays an essential role in the process of language teaching and learning. Materials must be important because they could significantly increase students‟ achievement by supporting students‟ learning and be considered as a guide to assist teachers. According to McDonough and Shaw (1993), however, no set of materials is likely to be perfect; it cannot serve equally for the requirements of every classroom setting. Teachers should not merely know to use but how useful it can be. They must evaluate its strengths and weaknesses. Therefore, William (1983) suggests that English language teachers need to know the principles of materials evaluation. The ability of materials evaluation is regarded as an extremely important professional activity for all English foreign language teachers. Ideally, the teaching materials, after having been selected or designed, need to be carefully evaluated to check whether the material accomplishes its job of enabling teaching and learning. In fact, this is the third year that the course book “New English file - Elementary” has been used at the University of Finance and Business Administration. The material is approved and accepted as an official course book for teaching all first year students at the University of Finance and Business Administration. Up to now, there have been different opinions from the teachers and the students about this material. However, there has not had any attempt to evaluate the book to see whether it meets the requirements of the course in terms of audience, content, aims and methodology. These are the reasons why the author of the study made a decision to conduct this evaluation research. As a result, this study is conducted with the hope that the thesis will find out the merits and demerits of the textbook in order to improve or modify the material for future use and therefore make contribution to the teaching and learning foreign language at the intended university. Page | 1 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. AIMS OF THE STUDY The research aims at evaluating the material of current use at UFBA to determine whether it matches the course‟s requirements in terms of the audience, content, aims and methodology. Hopefully, the findings of the thesis will partly help the English teaching staff to decide whether the material will be used in the coming year or what changes can be made to improve the effectiveness of the material. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY The paper will be carried out with the hope that the findings of the study will help teachers improve their language teaching method of exploiting the course book to fulfill satisfactorily students‟ need and interests. RESEARCH QUESTION The study aims at answering the following question: To what extent does “New English file - Elementary” satisfy the course requirements in terms of the audience, content, aims and methodology for the first year students at the University of Finance and Business Administration? 5. SCOPE OF THE STUDY Within the scope of an M.A thesis, this research paper focuses on evaluating the course book “New English file - Elementary” used in the basis communication course for the first year students at the University of Finance and Business Administration. This book is used in their first term at UFBA. In the scope of this study the suitability of this course to the course requirements and participants‟ attitudes toward it will be worked out. OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY The study consists of three parts and three chapters: Chapter 1: Introduction provide a general overview of the study with specific references to the rationale, the aim and objectives of the study, research questions, scope of study, significance of study, overview of the thesis. Page | 2 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com Chapter 2: Literature review. This chapter provides the relevant theories related to Textbook, Course book, Material and Material evaluation. Chapter 3: Research methodology, includes the methodology employed in the study, research procedure, the participants, the survey instruments and data analysis. Chapter 4: Findings and discussion. It is devoted to a detailed description of findings and the discussion. In this chapter, explanation and interpretation of the findings are explored. Chapter 5: Recommendations and Conclusion gives conclusion, recommendations, and limitations of the study and then gives suggestions for further study. Page | 3 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 2. TEXTBOOK, COUSE BOOK, AND MATERIALS 2. Definitions The terms “Textbook”, “Course Book” and “Materials” which are commonly found in learning and teaching foreign languages are used interchangeably. However, it is pointed that these terminologies are not the same. According to Microsoft Encarta (2005), “Textbook” is defined as a book which treats a subject comprehensively and used by students as a basis for study. English teachers have considered textbooks as the instruments supporting to explain and express their teaching ideas. The term “Course Book” is used to refer a textbook on which a course is based (McGrath, 2002:7). Furthermore, Tomlinson shares a similar point with McGrath when he considers a course book as “a textbook which provides the core materials for a course”. A course book is used to provide as much as possible in one book and is able to serve as the only book which the learners necessarily use during a course. A course book includes work on not only grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, functions but also the skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking (Tomlinson, 1998). In Materials Development in Language Teaching, Littlejohn (1998) defines that “Materials” are considered as anything which is used to help teach language learners. In the words of Tomlinson (1998), it can be in the form of a textbook, a workbook, a cassette, a CD-Rom, a video, a photocopied handout, a newspaper, a paragraph written on a whiteboard”. Thus, it can be pointed out that course book is a type of materials. Role of materials in English Language Teaching It is undeniable that the relationship between materials and other components in language teaching such as students, teachers, teaching method and evaluation have been controversial for many years. It was not until 1970s there was a movement to make learners rather than teachers the center of language learning. Consequently, learners are gradually regarded as the targets of teaching and learning process.

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