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DECLARATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABSTRACT

LIST OF FIGURES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. PART I: INTRODUCTION

1.1. Aim of the study and research questions

1.2. The Scope of the study

1.3. The method of the study

1.4. The organization of the study

2. PART II: DEVELOPMENT

2.1. CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1.1. What are listening and listening skill

2.1.2. The importance of the listening skill

2.1.3. Potential difficulties in listening skill

2.2. CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS

2.2.1. Intended research contents

2.2.2. Purposes to learn English at HFLC

2.2.3. Students‟ attitude toward listening skill

2.2.4. Students‟ strategies in listening

2.2.5. Learners‟ assessment on the listening task in the text book

2.2.6. Problems experienced by learners in learning English listening skill

2.2.6.1. Problems from listeners

2.2.6.2. Problems from the listening materials

2.2.6.3. Problems from environment factors

2.2.7. Suggested solution improving the teaching of English listening skill to learners at Haiphong Foreign Language Center

2.2.7.1. Recommendations for teaching English listening skill for non- major students at HFLC

2.2.7.1.1. Improving teacher‟s classroom techniques
2.2.7.1.2. Training students to become active listeners
2.2.7.1.3. Developing the listening materials
2.2.7.1.4. Adapting and improving listening materials
2.2.7.1.5. Choosing supplementary listening materials
2.2.7.1.6. Improving teaching facilities and resources
2.2.7.1.7. Other problematic areas

3. PART III: CONCLUSION

3.1. Limitations of the study

3.2. Suggestions for further study

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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES PHẠM THỊ PHƯỢNG THE DIFFICULTIES OF NON - MAJOR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH AT HAIPHONG FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER - HAIPHONG UNIVERSITY IN LEARNING LISTENING SKILL AND SOME SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS NHỮNG KHÓ KHĂN CỦA SINH VIÊN KHÔNG CHUYÊN ANH TẠI TRUNG TÂM NGOẠI NGỮ - ĐẠI HỌC HẢI PHÕNG TRONG VIỆC HỌC KỸ NĂNG NGHE VÀ MỘT SỐ GIẢI PHÁP ĐỀ XUẤT 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 THỊ PHƯỢNG THE DIFFICULTIES OF NON - MAJOR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH AT HAIPHONG FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER - HAIPHONG UNIVERSITY IN LEARNING LISTENING SKILL AND SOME SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS NHỮNG KHÓ KHĂN CỦA SINH VIÊN KHÔNG CHUYÊN ANH TẠI TRUNG TÂM NGOẠI NGỮ - ĐẠI HỌC HẢI PHÕNG TRONG VIỆC HỌC KỸ NĂNG NGHE VÀ MỘT SỐ GIẢI PHÁP ĐỀ XUẤT M.MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 Supervisor: Prof. Hoàng Văn Vân HANOI - 2014 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com DECLARATION Honestly, the thesis has been resulted from my own research. Therefore, all the statistic given must be reliable. Moreover, all the reference information was quoted or summarized with the clear original sources which have been shown in the references part. I truthfully assure that the thesis has been completed by myself. Hanoi, 2014 Phạm Thị Phượng i LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to send my deepest gratitude to my supervisor, Prof. Hoàng Văn Vân, who guided me throughout the accomplishment of this research. If it had not been for his kind guidance, insightful comments and valuable support, my thesis would not have been completed. I also owe my gratitude to my family, who has always been very supportive with my study. In addition, I am grateful to all my colleagues and students at Haiphong Foreign Language Center, who have encouraged me and shared me useful information. Their cooperation helped me a lot to finish the thesis. Personally, I highly appreciate all the assistance. I am greatly interested in this study as it is of great help for me. However, I am responsible for any remaining mistakes and short comings that are found in this work. ii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com ABSTRACT Listening skill is one of the most neccessary skills to communicate in the real life. In learning a foreign language, it is more and more important to learn this skill. In fact, students often take the wrong way when listening and this leads them to the poor result. Realizing the problems from teaching experiences, the author would like to do a research titled “The difficulties of non-major students of English at Haiphong Foreign Language Center-Haiphong University in learning listening skill and some suggested solutions This study is an investigation into the problems experienced by non-major students of English at Haiphong Foreign Language Center-Haiphong University in learning listening skill. The subjects of the study were 75 non-English major students and 5 teachers at Haiphong Foreign Language Center (HFLC)-Haiphong University. The data were collected through the questionnaires from students, and the interviews from the teachers. The results of the research will point out the difficulties that learners meet when they learn the listening skill at HFLC. More importantly, it helps the author find out the causes of those difficulties so that she can work out the right solutions to the problems. With the hope of improving learners‟ listening competence, the author has tried her best to do this thesis by her own experiences and knowledge in English teaching methodology. The findings of the research will reveal the difficulties that learners experience when they learn the listening skill at the center. Some conclusions were drawn; recommendations were made, some limitations were pointed out and suggestions were offered. iii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com LIST OF FIGURES Figure 3.1: Purposes of learning English at HFLC Figure 3.2: Learners' time distribution in practicing four language skills Figure 3.3: Students‟ attitude toward listening skill Figure 3.4: Students‟ time allocation for self-study Figure 3.5: What the learners do before and while listening Figure 3.6: Learners‟ assessment on the listening tasks in the textbook Figure 3.7: Learners‟ interest in different listening activities Figure 3.8: Learners‟ interest in extra listening activities Figure 3.9: The objective factors affecting learners' learning the listening skill Table 1: Problems from the listeners Table 2: Problems from the listening material Table 3: Problems from environment factors iv LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Table of Contents . vi List of Figures and Tables . vii PART I:INTRODUCTION . Aim of the study and research questions . The Scope of the study . The method of the study . The organization of the study .3 PART II:DEVELOPMENT .4 Chapter 1: LITERATURE REVIEW .1 What are listening and listening skill . The importance of the listening skill . Potential difficulties in listening skill . An overview of the current situations of teaching and learning the English listening skill at Haiphong Foreign Language Center . 11 v LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. Resources and materials . Teachers and Teaching methods . Data collection instruments .14 CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS . Intended research contents . Purposes to learn English at HFLC . Students‟ attitude toward listening skill . Students‟ strategies in listening . Learners‟ assessment on the listening task in the text book . Problems experienced by learners in learning English listening skill . Problems from listeners . Problems from the listening materials . Problems from environment factors . Suggested solution improving the teaching of English listening skill to learners at Haiphong Foreign Language Center . Recommendations for teaching English listening skill for non- major students at HFLC . Improving teacher‟s classroom techniques . Training students to become active listeners . Developing the listening materials . Adapting and improving listening materials .36 vi LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. Choosing supplementary listening materials . Improving teaching facilities and resources . Other problematic areas .38 PART III: CONCLUSION . Limitations of the study . Suggestions for further study . I vii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com PART I INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale Listening plays a significant role in daily communication. No one can deny the importance of listening skill in foreign language learning because it takes much time and energy to make progress in this skill. Listening plays an important role in communication. It is said that of the total time spent on communicating, listening takes up 40-50%. According to Devine (1982), listening is the primary means by which incoming ideas and information are taken in. Being good at communicators in foreign languages especially in English is always a desire of all foreign language learners. However, it requires them to speak and to listen well in which listening is considered the most challenging skill for every learner. In fact, there are many factors affecting the learners in listening acquisition. They may come from the listeners (their background knowledge, their interest or their motivation…), from the listening material or from the environment factors. Consequently, it is very difficult for them to master this skill. With thirteen-year experience of teaching English listening skill at Haiphong Foreign Language Center and from what I observed many classes at HFLC, it can be found that many students failed in practicing listening skill. Some of the students complained that they were not confident with listening tasks so they could hardly understand the spoken messages Realizing the problem from teaching experiences, I have decided to carry out a study namely “The difficulties of non-major students of English at Haiphong Foreign Language Center-Haiphong University in learning listening skill and some suggested solutions”. Aim of the study and research questions The aim of the study is to probe difficulties experienced by students at Haiphong Foreign Language Center (HFLC) in learning listening skill and to offer solutions to help students overcome these difficulties. 1 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com To achieve this overall aim, the following research questions are raised for exploration: 1. What are the problems experienced by learners in learning English listening skill at HFLC? 2. How can the teacher help learners overcome the difficulties? 3. Scope of the study The study is limited to finding out the difficulties that the learners at HFLC cope with in learning English listening skill. The objects of the study are the learners at HFLC aged from 15 to over 50. They are studying the second of three levels of English at HFLC. In this center, the textbook that the learners use is New English File-Pre intermediate (Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig, Paul Seligson). This textbook is intended to develop learners‟ four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Method of the study To fulfill the above aim, both qualitative and quantitative methods are used. Qualitative research is “a type of scientific research which consists of an investigation that seeks answers to a question, systematically uses a predefined set of procedures to answer the question, collects evidence, produces findings that were not determined in advance, produces findings that are applicable beyond the immediate boundaries of the study” (Trask, 2007, p. The most common qualitative methods are participant observation, in-depth interviews, and focus groups. In order to get information about learners‟ motivation when they learn English listening skill at HFLC, the author has to observe their study in the real classes. Moreover, interviews are used for the teachers of English so as to get their ideas about the teaching and learning problems at HFLC. According to Aliaga and Gunderson (2000) “Quantitative research is explaining phenomena by collecting numerical data that are analyzed using mathematically based methods (in particular statistics)” In this study, the author uses questionnaires for learners to get information about teaching and learning listening skill at HFLC. 2 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com After collecting information, all the data will be analyzed for the findings and conclusions will be drawn from these. Organization of the study The study includes three parts as follows: Part I: The Introduction presents the background, the aim, the scope and the method of the study. Part II: The Development consists of three chapters. Chapter 1 is the literature review which provides an overview of some theories as well as the previous researches that relate to the study. Chapter 2, the methodology and findings describes the current situation of teaching and learning listening skill at HFLC. Then it will introduce the participants, the data collection instruments, data analysis and research questions. Finally, the author will analyze the results of the survey and the interviews in order to find out the current state of learning listening skill at HFLC. Chapter 3 offers some solutions to improve learning English listening skill for learners at HFLC. Part III: The Conclusion summarizes what has been studied and makes some recommendations for further research. 3 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com PART II DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW Listening plays an important role in second language instruction for several reasons. If you cannot hear it well you will find it hard to communicate or perhaps you cannot pass your listening examination (Rost, 1994). It should be noted that the learner‟s perception of their listening problem and strategies can affect their comprehension both positively and negatively (Wenden, 1986). Thus, in order to help students improve their listening skill, it is necessary to find out their listening problems, what cause them and how to solve them. What are listening and listening skill? 1. Definitions In this study, listening is listening comprehension. It is a significant and essential area of development in a native language and in a second language.

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