VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INFERNATIONAL STUDIES POST GRADUATE DEPARTMENT NGUYEN THI THANH HANG TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS APPLYING CLT IN TEACHING VOCABULARY FOR GRADE-10 STUDENTS AT NGUYEN VAN CU TINGIE SCHOOL (Nghiên cứu thái độ của giáo viên đối với ac day Lir vung theo dflimg hiéng giao tiếp cho hoe sinh lớp 10 tại Triờng THPT Nguyễn Văn Cừ) MLA MINOR THESIS FIELD: ENGLISH TEACHING METHODOLOGY Conk: SITPERVISOR: Dr. DO TUAN MINIT HANOL, 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration Acknowledgement Abstract Table of contents Abbreviation List of tables PART A: INTRODUCTION Pages 1. Rationale Aims of the study Significance of Ihe study kề kw Scope of the study Research questions wo Aw Mcthods ofthe study re 7. Design of the study ` PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW ke 1.
Vocabulary and its status in language teaching and learning LL. Definition of vocabulary bk ke 1. The status of' vocabulary in lanpuage teaching and learning, hiO 1. An overview on tanguage teaching methods in teactung vocabulary 1.
The Grarnmar- Translation Method, COM 1. The Direct Method 1. The Andio-lingual Method 1. CLT on teaching vocabulary 1.
Charactenstics of vocabulary commmnicative activities 1. Vooubulary loaching tachriquos in combination wilh communicative activi 1.4, Factors afftcting teachers’ attitudes 1. Definitions of teachers” attitudes 1. Factors affeoting teachers’ attitudes 5 1.
Summary 10 CHAPTER 2: THE INVESTIGATION H 2.1, Current situation of the (aching and learning of Tingtish at Nguyen Van Cu Thigh School 2.4, The teaching materials 12 2. Subjeols of the study 13 2.2, Data collection instrament B 2.3, Data analysis and result 15 2.1, Results and discussions from the questionnaires 15 2.2, Results and discussions trom the observation 26 2. Results and discussion from the interviews 28 CHAPTER 3: FINDING AND SOME POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS 29 3. Toachors’ altitudes Lowards applying CIT in Icachiy vocabulary for grade-10 students at NVCHS 29 3.
‘The reason causing teachers’ attitudes in teaching vocabulary communicatively and their own solutions 29 3. Suggestions for overcoming the problems in teaching vocabulary communicatively 3. Training and retraining teachers in CLT 30 3.2, Redefining students’ role and teacher’s role 31 3. Changing students attitudes towards learning English 3ì 3.
Enproving students’ motivation in leaning vocabulary 3 3.2 Suggestions on vocabulary learning communicative activities for grade-10 students at NVCHS 33 1. The Granumar- Translation Mcthod This one of the oldest method forcign language teaching. According to Rivers (1981-29),il “aims at inculcating an understanding of the grammar of the language and training the students to write the new language accurately by regular practice in translating from the native language. Using this method, leachers teach vocabulary in the form of bilingual lists and the intricacies of grammar are provides by long elaborate explanations to give the rule for putting words together.
Respecting the teaching of vocabulary, this approach may bo casy, cheap and uscful but its relovanc is restrictad bocanse i coneonlratos ơn [orm and not meaning ( Krashen, 1984, p. The Direct Mcthod This useful for teaching vocabulary. Tn the classroom, only the target language is used, the words used are very common, active and concetning everyday activities. This method focuses on speaking and Listening which snables teachers to drill students more on vocabulary.
With this method, teachers can introduce concrete vocabulary through demonstration, objects, and pictures, while abstract vocabulary is taught by association of ideas, 1. The Audio-lingual Meihad It is very successful in improving students’ comprehension and fluency in speaking the target language. In this method, the vocabulary content of pupils is strictly lamited and only learnt in context, new Leaching material is presentedin dialogues. Thus, students only have chance to focus on taking firm control of words and structures.
When the dialogue has been learnt its adaptation with a more personal application to the students’ own situation, provide more consolidation of leaming and provide chances for more flexible use of the material 1. CLT on teaching vocabulary 1. Definition of CLT There is a variety of definitions about CLT. The most gcncral ons is that CLT views language as a system for the expression of meaning.
Activities involve oral communication, carrying oul meaning task and using lam ge, which is meaningful to the learners. Objectives reflect the needs of the learners, they include integrator. The eacher’s role is as facilitator of the communication process, Materials promote communicative language use; they are task-based and authentic ( Numan (1989:194)) PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 1. Vocabulary and its status in language teaching and learning 1.
Detinition of vocabulary There have been various ways of definilion vocabulary. The most generat one is thal vocabulary is “a set of lexemes, inchuding single words, compound words and idoms” from Longman. Dictionary of Language ‘leaching and Applied Linguistics ( quoted in Richards:1997:400)). Similarly, Permy Ur (1996:60) also gave idea about.
vocabulary as “ the words we teach in the foreign language. However a new item of vocabulary may be more than a single word, a compound of two or three words or multi-word idoms”. "The above quolation indicates thal. vocabulary is © the total member of words in a language” (Homby, 1995:1331).
In short, vocabulary deals not only with a single word but also two or three word items expressing a single idea and mulii-word idioms whose meaning cannot be deduced from ihe analysis of the component words. A usefil convention is to cover all such cases by talking about vocabulary “item” than “words”. The status of vocabulary in language teaching and Jearning The slalus of vocabulary in language teaching and learning has changed dramatically in the last two decades. “Since the mid-1980s, there has been a renewed interest wm the role of vocabulary in second language learning”.
( Coady & Huckin, 1997:1X) According in Me Carthy (1990:VIE), vocabulary is the biggest component. of any language course and “Ne matter how well the student learn granmnar, no mailer how successfully the sounds of L2 are mastered, without words to express a wide range of meaning, communication in an L2 just cannot happen in any meaningful way” In facl, vocabulary is am cssentiat component of Tamguags. A gond knowledge of vocabulary will help leamers develop the four skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Nowadays, vocabulary is considered an important aspect of teaching and learning a forcign language.
Thus, sccond language vocabulary acquisition has becn paid the attention of researchers, teachers, and leamers of concern. An overview on language teaching methods in teaching vocabulary There arc mmany influontial method widoly used by language tcachers in the world in general and in Vietnam in particular, but the following is a brief discussion of some major foreign language teaching approaches and their role in teaching vocabulary, 1. The Granumar- Translation Mcthod This one of the oldest method forcign language teaching. According to Rivers (1981-29),il “aims at inculcating an understanding of the grammar of the language and training the students to write the new language accurately by regular practice in translating from the native language.
Using this method, leachers teach vocabulary in the form of bilingual lists and the intricacies of grammar are provides by long elaborate explanations to give the rule for putting words together. Respecting the teaching of vocabulary, this approach may bo casy, cheap and uscful but its relovanc is restrictad bocanse i coneonlratos ơn [orm and not meaning ( Krashen, 1984, p. The Direct Mcthod This useful for teaching vocabulary. Tn the classroom, only the target language is used, the words used are very common, active and concetning everyday activities.
This method focuses on speaking and Listening which snables teachers to drill students more on vocabulary. With this method, teachers can introduce concrete vocabulary through demonstration, objects, and pictures, while abstract vocabulary is taught by association of ideas, 1. The Audio-lingual Meihad It is very successful in improving students’ comprehension and fluency in speaking the target language. In this method, the vocabulary content of pupils is strictly lamited and only learnt in context, new Leaching material is presentedin dialogues.
Thus, students only have chance to focus on taking firm control of words and structures. When the dialogue has been learnt its adaptation with a more personal application to the students’ own situation, provide more consolidation of leaming and provide chances for more flexible use of the material 1. CLT on teaching vocabulary 1. Definition of CLT There is a variety of definitions about CLT.
The most gcncral ons is that CLT views language as a system for the expression of meaning. Activities involve oral communication, carrying oul meaning task and using lam ge, which is meaningful to the learners. Objectives reflect the needs of the learners, they include integrator. The eacher’s role is as facilitator of the communication process, Materials promote communicative language use; they are task-based and authentic ( Numan (1989:194)) Part A is the introduction, which present the rationale, aims.
significance, scope, research questions methods and design of the study Part B consist of three chapters Chapter deals with a Hterature review. It starts with vocabulary and its status in language leaching and learning, then an overview om language leaching methods in teaching vocabulary. The next is about CLT on teaching vocabulary which includes the definition of CLY, characteristics of vocabulary communicative activities, vocabulary teaching ochnign in combinalion wilh commuticalive activili The final is sume factors affecting teachers’ attitudes Chapter? presents the survey. First, there is a description about the present situation of English Isaching and learning at NVCHS.
Second, the methodology is performed in the study. It provides participants, instruments and data analysis Chapter 3 presents the findings and suggestions. Firstly, ths findings of the study are analyzed and discussed. Secondly, some suggestions for overcoming the problems in teaching vocabulary communicatively for 10-grade students at NVCHS arc proposed.
Some communicative activities for a vocabulary lesson are also recommended, Part € is aboul the conclusion, and suggestions for a further study, References and Appendixes come in the end of the study. PART C: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY 38 1. Limitations of the study 39 3. Suggestions for further study 40 REFERENCES APPENDIXES: 1.
The Granumar- Translation Mcthod This one of the oldest method forcign language teaching. According to Rivers (1981-29),il “aims at inculcating an understanding of the grammar of the language and training the students to write the new language accurately by regular practice in translating from the native language. Using this method, leachers teach vocabulary in the form of bilingual lists and the intricacies of grammar are provides by long elaborate explanations to give the rule for putting words together. Respecting the teaching of vocabulary, this approach may bo casy, cheap and uscful but its relovanc is restrictad bocanse i coneonlratos ơn [orm and not meaning ( Krashen, 1984, p.
The Direct Mcthod This useful for teaching vocabulary. Tn the classroom, only the target language is used, the words used are very common, active and concetning everyday activities. This method focuses on speaking and Listening which snables teachers to drill students more on vocabulary. With this method, teachers can introduce concrete vocabulary through demonstration, objects, and pictures, while abstract vocabulary is taught by association of ideas, 1.
The Audio-lingual Meihad It is very successful in improving students’ comprehension and fluency in speaking the target language. In this method, the vocabulary content of pupils is strictly lamited and only learnt in context, new Leaching material is presentedin dialogues. Thus, students only have chance to focus on taking firm control of words and structures. When the dialogue has been learnt its adaptation with a more personal application to the students’ own situation, provide more consolidation of leaming and provide chances for more flexible use of the material 1.
CLT on teaching vocabulary 1. Definition of CLT There is a variety of definitions about CLT. The most gcncral ons is that CLT views language as a system for the expression of meaning. Activities involve oral communication, carrying oul meaning task and using lam ge, which is meaningful to the learners.