Luận văn thạc sĩ về dạy phát âm tiếng Anh với sách giáo khoa tiếng Anh 11 tại trường THPT Đồng Hỷ

Luận văn thạc sĩ nghiên cứu vnu ulis teaching english pronunciation with the textbook english 11 at dong hy high school, đánh giá hiện trạng, phân tích vấn đề, đề xuất biện pháp

Trường đại học

Hanoi University of Foreign Languages

Người đăng

Ẩn danh

Thể loại

Minor Thesis

2012

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Phí lưu trữ

30 Point

Mục lục chi tiết

DECLARATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF CHARTS AND TABLES

PART I: INTRODUCTION

1.1. Rationale of the study

1.2. Aim and objectives of the study

1.3. Scope of the study

1.4. Methods of the study

1.5. Significance of the study

1.6. Design of the study

PART II: DEVELOPMENT

1. CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW

1.1. Definition of pronunciation

1.2. The importance of teaching pronunciation

1.3. English pronunciation teaching to foreign language learners

1.3.1. What to teach

1.3.2. Approaches to teach

1.3.3. Methods to teach

1.3.4. Studies on the effects of different teaching methods

1.4. The teaching of English consonants

1.4.1. General description and classification of English consonants

1.4.2. English vs Vietnamese consonants and the possible difficulties

1.5. Factors affecting the effects of pronunciation teaching

1.5.1. The native language

1.5.2. The age factor

1.5.3. Amount of exposure

1.5.4. Attitudes and personalities

2. CHAPTER 2: THE STUDY

2.1. An overview of the situation of teaching and learning English at Dong Hy High School

2.2. The educational environment

2.3. The subjects of the study

2.4. Methods and procedures

2.5. Data analysis process

3. CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSIONS

3.1. The teachers and students‟ attitudes towards teaching and learning pronunciation

3.2. The techniques used in teaching pronunciation

3.3. The levels of difficulties in teaching and learning pronunciation

3.4. The causes of the difficulties in teaching and learning pronunciation

4. CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS

PART III: CONCLUSION

3.1. Conclusions of the study

3.2. Limitations of the study

3.3. Suggestions for further study

APPENDICES

3.1. APPENDIX 1: QUESTIONAIRE FOR STUDENTS

3.2. APPENDIX 2: QUESTIONAIRE FOR TEACHERS

3.3. APPENDIX 3: INTERVIEW

3.4. APPENDIX 4: CLASSROOM OBSERVATION SHEET

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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES ---------- HOÀNG THỊ THANH HOA TEACHING ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION WITH THE TEXTBOOK ENGLISH 11 AT DONG HY HIGH SCHOOL (DẠY PHÁT ÂM TIẾNG ANH THEO SÁCH GIÁO KHOA TIẾNG ANH LỚP 11 Ở TRƯỜNG THPT ĐỒNG HỶ) M. MINOR THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 601410 Supervisor: Dr. Dương Thu Mai HÀ NỘI - 2012 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES ---------- HOÀNG THỊ THANH HOA TEACHING ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION WITH THE TEXTBOOK ENGLISH 11 AT DONG HY HIGH SCHOOL (DẠY PHÁT ÂM TIẾNG ANH THEO SÁCH GIÁO KHOA TIẾNG ANH LỚP 11 Ở TRƯỜNG THPT ĐỒNG HỶ) M. MINOR THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 601410 HÀ NỘI - 2012 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com iv TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION.

iii TABLE OF CONTENTS. iv LIST OF CHARTS AND TABLES. vii PART I: INTRODUCTION. Rationale of the study.

Aim and objectives of the study. Scope of the study. Methods of the study. Significance of the study.

Design of the study. 3 PART II: DEVELOPMENT. 4 CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW. Definition of pronunciation.

The importance of teaching pronunciation. English pronunciation teaching to foreign language learners. What to teach. Approaches to teach.

Methods to teach. Studies on the effects of different teaching methods. The teaching of English consonants. General description and classification of English consonants.

English vs Vietnamese consonants and the possible difficulties. Factors affecting the effects of pronunciation teaching .1 The native language .2 The age factor. 19 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. Amount of exposure.

Attitudes and personalities. 20 CHAPTER 2: THE STUDY. An overview of the situation of teaching and learning English at Dong Hy High School. The educational environment.

The subjects of the study. Methods and procedures. Data analysis process. 26 CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSIONS.

The teachers and students‟ attitudes towards teaching and learning pronunciation. The techniques used in teaching pronunciation. The levels of difficulties in teaching and learning pronunciation. 34 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.

The causes of the difficulties in teaching and learning pronunciation. 36 CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS. 39 PART III: CONCLUSION. Conclusions of the study.

Limitations of the study. Suggestions for further study. 44 APPENDICES APPENDIX 1: QUESTIONAIRE FOR STUDENTS .I APPENDIX 2: QUESTIONAIRE FOR TEACHERS. III APPENDIX 3: INTERVIEW.

V APPENDIX 4: CLASSROOM OBSERVATION SHEET. VI LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com vii LIST OF CHARTS AND TABLES Chart 1: Importance of pronunciation to students and teachers Chart 2: Teachers and students‟ interest in pronunciation in class Chart 3: Teachers and students‟ feeling towards the task of pronunciation in the textbook English 11 Chart 4: The levels of difficulties in teaching and learning pronunciation Chart 5: The causes of the difficulties in teaching and learning pronunciation Chart 6: The causes of the difficulties in teaching and learning pronunciation with the textbook English 11 Table 1: Consonants of English, (Kelly, 2000) Table 2: Vietnamese consonants of Hanoi dialect Table 3: Pronunciation matters mentioned in English 11 Table 4: The purpose of teaching and learning pronunciation Table 5: Frequency of the techniques used in teaching pronunciation Table 6: Pronunciation matters students and teachers find difficult to learn and teach LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 1 PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale of the study Nowadays English has become one of the most popular languages in the world. It is widely used in many fields such as business, science, education, technology, medicine, etc.

English is also considered as a main tool for global communication. Correct pronunciation plays a very important part in using spoken English. Mispronunciation may lead to misunderstanding and the process of the communication may even be broken down. “A learner who consistently mispronounces a range of phonemes can be extremely difficult for a speaker from another language community to understand” (Kelly, 2000, p.

However, many people learning English often do not pay attention to their pronunciation. Even worse, some of them underestimate it. They think that pronunciation is less important than grammar and vocabulary. Teachers and students at Dong Hy High School are not exception.

In this school, teachers usually pay more attention to grammar, vocabulary and other skills than pronunciation. There are a number of reasons for this. First, in the textbooks (English 10, 11, 12), pronunciation instruction accounts for very low proportion compared with the other parts. Second, all important English exams at schools as well as the entrance exam to universities are always in written form so most teachers and students have little motivation to teach and to learn pronunciation.

Third, it is more difficult for students to get a mark from pronunciation than other parts .From the real teaching and learning situation at Dong Hy High School, The researcher would like to carry out a study to clarify some difficulties in teaching and learning pronunciation, the reasons for them and suggest some solutions to the problems. Aim and objectives of the study This study is aimed at investigating the situation and difficulties in teaching and learning pronunciation with the textbook English 11, the reasons for them and then at suggesting the solutions to help teachers and students overcome these difficulties. In order to achieve this aim, some objectives are posed for exploration as follows: - To find out the attitudes of teachers and learners towards teaching and learning pronunciation at Dong Hy High School. LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 2 - To find out how pronunciation is taught at Dong Hy High School.

- To find out the difficulties and the causes of difficulties in teaching and learning Pronunciation in Language focus periods - English 11. Scope of the study Pronunciation is a large area of language teaching and often causes learners and teachers a lot of difficulties and there is a limited time; therefore, this research is aimed at investigating only the difficulties in teaching and learning pronunciation with the textbook English 11that teachers and students at Dong Hy High School have been facing and finding out the causes of these difficulties. Besides, the study is also to suggest some implications for the teaching of pronunciation matters designed in English 11, English consonantal matters. Methods of the study Both qualitative and quantitative methods are used in this study.

Besides, many resources such as books, magazines, articles, newspapers and some sources on the internet are reviewed by the researcher. In order to gain the most reliable results, the quantitative data are collected through a survey questionnaire for 6 teachers and 100 grade 11 students at Dong Hy High School. Along with the quantitative method, the qualitative data are obtained in classroom observation and interviews with some students and teachers to collect further information. After that, the results obtained from questionnaires, interview and observation are discussed then some useful pronunciation teaching techniques are recommended.

Significance of the study The textbook English 11 was designed with the hope that students could have a complete insight into English consonantal sounds. However, there has not been much investigation into the fact that whether lessons of pronunciation are suitable and comprehensible for students; or whether the teaching of pronunciation for students of grade 11 is easy- undertaken. This research provides an insight into the difficulties that are often met by teachers teaching English for grades 11 in Dong Hy High School. In LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 3 addition, this research also points out some feasible solutions which are, hopefully, beneficial for both teachers and students.

Design of the study The study is divided into three parts: The first part “Introduction” presents the rationale, the aim and objectives, the scope, the methods, significance and the design of the study. The second part “Development” consists of four chapters: Chapter 1 provides a thorough literature review relevant to the study. It presents the theoretical background: the concepts relating to pronunciation, importance of teaching pronunciation, English pronunciation teaching to foreign language learners, factors affecting pronunciation teaching. Teaching of English Consonants is also mentioned in this chapter.

Chapter 2, chapter 3 constitutes the body of the study. Chapter 2 is the study description with an overview on situation of teaching and learning English at Dong Hy High School, research questions, and research methodology and data analysis process. Chapter 3 presents the data analysis results and discussions. Chapter 4 concludes the findings the researcher has found from the study and proposes some solutions to the teaching of pronunciation for grade 11 at Dong Hy High School.

The last part of the study “Conclusion” gives a brief description of the study and states the limitations as well as the recommendations for further study. LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 4 PART II: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 1. Definition of pronunciation The concept “Pronunciation” is defined in different ways. - According to Ur (1996, p.

47) “The concept of “pronunciation” may be said to include sounds of the language or phonology; stress and rhythm; intonation; combination of sounds; linkage of sounds". - According to Zawadzki (1994 ), “pronunciation refers to the production of sounds that we use to make meaning. It includes attention to the particular sounds of a language (segments), aspects of speech beyond the level of the individual sound, such as intonation, phrasing, stress, timing, rhythm (suprasegmental aspects), how the voiced is projected (voiced quality) and in its broadest definition, attention to gestures and expressions that are closely related to the way we speak a language” In this study, the researcher has no intention of pointing out which definition of pronunciation is the most precise but only wishes to find an appropriate definition to facilitate the understanding of pronunciation in language study. Therefore, the definition of pronunciation proposed by Ur (1996) is adopted.

The importance of teaching pronunciation Learning and using the correct pronunciation are important, so teaching pronunciation is significant as well. According to Hasimanoglu (2006), pronunciation teaching is a prominent factor in foreign language teaching. And sounds play an important role in communication, so foreign language teachers must attribute proper importance to teaching pronunciation in their classes Harmer (2007) notes that learners should utilize pronunciation good enough for them to be comprehended. However, while learning pronunciation, learners could encounter difficulties to hearing the sounds.

According to Harmer, teachers could solve these problems by showing learners to how sounds are produced via demonstration and explanation. Furthermore, after solving this problem, students‟ LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 5 pronunciation could be improved because when learners hear sounds properly, they could utter the sounds effectively. In the process of teaching pronunciation, the role of the teacher is significant. As Kenworthy (1987) states, people who are learning a foreign language pronunciation sometimes may not be able to realize whether they” got it right‟, comprehend correctly or not.

Thus, mispronunciations and correct pronunciations should be given by teachers. Gilakajani (2012) concludes: “ English pronunciation instruction should be viewed in the same light as the other aspects and skills of the English language such as vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing since it is an important part of communication”. Moreover, Harmer (2007) states that correct pronunciation is considered to be a prerequisite to develop the speaking skill. It can be said that pronunciation is as important as any other aspects of language like syntax and vocabulary and that is why teaching pronunciation should occupy an important place in the study of any language.

English pronunciation teaching to foreign language learners 1. What to teach English pronunciation teaching and learning has been the subjects that many researchers are concern about.

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