VIETNAM NATIONAL UNTVERSITY, HA NOT UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES POST-GRADUATE DEPARTMENT ĐINH THỊ THU THỦY AN INVESTIGATION INTO TEACHERS’ AND 6”" FORM STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS LEARNING ENGLISH WITH FOREIGN TEACHERS M. THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 601410 hụ nữ —N m 2012 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNTVERSITY, HA NOT UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES POST-GRADUATE DEPARTMENT ĐINH THỊ THU THỦY AN INVESTIGATION INTO TEACHERS’ AND 6”" FORM STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS LEARNING ENGLISH WITH FOREIGN TEACHERS M. TITESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 601410 Supervisor: Vũ Thúy Quỳnh, M. hụ nổ —N m 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Statcment o authorshijp.
nọ nhe eeoeeruE Acknowledgement ii Abstract. Table of contents. wy List of abbreviation vit Fan. viii CITAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .2 The aims of the study and research questions .3 The scope of the study .4 Rasearch methodologies -e-eee.5 Organizatien of the thesis.
tinh Hee ghe c2 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW .1 TIEORETICAL BACGROUND OD ATTITUDES A 2.1 Deñnitiens of atötqdes.2 Characteristics of attitudes 5 2.3 Classification of attitudes 6 2.4 The role of attitudes in second language acquisition .2 NATTVE ENGLISH-SPEAKING TEACHERS.? vii LIST OF ABBREVIATION NESTs: Native English-speaking teachers NNESI's: Non-native English speaking teachers ESL:; English as a second language employment of foreign teachers in the context of the study in particular and in Vietnam in general 1.2 The aims of the study and rescarch questions The aims of the research are: first, to investigate what are the attitudes of students towards leaming English with native English teachers, and the attitudes of non-native English teachers al Doan Thi Diem Secondary School tmwards the teaching of Fnglish by native teachers; then to give some implications for the employment of native teachers in the context of Viemam and some suggestions for parents when choosing bilingual programs for their children. Thus, wo research questions raised are L Whar are the 6” form snudents’ attitudes toward learning English with native English-speaking teachers? 2. What are the non-native English teachers’ attindes towards the teaching English of native English-speaking teachers? 1.3 The scopte of the study Due to the Himil of time and the real context of the veszarch where native teachers are put in charge of English, the research focuses on investigating the teachers’ and 6” foun students’ attitudes towards native teacher's teaching Linglish. Besides, the research only cinphasived studying general issues related to the advantages and disndvantages of learning, English with native teachers.4 Research methodologies As the main aim of the research is to investigate the teachers’ and 6” form students’ attitudes towards learning Linglish with foreign teachers, survey approach is selected, and two main data collection methods employed are questionnaire and semi-structured interview.
Consus sampling is used with all English teachors and students from 6s1, 6s2, 653, 6s4 and 6s5. The data are collected from 100 students and five non-native English 2.1 Definitions of Native English-speaking teachers 9 2.2 Advantages and disadvantages of Native English-speaking teachers in teaching Linglish as a second or foreign language 10 2.3 Previous studies on teachers’ and students” attitudes towards learning English with Native English-speaking teachers, CILAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY. Proocdures o[ đala colÏeClÏOL. cà noi errrseere se.4 Methods of data analysis 18 CTLAPTER 4: DATA ANALYSIS ANT DICUSSION .1 Students’ attitudes towards learning English with native English-speaking teachers.2 Teachers’ attitudes towards the teaching English of native English-speaking teachers, 37 4,2 Findings.
„uất CHAPTER 5: RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSIONS.2 Limitations of the study. The analysis is carried out in the light of finding out the answers to the research questions, 1.5 The organization of the thesis The thesis consists of five chapters Chapter 1: introduction covers the rationale for choosing the topic, the aims and Tescarch questions, the scope of the sludy, research methodologics and organization of the thesis. Chapter 2: Literature Review provides the basic theoretical background of literature on attitudes such as definition, characteristics, classification and role of attitudes in second language acquisition, Then, concepts, advantages and disadvantages of foreign teachers in teaching English as 2 second or foreign language are presented. Finally, previous studies related to the topic are reviewed.
Chapter 3: Methndology deals with the overall picture of how the roscarch was carried out from the first step of determining the design to the last one of analyzing and collecting results Chapter 4: Data Analysis and Findings interprets the answer of the posed research questions: What are ths teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards leaming Lnglish with native Lcachers? The findings end with conclusions and comments after these instruments such as questionnaires, semi-structured interviews are conducted and completed. Chupter 5: Recommendation and conclusions revicws the main content and findings of the study, some possible implications for the teachers and Icamers, and giving out sorne suggestions for further researches.3 Suggestions for further studies 35 REFERENCES .1 Definitions of Native English-speaking teachers 9 2.2 Advantages and disadvantages of Native English-speaking teachers in teaching Linglish as a second or foreign language 10 2.3 Previous studies on teachers’ and students” attitudes towards learning English with Native English-speaking teachers, CILAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY. Proocdures o[ đala colÏeClÏOL. cà noi errrseere se.4 Methods of data analysis 18 CTLAPTER 4: DATA ANALYSIS ANT DICUSSION .1 Students’ attitudes towards learning English with native English-speaking teachers.2 Teachers’ attitudes towards the teaching English of native English-speaking teachers, 37 4,2 Findings.
„uất CHAPTER 5: RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSIONS.2 Limitations of the study .1 Definitions of Native English-speaking teachers 9 2.2 Advantages and disadvantages of Native English-speaking teachers in teaching Linglish as a second or foreign language 10 2.3 Previous studies on teachers’ and students” attitudes towards learning English with Native English-speaking teachers, CILAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY. Proocdures o[ đala colÏeClÏOL. cà noi errrseere se.4 Methods of data analysis 18 CTLAPTER 4: DATA ANALYSIS ANT DICUSSION .1 Students’ attitudes towards learning English with native English-speaking teachers.2 Teachers’ attitudes towards the teaching English of native English-speaking teachers, 37 4,2 Findings. „uất CHAPTER 5: RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSIONS.2 Limitations of the study.
vii LIST OF ABBREVIATION NESTs: Native English-speaking teachers NNESI's: Non-native English speaking teachers ESL:; English as a second language 5.3 Suggestions for further studies 35 REFERENCES. employment of foreign teachers in the context of the study in particular and in Vietnam in general 1.2 The aims of the study and rescarch questions The aims of the research are: first, to investigate what are the attitudes of students towards leaming English with native English teachers, and the attitudes of non-native English teachers al Doan Thi Diem Secondary School tmwards the teaching of Fnglish by native teachers; then to give some implications for the employment of native teachers in the context of Viemam and some suggestions for parents when choosing bilingual programs for their children. Thus, wo research questions raised are L Whar are the 6” form snudents’ attitudes toward learning English with native English-speaking teachers? 2. What are the non-native English teachers’ attindes towards the teaching English of native English-speaking teachers? 1.3 The scopte of the study Due to the Himil of time and the real context of the veszarch where native teachers are put in charge of English, the research focuses on investigating the teachers’ and 6” foun students’ attitudes towards native teacher's teaching Linglish.
Besides, the research only cinphasived studying general issues related to the advantages and disndvantages of learning, English with native teachers.4 Research methodologies As the main aim of the research is to investigate the teachers’ and 6” form students’ attitudes towards learning Linglish with foreign teachers, survey approach is selected, and two main data collection methods employed are questionnaire and semi-structured interview. Consus sampling is used with all English teachors and students from 6s1, 6s2, 653, 6s4 and 6s5. The data are collected from 100 students and five non-native English 2.1 Definitions of Native English-speaking teachers 9 2.2 Advantages and disadvantages of Native English-speaking teachers in teaching Linglish as a second or foreign language 10 2.3 Previous studies on teachers’ and students” attitudes towards learning English with Native English-speaking teachers, CILAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY. Proocdures o[ đala colÏeClÏOL.
cà noi errrseere se.4 Methods of data analysis 18 CTLAPTER 4: DATA ANALYSIS ANT DICUSSION .1 Students’ attitudes towards learning English with native English-speaking teachers.2 Teachers’ attitudes towards the teaching English of native English-speaking teachers, 37 4,2 Findings. „uất CHAPTER 5: RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSIONS.2 Limitations of the study .1 Rationale Nowadays, English has become an intcrnational language. Leaning English is a must for anyone who wants to access the world. More and more Vietnamese learn English to get knowledge and achieve communicative competence.
However, the weakest paint of Vietnamose loarners is thal they are not able lo communticale in Teal siluation. This fuel raises the awareness of teaching and leaming English communicatively to both teachers and learners. ‘Therefore, teachers at both secondary and high school are now trying to apply new teaching methods lo (cach English communicatively. The airn is to help students be more confident to communicate in English.
Besides, many schools are trying to open new programs which cooperate with other schools from Linglish speaking countries to improve English for their students, More and more foreign teachers ot Native English-Speaking Teachers are employed to teach in these schools. Students and their parcnts hope that foreign teachers will help them study English better and get more knowledge about culture of English-speaking counties In the context of the study, Doan ‘Thi Diem Secondary School, where the author is working as a non-native teacher of Tnglish, there are bilngual programs in which students trom grade 6 to grade 9 are taught by some foreign teachers. Apart fiom subjects studied in Vietnamese, students study three more subjects in English with foreign teachers. ‘They are English, Malh and Seicnice.
In fact, many sccondary schouls im Hanoi have similar programs. However, in this research only English subject is mentioned. In the last. decades, there has been ongoing discussion involved in advantages and disadvantages of native and non-native tcavhers of English (Phitipson, 1993; Mcdgyos, 1994; Lui, 1999).
Nevertheless, in Vietnam there are hardly any studies on the teaching of foreign teachers. The author of the study wonders what the students and teachers actually think of native English teachers’ teaching English, That is also the reason for the study. ‘The study is expected to investigate the teachers’ and 6” form students’ attitudes towards learning Rnglish with foreign teachers and give some valuable suggestions for the teachers. The analysis is carried out in the light of finding out the answers to the research questions, 1.5 The organization of the thesis The thesis consists of five chapters Chapter 1: introduction covers the rationale for choosing the topic, the aims and Tescarch questions, the scope of the sludy, research methodologics and organization of the thesis.
Chapter 2: Literature Review provides the basic theoretical background of literature on attitudes such as definition, characteristics, classification and role of attitudes in second language acquisition, Then, concepts, advantages and disadvantages of foreign teachers in teaching English as 2 second or foreign language are presented. Finally, previous studies related to the topic are reviewed. Chapter 3: Methndology deals with the overall picture of how the roscarch was carried out from the first step of determining the design to the last one of analyzing and collecting results Chapter 4: Data Analysis and Findings interprets the answer of the posed research questions: What are ths teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards leaming Lnglish with native Lcachers? The findings end with conclusions and comments after these instruments such as questionnaires, semi-structured interviews are conducted and completed. Chupter 5: Recommendation and conclusions revicws the main content and findings of the study, some possible implications for the teachers and Icamers, and giving out sorne suggestions for further researches.1 Rationale Nowadays, English has become an intcrnational language.
Leaning English is a must for anyone who wants to access the world. More and more Vietnamese learn English to get knowledge and achieve communicative competence. However, the weakest paint of Vietnamose loarners is thal they are not able lo communticale in Teal siluation.
