VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDLES SAHOO ES OIE SOMO OSE HOE IORI NGUYEN TI TILANII ITU YEN DEMOTIVATING FACTORS FOR THE FIRST YEAR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS IN LEARNING TO SPEAK ENGLISH AT HAI DUONG COLLEGE CAC YEU TO LAM GIAM IIUNG THU TRONG VIEC HỌC NOI TIENG ANH CUA SINH VIEN KHONG CHUYEN NAM THU NHAT TAI TRUONG CAO DANG HAI DUONG M. MINOR THESIS FIELD: ENGLISH TEACHING METHODOLOGY CODE: 601410 HANOL 2012 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES: Teepe B rE oldoio bio abi doa Oa EOS BIG EAS ICE NGUYEN ‘THI THANH HU YEN DEMOTIVATING FACTORS FOR THE FIRST YEAR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS IN LEARNING TO SPEAK ENGLISH AT HAI DUONG COLLEGE CAC YEU TO LAM GIAM HUNG THU TRONG VIEC HOC NOT TIENG ANH CUA SINH VIEN KHONG CHUVEN NAM THỨ NHẤT TAI TRUONG CAO DANG IAI DUONG M. MINOR THESIS FIELD: ENGLISH TEACHING METHODOLOGY CODE: 601410 SUPERVISER: DO BA QUY, M. HANOI 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Declaration Acknowledgements Abstract Table of contents List of abbreviations vii List of tables and charts viii PART A: INTRODUCTION 1. Statement of the problem and rationale for the study 2. Aims of the study ow 3. Research questions vow 4, Methods of the study 5.
Scope of the study wD 6. Design of the study PART B: DEVELOPMENT eh CHAPTER 1: REVIEW OF LITERATURE 1.1, Theoretical backgraund of speaking 1. The nature of speaking SR 1.2, Definition of speaking wR 1. Therole of speaking in foreign language teaching 1.4, Factors affecting the learning of speaking OD 1.
Theoretical background of demotivation 1.1, Definition of demotivation me 1. Factors affecting students’ demotivation ca HO Be 1. Previous studies on the topic 1.4, Summary of the chapler RAD CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY 2. An overview of current situation of teaching and learning English at HDC 2.1, Llai Duong College 2.4, The teaching and leaming conditions 3.1, Subjects of the study 2.
Data collection instruments 2. Data collection procedure 2. Data analysis procedure 2.3, Summary of the chapter CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION 3. Data analysis of students’ responses 3.
Suudents’ altitudes towards spoaking skills 3.2, Students’ ideas about demotivating factors in leaming speaking English 3. Students’ interest and expectations 3. Data analysis of teachers’ responses 3. Teachers’ opinions on students’ attitudes towards speaking 30 skills 3.2, Teachers’ ideas about students’ demotivation in learning to 31 speak English 3.
The frequency ol teaching techniques and aclivitics used by teachers in speaking lessons 3.4, Teachers’ opinions on what motivates students to learn to speak English 3. Major findings and discussion 3. Demotivating factors in learning English speaking skills for 6. Design of the study ‘This minor thesis is divided into three main parts: Introduction, Development, and Conclusions Part A, Introduction, presents the rationale, the aims, the research questions, the methods, the scope as well as the design of the study.
Part B, Development, consists of three chapters: Chapter one, Literature review, revises the relevant theories as the base for carrying out the research. In addition, related studies are also mentioned in this chapter. Chapter two, Methodology, provides the methodology underlying the research which includes the setting of the study, research questions, participants, dala collection instruments, dala collection procedure as well as data analysis procedure. Chapter three, Data analysis and discussion, shows a detailed presentation of dala analysis lo answer the research questions.
The discussion of the Cmdings is also included in this chapter. Parl C, Conclusions, addresses the key issues in the study, comes up wilh some recommendations te cope with the problem. Furthermore, this part also points out some shortcomings of the study as well as provides some suggestions for further studies. the first year non-English majors at HDC 3.
Solutions suggested by the teachers and the students to overcome demotivation in (he Teaming of speaking skills 3.4, Summary of the chapter PART C: CONCLUSION 1. Limitations of the study 4. Suggestions for further studies REFERENCES APPENDIC, vi Factors for the First Year non-English Major Students in Learning to Speak English at Lai Duong College” as the title of my minor thesis. Aims of the study ‘Lhe major purposes of this study are: - To identify the demotivating factors affecting the first year non-English majors leaming to speak English - To figure out some suggested solutions to eliminate the demotivation and help to improve students’ speaking skills 3.
Research questions ‘The study is implemented to find out the answers for the following questions: 1. What are the demotivaling factors alTecling the firs year non-English major students in learning to speak English at HDC? 2. What solutions do the teachers and the students suggest to overcome the sludonis’ demotivaton in learning speaking slalls? 4. Methods of the study To achieve the aims of the study, both quantitative and qualilative methods are employed.
The data was collected by means of questionnaires and interview. ‘Iwo sets of survey questionnaires, one for students and the other for teachers, were mainly used to get information and evidence for the study. To get more reliable data, an interview was conducted. All the comments, remarks, recommendations and conclusions provided in the thesis were based on the analysis of the data.
Scope of the study ‘This study is limited to the student’s demotivation in leaming to speak English at IIDC. Therefore, the investigation of the issue on other skills will not be tcluded im the study. should be taken into consideration that the subjects of the study are the first year non-English majors who arc being taught speaking skill under the communicative approach. TAST OF ABBREVIATIONS, Bachelor of Arts English as a Foreign Language English Tamguage Teaching English as a Second Language Hai Duong College Second Language Master of Arts Doctor of Philosophy vil PART A: INTRODUCTION 1.
Statement of the problem and rationale for the study Language skills have never been more important than today because in a global world where information travels fast, and people frequently interact across borders, the abilly 10 communicate effectively is very necessary. TL can nol be denied that English is now considered to be a means of intemational communication and an important tool to connect countries all over the world. It is English that plays an essential role iv the palh of industrialization and modernization as well as in the process of integration and globalization of every country in the world In Vietnam, Bnglish teaching and learning has become a great concem over the last decades. It has been a compulsory program in most of educational campuses such as institutions, universities, colleges and schools at different levels.
‘here are more and more people desiring to know and master English because of different purposes: Lo pass examinations, to keep up with the latest. development in science and technology in the world, or to cater their practical needs. Among the four skills known as listening. speaking, writing and listening, speaking skill plays an imporlanl part m language teaching in the context.
For many leamors, speaking skill is the most important of the four skills iva second language in general and in English in particular. However, itis the fact that most of students at Hai Duong College (HDC) seem to consider speaking, skill to be the most challenging. I‘rom observations and teaching experiences, the author tealizes [hal students pay lille allention to communicative skills such as listening and speaking. ‘They seem to have lost interest in leaning English and they are not active in participating in speaking activities.
They feel nervous in speaking class and become demolivated in learning speaking. These lead to (he underachievement and have a negative effect on students in leaming English as a foreign language. With the desire to identify the factors affecting students’ demotivation and find out some solutions for this problem, T decided to choose the topic “Demntivating PART A: INTRODUCTION 1. Statement of the problem and rationale for the study Language skills have never been more important than today because in a global world where information travels fast, and people frequently interact across borders, the abilly 10 communicate effectively is very necessary.
TL can nol be denied that English is now considered to be a means of intemational communication and an important tool to connect countries all over the world. It is English that plays an essential role iv the palh of industrialization and modernization as well as in the process of integration and globalization of every country in the world In Vietnam, Bnglish teaching and learning has become a great concem over the last decades. It has been a compulsory program in most of educational campuses such as institutions, universities, colleges and schools at different levels. ‘here are more and more people desiring to know and master English because of different purposes: Lo pass examinations, to keep up with the latest.
development in science and technology in the world, or to cater their practical needs. Among the four skills known as listening. speaking, writing and listening, speaking skill plays an imporlanl part m language teaching in the context. For many leamors, speaking skill is the most important of the four skills iva second language in general and in English in particular.
However, itis the fact that most of students at Hai Duong College (HDC) seem to consider speaking, skill to be the most challenging. I‘rom observations and teaching experiences, the author tealizes [hal students pay lille allention to communicative skills such as listening and speaking. ‘They seem to have lost interest in leaning English and they are not active in participating in speaking activities. They feel nervous in speaking class and become demolivated in learning speaking.
These lead to (he underachievement and have a negative effect on students in leaming English as a foreign language. With the desire to identify the factors affecting students’ demotivation and find out some solutions for this problem, T decided to choose the topic “Demntivating English at HDC 2.1, Llai Duong College 2.4, The teaching and leaming conditions 3.1, Subjects of the study 2. Data collection instruments 2. Data collection procedure 2.
Data analysis procedure 2.3, Summary of the chapter CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION 3. Data analysis of students’ responses 3. Suudents’ altitudes towards spoaking skills 3.2, Students’ ideas about demotivating factors in leaming speaking English 3. Students’ interest and expectations 3.
Data analysis of teachers’ responses 3. Teachers’ opinions on students’ attitudes towards speaking 30 skills 3.2, Teachers’ ideas about students’ demotivation in learning to 31 speak English 3. The frequency ol teaching techniques and aclivitics used by teachers in speaking lessons 3.4, Teachers’ opinions on what motivates students to learn to speak English 3. Major findings and discussion 3.
Demotivating factors in learning English speaking skills for the first year non-English majors at HDC 3. Solutions suggested by the teachers and the students to overcome demotivation in (he Teaming of speaking skills 3.4, Summary of the chapter PART C: CONCLUSION 1. Limitations of the study 4. Suggestions for further studies REFERENCES APPENDIC, vi English at HDC 2.1, Llai Duong College 2.4, The teaching and leaming conditions 3.1, Subjects of the study 2.
Data collection instruments 2. Data collection procedure 2. Data analysis procedure 2.3, Summary of the chapter CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION 3. Data analysis of students’ responses 3.
Suudents’ altitudes towards spoaking skills 3.2, Students’ ideas about demotivating factors in leaming speaking English 3. Students’ interest and expectations 3. Data analysis of teachers’ responses 3. Teachers’ opinions on students’ attitudes towards speaking 30 skills 3.2, Teachers’ ideas about students’ demotivation in learning to 31 speak English 3.
The frequency ol teaching techniques and aclivitics used by teachers in speaking lessons 3.4, Teachers’ opinions on what motivates students to learn to speak English 3. Major findings and discussion 3.