Đánh giá từ vựng trong sách giáo khoa Tiếng Anh 12 được xuất bản bởi Nhà xuất bản Giáo dục Việt ...

Luận văn thạc sĩ VNU ULIS đánh giá từ vựng trong sách giáo khoa Tiếng Anh 12 do Nhà xuất bản Giáo dục Việt Nam phát hành năm 2008.

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DECLARATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ABSTRACT

1. CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1. Scope of the study

1.2. The objective of the study

1.3. Research questions

1.4. Significance of the study

1.5. Organization of the dissertation

2. CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

2.1. Vocabulary learning and practice

2.2. Definitions of vocabulary

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES

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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES ********************** N O T N AN EVALUATION OF VOCABULARY USED IN THE TEXTBOOK “T ẾN AN 12” PUBL S ED BY V ETNAM EDUCATION PUBLISHER IN 2008 ánh giá từ vựng trong sách giáo khoa “T ẾN AN 12” được xuất bản bởi Nhà xuất bản Giáo dục Việt Nam năm 2008 M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 HANOI - 2017 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES ********************** N O T N AN EVALUATION OF VOCABULARY USED IN THE TEXTBOOK “T ẾN AN 12” PUBL S ED BY V ETNAM EDUCAT ON PUBLISHER IN 2008 ánh giá từ vựng trong sách giáo khoa “T ẾN AN 12” được xuất bản bởi Nhà xuất bản Giáo dục Việt Nam năm 2008 M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 Supervisor: Dr. Ngu n Th Ng c Qu nh HANOI - 2017 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com DECLARATION I certify that this thesis entitled: “ “ in 2008. , which is submitted in partial fulfilment of M. Degree at Faculty of Post Graduate Studies, University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, is the result of my own work. The material in this thesis, wholly or in part, has not been submitted for a degree to any other universities or institutions. Hanoi, 2017 Signature ng Ho i Th ng i LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First of all, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Quynh. I would never have finished my dissertation without her useful and insightful comments and advice. I would also like to give thanks to my teachers for their precious sharing of experiences, knowledge, and resource materials with me during my study. Last but not least, I wish to thank students and teachers participating in my study, my colleagues, and study mates for their help and support throughout my master’s degree course. ii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to evaluate the voca ulary in the text ook TI NG ANH 12 pu lished in 2008 in terms of the selection of voca ulary, the presentation, and the vocabulary practice. The study investigated aspects of word knowledge, and vocabulary learning strategies, and types of vocabulary activities underlying vocabulary activities. A total of 180 randomly selected grade - twelve students and five English teachers in an upper-secondary school in Bac Ninh province were involved. The data were collected through textbook analysis with the help of Range program by Nation (2002), questionnaires and interview. Then, the information obtained from these sources were analysed quantitatively and qualitatively and evaluated using a checklist. The data analysis tools used for the study are SPSS 20, and Excel. The study consists of two main parts with the selection of vocabulary, the designs of the explicit vocabulary activities with reference to vocabulary learning strategies, and aspects of word knowledge, and types. The results showed that the textbook has low pedagogical value and insufficient lexical input for learners in terms of vocabulary selection. The results also showed that there is a gap between what is pedagogically desirable about vocabulary learning strategies and what is actually included in the textbook. The textbook hardly reflects all aspects of knowing a word in its vocabulary tasks and lack of diversity in designing explicit vocabulary activities. iii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION . iii TABLE OF CONTENTS………………………………………………………………………….iv LIST OF TABLES . vi LIST OF FIGURES. vii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION . Scope of the study . The objective of the study . Significance of the study . Organization of the dissertation . 4 CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK . Vocabulary learning and practice . Definitions of vocabulary . Vocabulary learning and practice . Evaluation and Textbook evaluation . Evaluating vocabulary in a textbook using a checklist . Vocabulary selection criteria . Aspects of word knowledge . Vocabulary learning strategies . Previous studies on evaluating vocabulary in the textbooks . The general description of the text ook TI NG ANH 12 . Data collection evaluative checklist . Data analysis tools. 34 CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS. Research question 1: How are the target vocabulary items in the textbook under study selected? . Results from textbook analysis. Results from survey questionnaires. Results from interviews . Research question 2: How is vocabulary presented and practised in relation to aspects of word knowledge, vocabulary learning strategies, and types of vocabulary activities? . 46 iv LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. Results from textbook analysis. Results from survey questionnaires. Results from interviews . Summary of the major findings of the study . Limitations of the study and suggestions for further study . I v LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Vocabulary size (Schmitt, 2000)……………………………………….15 Table 2: Aspects of word knowledge (Nation, 2001, p.18 Ta le 3: Research population’s information……………………………….…………27 Table 4: Groups of learners……………………………………………………….28 Table 5: Information about teachers participating in the study……………….29 Table 6: Number of types and word families in the first three BNC word frequency lists…………………………………………………………………………………….32 Table 7: Frequency of words in the whole book…………………………………….37 Table 8: The distribution of frequency words in the textbook…………………….39 Table 9: Range of key vocabulary items in the textbook under study…………….39 vi LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Types and tokens in the textbook……………………………………….38 Figure 2: Key vocabulary items in the textbook……………………………….40 Figure 3: Word grouping in the textbook…………………………………………41 Figure 4: Number of explicit vocabulary exercises………………………………42 Figure 5: Aspects of knowledge in explicit vocabulary activities……………….47 Figure 6: Vocabulary learning strategies in explicit vocabulary activities…….48 Figure 7 (a): Types of vocabulary activities…………………………………….49 Figure 7 (b): Types of vocabulary activities………………………………………49 vii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale In English language teaching and learning in general, vocabulary plays a very important role. 19), stated that one of the key elements in learning a foreign language is mastering L2 vocabulary. 111-112) also wrote that …while without grammar very little can e conveyed, without vocabulary nothing can e conveyed . In fact, the more students learn, the more complex they find their learning. Students do not only learn a single word, but at advanced levels, they have to learn other components of the words including antonyms, synonyms, allophones, collocation, semantic, and pragmatics. A rich vocabulary makes the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing easier to perform, (Nation, 1994, p. Likewise, Richards and Rodgers (2002), appreciated the role of vocabulary teaching and learning in comparison to grammar. Vocabulary difficulty has been found to be one of the best predictors of text difficulty (Chall, 1958), cited in Steven A. Stahl and Michael C. Teaching vocabulary will not guarantee success in reading, just as learning to read words will not guarantee success in reading. However, lacking either adequate word identification skills or adequate voca ulary will ensure failure (Biemiller, 2005). A wide number of people around the world today use English as a second or foreign language. In learning a language, vocabulary knowledge is viewed as an important factor. Textbook plays a role as the skeleton for the whole learning and teaching process. 237), Course ooks are perceived y many to e the route map for any ELT program, laying bare its shape, structure, and destination, with progress, program, and even teacher quality being assessed by learners in terms of sequential , unit-by-unit coverage . Thorn ury (2002) sees text ooks as sources of words. He claims that vocabulary input is realized in the actual content of books by means of segregated activities, integrated text-based activities, grammar explanations and task instructions. In addition, textbooks are commodities, political objects, and cultural representations and, therefore, are the site and result of struggles and compromise in order to determine how and by whom they will be produced, how and by whom their contents will be selected, how and to whom they will be distributed, and how teachers and students will make use of them. 1 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com Evaluation can reveal the weaknesses and strengths of certain textbooks and seek feasible supplementary materials or teaching techniques to overcome the demerits. Evaluating vocabulary in its suitability will help teachers adapt their teaching methods better. It is the teacher’s duty to understand why and what the vocabulary is selected in the textbooks. Therefore, I would like to explore further about the appropriateness of the vocabulary presented in the text ook TI NG ANH 12 that is still in use in the majority of upper-secondary schools in English teaching and learning context in Vietnam in general and in an upper-secondary school in Bac Ninh province in particular. Then, I can suggest some possible adaptations in teaching vocabulary for larger groups of students and recommend better teaching techniques for teachers. The study is also desired for suggesting a theoretical framework for further evaluation of vocabulary in other textbooks. Scope of the study The study was limited in receptive vocabulary in the text ook TI NG ANH 12 , which was pu lished in 2008 y Vietnam national pu lisher of education, Ministry of Education and Training. The formal presentation of vocabulary or explicit presentation of vocabulary in reading, speaking, writing, listening sections and the section of language focus, then incidental or indirect attention to vocabulary in some sections of the textbook is beyond the scope of the study. 67) suggests that multi-word units should also be included in the high-frequency word lists, little research has been done on the frequency of these items and how many of them are needed for learners. Therefore, the frequency and range of multi-unit words including phrasal verbs and idioms will be excluded in this study. Instead, those kinds of words will be classified in the demonstration of vocabulary organization in the study. The research was restricted to only 180 students and 5 teachers in an upper- secondary school that could be representative for those who were using the textbook under study. The primary focus was exclusive on grade 12th when students were going to be school-leavers and finished their compulsory education in which English is an important subject. 2 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com Finally, the data collected was gathered only from questionnaire, interview and textbook analysis with the hope that it could have been richer with the help of more data collection instruments. The objective of the study Due to the fact that textbooks are used directly as instructional materials and the main tools in the teaching and learning process, this study is aimed at evaluating the textbook to see if it can effectively teach vocabulary and equip students with essential vocabulary learning strategies and provide students with essential word knowledge. The study will review theories and researches concerning the selection of the vocabulary used in the textbook, aspects of word knowledge, vocabulary learning strategies and types of vocabulary activities. The ultimate goal of the study is to suggest solutions or adaptations for teachers and textbook designers in relevance to improving the quality of vocabulary selection, presentation and practice. Research questions Vocabulary can be studied from the perspective of breadth of knowledge which is concerned with how much vocabulary a learner needs and depth of knowledge which is concerned with the quality of the learners’ voca ulary knowledge. From these two dimensions, the study focuses on answering two research questions: 1, How are the target vocabulary items in the textbook under study selected? 2, How is vocabulary presented and practised in relation to aspects of word knowledge, vocabulary learning strategies, and types of vocabulary activities? 1. Significance of the study The study can be significant in a number of ways.

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