Vietnam national university, Hanoi Universily of Languages and international studies faculty of Post-graduate Studies ĐÀO XUÂN HÙNG ‘The impact of teachers’ quality On rus students in terms of speaking skill (Tác động của chất lượng giáo viên đối với việc học nói của hục sinh trung học ở vùng nâng thôn} M.A MINOR THESIS Field: English leaching Methodology Code: 60 14 10 Hanoi, 2010 Vietnam national university, Hanoi University of Languages and international studies faculty of Post-graduate Studies ĐÀO XUÂN HÙNG The impact of teachers’ quality On rus students in terms of speaking skill (Tác động của chất lượng giao viên đối với việc học nói của học sinh trung học ở vùng nông thôn) M.A MINOR THESIS: Field: English caching Mcthodatogy Code: 60 14 10 Cohort: MA 17 Supervisor: Ha Cam Tam (Ph.D) Uanoi, 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS ‘Headings Pages Acknowledgment i Abstract ii Table of contents Hi List of Abbreviations wi CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 11. Rationale far the stuily 1 1.2, Aims of the study 2 1. Significance of the study 2 1-4, Scope of the study 2 1. Organization of the study 2 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.
An overview of speaking ski.2 Characteristics af beginning level learners. The MOET principles of teaching speaking skill 5 2. Principles for teaching speaking to beginning learners. Elements needed for speaking shill development, § 2.
Language Teaching Methods 9 2. The Grammar Translation Method 10 2.2, The Direct Method and Audiolingualism 10 2. Communication in language teaching 11 2.4 Principles of the communicative approach 12 2. The language of the EFL teacher 14 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW This chapter discusses the theory and research into which this study bases on.
The chapter is divided into four sections. The first section provides an overview of speaking skill. The second seclion presents language leaching methods. The third section is abou the language of the English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher.
And the last section gives Issues of teacher development in Vietnam. An overview of speaking skill 2. Speaking definitions Bailey (2003, p.2) defined that speaking consists of producing systematic verbal uilcrancas lo convey msaning (Ullcrances arc simply things people say).1, as cited in Bailey, 2003, p.2) stated that speaking is “an interactive process of constructing meaning that involves producing and recsiving and processing information” Bailey (2003, p.2) also pointed out that speaking is such a basic human behavior that we don’t stop to analyze if there is not anything noticcable about it. What we ignore is a number of physical, mental, psychological, social, and cultural factors that must all combine together when we speak.
People will have a grea! influence when they hear a lucid speaker in a second or foreign language. Characteristics of beginning level learners What does il wean to be a “beginning” or a lower-level” language learner? According to the American council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (as cited in Bailey, 2005, p.30), beginning level students can be charaetetized as follows: - Oral production consists of isolated words and leamed phrases within very prodiclable areas of ccd, - Vocabulary is sutticient only for handling simple, elementary needs and expressing basic courtesies - Utterances rarely consist of more than two or three words and show frequent long pauses and repetition of interlocutor’s words + Speakers may have some difficulty producing even the simplest utterances This smears that al this level spoakors will he understood only with great diffcully. Given these limitations, what can teachers do to help beginning students develop their English speaking skill? In addition, if you are teaching EFL mn your home culture, you are CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW This chapter discusses the theory and research into which this study bases on. The chapter is divided into four sections.
The first section provides an overview of speaking skill. The second seclion presents language leaching methods. The third section is abou the language of the English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher. And the last section gives Issues of teacher development in Vietnam.
An overview of speaking skill 2. Speaking definitions Bailey (2003, p.2) defined that speaking consists of producing systematic verbal uilcrancas lo convey msaning (Ullcrances arc simply things people say).1, as cited in Bailey, 2003, p.2) stated that speaking is “an interactive process of constructing meaning that involves producing and recsiving and processing information” Bailey (2003, p.2) also pointed out that speaking is such a basic human behavior that we don’t stop to analyze if there is not anything noticcable about it. What we ignore is a number of physical, mental, psychological, social, and cultural factors that must all combine together when we speak. People will have a grea! influence when they hear a lucid speaker in a second or foreign language.
Characteristics of beginning level learners What does il wean to be a “beginning” or a lower-level” language learner? According to the American council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (as cited in Bailey, 2005, p.30), beginning level students can be charaetetized as follows: - Oral production consists of isolated words and leamed phrases within very prodiclable areas of ccd, - Vocabulary is sutticient only for handling simple, elementary needs and expressing basic courtesies - Utterances rarely consist of more than two or three words and show frequent long pauses and repetition of interlocutor’s words + Speakers may have some difficulty producing even the simplest utterances This smears that al this level spoakors will he understood only with great diffcully. Given these limitations, what can teachers do to help beginning students develop their English speaking skill? In addition, if you are teaching EFL mn your home culture, you are 1. The aims of the study - The aims of this study are as tollows: a) to examine the impact of teachers” instructions on RUS students in terms of speaking skill b) to suggest a possible basis for RUS teachers’ ELT effectiveness. ‘I'he significance of the study.
The study helps point oul some impacts of lcichors’ instructions on RUS stuclorts in tams of speaking skill. It would enable teachers to be aware of the necessity of their instructions to the students’ speaking skill development. It is also hoped that the study would make some suggestions for Ioachers’ cffevtiveness which is considered by many linguists, educators and researchers as one of the most crucial ways to develop students” speaking skill 1.4, The scope of the study ~ Firstly, The impacts on students’ development in terms of speaking skill is a very complicated problem, it composes of many factors. Therefore, my thesis will focus mainly om rural Teachers’ qualifications-those are teachers’ instructions; the effectiveness of teachers’ method practice, The effetiveness here can be understood as the comparison between goal setting and goal achievement.
If the goal setting matches with the goal achievement, the leaching will be considered effective ind vice versa. - Secondly, more attention will be paid to the theory and description, which will make RUS teachers be aware of their problems and have directions to improve and develop in order to better the teaching = Thirdly, with the timitation of time an references, T shall only venture ta suggst some theoretical solutions for RUS teachers’ effectiveness in terms of CL and method practice. Method of the study - Classroom observation: ‘Teachers’ instructions + Guided interview. Organization of the study The study consists of four chapters: CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.
Rationales English has undergone many changes in teaching and learning in Vietnam over the last few decades. Demand for leaming English even becomes stronger when Vietnam applies its open door policy. English Lurns oul to bs the leading factor in a sinafler and smaller world, Learners want to be able to master English to a high level of accuracy and fluency. Employers too insist that their employees have good English language skills, fuoney in English is a prorsquisilc for succoss and advancement in many fields of employment in today’s world, However, in rural upper-secondary schools (RUSs), though English is a compulsory subject, il fails lo cquip students with anough knowledge and skills, especially speaking skill, Even, The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has developed new textbooks, equipped more facilities to better the teaching and learning English, the fact is not changed.
This is because: First, the goals of learning English and forcign tanguage in general are set by the MOET. It can be translated as follows: To provide some basic knowledge about foreign languages in order to help school siudeuls 10 communicate and lo use them as a key lo seience and technology. These goals are too general and vague to be easily put into practice.2, as cited in Thuoc, 1988, p.48) slated that “the teacher is a means to an end: An instrument to see that learning takes place. As a human being, he is of couse a subtle and sensitive instrument who cannot be satisfactorily replaced by « mechanical aid.” Ilowever, teachers’ qualifications haven’t been strictly considered and developed.
That is the reason why teachers have failed ta meal the demand of teaching English in general and teaching speaking in particular. In fact, teachers are the people who know the languages, select the new material to be learnt, and present it as clearly and memorably as possible. Also, teachers work as conductors who give students oppartunities to participate, to practise. In addition, teachers act as guides in organising and motivating students’ language activilies.
The question is how Leachers do those without boing cquipped with proper knowledge and skills. T think that if is essential to do research on teachers’ qualifications so I decided on choosing the topic “the impact of teachers” qualifications on RUS students in terms of speaking skill” CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW This chapter discusses the theory and research into which this study bases on. The chapter is divided into four sections. The first section provides an overview of speaking skill.
The second seclion presents language leaching methods. The third section is abou the language of the English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher. And the last section gives Issues of teacher development in Vietnam. An overview of speaking skill 2.
Speaking definitions Bailey (2003, p.2) defined that speaking consists of producing systematic verbal uilcrancas lo convey msaning (Ullcrances arc simply things people say).1, as cited in Bailey, 2003, p.2) stated that speaking is “an interactive process of constructing meaning that involves producing and recsiving and processing information” Bailey (2003, p.2) also pointed out that speaking is such a basic human behavior that we don’t stop to analyze if there is not anything noticcable about it. What we ignore is a number of physical, mental, psychological, social, and cultural factors that must all combine together when we speak. People will have a grea! influence when they hear a lucid speaker in a second or foreign language. Characteristics of beginning level learners What does il wean to be a “beginning” or a lower-level” language learner? According to the American council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (as cited in Bailey, 2005, p.30), beginning level students can be charaetetized as follows: - Oral production consists of isolated words and leamed phrases within very prodiclable areas of ccd, - Vocabulary is sutticient only for handling simple, elementary needs and expressing basic courtesies - Utterances rarely consist of more than two or three words and show frequent long pauses and repetition of interlocutor’s words + Speakers may have some difficulty producing even the simplest utterances This smears that al this level spoakors will he understood only with great diffcully.
Given these limitations, what can teachers do to help beginning students develop their English speaking skill? In addition, if you are teaching EFL mn your home culture, you are CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1. Rationales English has undergone many changes in teaching and learning in Vietnam over the last few decades. Demand for leaming English even becomes stronger when Vietnam applies its open door policy.