VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOL UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES NGUYEN BICH HUE A CASE STUDY OF TEACHING ENGLISH IN A REMOTE AND MOUNTAINOUS SECONDARY SCHOOL IN QUANG BINH PROVINCE (DIEN CỨU VỀ VIỆC GIẢNG DAY TIENG ANII O MQT TRUONG THCS-THPT THUQC YUNG SAU YUNG XA CUA TINH QUANG BÌNH) MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS FIELD: METHODOLOGY CODE: 601410 HANOI-2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT. AKNOWLEDGEMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS. LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES PART ONE: INTRODUCTION 1. Rationate of the study 2.
Aims of the study 3. Scope of the study eee 4, Methods of the study. 5, Design of the study PART TWO: DEVELOPMENT wwe Chapter 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 1. Definitions of second language acquisition www 1.
Some stratergies of teaching English. Factors affecting the quality of language teaching - Ae 1. Alilude and motivation of shuderis 1. Linvironment and context of teaching 1.2, Classroom structure amd climate.
An overview af th: ach silc 2. Descriptions of the teachers of English at Hoa Tien secondary school 2. Descriptions of the students of English at Loa Tien secondary school 2. The current situation of English tcaching and lcaming at Hoa Tien secondary school 2.1, The materials for teaching and learning.
‘The everent sifuation of Linglish teaching and leaming at Loa ‘Tien secondary school 2. Quoslionmaire for loachors 2. Questionnaire far students 2. Interview with teachers.
Data analysis Chaptrr 3: FEXDINGS AND DISCUSSION. Findings ftom the questionnaires 3. Questionnaire far stadents- 3. Questionnaire for teachers.
Lindings #om the Interviews for teachers PART TITREF: CONCLUSION 4.1, Summary of the findings .2, Recommendations and suggestions 4. Limitations of the study 4.4, Recommendations for futher researelt 0. cesses REVERENCES APPENDICES ABSTRACT In an attempt to investigate the reality of teaching English in a remote and mountainous school in Quang Binh province, the main purposes of the research were to find out, (1) teachers’ attitude toward English teaching; (2) teachers” techniques and strategies; (3) teaching, imalzrials, and (4) snain difficnlties in tacking English at schaol, The subjacis of the study were 100 students and 5 English teachers in Hoa Tien secondary school, All of them answered the questionnaires. Among them, three teachers were invited to participate in an interview.
The research finds out that they focus on teaching grammar points but pay less attention to speaking, reading and cven commumicative skills, The findings also show that they often use black board, pairwork and groupwork, they sometimes use teaching aids which they made by themselves and oftsn wc their mother longue in class. Morcovor, teachers often simplily, adapt or redesign some contents in the textbooks which are not retevant to their students. The research also reveals the students’ negative attitude to and poor motivation for Lnglish learning. Finally, in order to improve English teaching in a scoondary rztmole and mountainous school, the study recommends the followings: teachers should vary their teaching techniques and activities; textbooks shoukl be adapted; extra curriculum activities for language leaming should be organized; lsarning and teaching conditions should bz improved; and local teachers should be available to teach English for students in their communities.
ABSTRACT In an attempt to investigate the reality of teaching English in a remote and mountainous school in Quang Binh province, the main purposes of the research were to find out, (1) teachers’ attitude toward English teaching; (2) teachers” techniques and strategies; (3) teaching, imalzrials, and (4) snain difficnlties in tacking English at schaol, The subjacis of the study were 100 students and 5 English teachers in Hoa Tien secondary school, All of them answered the questionnaires. Among them, three teachers were invited to participate in an interview. The research finds out that they focus on teaching grammar points but pay less attention to speaking, reading and cven commumicative skills, The findings also show that they often use black board, pairwork and groupwork, they sometimes use teaching aids which they made by themselves and oftsn wc their mother longue in class. Morcovor, teachers often simplily, adapt or redesign some contents in the textbooks which are not retevant to their students.
The research also reveals the students’ negative attitude to and poor motivation for Lnglish learning. Finally, in order to improve English teaching in a scoondary rztmole and mountainous school, the study recommends the followings: teachers should vary their teaching techniques and activities; textbooks shoukl be adapted; extra curriculum activities for language leaming should be organized; lsarning and teaching conditions should bz improved; and local teachers should be available to teach English for students in their communities. ABSTRACT In an attempt to investigate the reality of teaching English in a remote and mountainous school in Quang Binh province, the main purposes of the research were to find out, (1) teachers’ attitude toward English teaching; (2) teachers” techniques and strategies; (3) teaching, imalzrials, and (4) snain difficnlties in tacking English at schaol, The subjacis of the study were 100 students and 5 English teachers in Hoa Tien secondary school, All of them answered the questionnaires. Among them, three teachers were invited to participate in an interview.
The research finds out that they focus on teaching grammar points but pay less attention to speaking, reading and cven commumicative skills, The findings also show that they often use black board, pairwork and groupwork, they sometimes use teaching aids which they made by themselves and oftsn wc their mother longue in class. Morcovor, teachers often simplily, adapt or redesign some contents in the textbooks which are not retevant to their students. The research also reveals the students’ negative attitude to and poor motivation for Lnglish learning. Finally, in order to improve English teaching in a scoondary rztmole and mountainous school, the study recommends the followings: teachers should vary their teaching techniques and activities; textbooks shoukl be adapted; extra curriculum activities for language leaming should be organized; lsarning and teaching conditions should bz improved; and local teachers should be available to teach English for students in their communities.
PARI ©: INTRODUCTION 1, RATIONALE OF THE STUDY: ‘These days, there is no donbt about the fact that the English language is becoming something ofa forerunner in global communication. It is the first and second language in most countries of the world. Almost 70% of the Internet is in English. A huge volume of the information used on the Internol is also in English.
Thus, English is playing a vory significant role in bringing the world together. Therefore, teaching and learning English have become the necessity all over the world. In Vietnam, Unglish is a compulsory subject ftom primary schools to universities, [Towever, quality of learning and teaching English is different from one school to another, cspecially fiom schools in citics, towns and those dom remote and mountainous areas. Students in remote and mountainous schools, particularly in Quang Binh, have a higher rate of low marks than those in ilies and Lows, ILis the Gael lal.
there has been a big difference between them, Therefore, how to teach English to students in remote and mountainous schools has been a controversial issue. ‘hus, investigating the reality of teaching English in remote and mountainous schools should be carried oul it order to iđenHÍV the difficulties that teachers and students there encounter and the factors that attect their English teaching and learning process. Hence, the topic “A case study of teaching English in a remote and monntainous school in Quang Birth” has boon chosen. This caso sudy as the topic af this research is carried out in the hope of giving a few benefits to teachers, students and othars concerned 2.
AIMS OF THE STUDY: The main objectives of this study are as follows: » To identity the reality of teaching English at Hoa Tien secondary school, + To suggest some solutions for improving the English teaching in remote and mountainous schools. SCOPE OF THE STUDY: ‘The main focus of the study is on the investigation of the English teaching in a remote and mountainous school in Quang Binh. As this is a case study research, its limitation is obviously on teachers at Hoa Tien secondary school, a school located at a remote and mountainous area of Quang Bink province. MI ODS OF THLE SEUDY: In order lo carry oul lhis research, the following mcthods are used = Theoretical study = Survey questionnaires » Inlerviews with leachers 5.
DESIGN OF THE STUDY: The minor thesis consists of two sain parts: the first part is titled introduction including the rationale, aims, scope, methods and design of the study. ‘Ihe second part includes five chapters Chapler one conczptualizes the framework through the discussion of issucs and ideas on English teaching theories. ‘The research methodology és presented in chapler two focusing on the settings, he research questions, the participants, data collection and data analysis. Chapter three is the report of the results collected trom data analysis and discussion of the research questions.
The last chapter is the conclusion of the study, including summary of the findings, recommendations and suggestions, limitations of the study and recormmendations for further research. 10 strategies can make students use the Jeamed strategy more tiequently and more effectively, help them become batter language leamers, help them add strategies to their repertoire of learning tools, make them more aware of the strategies available to them and encourage them to decide which strategies are most cflvetive for partiowar tasks (Chamot, Barnhardi, El Dinary & Robbins, 1999) * Emphasize the coordination of strategies: Once a few strategies have been introduced, instruction should emphasize the coordination of strategies. ‘The teacher can explain the imporlance of having a reperloire of stralegics for tanguags lemming. Students can be reminded that different strategies can work for the same task and that good learners plan, monitor, problem-solve and evaluate recursively during a given task (Chamot, Bambardt, Eb Dinary & Robbins, 1999) =_ Pneoumagc slulenls to talk about their Ihought processes: This helps make (hem morc aware of the strategies they have been using.
This awareness is important because it enables them to call on. those strategies whenever they face challenging tasks. « Encourage students to practice learning strategies: Finally, these learning strategies should be practised in different leaning tasks. Only through practice will students become more familiar with these learning strategies.
According lo Kristrmanson (2000), in order to create an effective learning enviroment, teachers should - Create an atmosphere in which students are not affaid to make mistakes and are sricouraged Ja take risks - Encourage and support students all the times and especially when they are struggling with or lacking contidence in certain areas, - Be energetic and enthusiastic about what they are teaching and on those days when they do not have that energy, provide activities that require learners to put forth the majority of the energy, - Provide opportunitics for interaction in the target language in and oniside the language learning environment through preplanned and spontaneous activities. ABSTRACT In an attempt to investigate the reality of teaching English in a remote and mountainous school in Quang Binh province, the main purposes of the research were to find out, (1) teachers’ attitude toward English teaching; (2) teachers” techniques and strategies; (3) teaching, imalzrials, and (4) snain difficnlties in tacking English at schaol, The subjacis of the study were 100 students and 5 English teachers in Hoa Tien secondary school, All of them answered the questionnaires. Among them, three teachers were invited to participate in an interview. The research finds out that they focus on teaching grammar points but pay less attention to speaking, reading and cven commumicative skills, The findings also show that they often use black board, pairwork and groupwork, they sometimes use teaching aids which they made by themselves and oftsn wc their mother longue in class.
Morcovor, teachers often simplily, adapt or redesign some contents in the textbooks which are not retevant to their students. The research also reveals the students’ negative attitude to and poor motivation for Lnglish learning.