MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY ----------------------------- NGUYEN QUANG MINH IMMIGRATION OFFICERS’ ENGLISH LISTENING DIFFICULTIES AND USE OF STRATEGIES: A STUDY AT HO CHI MINH CITY IMMIGRATION OFFICE Major: English Language Course code: 60220201 HO CHI MINH CITY, SEPTEMBER 2021 i MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY --------------- IMMIGRATION OFFICERS’ ENGLISH LISTENING DIFFICULTIES AND USE OF STRATEGIES: A STUDY AT HO CHI MINH CITY IMMIGRATION OFFICE Total words: 18,706 Submitted to the Faculty of English Language in partial fulfillment of the Master’s degree in English Language Class: 19SNA11 By NGUYEN QUANG MINH Supervised by LE VAN TUYEN, Ph. HO CHI MINH CITY, SEPTEMBER 2021 i The thesis entitled IMMIGRATION OFFICERS’ ENGLISH LISTENING DIFFICULTIES AND USE OF STRATEGIES: A STUDY AT HO CHI MINH CITY IMMIGRATION OFFICE was successfully defended and approved on ………. at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HUTECH). Academic supervisor: Dr.
LE VAN TUYEN Examination Committee 1. Nguyen Thi Kieu Thu, Ph. Tran Quoc Thao, Ph. Luu Thi Mai Vy, Ph.
Nguyen Ngoc Tran Chau, Ph. Duong My Tham, Ph. Secretary Member On behalf of the Examination Committee Chair Nguyen Thi Kieu Thu, Ph. ii HCMC UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE HCMC, September 2021 MASTER’S THESIS REPORT Student name: Nguyen Quang Minh Sex: Male Date of birth: 30/01/1984 Place of birth: Ho Chi Minh City Major: English Language Student code: 1941900017 I- Thesis title: Immigration Officers’ English Listening Difficulties and Use of Strategies: A Study at Ho Chi Minh City Immigration Office II-Objectives and contents: This study aims at exploring difficulties in English listening skills and use of strategies of immigration officers at HIO.
The specific objectives of this study are as follows: § to find out difficulties in English listening skills; § to examine which strategies used by immigration officer to overcome difficulties in English listening skills. This study was conducted at Ho Chi Minh City Immigration Office. The study focused on English listening difficulties and strategies of immigration officers. The participants were the officers who were also from different backgrounds.
The ages of the participants ranges from 19 to 30 over with an average of 25. The findings found out common listening difficulties that immigration officers had in listening iii skills such as the difficulties related to the content of dialogue, the content of linguistic factors, the listener, the speaker and the physical setting. Moreover, the findings showed that immigration officer frequently used the cognitive, metacognitive and socio-affective listening strategies to deal with listening difficulties. In order to gain the results, the quantitative and qualitative methods were applied.
In addition, two instruments used for data-collection were questionnaire and semi-structured interview. III- Starting date: (as stated in the Decision issued by the University) IV- Completing date:. V- Academic supervisor: (full name, title) LE VAN TUYEN, Ph. ACADEMIC SUPERVISOR FACULTY DEAN Le Van Tuyen, Ph.
Nguyen Thi Kieu Thu, Ph. iv CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY I certify my authorship of the Master’s Thesis submitted today entitled: IMMIGRATION OFFICERS’ ENGLISH LISTENING DIFFICULTIES AND USE OF STRATEGIES: A STUDY AT HO CHI MINH CITY IMMIGRATION OFFICE In terms of the statement of requirements for Theses in Master’s programs issued by the Higher Degree Committee of Faculty of English Language, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology. Ho Chi Minh City, September 2021 NGUYEN QUANG MINH v RETENTION AND USE OF THE THESIS I hereby state that I, NGUYEN QUANG MINH, being a candidate for the degree of Master of Arts (English Language) accept the requirements of the University relating to the retention and use of Master’s Theses deposited in the Library. In terms of these conditions, I agree that the original of my Master’s Thesis deposited in the Library should be accessible for purposes of study and research, in accordance with the normal conditions established by the Librarian for the care, loan, and reproduction for theses.
Ho Chi Minh City, September 2021 NGUYEN QUANG MINH vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would first like to express my deepest gratitude to Dr. Le Van Tuyen, my supervisor, for his patience, guidance, insightful advice, and constant encouragement throughout the whole research process.