VIET NAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES BA THESIS A SURVEY ON SECOND YEAR ENGLISH MAYJORS' APPLYING IT IN LEARNING ENGLISH VOCABULARY AT VIET NAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE KHẢO SÁT VỀ VIỆC ỨNG DỤNG CÔNG NGHỆ THÔNG TIN TRONG HỌC TỪ VỰNG TIẾNG ANH CỦA SINH VIÊN NĂM HAI NGÀNH NGÔN NGỮ ANH TẠI HỌC VIỆN NÔNG NGHIỆP VIỆT NAM Student : NGUYEN THI VIET ANH Student code : 623738 Major : ENGLISH Supervisor 1 : BUI THI HAI YEN, MA Supervisor 2 : BUI TRUNG KIEN, MA Hanoi – 2021 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY I, the undersigned, hereby certify my authority of the study project report entitled “A SURVEY SECOND YEAR ENGLISH MAYJORS‟ APPLYING IT IN LEARNING ENGLISH VOCABULARY AT VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE” submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor in English Language. Except where the reference is indicated, no other person‟s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the text of the thesis. Hanoi, 2021 Nguyen Thi Viet Anh i ACKNOWLDEGMENT During the process of this thesis, I would like to thank all of my comments and encouragement to contribute to the completion of this research. First of all, I thank M.A Bui Thi Hai Yen and M.A Bui Trung Kien.
They are a great source of energy and motivation to keep me from getting stressed by completing this study. Although they are busy, they are always enthusiastic to help, urging me to timely complete the research, besides giving great suggestions and professional information. Moreover, they inspire me so much that I can finish successfully Next, I would like to thank the 100 members who enthusiastically participated in this study for helping me have a most objective view of the matter. Ha Noi, June 2021 Nguyen Thi Viet Anh Approved by Bui Thi Hai Yen, M.A Bui Trung Kien, M.A Date: July, 2021 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY.
ii TABLE OF CONTENTS. vi LIST OF ABBREVIATION. vi LIST OF TABLES, FIGURES, DIAGRAM AND ABBREVIATIONS. viii PART 1: INTRODUCTION .1 RATIONALE FOR STUDY.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY. Aims of the study. Objectives of the study. Scope of the study.
Significance of the study. Design of the study. 5 Chapter 1: LITERATURE REVIEW. REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS STUDIES (IN VIETNAM & ABROAD).
REVIEW OF THEORETICAL BACKGROUND .1 Definition of Information Technology. Definition of vocabulary. The important of vocabulary. The importance of Information Technology application in learning English vocabulary.
Advantages of using IT in vocabulary learning. Disadvantages of IT usage in vocabulary learning. Applications IT to learn vocabulary. RESEARCH GOVERNING PRINCIPLES.
Principles/ criteria for data collection and data analysis .2 Result of questionnaire. CONCLUDING REMARKS ON EACH OF THE THESIS OBJECTIVES. What do the students know about the IT application in learning vocabulary?. How do the students use the IT application in learning vocabulary?.
What do the attitude of students in IT application of learning vocabulary?. LIMITATIONS OF THE CURRENT RESEARCH. SUGGESTION FOR FURTHER RESEARCH. 60 v ABSTRACT The purpose of the study is to survey and find out the current status of information technology application in vocabulary learning of second-year students of English language major, the importance of using information technology in learning vocabulary of second-year students and propose measures to improve the effectiveness of vocabulary learning.
The design of the study was to survey second year students at Vietnam National University Of Agriculture. Three research questions guided the study with a survey consisting of 8 items and 55 questions. Participants included 100 second-year students at Vietnam National University of Agriculture. The aim of the study is to investigate the current situation of information technology application in learning English vocabulary of second-year students in English language, thereby improve students‟ learning English vocabulary at VietNam National University of Agriculture in the current 4.
In order to fulfill those purposes, questionaires is used as the main research instrustment to collect data. vi LIST OF ABBREVIATION EFL : English Foreign Language L1 : Mother Tongue L2 : Second Language IT : Information Technology Std.deviation : Standard deviation vii LIST OF TABLES, FIGURES, DIAGRAM List of tables Table 2.1: Criteria for judging the degree of problems .2: Be aware the application of IT in learning English vocabulary .3: The importance of IT application in learning English vocabulary .4: Item-Total Statistics .5: Total value Mean and Std.6: Advantages of using IT in vocabulary learning. Disapvantages of IT usage in vocabulary learning. How to use IT to learn vocabulary.
Propose measures to use IT in vocabulary learning effectively. 52 List of figures Figure 3.3: Time to apply IT in learning English vocabulary .4: Applications IT to learn vocabulary. 50 viii PART 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 RATIONALE FOR STUDY The breakthrough of Information Technology has utterly shaped our modern life. IT is the term that is currently used worldwide to describe new technologies which depend mainly on computers nowadays.
Even the traditional technologies such as radio, television and telephone are considered as IT. The integration of technology in every corner of life is gradually increasing and educational environments are also counted in. The use of technology in various fields has been so successful and beneficial for teachers to reach some particular goals especially in education and for those who are learning a foreign language and literature. Technology is a very important part of learning languages around the world at all different levels.
Nowadays, computers and internet technologies have had an undeniable impact on the learning and teaching of the English language today. It shows to us technology is a very helpful tool and benefit for us, both teachers and students, especially for the language learners. Technology can easily help us to present a presentation, to write, to learning vocabulary, to edit in a writing, including spelling and grammar check and so on. Technology can be particularly used to improve writing, speaking, reading and listening skills in teaching and learning in education.
According to Bull and Ma (2001), technology provides offers unlimited resources to language learners. Harmer (2007) and Genç lter (2015) emphasized and teachers should encourage learners to find appropriate activities through using computer technology in order to be successful in language learning. Clements and Sarama (2003) declared that the use of suitable technological materials can be useful for learners. According to Harmer (2007), using computer-based language activities improve cooperative learning in learners.
1 Vocabulary knowledge is often viewed as a critical tool for second language learners because of limited vocabulary in a second language impedes successful communication. Underscoring the importance of vocabulary acquisition, Schmitt (2000) emphasizes that “lexical knowledge is central to communicative competence and to the acquisition of a second language” p. 55) Nation (2001) further describes the relationship between vocabulary knowledge and language use as complementary: knowledge of vocabulary enables language use and, conversely, language use leads to an increase in vocabulary knowledge. In fact, IT is fertile of experienced science which differentiates modern lives.
Alqahtani (2015) indicated that many learners see second language acquisition (SLA) mostly a matter of learning vocabulary and therefore they spend lots of their time on memorizing lists of words and then rely on their bilingual dictionary as a fundamental communicative resource. Also, vocabulary is called a basic for the development of the other skills for instance listening, writing, reading, speaking, pronunciation and spelling. Vocabulary is the first and foremost important step in language acquisition. This thesis is an attempt to study applying IT facilitates the learning of English vocabulary.
Indeed, with the importance and development of IT, Vietnam National University of Agriculture has also applied in working and teaching, but not thoroughly. Besides, second-year English majored students at Vietnam National University of Agriculture also uses IT in learning skills and learn vocabulary, they often use IT to learn new words to improve their vocabulary. As mentioned above, the application of information technology in learning English is very important, especially learning vocabulary. Therefore, this study is carried out with an exploratory survey on the use of IT in learning English vocabulary by the second-year students of the Vietnamese agricultural institute.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 1. Aims of the study The aim of the study is to investigate the current situation of information technology application in learning a vocabulary of second-year students in English language, thereby improve students‟ learning English vocabulary at Vietnam National University of Agriculture in the current 4. Objectives of the study In the light of that general aim, some specific objectives are drawn up to outline the actual directions of the study as follows: • To discover the turrent situation of second year students's applying IT in learning vocabulary • To suggest some strategies to enhance the IT application of second year students in learning vocabulary 1. Research questions (in form of questions) To achieve the objectives of this study, the researcher stated the following research question: 1.
What do the students know about the Information Technology application in learning vocabulary? 2. How do the students use the Information Technology application in learning vocabulary? 3. What is the attitude of students in Information Technology application of learning vocabulary? 1. Scope of the study • The study will investigate second-years English major students, course 64 • Time survey on March- June 2021 • Participants is 120 second-year students at Vietnam National University of Agriculture, English level approximately B2 3 1.
Significance of the study The study helps students discover how to apply IT in learning vocabulary, contribute to the basis of research on vocabulary learning, applying information technology in vocabulary learning, also this study will be the reference for other vocabulary instructors for English language students at the Viet Nam National University of Agriculture, and for students to refer to when learning vocabulary. Thus, the researher decided to choose this topic because of realizing the tremendous importance of IT in learning vocabulary of English at Viet Nam National University of Agriculture. Design of the study PART 1 - INTRODUCTION It presents the rationale of the study, aims and objectives of the study, research questions, the scope and the significance of the study. PART 2 - DEVELOPMENT It includes 3 chapters: Chapter 1 - LITERATURE REVIEW It provides theoretical background for the study including Chapter 2 – METHODOLOGY It describes the methodology used in the research including the research methods, research setting/ context, data collection, and data analysis.
Chapter 3 - FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS It shows the reports and discusses the findings of the study. PART 3 - CONCLUSION It summarizes the main issues that have been addressed in the study, points out the limitations, draws pedagogical implications concerning the research topic and makes some recommendations to help the students improve their speaking skills. 4 PART 2: DEVELOPMENT Chapter 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 1. REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS STUDIES (IN VIETNAM & ABROAD) 1.
In Vietnam In the twenty-first century, we are all living in the age of digital technology, amidst the explosion of information technology, the application of information technology in teaching and learning English is also very popular and developed. Especially using IT in learning listening, speaking, reading, writing skills and learning English vocabulary of learners. Dang Hoang Tri (2000) stated that the vast majority of the students perceived that IT usage had a positive effect on English language learning. In addition, although more than half of them showed their agreement on the benefits of IT to writing and speaking skills, and they were skeptical about the improvement of these two skills via the use of IT.
It is also worth noting that the students‟ disagreement concerning the benefits of IT use was not found. Hong Thai Pham, Huan Buu Nguyen (2018) teachers‟ perceptions about powerpoint use as an IT tools for teaching vocabulary in Viet Nam. This study states 96.