Luận Văn Thạc Sĩ: Vấn Đề Nghe Hiểu TOEIC Của Sinh Viên Không Chuyên Tiếng Anh

Luận văn thạc sĩ nghiên cứu vnu ulis an investigation into toeic listening comprehension problems of non english major students, khảo sát thực trạng, phân tích nguyên nhân, đề

2014

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Phí lưu trữ

30 Point

Mục lục chi tiết

DECLARATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABSTRACT

LIST OF ABBREVIATION

LIST OF TABLES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. PART A: INTRODUCTION

1.1. Rationale of the study

1.2. Aims of the study

1.3. Research questions

1.4. Scope of the study

1.5. Method of the study

1.6. Significance of Study

1.7. Design of the study

2. PART B - DEVELOPMENT

2.1. CHAPTER ONE - LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1.1. Theoretical background to listening comprehension

2.1.1.1. Definitions of listening and listening comprehension
2.1.1.1.1. Definitions of listening
2.1.1.1.2. Definitions of listening comprehension
2.1.1.2. Models of listening process
2.1.1.3. Potential Problems and strategies in listening comprehension
2.1.1.3.1. Potential Problems in listening comprehension

3. CHAPTER THREE – FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

3.1. Students’ attitude towards TOEIC listening test at UNETI

3.2. TOEIC listening comprehension problems experienced by students at UNETI

3.3. Students’ opinions of strategies of TOEIC listening comprehension

3.4. Students’ opinions of TOEIC listening problems related to background knowledge and linguistic ability

3.5. Students’ opinions of listening problems related to listeners

3.6. Students’ opinions of teacher’s teaching methods

3.7. The expectations of the students towards teachers of TOEIC listening skill

3.8. Listening comprehension problems reflected by teachers

3.8.1. Teachers’ opinions of teaching methods
3.8.2. Teachers’ opinions of students’ strategy uses

3.9. Recommendations for improvement of the efficiency of teaching and learning of non English major students at UNETI

3.9.1. Recommendations for teachers of English
3.9.1.1. Adapting and improving listening materials
3.9.1.2. Improving teachers’ classroom techniques
3.9.2. Recommendations for students
3.9.2.1. Improving English proficiency
3.9.2.2. Improving listening strategies

3.10. Limitations and suggestions for further study

APPENDICES

REFERENCES

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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES ***************** PHẠM HỒNG NHUNG AN INVESTIGATION INTO TOEIC LISTENING COMPREHENSION PROBLEMS OF NON-ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS ĐIỀU TRA VỀ CÁC VẤN ĐỀ NGHE HIỂU TOEIC CỦA SINH VIÊN KHÔNG CHUYÊN TIẾNG ANH M. Minor Programme Thesis Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 Hanoi – 2014 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES ***************** PHẠM HỒNG NHUNG AN INVESTIGATION INTO TOEIC LISTENING COMPREHENSION PROBLEMS OF NON-ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS ĐIỀU TRA VỀ CÁC VẤN ĐỀ NGHE HIỂU TOEIC CỦA SINH VIÊN KHÔNG CHUYÊN TIẾNG ANH M. Minor Programme Thesis Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 Supervisor: Dr. Tô Thi Thu ̣ Hương Hanoi - 2014 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com DECLARATION I hereby certify that the thesis entitled “An investigation into TOEIC listening comprehension problems of non English major students at University of Economic and Technical Industries” is the result of my own research for the Degree of Master of Arts at University of Economic and Technical Industries, and that this thesis has not been submitted for any degree at any other university or tertiary institution. Hanoi, 2014 Phạm Hồng Nhung i LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In the process of doing my research paper, I have received a lot of help, encouragement and experience from teachers and friends. Especially, my graduation subject now is completed successfully thanks to all teachers‟ support at University of Economic and Technical Industries (UNETI) who did their best to help me gather data from students‟ and teachers‟ questionnaires. First of all, I would like to express my sincere thank to my supervisor Dr. To Thi Thu Huong who has generously given me invaluable assistance and guidance. Without her help, this paper will not be successfully done. Besides, my sincere thank is also extended to all the students who help me fulfill the survey questions. Finally, I am grateful to my family and friends who have given me much encouragement during the time I carried out this paper. ii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com ABSTRACT Listening skills are important for face-to-face communication, meetings, conferences, telephone conversations, etc. Being able to listen well is an important part of communication for everyone, especially for students. A student with good listening comprehension skills will be able to participate more effectively in communicative situations. Out of all the different tests offering to certify the level of English, the TOEIC is the simplest and most practical in terms of its contents, its format, and the rapidity of results receipt. Therefore, to standardize the output quality of students, in most universities including University of Economic and Technical Industries (UNETI), TOEIC is considered as a common standard of measurement for evaluation of students‟ fluency in English in the professional context. However, when taking the TOEIC test, especially the TOEIC listening comprehension section, many students usually complain that instead of listening carefully they usually guess and circle the answers randomly in the end. They said that they lacked knowledge, skills and strategies about listening comprehension. Understanding these problems, the study investigates TOEIC listening comprehension problems encountered by a group of non English major students of UNETI. 120 non English major students at UNETI who were studying in the seventh term and ten teachers of English were selected and voluntarily joined the study. Data was gathered by means of questionnaires. The results of the study showed that test-taking strategies, general background knowledge, linguistic ability and teaching methods were the major TOEIC listening comprehension problems encountered by non English major students at UNETI. Some suggestions are made for addressing problems regarding how teachers can help their students overcome TOEIC listening comprehension problems. The results of this study may also be useful for those who are interested in this field. iii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com LIST OF ABBREVIATION UNETI: University of Economic and Technical Industries TOEIC: Test of English for International Communication ETS: Educational Testing Service ESL: English as a Second Language EFL: English as a Foreign Language L2 learners: Second Language learners iv LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com LIST OF TABLES Page Table 1: Students‟ opinion about the role of TOEIC listening test 22 Table 2: Students‟ opinion about the difficult level of TOEIC listening test 22 Table 3: Students‟ opinion about the difficulty of each part in TOEIC listening test 22 Table 4: Students‟ opinions of strategies of listening comprehension 25 Table 5: Students‟ opinions of TOEIC listening problems related to background knowledge and linguistic ability 28 Table 6: Students‟ opinions of listening problems related to listener 31 Table 7: Students‟ opinions of teacher‟s teaching methods 32 Table 8: The expectations of the students towards teachers of TOEIC listening skill 34 Table 9: Teachers‟ opinions of teaching methods 35 Table 10: Teachers‟ opinions of students‟ strategy uses 37 v LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Declaration . iii List of abbreviations . iv List of tables .v Table of contents . vi PART A: INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale of the study. Aims of the study . Scope of the study . Method of the study . Significance of the study . Design of the study.3 PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1- LITERATURE REVIEW 1. Theoretical background to listening comprehension . Definitions of listening and listening comprehension. Definitions of listening . Definitions of listening comprehension . Models of listening process . Potential problems and strategies in listening comprehension . Potential Problems in listening comprehension . Listening Comprehension Strategies . Overview of the TOEIC test . The TOEIC test . TOEIC Test Area . 11 vi LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. Who takes the test? . TOEIC Listening Comprehension Section . Related studies on TOEIC test–taking and listening comprehension. The setting of the study . Data Collection Instruments . Data collection procedures .21 CHAPTER THREE – FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 3. Students‟ attitude towards TOEIC listening test at UNETI. TOEIC listening comprehension problems experienced by students at UNETI . Students’ opinions of strategies of TOEIC listening comprehension 23 3. Students’ opinions of TOEIC listening problems related to background knowledge and linguistic ability . Students’ opinions of listening problems related to listeners . Students’ opinions of teacher’s teaching methods . The expectations of the students towards teachers of TOEIC listening skill . Listening comprehension problems reflected by teachers .1 Teachers’ opinions of teaching methods .2 Teachers’ opinions of students’ strategy uses . Recommendations for improvement of the efficiency of teaching and learning of non English major students at UNETI .1 Recommendations for teachers of English .38 vii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.1 Adapting and improving listening materials . Improving teachers’ classroom techniques . Recommendations for students .1 Improving English proficiency .2 Improving listening strategies . Limitations and suggestions for further study.I viii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com PART A – INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale of the study Listening ability is one of the important skills in foreign language learning and no one can deny its importance. However, in Vietnam, the education system still faces many challenges. Although students are taught English from kindergarten level to the university level, they are unable to acquire adequate communicative English proficiency. One of the most common factors causing this phenomenon is the difficulty they face in English listening comprehension. In general, the process of studying English in Vietnamese system still places less emphasis on listening and speaking skills and more emphasis on the use of grammar, writing and reading skills. English is taught by having students memorize new words and sentence structures and then responding to the teacher only when called upon. Therefore, students have very little exposure to spoken English, both inside and outside their classrooms. As a result, students seem to have poor listening and speaking skills. Being an English teacher at University of Economic and technical Industries (UNETI), I find that students have a big gap in listening comprehension so when approaching TOEIC syllabus, they tends to be boring and discouraged. Therefore, my study attempts to investigate the TOEIC listening problems encountered by a group of non English major students at UNETI. Data was gathered by means of questionnaires. I hope that the results of the study will help their students overcome their TOEIC listening comprehension problems and also help teachers to work out possible solutions to improve the effectiveness of teaching and learning TOEIC listening comprehension at UNETI. Aims of the study The purpose of the study is to investigate the TOEIC listening comprehension problems of non English major students at UNETI so that teachers can help their students to enhance their English listening comprehension. Therefore, the specific aims are to find out factors causing their difficulties in TOEIC listening 1 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com comprehension and suggest some solutions to help students overcome these problems. The thesis is conducted at UNETI in order to perceive difficulties in learning TOEIC listening comprehension of non English major students. The study focuses on describing the problems causing difficulties related to strategies, knowledge and linguistic ability of TOEIC listening comprehension, listener as well as teaching methods. Then, some suggestions are made for addressing problems regarding how teachers can help their students overcome the TOEIC listening comprehension problems. Research questions The study aimed to find out the problems causing difficulties related to test-taking strategies, general background knowledge and linguistic ability of TOEIC listening comprehension, listener as well as teaching methods. This research was carried out to find proper answers to the questions: 1. What difficulties do non English students at UNETI face in TOEIC listening comprehension? 2. What could be done to help students overcome these problems? 4. Scope of the study The thesis is conducted at UNETI in order to perceive difficulties in learning TOEIC listening comprehension of non English major students. The study focuses on describing the problems and factors causing the given difficulties related to test-taking strategies, general background knowledge and linguistic ability of TOEIC listening comprehension, listener as well as teaching methods. Method of the study In order to fulfill the aims of the study as presented, the study has carried out with the quantitative method by collecting data from questionnaires on 10 teachers and 120 non English major students at the UNETI. After being fulfilled and collected, all the questionnaires were analyzed carefully. Then, those data were presented in tables which are shown clearly in chapter three. 2 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. Significance of Study This study points out TOEIC listening comprehension problems encountered by non English major students at UNETI. More importantly, it is a further contribution to the investigation of foreign language listening comprehension problems in actual language classroom practice. Hopefully, the findings and recommendations of this study will be of some help to the improvement of the teaching and learning TOEIC listening comprehension of Vietnamese students in general and of UNETI students in particular. The study also gives some guidelines for teachers to help their students overcome their TOEIC listening comprehension problems. The results of this study may also be useful for those who are interested in this field. Design of the study This study consists of three parts: Part A: Introduction. This part supplies an overview of the study with specific reference to the rationale, the aims, the methodology and the design. In this part, four chapters are presented. Chapter 1 – Literature Review deals with an exploration of the theoretical background of the research. It is concerned with the issues relevant to the topic of the research: listening and listening comprehension, and an overview of TOEIC listening comprehension tests. Chapter 2 – Methodology presents the background information of the subjects of the study, the instrument used to collect the data, the procedure of data collection.

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