1 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES ********************* TRẦN THỊ THANH HOA AN INVESTIGATION INTO LISTENING COMPREHENSION PROBLEMS OF THE SECOND YEAR ENGLISH STUDENTS AT NGHE AN JUNIOR TEACHERS TRAINING COLLEGE (Nghiên cứu những khó khăn trong việc học kỹ năng nghe hiểu của sinh viên chuyên Anh năm thứ hai ở trường CĐSP Nghệ An.A Minor Program Thesis Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 601410 Hanoi, 2010 z 2 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES ********************* TRẦN THỊ THANH HOA AN INVESTIGATION INTO LISTENING COMPREHENSION PROBLEMS OF THE SECOND YEAR ENGLISH STUDENTS AT NGHE AN JUNIOR TEACHERS TRAINING COLLEGE (Nghiên cứu những khó khăn trong việc học kỹ năng nghe hiểu của sinh viên chuyên Anh năm thứ hai ở trường CĐSP Nghệ An.A Minor Program Thesis Field: Methodology Code: 601410 Supervisor: Đinh Hải Yến, M.Ed Hanoi, 2010 z 6 LIST OF TABLES Page Table 1 Learners‟ perceptions of strategies of listening comprehension 21 Table 2 learners‟ perception of listening problems related to the listening 23 text Table 3 Learners‟ perception of listening problems related to tasks and 25 activities Table 4 Learners‟ perceptions of listening problems related to the listener 27 Table 5 Learners‟ perceptions of teacher‟s teaching methods 28 Table 6 Teachers‟ perceptions of teaching methods 30 Table 7 Teachers‟ perceptions of learners‟ strategy uses 32 Table 8 The expectations of the students towards teachers of listening skill 34 z 7 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS JTTC: Junior teachers training college z 8 TABLE OF CONTENT Declaration Acknowledgements Abstract List of tables List of abbreviations PART A: INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………… 1 1. Aims of the study …………………………………………………………………. Scope of the study ………………………………………………………………… 2 4. Significance of the study ………………………………………………………….
Method of the study ………………………………………………………………. Design of the study ………………………………………………………………. 5 Chapter one: Literature review …………………………………………………….1 The nature of listening comprehension ………………………………………….1 The concept of listening comprehension ………………………………….2 The listening comprehension process …………………………………….2 Potential problems in learning listening comprehension ……………………….3 Strategies of listening comprehension ………………………………………….4 Three stages of the listening session …………………………………………….1 Pre-listening stage ……………………………………………………….2 While-listening stage …………………………………………………….3 Post-listening stage ……………………………………………………….5 Related studies of listening comprehension problems …………………………. 15 z 9 Chapter two: Methodology ………………………………………………………… 16 2.2 Setting of the study ……………………………………………………………… 17 2.2 Data collection instrument ………………………………………………… 18 2.3 Data analysis method ……………………………………………………… 20 2.4 Summary ………………………………………………………………………… 20 Chapter three: Data results, discussions of major findings and recommendations …………………………………………………………………… 21 3.1 Sources of listening comprehension problems experienced by students at N.1 Learners‟ perceptions of strategies of listening comprehension ………….2 Learners‟ perceptions of listening problems related to the listening text ….3 Learners‟ perceptions of listening problems related to task and activities… 25 3.4 Learners‟ perceptions of listening problems related to listener …………… 27 3.5 Learners‟ perceptions of teacher‟s teaching methods …………………….2 Sources of listening comprehension problems reflected by teachers …………… 29 3.1 Teachers‟ perceptions of teaching methods ……………………………….2 Teachers‟ perceptions of learners‟ strategy uses ………………………….3 The expectations of the students towards teachers of listening skill …………….4 Recommendations for improvement of the efficiency of teaching and learning of 2nd year English students at Nghe An JTTC ………………………………………….1 Recommendations for teachers of English ………………………………… 34 3.1 Adapting and improving listening materials ………………………… 34 3.2 Improving teachers‟ classroom techniques ………………………….2 Recommendations for students …………………………………………….1 Improving English proficiency ……………………………………… 37 z 10 3.2 Improving listening strategies ……………………………………….5 Summary ………………………………………………………………………… 38 PART C: CONCLUSIONS ………………………………………………….
Summary of the study ……………………………………………………………. Limitations and suggestions for further study …………………………………… 41 REFERENCES …………………………………………………………………. 43 APPENDICES z 11 PART A: INTRODUCTION 1. RATIONALE English language teaching profession has changed tremendously over the last few decades in the light of Communicative Language Teaching approach.
Training learners to be able to use English for communicative purposes has become the goal. In order to use English effectively, learners need to develop communicative competence. Accordingly, they should be helped to develop four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. However, among the four given skills, it is now generally recognized that listening plays a key role in facilitating language learning.
Rost (1994, as cited in Nunan & Miller, 1995) confirmed that listening is vital in language classrooms because it provides input for learners.