VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES ---------- NGUYỄN HOA HỒNG DESIGNING AN ESP SPEAKING SYLLABUS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE POLICE STUDENTS AT INTERMEDIATE LEVEL OF PEOPLE’S POLICE COLLEGE I (Thiết kế chương trình nói tiếng Anh chuyên ngành Cảnh sát Quản lý Hành chính cho học viên hệ trung cấp trường Cao đẳng Cảnh sát nhân dân I) M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 HANOI - 2016 TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES ---------- NGUYỄN HOA HỒNG DESIGNING AN ESP SPEAKING SYLLABUS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE POLICE STUDENTS AT INTERMEDIATE LEVEL OF PEOPLE’S POLICE COLLEGE I (Thiết kế chương trình nói tiếng Anh chuyên ngành Cảnh sát Quản lý Hành chính cho học viên hệ trung cấp trường Cao đẳng Cảnh sát nhân dân I) M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 Supervisor: Assoc. Lâm Quang Đông HANOI - 2016 TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com DECLARATION I hereby certify that the M.A thesis entitled “Designing an ESP speaking syllabus for administrative police students at Intermediate level of People’s Police College I” is the result of my own research for the Degree of Master of Arts at the University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University, and that this thesis has not been published or submitted for any degree at any other universities or tertiary institutions.
Hanoi, 2016 Nguyễn Hoa Hồng i TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS During the process of doing the research, I have received supports and assistance from a variety of people. First and foremost, I would like to express my profound gratitude to my supervisor, Assoc. Lâm Quang Đông, for his insightful guidance, constructive criticism and his whole-hearted encouragement without which the thesis would not have been fulfilled. I wish to express my special thanks to all my lecturers for their interesting lectures, valuable comments and helpful suggestions.
I am also grateful to all the staff members of the Faculty of Post-Graduate Studies who gave me valuable and essential instructions to fulfill my thesis. I would like to convey my great thanks to my colleagues and administrative police students at People‟s Police College I for their invaluable feedback, useful support and enthusiastic participation in this research. Last but not least, I owe the completion of this study to my beloved family who have given me their endless inspiration, support as well as sympathy throughout my graduate program. ii TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com ABSTRACT This minor thesis was conducted with an attempt to design a suitable supplementary material to teach ESP speaking skill for administrative police students at Intermediate level of People‟s Police College I (PPC I).
The thesis is organized in three main parts: Introduction, Development and Conclusion. In the second part - the most predominant one of the study, two research instruments, including semi-structured interviews and survey questionnaires were presented in detail. Firstly, the subjects involved in the study were 10 subject teachers and 10 administrative police officers. They were invited to participate in the interviews conducted by the researcher.
The second participants of the study included 148 target students in three classes and all 16 teachers of English at our college. Thanks to that, all of the participants contributed valuable data to the author‟s research about the target needs and learning needs of the students in order to propose an appropriate syllabus for the students. It can be concluded that most of the administrative police students at PPC I really desire to be taught a speaking course for their major. Thus, it is crucial to design an ESP syllabus which can satisfy with the students‟ needs as well as their job requirements after graduation.
Additionally, the majority of the students encounter certain difficulties in learning English speaking skill. Actually, they lack background knowledge of vocabulary and pronunciation. Therefore, it is imperative to have a supplementary speaking material with the aim to make up for what they are now lacking. Besides, the target learners also express their expectation in terms of the teaching and learning methods, speaking activities or the time allocation of the ESP course.
It is the useful data for the researcher to demand all types of needs of the learners, which helps enhance the learners‟ inspiration in English lessons. iii TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com Based on the findings, a proposed ESP speaking syllabus for administrative police students is designed with the hope that it can bring many benefits for the students as well as the teachers in the process of teaching and learning ESP speaking at PPC I. iv TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com CONTENTS DECLARATION .v LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. viii LIST OF CHARTS AND TABLES .ix PART A: INTRODUCTION.
Rationale for the study. Aims and objectives of the study. Scope of study. Methods of the study.
Significance of the study. Structure of the thesis .5 CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW. An overview of ESP. Definition of ESP.
Types of ESP. Overview of syllabus design. Definition of syllabus and syllabus design. Approaches to ESP syllabus design.
Types of syllabus. Definition of needs and needs analysis. Types of needs. The role of needs analysis in syllabus design.
An overview of speaking .15 v TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail. Definition of speaking. Some common activities to promote speaking skill. Settings of the study.
The context of teaching and learning English at PPC I. The teachers of English at PPC I. The target learners. Research questions revisited.
Data collection instruments. Data collection procedures .27 CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS, RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 29 3. Data analysis procedures. Data analysis from the interviews with the subject teachers.
Data analysis from the interviews with the working administrative police officers. Data analysis from the questionnaires for the teachers of English. Data analysis from the questionnaires for the administrative police students. Research findings and discussion.52 vi TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com CHAPTER 4: THE ESP SPEAKING SYLLABUS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE POLICE STUDENTS AT INTERMEDIATE LEVEL OF PPC I.
Objectives of the course. Structure of the syllabus. Teaching and learning methods of the course. Time allocation of the course .5 The proposed speaking syllabus for administrative police students at Intermediate level of PPC I.
Test for student progress/syllabus effectiveness. Form of testing. Sample of a speaking test. Limitations and suggestions for further study.XIX vii TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS PPC I : People‟s Police College I GE : General English ESP : English for Specific Purposes ELT : English Language Teaching EST : English for Science and Technology EBE : English for Business and Economics ESS : English for Social Sciences EAP : English for Academic Purposes EOP : English for Occupational Purposes MC I : Maritime College I viii TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com LIST OF CHARTS AND TABLES 1.
List of charts Chart 1: Teachers‟ attitude towards the ESP syllabus…………………………………….32 Chart 2: Teachers‟ opinion on the teaching and learning methods to be applied to the ESP course. 38 Chart 3: Teachers‟ opinion on the speaking activities needed for the ESP course. 39 Chart 4: Teachers‟ opinion on the length of the ESP course. 40 Chart 5: Teachers‟ opinion on the frequency of the ESP lessons per week.
40 Chart 6: Teachers‟ opinion on the length of each ESP lesson. 41 Chart 7: Students‟ attitude towards the ESP syllabus. 41 Chart 8: Students‟ opinion on the teaching and learning methods to be applied to the ESP course. 47 Chart 9: Students‟ opinion on the speaking activities needed for the ESP course.
48 Chart 10: Students‟ opinion on the length of the ESP course. 49 Chart 11: Students‟ opinion on the frequency of the ESP lessons per week. 50 Chart 12: Students‟ opinion on the length of each ESP lesson. List of tables Table 1: Teachers‟ opinion on their learners‟ difficulties in learning English speaking.
33 Table 2: Teachers‟ opinion on the objectives of the ESP speaking course. 35 Table 3: Teachers‟ opinion on the topics to be included in the ESP syllabus. 36 Table 4: Teachers‟ opinion on the language functions needed for the ESP course. 37 Table 5: Students‟ opinion on their difficulties in learning English speaking.
42 Table 6: Students‟ opinion on the objectives of the ESP speaking course. 44 Table 7: Students‟ opinion on the topics to be included in the ESP syllabus. 45 Table 8: Students‟ opinion on the language functions needed for the ESP course. 46 Table 9: The proposed speaking syllabus for administrative police students at Intermediate level of PPC I.
54 ix TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com PART A: INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale for the study Nowadays, it cannot be denied that English has become one of the most popular languages all around the world. As an international language, English plays a crucial role in every aspect of social life from economy, education, culture, health care to diplomacy, science, technology and security, etc. Thus, there has been an explosion in the demand for English.
That is also the reason why English teaching and learning is paid special attention by every nation and Vietnam cannot also stand out of the current trend. There have been an increasing number of people studying English everyday and longing to master the language for different purposes, but most, if not all, language learners want to develop proficiency in speaking. As Richards (2008:19) asserted, of four major language skills, the mastery of speaking skill in English is a priority for many second language or foreign language learners. Therefore, the proficiency in English speaking skill should be the learners‟ first and foremost concern.
To improve learners‟ English speaking ability, a variety of textbooks and materials have been published. At People‟s Police College I (PPC I), the textbook “Lifelines Pre-Intermediate” is being used as the core textbook to serve this purpose. However, most of the students, especially the students at Intermediate level, who account for the majority at our college, always meet difficulties in English speaking as well as oral presentation. They always feel anxious, inconfident or uninspired in the speaking lessons.
There are a lot of reasons for this situation, e. course syllabus, teaching methodology, learning ability, learning motivation or facility, etc. As I see it, inappropriate syllabus is one of the key elements leading to the unsuccessful speaking performance since an inappropriate syllabus which is not strictly based on students‟ specific learning needs cannot make them ready for their future jobs, and fails to 1 TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com inspire students‟ motivation as well as create effective English speaking lessons. Thus, it is essential to design a supplementary speaking syllabus, which aims at narrowing down the gap between the current textbook and the students‟ specific and practical needs.
Additionally, among all majors of our college, students of administrative police programs account for the majority and may speak English a lot in their future job. Therefore, it is imperative to design a supplementary material for these administrative police students at Intermediate level. This requires a thorough study of their language needs, which explains why I conduct the present study entitled “Designing an ESP speaking syllabus for administrative police students at Intermediate level at People’s Police College I. Aims and objectives of the study The ultimate aim of this study was to design an ESP speaking syllabus for administrative police students at Intermediate level of PPC I.