VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOL UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES. FACULTY OF POST — GRADUATE STUDIES NGUYEN THI PHUONG QUYNH CURRENT SITUATION IN TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISIT LISTENING AT TAY ITO HIGHT SCIIOOL IN HANOI AND SOLUTIONS (Thực trạng dạy và hục kỹ năng nghe ở trường THPT Tây Hỗ - Hà Thực trạng và giải pháp) M. Minor Programme Thesis Major: English Teaching Methodology Code : 60 14 10 Tlanoi — 2010 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, ILANOL UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST — GRADUATE STUDIES đớn tk 9Á ti 9 # k9 tro R@ NGUYÊN THỊ PHƯƠNG QUỲXH CURRENT SITUATION IN TEACTIING AND LEARNING ENGLISH LISTENING AT TAY HO HIGH SCHOOL IN TIANOT AND SOLUTIONS (Thực trạng dạy và hục kỹ năng nghe ở trường THPT Tây Hỗ - Hà Thực trạng và giải pháp) Major: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60 1410 - Supervisor: NGUYEN THI VUOQNG, M. Hanoi - 2010 TABLE OF CONTENT PAGE TABLE OF CONTENT iv LISTS OF TABLES CHARPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1, Rationale of the Study NN Re NN wH 1.2, Aims of the Study 1.3, Research Questions 1A, Scope of the Study AMWNU 1.5, Methods of the Sindy 1.6, The significance of the study 1.7, Design of the Study CHARPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1, Theoretical Background of Listening Skills 2.
What is Listening Comprehension 2.2, ‘The Importance of Listening in Learning lYoreign Language 2. Teaching Listening Skills 2.1 Listening Skills wo 3.2, Potential Problems int Learning to Listen to English 2,1.1, Lack of control over the speech at which the speakers speak 2. Limited vocabulary / grammar structures 2.23, Learners leaming habit 2.4, Lack of concentration 2,1.3,2,5, The size of the class 2.2, A stand-up comedian or a storyteller 2. A tour guide CHAPTER 3: AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW ENGLISH TEXTBOOK “TIENG ANH 10” AND THE CURRENT SITUATION OF TECIIING THE TEXTBOOK AT TAY 110 HIGH SCHOOL 3.1, An overview of the new textbook “Tieng Anb 107 13 3.
What are the solutions to improve listening skill for students of grade 10? 14, Scope of the study ‘This study is limited to: - The 10 form students at Tay Ho High School The teachers of English at Tay Ilo Iligh School - Listening comprehension in Ihe new English textbook “Tieng Anh 10” 1. Methods of the study The study is designed to use both qualitative and quantitative methods. Resides, many resources such as books, magazines, articles, wowspapers and some sources on the internet have been read by the researcher. In order to gain the most reliable resulis, the quantitative data will be collected through one survey questionnaires, This survey questionnaire is for 200 students from 10 form graders at IH high school.
he data, then, will be processed and analyzed lo yield conclusions for the study. Along with the quantitative method, the qualitative data has been obtained by classroom observation and informal interviews with teachers of English to collect furlher information about the real situations of leaching and learning listening skill in grades 10 at TII high school. Significance of the study The piloted syllabus for grade 10" of high school level was designed with hopes that students could have a chance to practice listening skill as English tcaching, nowadays follows the communic: ive approach learning, However, there has not been much investigation into the fact that whether lessons of listening are suitable and compreheusible for students; or whether the teaching of listening for students of grade 10 is easy- undertaken This research provides an insigh into the: problems that are often met by teachers teaching English for grades 10 at TH High LIST OF TABLES Table 1; Students’ opinion on the listening skill in yencral and listening lesson on the new textbook “Tieng Anh 10” in particular ‘Table 2; Students’ opinion about the quality of the cassette player Table 3; Students’ opinion about (he content of the listening Table 4; Difficulties faced by students Table 5: Sludenis’ expectation from their teachers in teaching listening Table 6: The role of listening in final assessment at Tay Ilo Iligh School school, In addition, this research also points out some feasible solutions which are, hopefully, beneficial for both teachers and students. Design of the study ‘The study is divided into three parts Tho first part “Introduction” (chapter 1) presonts Ihe rationale, the aim and objectives, the scope, the methods, significance and the design of the study ‘The second part, “Development”, consists of four chapters: Chapter 2 provides a thorough literature review relevant to the study.
Tt presents the theoretical background: the concepts relating to listening skill, its importance to language learners and listening teaching as a second language. Potential Problems in Learning to Listen to English are also mentioned in this chapter. Chapter 3 is an overview of the new English textbook “Tieng Anh 10” and the currcat situation of teaching thc textbook at TH high school, Chapter 4 deals with the introduction of the research methods which are: research questions, subject, qucstiounairc, class obscrvation and informal interview Chapter 5 is for analyzing the data collected from survey questionnaires, interview as well as classroom observation, Chapter 6 concludes the findings the rescarcher has from the study and proposcs some solutions to the teaching of listening skill for grade 10 at TH high school. ‘The last part of the study “Conclusion” gives a brief description of the study and states the lintilations as well as recommendations for further research.
Rationale of the Study With Vietnam's entry into the WI'O and opening its markets to the outside world, the demand for English speaking proficiency among, people is ti ng. Tn recent years, the communicative approach has become more and more widely used in 1 ching and learning English ai teriary cdueation and therefore, students’ communicative competence has been stressed, The needs of communication make listening teaching a priority all over the country. The need for competence in listening in English learners is i so lisioning teaching, has recently attracted considerable attention, However, careful observation of High School teaching practice has found that the teaching of listening skills is still the weak link in the language teaching process Despite students having mastered the basic elements of English grammar and vocabulary, their listcning comprcbonsion is often weak, Through systematic study of basic English teaching stages at [ligh School it has been recognized that while students’ integrated skills in reading, writing, translating have becn improving, their listening and speaking capabilities have been left behind, The key factor that has been recognized in the preliminary studies is students’ limited listening comprchension, Both tcachers and students rocognizcd that the listcning levels of each learner are different, particularly because English listening is affected by an artay of factors, Important among these factors is the necessity to emphasize to (catchers and studonis the importance of listoning, to cncourage tho study of listening, teaching theory and to explore listening teaching methods by using the most advanced teaching methods, The traditional grammar-translation method of teaching English in Viemam has been found inadequate to the demands for producing efficient linglish speakers and listeners, Tho old approach has been shown to be inoffertual, Research has stimulated an entirely new conception of teaching English as a foreign language. Central to the new approach is the understanding that there must be a rigorous 3.
What are the solutions to improve listening skill for students of grade 10? 14, Scope of the study ‘This study is limited to: - The 10 form students at Tay Ho High School The teachers of English at Tay Ilo Iligh School - Listening comprehension in Ihe new English textbook “Tieng Anh 10” 1. Methods of the study The study is designed to use both qualitative and quantitative methods. Resides, many resources such as books, magazines, articles, wowspapers and some sources on the internet have been read by the researcher. In order to gain the most reliable resulis, the quantitative data will be collected through one survey questionnaires, This survey questionnaire is for 200 students from 10 form graders at IH high school.
he data, then, will be processed and analyzed lo yield conclusions for the study. Along with the quantitative method, the qualitative data has been obtained by classroom observation and informal interviews with teachers of English to collect furlher information about the real situations of leaching and learning listening skill in grades 10 at TII high school. Significance of the study The piloted syllabus for grade 10" of high school level was designed with hopes that students could have a chance to practice listening skill as English tcaching, nowadays follows the communic: ive approach learning, However, there has not been much investigation into the fact that whether lessons of listening are suitable and compreheusible for students; or whether the teaching of listening for students of grade 10 is easy- undertaken This research provides an insigh into the: problems that are often met by teachers teaching English for grades 10 at TH High LIST OF TABLES Table 1; Students’ opinion on the listening skill in yencral and listening lesson on the new textbook “Tieng Anh 10” in particular ‘Table 2; Students’ opinion about the quality of the cassette player Table 3; Students’ opinion about (he content of the listening Table 4; Difficulties faced by students Table 5: Sludenis’ expectation from their teachers in teaching listening Table 6: The role of listening in final assessment at Tay Ilo Iligh School school, In addition, this research also points out some feasible solutions which are, hopefully, beneficial for both teachers and students. Design of the study ‘The study is divided into three parts Tho first part “Introduction” (chapter 1) presonts Ihe rationale, the aim and objectives, the scope, the methods, significance and the design of the study ‘The second part, “Development”, consists of four chapters: Chapter 2 provides a thorough literature review relevant to the study.
Tt presents the theoretical background: the concepts relating to listening skill, its importance to language learners and listening teaching as a second language. Potential Problems in Learning to Listen to English are also mentioned in this chapter. Chapter 3 is an overview of the new English textbook “Tieng Anh 10” and the currcat situation of teaching thc textbook at TH high school, Chapter 4 deals with the introduction of the research methods which are: research questions, subject, qucstiounairc, class obscrvation and informal interview Chapter 5 is for analyzing the data collected from survey questionnaires, interview as well as classroom observation, Chapter 6 concludes the findings the rescarcher has from the study and proposcs some solutions to the teaching of listening skill for grade 10 at TH high school. ‘The last part of the study “Conclusion” gives a brief description of the study and states the lintilations as well as recommendations for further research.
Content of the textbook B ous and listening tasks in the 14 textbook 3.1, Charactcristies of listcning lessons 14 3.2, Characteristics of listening tasks 15 3.3, The current siluation of teaching the textbook al Tay Ho high 15 school 3.1, Introduction of Tay Ho high school and its students 3. English tcachcrs and teaching methods 3.4, Time allovalion fora listening period CHARPTER 4: THE STUDY 4,1, Context study 42.4, The data collection instruments 4,5, Data collection procedure CHAPTER 5: DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSIONS 5.1, Discuss of the results 5.1, Discussion of the results collected by means of questionnaire 5.1, Students" opinion on the listening skill in general and listening lesson on the new textbook “Tieng Anh 107 in particular (Table 1) 5.2, Students opinion about the quality of the cassette 22, player (Table 2) 5. Students opinion about the content of the listening 22, (fable 3) 5.14, Difficulties faced by students (Table 4) 24 5.15, Students’ expectation from their teachers in teaching 26 listening (Table 5) 5. The role of listening in final assessment at Tay Ho 26 high school (Table 6) 5.2, Discussion of the data collected by means of the informal oF interview with teachers of English and classroom observation.
