THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES ---------------------------------------------------------- NGO THI TRANG A Study on Teaching English Pronunciation for the Fifth-grade Students in some Primary Schools in Bac Ninh (Nghiên cứu về hoạt động dạy phát âm Tiếng Anh cho học sinh lớp 5 tại một số trường tiểu học ở Bắc Ninh) Thai Nguyen, July 2019 Số hóa bởi Trung tâm Học liệu và Công nghệ thông tin – ĐHTN http://lrc.vn c THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES ---------------------------------------------------------- A Study on Teaching English Pronunciation for the Fifth-grade Students in some Primary Schools in Bac Ninh Full Name: Ngo Thi Trang ID: ThSK2TA4.016 Class: K2A Supervisor:Prof. Hoang Van Van Thai Nguyen, July 2019 Số hóa bởi Trung tâm Học liệu và Công nghệ thông tin – ĐHTN http://lrc.vn c Số hóa bởi Trung tâm Học liệu và Công nghệ thông tin – ĐHTN http://lrc.vn c DECLARATION This paper is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of English Linguistics at Department of Post Graduate studies – School of Foreign Languages - Thai Nguyen University. I certify that this thesis is the result of my own research, and it has not been submitted for any other degrees. Thai Nguyen, July 8, 2019 Student’s signature Ngô Thị Trang Số hóa bởi Trung tâm Học liệu và Công nghệ thông tin – ĐHTN http://lrc.vn c ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I am much thankful to all lecturers of Post Graduate Faculty at Thai Nguyen University for giving us useful and precious lectures. I would also like to express my sincerest gratitude to Prof. Hoang Van Van, my respected supervisor for her precious guidance, critical comments and constructive supervision throughout my research. I am also indebted to the field workers who were kind enough to tolerate the painstaking task of collecting the data. Then my thanks also sent to my classmates at the Master Course Class who have taken time and trouble to alert me to errors in my thesis and provided me with useful data on which this thesis is based. I also wish to send my sincere thanks to the teachers and students at three Primary schools in Bac Ninh city , where I taught in order to gather information for my servey questionnaires. Without their help, this study could not have been successful. Finally, I would like to express special thanks to my husband and family for their support and encouragement while the study was being carried out. For my little experience and knowledge, I would like to receive more useful comments from lectures and others. ABSTRACT Số hóa bởi Trung tâm Học liệu và Công nghệ thông tin – ĐHTN http://lrc.vn c It is undeniable that English has become one of the most popular foreign languages in Vietnam. However, though Vietnamese learners can speak English, not many of them have intelligible English pronunciation, especially young learners. Thus, the research is conducted with the aim of investigating current English pronunciation for young learners, in particular, the fifth-grade students in three primary schools in Bac Ninh Province, namely Thi Cau, Dai Phuc and Vo Cuong. For the purpose of finding out current English pronunciation for fifth-grade students of such three primary schools, the author delivered questionnaires to 15 teachers, interviewed three Heads of English division and observed 10 English classes taught by 10 teachers of three primary schools. After collecting data, the researcher found out that most of the teachers in such primary schools still applied traditional English pronunciation methods during English lessons for fifth-grade students, which made the students not really motivated, interested and active in the lessons. Also, most of the teachers dealt with difficulties in stress and intonation when teaching English pronunciation for such students. Based on findings and limitations in English pronunciation teaching for fifth-grade students, the author proposed some possible recommendations for teachers, students and administrations of three primary schools with the hope of helping them improve English pronunciation effectiveness in the coming times. Số hóa bởi Trung tâm Học liệu và Công nghệ thông tin – ĐHTN http://lrc.vn c TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION……………………………………………………………………i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS…………………………………………………….…iii TABLE OF CONTENTS………………………………………………………….Error! Bookmark not defined.v LIST OF TABLES…………………………………………………………………Error! Bookmark not defined.ii LIST OF FIGURES……………………………………………………………….Error! Bookmark not defined.iii PART 1: INTRODUCTION . Aims of the study . Scope of the study . Structure of the research.4 CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW . Definitions of pronunciation . Approaches to teaching pronunciation . Techniques to teach pronunciation . Elements of teaching pronunciation . The teacher’s roles in teaching pronunciation . Definitions of young learners . Characteristics of young learners . Data collection process . Procedure of data analysis .25 CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION . Current pronunciation teaching in some primary schools in Bac Ninh . Activities mainly used to enhance student’s pronunciation . Teacher’s guidance for students to practice pronunciation at home . Teachers’ difficulties in teaching English pronunciation to the students . Activities used to enhance students’ pronunciation . Teacher’s guiding activities for home practice . Teachers’ suggestions on improving the teaching of English pronunciation 36 PART 3: CONCLUSION . Implications for the teachers . Implications for the students . Implications for the administrators . Limitations and suggestions for further research .42 LIST OF REFERENCES . I c LIST OF TABLES Table 3.1: The frequency of activities mainly used to enhance student’s pronunciation by teachers .2: The frequency of the teachers’ guidance for students to practice pronunciation at home .3: The teachers’ difficulties in teaching English pronunciation to the students .31 c LIST OF FIGURES Figure 2.: Age and gender of the teachers .2: Schools and seniority of the teachers . Rationale English has presently been commonly used in Vietnam. It's a mandatory subject at all levels of school. Primary schools are the government's objects concerned with teaching English. The age of 6 to 13 is the correct age for the learners to learn a second language along with the mother tongue because at that era the kids have a strong memory to receive the new stuff. In particular, the fifth-grade is the final phase in primary education in which students are instructed to ask a straightforward question and enhance their pronunciation by concentrating on stress and intonation. On the contrary, in some cases, some teachers don’t have a proper methodology to inspire their students for speaking English correctly and comprehensively, which makes students not excited in studying pronunciation. It is easy to understand because it is hard and challenging, and takes time. There are differences between Vietnamese and English so that the students commonly struggle to speak English naturally. The reasons for these problems are the incorrect stress position and the unusual intonation when making sound. Initially, not many people take much care on these problems, but these mistakes will become barriers to prevent the pupils from communicating and understanding native speakers because of the differences in sounds made. Moreover, in teaching practice at some primary schools in Bac Ninh, teachers tend to face to unintelligible pronunciation by some students. It is necessary to have exact and clear pronunciation during the listening process because this will make great contributions to English teaching of teachers. In addition, primary education is a basic foundation for many subjects in general, and in English in particular. If teachers do not have the appropriate teaching methodology, which leads to students’ erroneous pronunciation, in the future these problems will become students’ habit and might be impossible to change or improve. As a result, the thesis mainly focuses on current pronunciation teaching; thereby Số hóa bởi Trung tâm Học liệu và Công nghệ thông tin – ĐHTN http://lrc.vn c helping teachers improve their teaching skills when teaching pronunciation for students. All of these motivated me to conduct this research with the topic “A study on teaching English pronunciation for the 5th grade in some primary schools in Bac Ninh”, which would go into details of pronunciation teaching methodology at the 5th grade and suggest some other effective techniques in order to improve pronunciation teaching for teachers. Aims of the study The research is carried out with the aim of clarifying the current situation of teaching and learning English pronunciation of both teachers and students in some primary schools in Bac Ninh, namely Thi Cau Primary School, Dai Phuc Primary School and Vo Cuong Primary School. The research finds out activities often used by the teachers to guide students to practice pronunciation at home. Accordingly, the author recommends some possible solutions with the aim of helping English teachers at such three primary schools improve their teaching way how to apply effective methods in teaching English for the 5th grade students. Research question Based on the above objectives, this thesis was designed to answer the following questions: 1. What are the activities currently employed by the teachers to teach pronunciation to the fifth-grade students at some primary schools in Bac Ninh? 2. How many activities which often used by the teachers at some primary schools in Bac Ninh to practice pronunciation to their fifth-grade students? 3. What are the teachers’ suggestions for the better use of activities to improve the fifth-grade students’ pronunciation? 4. Scope of the study The research is conducted on the English teachers in some primary schools in Bac Ninh. Regarding its scope, the research would emphasize finding out the current situations of teaching pronunciation for the fifth-grade students in some primary schools in Bac Ninh and the teacher’s recommendations for better pronunciation Số hóa bởi Trung tâm Học liệu và Công nghệ thông tin – ĐHTN http://lrc. Hence, the research’s result cannot be adequate to all Vietnamese students and English teachers. It means the research works well only for teachers and learners who are teaching and learning at such schools with similar English syllabus for the ones who are concerned. Structure of the research The research includes three parts. The first part is Introduction, in which the rationale, aims, research question, scope and design are identified. The second one is Development which consists of three chapters. Chapter 1 – Literature review gives an overview of the theories relating to teaching and learning English pronunciation for young learners in Vietnam. In Chapter 2 - Methodology, the researcher describes the background to the study; how to carry out and the process of conducting the research methods such as questionnaire, interview and class observation. The last chapter - Chapter 3 – Findings and discussion describes the results of the research. Part 3 – Conclusion, gives the summary of the study, the suggestions for teaching/learning more effectively and the recommendations for further study. Số hóa bởi Trung tâm Học liệu và Công nghệ thông tin – ĐHTN http://lrc.vn c PART 2: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW This section gives some definitions, pronunciation characteristics to clarify obviously what pronunciation is consistent with the opinions of many scientists and the views of the author. In addition, it also introduces other elements such as the advantages of excellent pronunciation and variables influencing its teaching. The past studies listed and discussed in this section also provide the author's research with knowledge and useful information. Definitions of pronunciation There are various definitions of pronunciation depending on the views of different scientists. Before mentioning its significance, however, the first significant thing to be concerned is to identify that pronunciation is distinct from phonology. 205) stated that when we talk, pronunciation relates to how we create the noise we use to create significance. Indeed, as John Burgess and Sheila Spencer (2000, p.195) argued, "the phonology of a target language consists of theory and knowledge about how the sound system of the target language works, including both segmental and supra-segmental features. Pronunciation in language learning, on the other hand, is the practice and meaningful use of the target language phonological features in speaking, supported by practice in interpreting those phonological features in a target language discourse that one hears" (Burgess and Spencer, 2000). According to Yates (2002), sounds that generate pronunciation make meaning. Cook (1996) said pronunciation is English-language sound production.
Luận văn thạc sĩ về dạy phát âm tiếng Anh cho học sinh lớp 5 tại Bắc Ninh
Luận văn thạc sĩ nghiên cứu phương pháp dạy phát âm tiếng Anh cho học sinh lớp 5 tại các trường tiểu học, nâng cao kỹ năng ngôn ngữ.
Trường đại học
Thai Nguyen UniversityChuyên ngành
Master of English LinguisticsNgười đăng
Ẩn danhThể loại
thesisPhí lưu trữ
30 PointMục lục chi tiết
THÔNG TIN CHI TIẾT
Tác giả: Ngô Thị Trang
Người hướng dẫn: Prof. Hoàng Văn Vân
Trường học: Thai Nguyen University
Chuyên ngành: Master of English Linguistics
Đề tài: Nghiên cứu về hoạt động dạy phát âm Tiếng Anh cho học sinh lớp 5 tại một số trường tiểu học
Loại tài liệu: thesis
Năm xuất bản: 2019
Địa điểm: Thái Nguyên
Tài liệu "Nghiên cứu dạy phát âm tiếng Anh cho học sinh lớp 5 tại Bắc Ninh" cung cấp cái nhìn sâu sắc về phương pháp giảng dạy phát âm tiếng Anh cho học sinh tiểu học. Nghiên cứu này không chỉ phân tích các kỹ thuật và phương pháp hiệu quả mà còn nhấn mạnh tầm quan trọng của việc phát âm chính xác trong việc nâng cao khả năng giao tiếp của học sinh. Bằng cách áp dụng các phương pháp dạy học hiện đại, tài liệu này giúp giáo viên cải thiện kỹ năng giảng dạy và tạo ra môi trường học tập tích cực cho học sinh.
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