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Luận văn thạc sĩ phân tích vnu ulis an evaluation of the textbook english 11 taught at phan dinh phung secondary school in, đánh giá thực trạng, chỉ ra hạn chế, đề xuất giải pháp

2009

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Mục lục chi tiết

1. Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1. Rationale

1.2. Aims and objectives of the study

1.3. Research questions

1.4. Methods of the study

1.5. Scope of the study

1.6. Design of the study

2. Chapter II: Literature review

2.1. Definitions of textbook

2.2. The roles of textbook in language teaching and learning

2.3. The reasons to evaluate textbook

2.4. Types of textbook evaluation

2.4.1. Pre-use evaluation

2.4.2. In-use evaluation

2.4.3. Post-use evaluation

2.5. Methods of textbook evaluation

2.5.1. The impressionistic method

2.5.2. The check-list method

2.5.3. The in-depth method

2.6. Criteria for textbook evaluation

2.7. Previous Research on textbook evaluation

2.8. The purpose of adapting textbook

2.9. Methods to adapt textbook

3. Chapter III: Methodology

3.1. Data Collection Instruments

3.2. Data Collection Procedures

4. Chapter 4: Data Analysis and Discussion

5. Conclusions and recommendations

Appendix 1: Curriculum by MOET

Appendix 2: Bookmap of English 11

Appendix 3: Questionnaires for teachers

Appendix 4: Questionnaires for students

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Vietnam National University, Hanoi university of language and international studies department of Postgraduate studies Lª ThÞ HuÖ An evaluation of the Textbook English 11 Taught at Phan Dinh Phung Secondary school in hanoi. A case study ®¸nh gi¸ s¸ch gi¸o khoa TiÕng Anh 11 d¹y ë Tr-êng THPT Phan §×nh Phïng – Hµ Néi: §iÓn cøu Minor program thesis Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60 14 10 Supervisor: Hoµng ThÞ Xu©n Hoa, Ph.D Hanoi, August 2009 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com Vietnam National University, Hanoi university of language and international studies department of Postgraduate studies Lª ThÞ HuÖ An evaluation of the Textbook English 11 Taught at Phan Dinh Phung Secondary school in hanoi. A case study ®¸nh gi¸ s¸ch gi¸o khoa TiÕng Anh 11 d¹y ë Tr-êng THPT Phan §×nh Phïng – Hµ Néi: §iÓn cøu Minor program thesis Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60 14 10 Hanoi, August 2009 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Declaration . iii Table of contents . iv List of tables & charts . Aims and objectives of the study . Methods of the study . Scope of the study . Design of the study . Definitions of textbook . The roles of textbook in language teaching and learning . The reasons to evaluate textbook . Types of textbook evaluation . Pre-use evaluation .2 In-use evaluation . Post-use evaluation . Methods of textbook evaluation .1 The impressionistic method . 11 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.2 The check-list method .3 The in-depth method . Criteria for textbook evaluation . Previous Research on textbook evaluation . The purpose of adapting textbook . Methods to adapt textbook . Data Collection Instruments . Data Collection Procedures . Data Analysis and discussion . Questionnaire for teachers . Subjects and contents . 31 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. Questionnaire for students . Conclusions and recommendations . Summary of the study . Some suggested solutions . Some recommendations for further study . 48 Appendix 1: Curriculum by MOET . I Appendix 2: Bookmap of English 11 .VII Appendix 3: Questionnaires for teachers . X Appendix 4: Questionnaires for students . XV LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com vii List of tables & charts Table 1. Teachers’ opinions about methodology in the textbook . Teachers’ opinions about language text types in the textbook . Teachers’ opinions about activities in the textbook . Teachers’ opinions about skills in the textbook . Teachers’ opinions about subjects and contents included in the textbook . Students' attitudes toward familiarity of subjects and contents with their daily lives . Students' opinions toward suitable length of texts . Students' attitudes toward whether the textbook increases cultural and social knowledge . Students’ ideas about high frequency of practising language skills . Students' opinions on balance and links among skills . Students' attitudes toward capability of communication . Suitability between students' level of English and language used in the textbook . Relevance between subject and content with students' needs as English learners . Subject and content are interesting, challenging and motivating . Tasks and activities are introduced from simple to complex . Activities encourage students to work individually, in pair or group Chart 12. The textbook motivates students to learn English LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 1 Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Rationale English is now taught not only at all universities and colleges, but also as a compulsory subject at almost every senior high school and English will become a compulsory subject in grade 3 at primary schools in 2010. This proves that teaching and learning English well has become one of the most concerns of educators and society. Teaching and learning English well means that learners are able to communicate verbally with the outside world. In order to improve the effectiveness of teaching and learning English, many innovations have been made. The first innovation but not least important is the introduction of the new set of textbooks. Actually, textbooks play a significant role in foreign language teaching. They are not simply the everyday tools of the language teachers; they are an embodiment of the aims and methods of the particular teaching/learning situation. Good textbooks help to build up students‟ confidence by providing tasks or activities that students can cope with. Textbooks provide the students with opportunities to use the target language to achieve communicative purposes. Tasks and activities in the textbooks are variable and cater for a range of learning styles so all students can benefit. Especially in Vietnam, the textbook is seen as central to teaching- learning by the majority of teachers in most schools. Whether the new set of textbooks is as effective as Vietnamese teachers expect it to be; whether the textbooks meet the general aims of the course: e. improving the students‟ level of English in the areas of four language skills and teaching them the basic features of the language; whether the textbooks are appropriate to the context they are used in: level of students and teachers, classroom environment, etc. are questions for textbook evaluators. However, due to the limited time and its scope, this thesis focuses on evaluating one set of textbook only – English 11 at Phan Dinh Phung secondary school, Hanoi. Hopefully, the findings of the thesis will provide contribution to the improvement of the teaching and learning at secondary schools in Vietnam.2 Aims and objectives of the study The study aims to evaluate the textbook objectives, content and methodology in order to determine whether it truly follows the objectives prescribed by MOET for the course and whether it is suitable to students‟ level at Phan Dinh Phung secondary school and to see whether it brings about the interests in learning to the students. At the same time, the LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 2 study also aims to find out whether the textbook suits teachers and helps teachers do the teaching successfully. Moreover, the study gives some suggestions to the improvement of the textbook so that the textbook will be better used in the coming years.3 Research questions The thesis is to find out the answers to the following research questions: 1. Does the textbook English 11 truly follow the objectives prescribed by MOET for the course? 2. Is it suitable to the students‟ level at Phan Dinh Phung secondary school? 3. Does it bring about the interests in learning to the students at Phan Dinh Phung secondary school? 4. Is it suitable for the teachers at Phan Dinh Phung secondary school, Hanoi in terms of methodology, language competence, tasks, skills and subject and contents? 1.4 Methods of the study To collect the data, the methods used in the thesis are document analysis, survey questionnaires and classroom observation. Documents analysis here refers to the analysis of the textbook itself and the objectives for the course prescribed by MOET in the curriculum document. Survey questionnaires here play a vital role in getting feedback from teachers and students about the textbook they have used. Classroom observation are also used to help the researcher interpret the questionnaire data more accurately.5 Scope of the study Although the researcher is aware that in order to have a comprehensive evaluation of a textbook, it is much better to make an evaluation of the textbook taught at a large number of secondary schools in the whole country. However, due to time constraints and the limitation of the minor thesis, the researcher only focuses on evaluating the textbook taught at one secondary school, Phan Dinh Phung secondary school in Hanoi. Because the study is carried out at a specific school and its participants are teachers and students at this school, the result of the study which is only right at this school cannot be generalized for LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 3 all secondary schools in Vietnam. This result can be kept for reference when conducting an evaluation of the textbook taught at other schools.6 Design of the study The study consists of five chapters: Chapter I. Introduction, presents the general introduction of the study, consisting of rationale, aims and objectives, research questions, methods, scope and design of the study. Chapter II, Literature review, presents the most important notions related to textbook evaluation. They are: definitions and the roles of textbook in language teaching and learning; definition, reasons, types and methods and criteria of textbook evaluation; definition, purpose and methods of textbook adaptation. Also in this chapter some previous studies on the same topic are presented. Chapter III, Methodology, provides information about Research Design, Setting, Participants, Data Collection Instruments, Data Collection Procedures Chapter 4. Data Analysis and Discussion, analyses and discusses the data collected from document analysis, survey questionnaires and classroom observation. Conclusions and recommendations, presents the major findings of the study and recommends some suggestions for further study. LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. Definitions of textbook The traditional textbook, as we can see it, usually consists of a number of chapters with texts of different lengths that deal with various topics. There may be a different theme for every chapter and sometimes there are a few pre-reading activities, or post-reading exercises. The texts can generally be listened to on CD or tape. In some cases the textbook and the workbook are joined together in the same book, but sometimes they are represented by two separate books. This study is aimed at evaluating textbook English 11 by Hoang Van Van et al. (2008) therefore it would be sensible to clarify the related terminology “textbook”. There are various definitions of textbooks, as for example, in www.us/READ/FRAMEWORK/glossary/general_p-t.html, textbook is defined “a book used for instructional purposes, especially in schools and colleges". Books used by students for particular branches of study can be characterized by another important feature: their intrinsically challenging nature. „Textbook‟ is defined by Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary as „a book used in the study of a subject: as a: one containing a presentation of the principles of a subject b: a literary work relevant to the study of a subject’. Collins Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners 4th Edition (2003) also defines textbook as “a book containing facts about a particular subject that is used by people studying that subject”. In the broad sense of the concept, the term „textbook‟ refers to a manual of instruction or a standard book in any branch of study. They are produced according to the demand of educational institutions. What the textbook is different from other types of books is that textbook is written based on standard curriculum and its principal users are teachers and learners in schools. There is some degree of standardization in the textbook rather than others because there is usually an inspectorial system and public examinations to ensure the suitability of the textbook. Textbook has still been approved and upgraded when having been in use within LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 5 school system. That is why textbook serves as a standard instrument of knowledge for both teachers and learners. Textbooks are viewed as resources in achieving aims and objectives that have already been set in terms of learners‟ needs. The roles of textbook in language teaching and learning English language instruction has many important components but the essential constituents to many ESL/EFL classrooms and programs are the textbooks and instruction materials that are often used by language instructors. Different theorists have various ideas on the crucial roles that textbook plays in language teaching. Garinger (2001) cited in http://www.html points out that „Textbooks play a pivotal role in language classrooms in all types of educational institutions - public schools, colleges, and language schools - all over the world.‟ Riazi (2003, p52) also agrees with that point of view when clarifying that „textbooks play a very crucial role in the realm of language teaching and learning and are considered the next important factor (element) [italics added] in the second/foreign language classroom after the teacher.

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