VIETNAM NATIONAL VERSITY, HANOT UNIVERSSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES, ------ CB YEE) ----——— VŨ THỊ XUÂN AN ACTION RESEARCH ON USING MUSIC AND ANIMATED CARTOONS TO TEACH ENGLISH TO PRIMARY STUDENTS AT DONG HOA PRIMARY SCHOOL NGHIÊN CỨU HÀNH ĐỘNG VIỆC SỬ DUNG PHIM HOAT HINH CÓ NHẠC DŨ DẠY TIĨNG ANIT CHO HỌC SINTII TIẾU HỌC TẠI TRƯỜNG TIỂU HỌC BONG HOA M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code : 60 14 0111 HANOI—2014 VIETNAM NATIONAL VERSITY, HANOT UNIVERSSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES, ------ CB YEE) ----——— vO TIN XUAN AN ACTION RESEARCH ON USING MUSIC AND ANIMATED CARTOONS TO TEACH ENGLISH TO PRIMARY STUDENTS AT DONG HOA PRIMARY SCHOOL NGHIÊN CUU HANH ĐỘNG VIỆC SỬ DỤNG PHIM HOAT HÌNH CÓ NHẠC ĐỂ DẠY TIENG ANH CHO HOC SINH TIỂU HỌC TẠI TRƯỜNG TIỂU HỌC ĐỒNG HÒA M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field; English Teaching Methodology Code : 60140111 Supervisor: Prof. HOANG VAN VAN HANOI— 2014 CANDIDATE’S STATEMENT Thereby declare that the thesis entitled: “AN ACTION RESEARCH ON USING MUSIC AND ANIMATED CARTOONS IN TEACIING EXGLISII TO PRIMARY STUDEXTS AT DONG IIOA PRIMARY SCIIOOL” represents any own work for the Degree of Master of Arts at University of Languages and Anternational Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi and that it has not becn previously submitted to this university or any other institutions in application for admission to a degree, diploma or other qualifications Tanoi, 2014 Vu Thi Xuan TABLE OF CONTENTS CANDIDATE STATEMENT ACKNOWL (IEMH] 3 ABSTRACT TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS LIST OF APPENDICES PART A: INTRODUCTION TL.
‘The aim of the study and research questions hd 3. ‘The significance of the study Woh 4. Scope of the study S. Method of the study wow 6.
Design of the study. PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER T: LITERATURE REVIEW LL. Teaching English to young leamers AA 1. Detinition of young learners 1.
Characteristics of young learners 1. Teaching English as foreign language lo young leamers. Definition of instructional media. Types of instructional media.
Detimition of animated cartoons 1. Advantages of using animated cartoons in ELT 1433. Criteria for selecting animated cartoons for teaching ABSTRACT This study aims to examine the application of animated cartoons to teach English to the third graders at Dong Toa Primary School. This study is an action research which consists of four stages: planning, acting, observing, and reflecting.
The subjects of this study are 39 students from class 3B of the Academic Year 2013 - 2014. he data is collected using the following instruments: document analysis and questionnaire. ‘he study employs both qualitative and quantilative method for analyzing the data and obtaining the results. The results of the research show that the employment of animated cartoons in teaching can help primary students improve the quality of their English learning.
The students alsa show their positive reponses toward the implimentation of animated cartoons in teaching English. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to take this opportunity lo express my sincere apprecialion and gratitude lo my supervisor, Prof. Toang Van Van, for his thoughtful advice and assistance in completing this study. He devoted a lot of his time to guide and assist me throughout this study.
But for his advice and guidance, this thesis would not have been completed. My thanks are also extended to all the lecturers in the Faculty of Postgraduate Studies, University of Languages and International Studies, VNU for their useful lectures from which I have benefited a lot for the accomplishment of this study Iam greatly indebted to my students, class 3B, my school principal and amy colleagues at Dong Hoa Primary School for their participation and assistance. 1 would like to thank my mother and members of my family and my friends who motivated me lo go ahcad for this study LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS: Abbreviations Stands for cD Compact dise pvp digital video disc BEL Linglish as a Voreign Language TL Foreign Language FLT Foreign Language Teaching Q Question T Teacher Teaching Fnglish as a Foreign Language Video compact disc Percent. Techniques for utilizing animated cartoons in classroom 14 1.
Lesson plan using animated cartoons 16 1. Previous studiss related to TEFL to young learners 16 16. 17 CHAPTER H: THE STUDY 2. sess HE HH0 110.
‘The context of teaching English at Dong Hoa Primary School. Identifying the problem. Conclusion 22 CHAPTER III: DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS 3. sess HE HH0 110.
Analysis of questionnaire | 23 3. Analysis of questionnaire 2 25 3. Analysis of questionnaire3 27 3. Findings 28 PART C: CONCLUSION 1.
Limitations and suggestion for further study. Conclusion 31 References 32 Appendices 35 vi Thirdly, the textbook Let’s Learn English appears to be inappropriate and unattractive to young learners. When leaching yourg learners, we must [ind methods, which create fur environment making them feel comfortable to learn English. We can use chants, songs, games, poems, ot storytelling to make the environment more alive and onlerlaining to deliver the lessons, bul using these materials is already ordinary and common to use.
These techniques also seem to be very familiar to my students so no longer catch much of their attention. In order to keep students’ motivation and to unprove Uhe quality of Leaching, T decide to choose animated cartoons to Leach LUnglish to my primary students. ‘The rationale behind choosing animated cartoons to teach my students rather than other techniques is that animated cartoons contain humorous characters and colorful and calchy visual prescntalions accompanied by enjoyable sound and music. Moreover, young leamers are much interested in watching animated cartoons.
The aim of the study and research questions ‘The main aim of this research is to investigate the employment of animated carloons as a mediusn Lo teach English at Dong Hoa Primary School and to find out the attitudes of third-grade students towards leaning English by using animated cartoons. To [BI the sim of the study, the fotlowiry questions are raised. is the employment of animated cartoons to teach Hnglish to the third grader students at Dong Iloa Primary School effective? 2. What are the attitudes of Dong Hoa third-grade students towards studying English by using animated cartoons? 3.
The significance of the study Tuas hoped drat this study will benefit bolli teachers and studsnis. For teachers, this study will introduce to them a cartoon-based lesson and how to use cartoons to teach English to young learners. It will bring them a new medium and a new way al teaching Rnglish al primary schools and provide them with some techniques of using animated cartoons to teach English to their students effectively. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to take this opportunity lo express my sincere apprecialion and gratitude lo my supervisor, Prof.
Toang Van Van, for his thoughtful advice and assistance in completing this study. He devoted a lot of his time to guide and assist me throughout this study. But for his advice and guidance, this thesis would not have been completed. My thanks are also extended to all the lecturers in the Faculty of Postgraduate Studies, University of Languages and International Studies, VNU for their useful lectures from which I have benefited a lot for the accomplishment of this study Iam greatly indebted to my students, class 3B, my school principal and amy colleagues at Dong Hoa Primary School for their participation and assistance.
1 would like to thank my mother and members of my family and my friends who motivated me lo go ahcad for this study ABSTRACT This study aims to examine the application of animated cartoons to teach English to the third graders at Dong Toa Primary School. This study is an action research which consists of four stages: planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The subjects of this study are 39 students from class 3B of the Academic Year 2013 - 2014. he data is collected using the following instruments: document analysis and questionnaire.
‘he study employs both qualitative and quantilative method for analyzing the data and obtaining the results. The results of the research show that the employment of animated cartoons in teaching can help primary students improve the quality of their English learning. The students alsa show their positive reponses toward the implimentation of animated cartoons in teaching English. ii ABSTRACT This study aims to examine the application of animated cartoons to teach English to the third graders at Dong Toa Primary School.
This study is an action research which consists of four stages: planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The subjects of this study are 39 students from class 3B of the Academic Year 2013 - 2014. he data is collected using the following instruments: document analysis and questionnaire. ‘he study employs both qualitative and quantilative method for analyzing the data and obtaining the results.
The results of the research show that the employment of animated cartoons in teaching can help primary students improve the quality of their English learning. The students alsa show their positive reponses toward the implimentation of animated cartoons in teaching English. ii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS: Abbreviations Stands for cD Compact dise pvp digital video disc BEL Linglish as a Voreign Language TL Foreign Language FLT Foreign Language Teaching Q Question T Teacher Teaching Fnglish as a Foreign Language Video compact disc Percent. or iv Thirdly, the textbook Let’s Learn English appears to be inappropriate and unattractive to young learners.
When leaching yourg learners, we must [ind methods, which create fur environment making them feel comfortable to learn English. We can use chants, songs, games, poems, ot storytelling to make the environment more alive and onlerlaining to deliver the lessons, bul using these materials is already ordinary and common to use. These techniques also seem to be very familiar to my students so no longer catch much of their attention. In order to keep students’ motivation and to unprove Uhe quality of Leaching, T decide to choose animated cartoons to Leach LUnglish to my primary students.
‘The rationale behind choosing animated cartoons to teach my students rather than other techniques is that animated cartoons contain humorous characters and colorful and calchy visual prescntalions accompanied by enjoyable sound and music. Moreover, young leamers are much interested in watching animated cartoons. The aim of the study and research questions ‘The main aim of this research is to investigate the employment of animated carloons as a mediusn Lo teach English at Dong Hoa Primary School and to find out the attitudes of third-grade students towards leaning English by using animated cartoons. To [BI the sim of the study, the fotlowiry questions are raised.
is the employment of animated cartoons to teach Hnglish to the third grader students at Dong Iloa Primary School effective? 2. What are the attitudes of Dong Hoa third-grade students towards studying English by using animated cartoons? 3. The significance of the study Tuas hoped drat this study will benefit bolli teachers and studsnis. For teachers, this study will introduce to them a cartoon-based lesson and how to use cartoons to teach English to young learners.
It will bring them a new medium and a new way al teaching Rnglish al primary schools and provide them with some techniques of using animated cartoons to teach English to their students effectively. Techniques for utilizing animated cartoons in classroom 14 1. Lesson plan using animated cartoons 16 1. Previous studiss related to TEFL to young learners 16 16.
17 CHAPTER H: THE STUDY 2. sess HE HH0 110. ‘The context of teaching English at Dong Hoa Primary School. Identifying the problem.
Conclusion 22 CHAPTER III: DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS 3. sess HE HH0 110. Analysis of questionnaire | 23 3. Analysis of questionnaire 2 25 3.
Analysis of questionnaire3 27 3. Findings 28 PART C: CONCLUSION 1. Limitations and suggestion for further study .
