UNIVERSITY, HANOT UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAT. STUDIES FACULTY OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES -—-eEDiee, LAT THANH TINH DESIGNING A SUPPLEMENTARY WRITING SYLLABUS FOR GRADE 10 ENGLISII-MAJORED STUDENTS AT BIEN HOA GIFTED HIGH SCHOOL, HA NAM.A Minor thesis) Field: English methodology Code: 60140111 Ha noi - 2012 VIETNAM NATIONAT, UNIVERSITY, HANOT UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES LẠI THANH TỈNH DESIGNING A SUPPLEMENTARY WRITING SYLLABUS FOR GRADE 10 ENGLISH-MAJORED STUDENTS AT BIEN IIOA GIFTED DIGH SCIIOOL, ITA NAM.A Minor thesis) Field: English methodology Code: 60140111 Supervisor: Hoang Vain Van, Prof, Dr. Ha noi— 3012 DECLARATION This paper is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts. | confum this is my own research and this thesis has uot been published ar submitted for any other degrees Researcher's signature Lại Thanh Tỉnh.
in order to achieve the above-mentioned aims, qualitative method and quantitative method are used. Qualitative method is with situation analysis and document analysis, which aim at finding ont the need to design a supplementary writing syllabus for grade 10 English-amajored students at Bien Hoa Gifted High School. Quantitative method is used to identify and confirm the needs for a supplementary writing syllabus. Design of the study The study is organize into three main parts The firs part, INTRODUCTION, provides the rationale, the aims, Ihe research questions, the scope, methods and the design of the study, The second part, DEVELOPMENT, consists of 3 chapters Chapter 1: "LITERATURE REVIEW" provides au overview of syllabus design, definitions of syllabus in language Leaching, types of syllabus, stops in designing a language syllabus and literature review on writing syllabus design.
Chapter 2: "SITUATION ANALYSIS" analyzes the context of the study including the school, the teachers, the students, the textbook, the Contest for gifted students from Northern Coastal Area provinces to find aut the necessity to design a supplementary writing syllabus for grade 10 English-majored studenls al. Bien Hoa Gifted Iligh School. Chapter 3: "THE SUPPLEMENTARY WRITING SYTIABUS" presents Ihc content of the writing syllabus with the description of the aims, objectives, principles ol’ designing, sclection of conlenls and suggestion on icaching and assessment methods. The third part, CONCLUSION summarizes what.
has heen studied and offers some suggestions for further rescarel. Goals and objectives of the syllabus. Principles of designing the syllabus. Selection of contents.
Difficulties of students in writing. Types of writing task and topics in the syllabus 3. Language fumetions im the syllabus, 3.4, Aspects Of WIItIDg. Time allocation of the syflabus.
The organization o£ the syllabrus. The proposed writing syllabus 3. Forms of testing. A sample of a fesL.
CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS REFERENCES, APPENDIX 1 APPENIIX 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration. ‘Table of content. Aims of the study.
Research questions 4, Scope of the study. Methods of the study 6. Design of the study. PART LL DEVELOPMENT.
An averview of syllabus design 1. Detinitions of syllabus in languape teaching. Steps in designing a language syllabus 1.Literalure review on writing syllabus design. SETUATION ANALYSIS Introduction.
edip ‘The teachers. aheR " 1 tạ The Contest for gifted students in Northern Coastal Area provinces ‘The textbook. The needs to have a supplementary writing syllabus. [HE SUPEFLEMENTARY WRITING SYLLABUS.
iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS T would like to express my sincere thanks to my supervisor Prof. Hoang Văn Vân for his generous assistance and guidance while 1 was conducting this study. I am grateful for his precious advice, constructive criticism and constant suppor, Without his help, this study would nol have been completed, My special thanks go to all the teachers in the faculty of Post-graduate Studies, University of Language and Intemational Studies for their useful lectures. T alse wish lo acknowledge he cooperation of my colleagues and all gracke 10 English-majored students at Bien Hoa Gifted High School in Ha Nam.
Last but not least, I would like ta express my deepest gratitude to my family, especially my dear husband, who have always encouraged me wholeheartedly and supported me to fulfill this study. INTRODUCTION 1, Rationale of the study Bien Hoa Gifted High School is the only school in Ha Nam province to train gifted students in some subjects, one of which is English. In April every year, there is a contest for grade 10 and rade 11 students coming from gifted high schools in Coastal Area. of the North, Viel Nam.
English is one of the subjects to be tesled in ‘this contest. The test level in this contest is nearly the same as that of the National Contest held every year for gifted students all over the country. This is a great opporiunily for students to breaden their experience in test-taking, to get. lo know students from other gifted high schools as well as to improve knowledge and skills for their coming National Contest.
Writing is one of the dare Jenguage skills (listening, reading, writing) lo be tested in the Contest. It is often considered to be a real challenge for students, particularly for grade LO students, who are new-comers at high school and just start to got familiar with writing skill. ‘Yo help students gain the best results, the teachers of Lnglish specializing classes have to work hard to select materials from different sources such as the Intemet and different materials, etc. That is because the current textbook for grade 10 students does not help students to reach the level as required by the test even though it is designed for students of the advanced category? They need more than what are provided in the text book im order to achieve better resulls im the tests for the gifted Therefore, all these above mentioned issugs have mspired me Lo carry ont the study "Designing a supplementary writing syllabus for grade 10 English-majored studenis at Bien Hoa gifted High School, Ha Nam Province" with the hope to help leachera al.
Bien Hoa Gilled High School to have an insighl into language syllabus design and writing syllabus design and provide an example of supplementary writing syllabus for grade 10 students so that they can improve the quality of writing of their grade 10 students. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS T would like to express my sincere thanks to my supervisor Prof. Hoang Văn Vân for his generous assistance and guidance while 1 was conducting this study. I am grateful for his precious advice, constructive criticism and constant suppor, Without his help, this study would nol have been completed, My special thanks go to all the teachers in the faculty of Post-graduate Studies, University of Language and Intemational Studies for their useful lectures.
T alse wish lo acknowledge he cooperation of my colleagues and all gracke 10 English-majored students at Bien Hoa Gifted High School in Ha Nam. Last but not least, I would like ta express my deepest gratitude to my family, especially my dear husband, who have always encouraged me wholeheartedly and supported me to fulfill this study. in order to achieve the above-mentioned aims, qualitative method and quantitative method are used. Qualitative method is with situation analysis and document analysis, which aim at finding ont the need to design a supplementary writing syllabus for grade 10 English-amajored students at Bien Hoa Gifted High School.
Quantitative method is used to identify and confirm the needs for a supplementary writing syllabus. Design of the study The study is organize into three main parts The firs part, INTRODUCTION, provides the rationale, the aims, Ihe research questions, the scope, methods and the design of the study, The second part, DEVELOPMENT, consists of 3 chapters Chapter 1: "LITERATURE REVIEW" provides au overview of syllabus design, definitions of syllabus in language Leaching, types of syllabus, stops in designing a language syllabus and literature review on writing syllabus design. Chapter 2: "SITUATION ANALYSIS" analyzes the context of the study including the school, the teachers, the students, the textbook, the Contest for gifted students from Northern Coastal Area provinces to find aut the necessity to design a supplementary writing syllabus for grade 10 English-majored studenls al. Bien Hoa Gifted Iligh School.
Chapter 3: "THE SUPPLEMENTARY WRITING SYTIABUS" presents Ihc content of the writing syllabus with the description of the aims, objectives, principles ol’ designing, sclection of conlenls and suggestion on icaching and assessment methods. The third part, CONCLUSION summarizes what. has heen studied and offers some suggestions for further rescarel. INTRODUCTION 1, Rationale of the study Bien Hoa Gifted High School is the only school in Ha Nam province to train gifted students in some subjects, one of which is English.
In April every year, there is a contest for grade 10 and rade 11 students coming from gifted high schools in Coastal Area. of the North, Viel Nam. English is one of the subjects to be tesled in ‘this contest. The test level in this contest is nearly the same as that of the National Contest held every year for gifted students all over the country.
This is a great opporiunily for students to breaden their experience in test-taking, to get. lo know students from other gifted high schools as well as to improve knowledge and skills for their coming National Contest. Writing is one of the dare Jenguage skills (listening, reading, writing) lo be tested in the Contest. It is often considered to be a real challenge for students, particularly for grade LO students, who are new-comers at high school and just start to got familiar with writing skill.
‘Yo help students gain the best results, the teachers of Lnglish specializing classes have to work hard to select materials from different sources such as the Intemet and different materials, etc. That is because the current textbook for grade 10 students does not help students to reach the level as required by the test even though it is designed for students of the advanced category? They need more than what are provided in the text book im order to achieve better resulls im the tests for the gifted Therefore, all these above mentioned issugs have mspired me Lo carry ont the study "Designing a supplementary writing syllabus for grade 10 English-majored studenis at Bien Hoa gifted High School, Ha Nam Province" with the hope to help leachera al. Bien Hoa Gilled High School to have an insighl into language syllabus design and writing syllabus design and provide an example of supplementary writing syllabus for grade 10 students so that they can improve the quality of writing of their grade 10 students. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS T would like to express my sincere thanks to my supervisor Prof.
Hoang Văn Vân for his generous assistance and guidance while 1 was conducting this study. I am grateful for his precious advice, constructive criticism and constant suppor, Without his help, this study would nol have been completed, My special thanks go to all the teachers in the faculty of Post-graduate Studies, University of Language and Intemational Studies for their useful lectures. T alse wish lo acknowledge he cooperation of my colleagues and all gracke 10 English-majored students at Bien Hoa Gifted High School in Ha Nam. Last but not least, I would like ta express my deepest gratitude to my family, especially my dear husband, who have always encouraged me wholeheartedly and supported me to fulfill this study.
in order to achieve the above-mentioned aims, qualitative method and quantitative method are used. Qualitative method is with situation analysis and document analysis, which aim at finding ont the need to design a supplementary writing syllabus for grade 10 English-amajored students at Bien Hoa Gifted High School. Quantitative method is used to identify and confirm the needs for a supplementary writing syllabus.
