YUSTNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOL UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES stele sesh sf a ape sf fee tee ste ae ae NGO THU HUYEN POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS COMMONLY ENCOUNTERED BY STUDENTS AT IIANOI UNIVERSITY OF ‘TECHNOLOGY LN PRONOUNCING THE ENGLISH. AKKFRICATIVE CONSONANTS NHUNG GIAT PHAP KHA HOU CHO NHUNG VAN DE MA SINH VIEN TRƯỜNG DAl HOC BACH KHOA HÀ NỘI THƯỜNG GẶP PHÙ KHI PHÁT AM CAC AM TAC XAT CUA TIENG ANH M. Minor Thesis Field: English Linguistics Code: 60 22 15 MA course: 18 Hanoi — 2011 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOL UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE LDLES: HAMARAMR ROKER EH NGO THU WUYEN POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS COMMONLY ENCOUNTERED BY STUDENTS AT HANOI UNIVERSITY OF TECIINOLOGY IN PRONOUNCING THE ENGLISIL AFFRICATIVE CONSONANTS NHỮNG GIẢI PHÁP KHẢ HỮU CHO NHŨNG VĂN DE MA SINH VIEN TRƯỜNG DAI HOC BACH KHOA HA NOI THUONG GAP PHA! KHIT PHÁT AM CAC AM TAC XAT CUA TIENG ANE M. Minor Thesis Ficld: English Linguistics Code: 60 22 15 MA course: 18 Supervisor: Assoc.
Vo Dai Quang Hanoi — 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS CANDIDAT! 73 STATEMENT. TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES, CHARTS AND TABLES ABBREVIATIONS. PART 1: INTRODUCTION Error! Bookinark not defined. occa Eerort Bookmark not defined, 1.
Aims and Objectives of the sturly 1 1. Scope of the study 2 1. Significance of the stuily - 2 1. Design of the study 3 PART 2: DEVELOPMI Chapter 1: LITERATURE REVIEW, 1.
The role of pronunciation in EEL teaching. Factors affecting pronunciation learning 4 1. Consonants in English and Vietnamese. Learners' problems with consonant sotaids.
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Table 2: Vietnamese initial consonants. Table 3: Victnamese final consonants Table 4: Manner and place of articulation of sounds /d8/, /2/ and /8/. Table 5: Manner and place of articulation of sounds /t{/and Viernamese /c/. Table 6 Summary of Sample Profils Table 7: Stndouts’ altitude lowards prommciatian, 8bà Table 8: Students’ learning habit and teachers” response to students” mistakes &i ‘Table 9: Students” pronunciation difficulties in general ip ‘Table 10: ‘The sounds that students find most difficult/ easiest to pronounce ‘Table 11: Student’s choives of correct sounds.
‘Table 12: ‘The result of the recording process vi 4. Summary of the chapter - 36 PART 3: CONCLUSION. cece ieee sesamiae De 3. Limitations and suggestions for further rescarcl.
Summary of the chapter - 36 PART 3: CONCLUSION. cece ieee sesamiae De 3. Limitations and suggestions for further rescarcl. LIST OF FIGURES, CHARTS AND TABLES FIGURES: Tig 1: The position of the tongue in the production of ‘tf? and /ds/ Figs 2&3: Section of stop phase of /tJ/ and /ds/.
CHART: Chart I: The sounds that students find most difficult’ easiest to pronounce. TABLES: Table 1: English consonanfs. Table 2: Vietnamese initial consonants. Table 3: Victnamese final consonants Table 4: Manner and place of articulation of sounds /d8/, /2/ and /8/.
Table 5: Manner and place of articulation of sounds /t{/and Viernamese /c/. Table 6 Summary of Sample Profils Table 7: Stndouts’ altitude lowards prommciatian, 8bà Table 8: Students’ learning habit and teachers” response to students” mistakes &i ‘Table 9: Students” pronunciation difficulties in general ip ‘Table 10: ‘The sounds that students find most difficult/ easiest to pronounce ‘Table 11: Student’s choives of correct sounds. ‘Table 12: ‘The result of the recording process LIST OF FIGURES, CHARTS AND TABLES FIGURES: Tig 1: The position of the tongue in the production of ‘tf? and /ds/ Figs 2&3: Section of stop phase of /tJ/ and /ds/. CHART: Chart I: The sounds that students find most difficult’ easiest to pronounce.
TABLES: Table 1: English consonanfs. Table 2: Vietnamese initial consonants. Table 3: Victnamese final consonants Table 4: Manner and place of articulation of sounds /d8/, /2/ and /8/. Table 5: Manner and place of articulation of sounds /t{/and Viernamese /c/.
Table 6 Summary of Sample Profils Table 7: Stndouts’ altitude lowards prommciatian, 8bà Table 8: Students’ learning habit and teachers” response to students” mistakes &i ‘Table 9: Students” pronunciation difficulties in general ip ‘Table 10: ‘The sounds that students find most difficult/ easiest to pronounce ‘Table 11: Student’s choives of correct sounds. ‘Table 12: ‘The result of the recording process vi 4. Summary of the chapter - 36 PART 3: CONCLUSION. cece ieee sesamiae De 3.
Limitations and suggestions for further rescarcl. Design of the study “The research is presented as follows ‘The first part is the introduction, which presents an overview of the study with the rationale for conducting the research, ths aims, the objectives and dhe rsscarch questions It also stales the rescarch svape us well as slresses ils significance and outlines the content of the study, “The second part is the development of the study, which is divided info 4 chapters: - Chapter 1: Literature review - provides the theoretical background and some previous work - Chapter 2: Methodology- reports the methodology and the methods used in the research inchuting the instrumonis and the procedures for dala cotlection as well as the data analysis appliedin the study. - Chapter 3: Findings and discussion - reveals some major findings basing on which the discussionis produced. - Chapter 4: Possible solutions — offers some useful suggestions to problems identified The last part is the conclusion of the study, which summarzes the major points presented in the thesis, offers concluding remarks on the objectives and points out the limitations as well as provides some suggestions for further studies.
© Help the students be able to pronounce English affticates accurately. © Lelp the teachers improve their promunciation teaching techniques at LIUT 1. Objectives of the study ‘rhe objectives are set as follows: © To find oul the difficultics students moct wh:n pronouncing affiicative sounds /t{/ and /d3/. «To state the causes of these difficulties.
© To give out some possible solutions to the problems identified. Research questions “rhe objectives mentioned above are elaborated into the following research questions. (1) What difficulties do students have in dealing with affficative sounds? (2) What are the causes of those difficulties? @) What are the possible solutions to the stated problems? 1. Scope of the study The study was carried out on only the first-year students at N-Power, HUT.
Due to time constraint and the scope ofa minor thesis, only affiicates - two complex consonant sounds + which cause difficulties for students are Laken into consideration. It also focuses on findmg out some problems when students pronounce these sounds and working out some possible solutions. Significance of the study ‘The study is designed to investigate students’ difficulties when pronouncing the English afiricates and suggest some solutions to solve the problems. ‘Thus, it helps to raise sindenis’ awareness of improving; pronunciation learning.
More significantly, il offers the pedagogical implications for futher applications of teaching pronunciation in the classroom. ABBREVIATIONS cLr Communicative Language Teaching EFL English as a Foreign Language ELT English Language Teaching ESP English for Specific Purposes HUT Hanoi University of Technology Information Technology N-Power Networking Power (Bach Khoa-Npower Intemational Information ‘Technology Lducation System) MA Master of Arts VNU ‘Vietnam National University 1. The description of afiricates 11 1. Learners” problems with affricafes.
Sunmary df the chapÊSE,. 0 cớnonneneaeranrrirrrsoeoee TỔ Chapter 2: Methodology .2, Steps in conducting a surveV r2seaIch.3, Techniques cmploycd in the rescarcl. Procedures for the study - 20 2. Summary of the chapter - 20 Chapter 3: Findings and Discussion 3.
Findings Erom the gueslionnaits. Findings from the tape recording. Summary of the chapter - 30 Chapter 4: Possible sollusions to the problems identified. Ghing reguhr pracfiee.
Improving teaching tcchnique8. Supplying supplementary exercises. Rationale Three prominent factors that devclop four language skills arc vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. In the light of CLT, accurate pronunciation is a must for broadening communicative competencies.
This teads to the fact that the need for the integration of pronunciation with oral communication is clearly realized, This is the reason why teaching, pronunciation is considered a really crucial job in teaching EFL, Despite realizing this importance, pronunciation is the most ignored aspect in the EFL classes, According to Celee Murcia (2007:2), “grammar and vocabulary have been nusch better understood by most language teachers than pronunciation”. This fact shows thal pronunciation is viewed as difticult for both students and teachers to prepare and master. They take little concern to it. ITardly do they spend time learning or practicing English pronunciation.
Consequently, many students often make mistakes in articulating English sounds and they find it difficult to get accurate pronmeciation. This fact posts the question of how to change the attitude of students and teachers towards pronunciation. ‘The above- mentioned matters are really true to the English teaching and learning silustion at N-Power, HUT where a lol of students have troubles wilh pronunciation, especially with the English sounds. In the scope of this minor thesis, the rescarcher docs not have an ambition to find out all the sounds causing problems for students but a particular pair of English sounds - afiiicales - which challenge students whan they are dealing with the system of English sounds.
Once the difficulties are found out, solutions to the problems can be worked out with the hope that it can help to improve students’ pronunciation. Aims and Objectives of the study 1. Aims of the study From the fact of existing limitations for students when dealing with pronmnciation, with the hope of bringing about # small contribution to this aspoet, the study aims Le * Provide the students with basic knowledge of English afiticative sounds /tf/and /ds/. The description of afiricates 11 1.
Learners” problems with affricafes. Sunmary df the chapÊSE,. 0 cớnonneneaeranrrirrrsoeoee TỔ Chapter 2: Methodology .2, Steps in conducting a surveV r2seaIch.3, Techniques cmploycd in the rescarcl. Procedures for the study - 20 2.
Summary of the chapter - 20 Chapter 3: Findings and Discussion 3. Findings Erom the gueslionnaits. Findings from the tape recording. Summary of the chapter - 30 Chapter 4: Possible sollusions to the problems identified.
Ghing reguhr pracfiee. Improving teaching tcchnique8. Supplying supplementary exercises. Design of the study “The research is presented as follows ‘The first part is the introduction, which presents an overview of the study with the rationale for conducting the research, ths aims, the objectives and dhe rsscarch questions It also stales the rescarch svape us well as slresses ils significance and outlines the content of the study, “The second part is the development of the study, which is divided info 4 chapters: - Chapter 1: Literature review - provides the theoretical background and some previous work - Chapter 2: Methodology- reports the methodology and the methods used in the research inchuting the instrumonis and the procedures for dala cotlection as well as the data analysis appliedin the study.
- Chapter 3: Findings and discussion - reveals some major findings basing on which the discussionis produced. - Chapter 4: Possible solutions — offers some useful suggestions to problems identified The last part is the conclusion of the study, which summarzes the major points presented in the thesis, offers concluding remarks on the objectives and points out the limitations as well as provides some suggestions for further studies.