VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES MAI ANH A STUDY ON TEACHING ENGLISH GRAMMAR TO SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS AT NGO QUYEN SECONDARY SCHOOL NGHIÊN CỨU VIỆC DAY NGU PHAP TIENG ANH CHO HOC SINH LOP SAU TAI TRUGNG PIO THONG TRUNG IIQC NGO QUYEN M.A MINOR THESIS Major: English language teaching methadology Code: 60.10 HANOL-— 2012 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES MAI ANH A STUDY ON TEACHING ENGLISH GRAMMAR TO SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS AT NGO QUYEN SECONDARY SCITIOOL NGHIEN CUU VIEC DAY NGU PHAP TIENG ANH CHO HỌC SINH LỚP SÁU TẠI TRƯỜNG PHO THONG TRUNG HOC NGO QUYEN M.A MINOR THESIS Major: English language teaching methodology Code: 60.10 Supervisor: LÂM TIIỊ PHÚC HÂN, M.A HANOI— 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLILDGLEMLNLS. ¬ TH> HH he seed ABSTRACT - - ¬ il TABLE OF CONTENIS. LIST OF TABLES AND CHIARTS.à cà cà cài cà cà VD LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. - " ST PART A: INTRODUCTION 1.
Rationale of the study. Aims of the study 2 3. Scope of the study 2 5. Significance of the stuẩy.
Method of the study = 7. Design of he study 3 PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 1. Definitions of grammar veces bob cee tie see seasesevaeesesee 5 1. Role of grammar in foreign language ieaching and learning.
Explicit and implicit nowledge 8 1. Three approaches in grammar presentation 10 1. Commumieaive approach 12 iv PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale of the study Tt canmol be denied that English has nowadays become a common means ol” communication of human being all over the world.
Integrating into that trend of the global integration, Vielnam bas been more and more active to train achive and dynamic Victnamese, who can usc English fluently for communicative purposes. That is the reason why in 2002, the Ministry of Uducation and ‘Lraining (MOLL) has set out new aims for English language teaching for secondary education as well as introduced new series of English textbooks from grade 6 to arade 12. The new English textbooks for high school students are divided into two sets: the advanced and the standard. They are claimed to adopt the latest tcaching and learning approaches: communicative approach and learner-centered approach and aim at developing both language skills and language knowledge for students.
Each unit in the new Enghsh textbooks consists of five parts: Reading, Speaking, Listening, Writing and Language Focus, among which the Language Foous sections are to consolidate students’ pronunciation and grammar. Since their nation-wide implementation in the school year 2006-2007, a great deal of research has been carried out to evaluate these new textbooks as well as to find oul how these textbooks are aciually implemented or the difficulties hat teachers and. students at high schools have to face when teaching and learning by the new textbooks. However, most of these studies have dealt with the teaching and learning of the four language skills which are believed to be new for both teachers and students.
‘there is still a lack of research on the teaching and learning of language elements in the Language Focus part. More importantly, the question whether teachers actually teach grammar communicatively or in the traditional methods has not been answered yet Therefore, it is necessary to carry out more research on how teachers and students teach and learn grammar in the actual classrootn, LIST OF TABLES AND CHARTS Table 1: Students’ awareness of the importance of grammar in Jearning English ‘Table 2: Students’ evaluation on difficulties in learning the 6" grade nglish grammar Table 3: the students’ evaluation of the grammar lessons at school Table 4: Ways of learning English grammar Table 5: Students’ level of difficulties in learning Dnglish prammar Table 6 Reasons (or difficulties in learning Fryglish grammar Table 7: Students’ preference for the teachers’ grammar presentation approaches Table 8: Students’ favourite grammar practice activities Table 9: Suggestions (or learning grammar beticr and more effective ‘Table 10. ‘The teachers’ awareness of the importance of grammar in teaching English. Table 11: Teachers’ methods of presenting grammar Table 12.
Teachers’ ways of giving grammar instructions Table 13: Teachers’ grammar practice activities — Frequency of use Table 14° Teachers’ techniques of dealing with students’ errars ‘Table 15: Factors influencing the way the teachers teach grammar Table 16. Teachers” difficulties in teaching grammar Chart 1: The students’ frequency in learning grammar after the lessons at school Chart 2: Time for learning English compared with other Chart 3: Students’ level of understanding of grammar structures presented in the LF lessons Charl 4: The students’ assessment of the grammar exercises m the textbook vii Moreover, after ten years of teaching Lnglish by the new Lnglish textbooks at Ngo Quyen Secondary School, the researcher observed that the teachers and leamers there faced a number of difficulties nol only in teaching and learning the four language skills but also in teaching and learning grammar during the Language Focus lessons Stimulated by the above reasons, the researcher has decided to conduct this study. It is hoped that this study will discover the reality of teaching and learning grammar in Language Hocus lessons at Ngo Quyen Secondary School in order to contribule some immediate solutions: 2. Aims of the study The aim of this study is to examine the current teaching and learning of grammar in Language Focus lessons using the new slandard textbook English 6 al Ngo Quyen Secondary School.
In order to achieve the aim, the study seeks to find out: (1) The toachers’ und students’ perceptions on the importance of grammar leaching and leaming (@) The teachers’ performance in he Language Focus lessons (3) The teachers’ difficulties in teaching grammar in the Language Focus lessons (4) Solution to overcome the difficulties in teaching grammar. Research questions: ‘To achieve the aim and objectives of the study, the following research questions were proposed: 1. How do the teachers and the students at Ngo Quyen Secondary School operate the process of English grammar teaching and learning? 2. What are the difficulties the teachers encounter in teaching English grammar in the language Focus lessons im “Tieng Anh 6” as pervcived by the teavhors and students? 4.
Scope of the study LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS MOET: Ministry of Education and Training LJ: Language Focus ix LIST OF TABLES AND CHARTS Table 1: Students’ awareness of the importance of grammar in Jearning English ‘Table 2: Students’ evaluation on difficulties in learning the 6" grade nglish grammar Table 3: the students’ evaluation of the grammar lessons at school Table 4: Ways of learning English grammar Table 5: Students’ level of difficulties in learning Dnglish prammar Table 6 Reasons (or difficulties in learning Fryglish grammar Table 7: Students’ preference for the teachers’ grammar presentation approaches Table 8: Students’ favourite grammar practice activities Table 9: Suggestions (or learning grammar beticr and more effective ‘Table 10. ‘The teachers’ awareness of the importance of grammar in teaching English. Table 11: Teachers’ methods of presenting grammar Table 12. Teachers’ ways of giving grammar instructions Table 13: Teachers’ grammar practice activities — Frequency of use Table 14° Teachers’ techniques of dealing with students’ errars ‘Table 15: Factors influencing the way the teachers teach grammar Table 16.
Teachers” difficulties in teaching grammar Chart 1: The students’ frequency in learning grammar after the lessons at school Chart 2: Time for learning English compared with other Chart 3: Students’ level of understanding of grammar structures presented in the LF lessons Charl 4: The students’ assessment of the grammar exercises m the textbook vii Moreover, after ten years of teaching Lnglish by the new Lnglish textbooks at Ngo Quyen Secondary School, the researcher observed that the teachers and leamers there faced a number of difficulties nol only in teaching and learning the four language skills but also in teaching and learning grammar during the Language Focus lessons Stimulated by the above reasons, the researcher has decided to conduct this study. It is hoped that this study will discover the reality of teaching and learning grammar in Language Hocus lessons at Ngo Quyen Secondary School in order to contribule some immediate solutions: 2. Aims of the study The aim of this study is to examine the current teaching and learning of grammar in Language Focus lessons using the new slandard textbook English 6 al Ngo Quyen Secondary School. In order to achieve the aim, the study seeks to find out: (1) The toachers’ und students’ perceptions on the importance of grammar leaching and leaming (@) The teachers’ performance in he Language Focus lessons (3) The teachers’ difficulties in teaching grammar in the Language Focus lessons (4) Solution to overcome the difficulties in teaching grammar.
Research questions: ‘To achieve the aim and objectives of the study, the following research questions were proposed: 1. How do the teachers and the students at Ngo Quyen Secondary School operate the process of English grammar teaching and learning? 2. What are the difficulties the teachers encounter in teaching English grammar in the language Focus lessons im “Tieng Anh 6” as pervcived by the teavhors and students? 4. Scope of the study Moreover, after ten years of teaching Lnglish by the new Lnglish textbooks at Ngo Quyen Secondary School, the researcher observed that the teachers and leamers there faced a number of difficulties nol only in teaching and learning the four language skills but also in teaching and learning grammar during the Language Focus lessons Stimulated by the above reasons, the researcher has decided to conduct this study.
It is hoped that this study will discover the reality of teaching and learning grammar in Language Hocus lessons at Ngo Quyen Secondary School in order to contribule some immediate solutions: 2. Aims of the study The aim of this study is to examine the current teaching and learning of grammar in Language Focus lessons using the new slandard textbook English 6 al Ngo Quyen Secondary School. In order to achieve the aim, the study seeks to find out: (1) The toachers’ und students’ perceptions on the importance of grammar leaching and leaming (@) The teachers’ performance in he Language Focus lessons (3) The teachers’ difficulties in teaching grammar in the Language Focus lessons (4) Solution to overcome the difficulties in teaching grammar. Research questions: ‘To achieve the aim and objectives of the study, the following research questions were proposed: 1.
How do the teachers and the students at Ngo Quyen Secondary School operate the process of English grammar teaching and learning? 2. What are the difficulties the teachers encounter in teaching English grammar in the language Focus lessons im “Tieng Anh 6” as pervcived by the teavhors and students? 4. Scope of the study Moreover, after ten years of teaching Lnglish by the new Lnglish textbooks at Ngo Quyen Secondary School, the researcher observed that the teachers and leamers there faced a number of difficulties nol only in teaching and learning the four language skills but also in teaching and learning grammar during the Language Focus lessons Stimulated by the above reasons, the researcher has decided to conduct this study. It is hoped that this study will discover the reality of teaching and learning grammar in Language Hocus lessons at Ngo Quyen Secondary School in order to contribule some immediate solutions: 2.
Aims of the study The aim of this study is to examine the current teaching and learning of grammar in Language Focus lessons using the new slandard textbook English 6 al Ngo Quyen Secondary School. In order to achieve the aim, the study seeks to find out: (1) The toachers’ und students’ perceptions on the importance of grammar leaching and leaming (@) The teachers’ performance in he Language Focus lessons (3) The teachers’ difficulties in teaching grammar in the Language Focus lessons (4) Solution to overcome the difficulties in teaching grammar. Research questions: ‘To achieve the aim and objectives of the study, the following research questions were proposed: 1.