VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI LNIVERSIT'Y OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST —- GRADUATE STUDIES EEO EEE DEH PHAN THI THU HIEN THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE AND ERRORS MADE BY PUPILS AT HANOT TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS TRAINING SCHOOL (‘Thi Hiện tại tiếp diễn và những lỗi học sinh trường trung hoc Kỹ thuật và nghiệp vụ IIä Nội mắc. ) MA Minor Thesis Field: English Language Teaching Methodology Code: 60 14 10 HANOT— 2011 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST — GRADUATE STUDIES SoeEee PHAN TH! THU HIEN THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE AND ERRORS MADE BY PUPILS AT HANOI TECIINICAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS TRAINING SCHOOL ( Thì Hiện tại tiếp điễn và những lỗi học sinh trường trung học Kỹ thuật và nghiệp vụ Hà Nội mắc. ) MA Minor Thesis Field: English Language Teaching Methodology Cede: G0 1410 Supervisor: Ms Phung Thi Kim Dung, MA. HANOL— 2011 iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaratioi Acknowledgements.
it Table contents. iv PART A: INTRODUCTION. Aims of the study wn 3. Scope of the study.
Methodology of the study. Significance of the study PART B: DEVELOPMEN CHAPTER 1 - LITERATURE REVIEW. ‘Time - tense - aspect relationship 1. Present Progressive tense.
Stative and Dynamic verbs. Present Progressive tense vs. Present Simple tense. CHIAPTER 2 - THE STUDY.
Context of the study. 3 CHAPTER 1 - LITERATURE REVIEW Tn this chapler, knowledge of the Present Progressive lense, also called the Present Continuous tense is provided fully and systematically as the theoretical framework for the investigations of common errors in the following chapter. Besides, as Present Progressive (PP) is sometimes mistaken. with Present Simple (PS), some comparisons between two tenses arc also montionsd.
However, before coming to the main part about PP, 2 brief discussion about time _ tense - aspect relationship is necessary, 1. TIME - ‘TENSE - ASPECT RELA'TIONSEIP (Source: http://grammar.edu/grammar/progressive. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE 12. Forms a) Tobe ) Present participle (Source: http www.
wordpewwer ws/grammuarigrainch(3.himl) ¢) Structures The Present Progressive tense is fonned with present tense of awdliary “be” and present participle. AM! TS! ARE+ -ING & Positive structure aun’ is! are | Feng. “Hư *s/ “re & Negative structure We add the word not after Am/ Is’ Are to form the Negative. amy is/ are + not St "m/”s/'re ! net | IV-ing, isn’t aren’t + Interrogative siruchere We invert Ami Is/ Are before “8” to form the Interrogative 2.4, Data collection insirun3eni.5, Data analysis procedure.7 Summary and Recommendations.
cọ nh rước 30 PART C: CONCLUSION. ¬ 37 REFERENCE: APPENDICES Appendix1. Key SH tr suy " se TH Appendix 3. Procedures to present the PP tense 1V Appendix 4.
Video tasks to practise the PP tense - VỊ a) Forms ) Uses ©) Signal words 4) Stative and Dynamic verbs Gource: http: www. enodu com/en‘cram-up/arammar/simpre-prepra) Besides, detailed differences on uses can be found in Eastwood (2005: 38-53). CHAPTER 2- THE STUDY Tn the previous chapler, knowledge of Present Progressive tense is provided filly and systematically. It is the theoretical framework for investigations of common errors on forms and uses of the PP tense made by pupils at Hanoi technical and professional skills training school (Hatechs).
Subsequently, recommendations for teaching the tense are offerod in this chapter 2. CONTEXT OF THE STUDY 2.2, RESEARCH QUESTIONS Focusing on the understanding of the Present Progressive tense of pupils al Hatechs, this paper seeks to obtain data that answer the following research questions; 1. To what extent do pupils at Hatechs make exrors on forms and uses of the Present Progressive tense? 2. To what, extent can pupils al Uatechs distinguish Present Progressive tense with Present Simple tense? Answers for these questions can be obtained through detailed discussion on crrors made by pupils in the area of the Present Progressive tense.
SUBJECTS ‘The population of the study was about 403 first - year pupits of Tlatechs. Through systematic sampling, 50 pupils were chosen. 2 Vor the above mentioned reasons, the study entitled ?we Present Pragressive tense and errors mace hy pupilt aí Hanai technical and professional sidlls training school bas ‘been carried out. AIMS OF ILI STUDY ‘This writing provides knowledge of the Present Progressive tense fully and syslematically as the theoretical framewark to investigate common errors made by pupils at Hanoi technical and professional skills training school, through which offers recommendations for teaching the tense 3.
SCOPT: OF TH STUDY ‘This study is limited to the investigating of written errors which are common on the forms and uses of the Present Progressive tense plus sainc distinctions with tlhe Present Simple tense. The study is carried out on 50 pupils of the first year who are studying Lnglish af school. METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY Furst of all, information about the Present Progressive tense in reliable websiles and prestigious books was collected, analyzed and synthesized in the literature review. Next, in the study, the quantitative technique (a multiple-choice test ) was employed.
Besides, a simple descriplive statistics was applied in the data analysis procedure 5. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY This writing offers a full and detailed look at the Present Progressive tense as both ‘the studying and teaching materials. Besides, common errors mentioned in the study are really helpful expecially to noreexperienced icachers. More immporlantly, recommendations given are not useful only to this tense but other tenses as well.
Finally, this study provides an overview of teaching and learning at a vocational school as inspirations to following studies on this subject. PART B: DEVELOPMENT > Yes/No questions: ‘Amv Is/ Are | S| V-ing? - Yes, § | anny is! are. - No, $+ am is/ are+ not. The contraction is nol included in the structure above > WIE que We add que on words like who, whom, whal, which, where, when, why, how, etc at the beginning of the question.
WII- am/ is/are | S| Vang? & Negativ terrogative striuctie am i8/ are + S+ not VH-)+ +V- (WHY | scoot arenti § V-ng? ® Note: We use contractions in informal situations. Uses In English, the Present Progressive tense is usually used to express continning or ongoing actions which arc taking place at thc moment of speaking or writing, Specific uses are mentioned below. a) Firstly, we usc it for things that arc happening at the moment of speaking. b) We can also use this tense for temporary situations, when we feel something will not continus for a long time.
©) We can use the present continuous tense to desotibe habits which are temporary or new. 4) Another present continuous us is for describing annoying habits, when we want to show that something happens too often and we do not like it. In this case we need to use an adverb like ‘always’, ‘forever’, ‘constantly” 2) The next use is for describing detinite future arrangements (with a future time word), In this case we have already made a plan and we are pretty sure that the event will happen in the future, ) Finally, we use this tense to talk about a situation which is changing slowly (Source: htp://www perfect-english-grammar. couv/present-continuous-use fin) > Yes/No questions: ‘Amv Is/ Are | S| V-ing? - Yes, § | anny is! are.
- No, $+ am is/ are+ not. The contraction is nol included in the structure above > WIE que We add que on words like who, whom, whal, which, where, when, why, how, etc at the beginning of the question. WII- am/ is/are | S| Vang? & Negativ terrogative striuctie am i8/ are + S+ not VH-)+ +V- (WHY | scoot arenti § V-ng? ® Note: We use contractions in informal situations. Uses In English, the Present Progressive tense is usually used to express continning or ongoing actions which arc taking place at thc moment of speaking or writing, Specific uses are mentioned below.
a) Firstly, we usc it for things that arc happening at the moment of speaking. b) We can also use this tense for temporary situations, when we feel something will not continus for a long time. ©) We can use the present continuous tense to desotibe habits which are temporary or new. 4) Another present continuous us is for describing annoying habits, when we want to show that something happens too often and we do not like it.
In this case we need to use an adverb like ‘always’, ‘forever’, ‘constantly” 2) The next use is for describing detinite future arrangements (with a future time word), In this case we have already made a plan and we are pretty sure that the event will happen in the future, ) Finally, we use this tense to talk about a situation which is changing slowly (Source: htp://www perfect-english-grammar. couv/present-continuous-use fin) 2 Vor the above mentioned reasons, the study entitled ?we Present Pragressive tense and errors mace hy pupilt aí Hanai technical and professional sidlls training school bas ‘been carried out. AIMS OF ILI STUDY ‘This writing provides knowledge of the Present Progressive tense fully and syslematically as the theoretical framewark to investigate common errors made by pupils at Hanoi technical and professional skills training school, through which offers recommendations for teaching the tense 3. SCOPT: OF TH STUDY ‘This study is limited to the investigating of written errors which are common on the forms and uses of the Present Progressive tense plus sainc distinctions with tlhe Present Simple tense.
The study is carried out on 50 pupils of the first year who are studying Lnglish af school. METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY Furst of all, information about the Present Progressive tense in reliable websiles and prestigious books was collected, analyzed and synthesized in the literature review. Next, in the study, the quantitative technique (a multiple-choice test ) was employed. Besides, a simple descriplive statistics was applied in the data analysis procedure 5.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY This writing offers a full and detailed look at the Present Progressive tense as both ‘the studying and teaching materials. Besides, common errors mentioned in the study are really helpful expecially to noreexperienced icachers. More immporlantly, recommendations given are not useful only to this tense but other tenses as well. Finally, this study provides an overview of teaching and learning at a vocational school as inspirations to following studies on this subject.
PART B: DEVELOPMENT > Yes/No questions: ‘Amv Is/ Are | S| V-ing? - Yes, § | anny is! are. - No, $+ am is/ are+ not. The contraction is nol included in the structure above > WIE que We add que on words like who, whom, whal, which, where, when, why, how, etc at the beginning of the question. WII- am/ is/are | S| Vang? & Negativ terrogative striuctie am i8/ are + S+ not VH-)+ +V- (WHY | scoot arenti § V-ng? ® Note: We use contractions in informal situations.
Uses In English, the Present Progressive tense is usually used to express continning or ongoing actions which arc taking place at thc moment of speaking or writing, Specific uses are mentioned below. a) Firstly, we usc it for things that arc happening at the moment of speaking. b) We can also use this tense for temporary situations, when we feel something will not continus for a long time. ©) We can use the present continuous tense to desotibe habits which are temporary or new.
4) Another present continuous us is for describing annoying habits, when we want to show that something happens too often and we do not like it. In this case we need to use an adverb like ‘always’, ‘forever’, ‘constantly” 2) The next use is for describing detinite future arrangements (with a future time word), In this case we have already made a plan and we are pretty sure that the event will happen in the future, ) Finally, we use this tense to talk about a situation which is changing slowly (Source: htp://www perfect-english-grammar. couv/present-continuous-use fin) 2 Vor the above mentioned reasons, the study entitled ?