Nâng cao động lực học tiếng Anh cho học sinh lớp 10 bằng hoạt động thuyết trình: Nghiên cứu tại ...

Luận văn thạc sĩ nghiên cứu vnu ulis increasing grade 10 students motivation in learning english by using oral presentation an, khảo sát thực trạng, phân tích nguyên nhân, đề xuất

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Declaration

Acknowledgement

Abstract

List of tables and figures

List of abbreviation

PART A. INTRODUCTION

A.1. Rationale of the study

A.2. Aims of the study

A.3. Scope of the study

A.4. Methods of the study

A.5. Significance of the study

A.6. Design of the study

PART B. DEVELOPMENT

CHAPTER 1. LITERATURE REVIEW

1.1. An overview of motivation

1.2. Definition of motivation

1.3. Types of motivation

1.4. An overview of oral presentation activity in an FL class

1.4.1. Definitions of oral presentation

1.4.2. Types of oral presentations

1.4.3. Oral presentations in EFL classroom settings

1.4.4. Advantages and disadvantages of oral presentation activity

1.4.5. Stages of training oral presentation skill

CHAPTER 2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

2.1. The background of the study

2.2. The school context

2.3. Current learning and teaching of English at DTD PHS

2.4. Identification of the problem

2.5. Instruments of data collection

2.6. Description of the pre and post-treatment questionnaires

2.7. Semi-structured interview

2.8. Implementation of the action research

2.9. Rationale for the use of an action research

2.10. The action procedures

2.11. Data collection procedures

2.12. Data analysis procedures

CHAPTER 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

3.1. Research question 1: The students’ motivational state

3.1.1. Attitudes toward learning English

3.1.2. The linguistic self-confidence

3.2. Research question 2: The students’ demotivating factors

3.3. Research question 3: Students’ evaluation of the oral presentation activity’s effectiveness

3.4. Research question 4: Students’ motivational state after the OPA

3.4.1. Attitudes toward learning English after the OPA

3.4.2. Linguistic self-confidence after involving in OPA

3.4.3. Classroom behaviors after involving in OPA

3.5. Summary of the findings

PART C. CONCLUSION

C.1. Pedagogical implications from the findings

C.2. Limitations of the study and suggestions for further study

REFERENCES

APPENDICES

APPENDIX 1: Components of foreign language learning motivation

APPENDIX 2: English & Vietnamese version of pre-treatment questionnaire

APPENDIX 3: Results from the pre-treatment questionnaire

APPENDIX 4: English & Vietnamese version of post-treatment questionnaire

APPENDIX 5: Results from the post-treatment questionnaire

APPENDIX 6: Questions and the results of the interviews

APPENDIX 7: A lesson plan for the oral training program introduction

APPENDIX 8: Handouts for the lesson

APPENDIX 9: A sample of student presentations after the program

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES NGUYỄN HOÀNG HUYỀN ABSTRACT INCREASING GRADE 10 STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION IN LEARNING ENGLISH BY USING ORAL PRESENTATION: AN ACTION RESEARCH AT DOAN THI DIEM PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL (Sử dụng hoạt động thuyết trình nhằm nâng cao động lực học tiếng Anh của học sinh lớp 10: Nghiên cứu hành động tại trường THPT Dân lập Đoàn Thị Điểm) M.A MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60.10 HANOI – 2011 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES NGUYỄN HOÀNG HUYỀN ABSTRACT INCREASING GRADE 10 STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION IN LEARNING ENGLISH BY USING ORAL PRESENTATION: AN ACTION RESEARCH AT DOAN THI DIEM PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL (Sử dụng hoạt động thuyết trình nhằm nâng cao động lực học tiếng Anh của học sinh lớp 10: Nghiên cứu hành động tại trường THPT Dân lập Đoàn Thị Điểm) M.A MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60.10 Supervisor: Hoàng Thị Xuân Hoa, PhD. HANOI - 2011 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Declaration……………………………. i Acknowledgement ii Abstract iii List of tables and figures vii List of abbreviation viii PART A: INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale of the study 1 2. Aims of the study 2 3. Scope of the study 3 4. Methods of the study 3 5. Significance of the study 4 6. Design of the study 4 PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 1. An overview of motivation 5 1.1 Definition of motivation 5 1.2 Classifications of motivation 6 1.3 A model of components of foreign language learning motivation 8 1.4 Classroom behaviors and foreign language learning motivation 9 1.5 Factors demotivating foreign language learning 10 1. Dornyei’s framework for motivational strategies 12 1. An overview of oral presentation activity in an FL class 12 1. Definitions of oral presentation 13 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.2 Types of oral presentations 14 1.3 Oral presentations in EFL classroom settings 14 1.4 Advantages and disadvantages of oral presentation activity 16 1.5 Stages of training oral presentation skill 17 CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 2. The background of the study 19 2. The school context 19 2. Current learning and teaching of English at DTD PHS 19 2. Identification of the problem 20 2. Instruments of data collection 21 2. Description of the pre and post-treatment questionnaires 21 2. Semi-structured interview 22 2. Implementation of the action research 23 2. Rationale for the use of an action research 23 2. The action procedures 24 2. Data collection procedures 26 2. Data analysis procedures 27 CHAPTER 3: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 3. Research question 1: The students’ motivational state 28 3. Attitudes toward learning English 28 3. The linguistic self-confidence 29 3. Research question 2: The students’ demotivating factors 30 3. Research question 3: Students’ evaluation of the oral presentation 32 activity’s effectiveness LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. Research question 4: Students’ motivational state after the OPA 33 3. Attitudes toward learning English after the OPA 34 3. Linguistic self-confidence after involving in OPA 35 3. Classroom behaviors after involving in OPA 35 3. Summary of the findings 37 PART C: CONCLUSION 1. Pedagogical implications from the findings 38 3. Limitations of the study and suggestions for further study 40 REFERENCES 41 APPENDICES APPENDIX 1: Components of foreign language learning motivation I APPENDIX 2: English & Vietnamese version of pre-treatment questionnaire II APPENDIX 3:Results from the pre-treatment questionnaire VIII APPENDIX 4: English & Vietnamese version of post-treatment questionnaire XI APPENDIX 5:Results from the post-treatment questionnaire XV APPENDIX 6: Questions and the results of the interviews XVIII APPENDIX 7: A lesson plan for the oral training program introduction XX APPENDIX 8: Handouts for the lesson XXIII APPENDIX 9: A sample of student presentations after the program. XXXI LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Tables Page Table 1: Interpretation of score results in terms of motivation level 27 Table 2: Overall descriptive statistics of the 8 items on ALE 28 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 7 Table 3: Overall descriptive statistics of the 7 items on the linguistic self- 29 confidence Table 4: Overall descriptive statistics of the 7 items on classroom behaviors 30 Table 5: Overall descriptive statistics of the 13 items on students‟ evaluation of 32 OPA Table 6: Descriptive statistics of the 3 items on students‟ attitude toward learning 34 English Table 7: Descriptive statistics of the 5 items on students‟ linguistic self-confidence 35 Table 8: Descriptive statistics of the 8 items on the students‟ classroom behaviors. 36 Figures Page Figure 1: English subject as a burden 29 Figure 2: Regular voluntary participation 30 Figure 3: Demotivating factors 31 Figure 4: Preferred classroom activities 31 Figure 5: OPA improves student self-confidence 32 Figure 6: English as a favorite subject 34 Figure 7: Regular voluntary participation 36 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS EFL English as a Foreign Language DTD PHS Doan Thi Diem Private High School LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 8 L2/ FL Second or Foreign Language OPA Oral Presentation Activity SD Standard Deviation PART A: INTRODUCTION 7. Rationale of the study It is an incontrovertible fact that the need of using English as an efficient means to be successful in such an integrated world has been increasing among the youth when they start their real careers. Although this has become a great motive that considerately enhances the situation of teaching and learning English language in Vietnam, students‟ attitudes and motivation to learn the subject are completely different from region to region, even classroom to classroom. While many Vietnamese youngsters put a lot of their time and efforts in learning English, many others appear to be too indifferent to the necessity of mastering the language. The issue might stem from various reasons but above all, it is supposed to be students‟ low motivation to learn this subject that causes the problem. It is because among various influential factors, Gardner (2001) states that “motivation is a central element along with language attitude in determining success in learning another language in the classroom setting” (p.2) since he believes “many of these other variables are dependent on motivation for their effects to be realized” (Gardner, 2001: 2). Other researchers such as Ely (1986); Spolsky (1989), and Scarcella and Oxford (1992) shared the same view that motivation determines how much effort students make, how often students use second/foreign language learning strategies, how much students interact with native speakers, how much input they receive in the language being learned, how well they do on curriculum-related achievement tests, how high their general proficiency level becomes, and how long they preserve and maintain second/foreign language skills after language study is over. Among the high school students the author has worked with, some students seem naturally enthusiastic about learning, but many need or expect their teacher to inspire, challenge, and stimulate them. There have been many times when the author finds herself LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 9 in a passive class, where students are unresponsive and avoid interaction with the teacher even when they have enough knowledge to enthusiastically participate in the lessons. As a result, many of them have a lot of difficulties in communicating with native speakers of English even though they have learned English for five or six years or even ten years. As a teacher of English, when experiencing the situation in her own classrooms, the author understands that "effective learning in the classroom depends on the teacher's ability to maintain the interest that brings students to the course" (Ericksen, 1978: 3) On the other hand, the new sets of English textbook that have been applied at high schools in the whole country for a few years have brought about a new approach to teaching and learning the language in Vietnam. The theme-based textbooks provide a wide range of practical topics and require students to practice all the four essential skills: reading, speaking, listening and writing. However, as a matter of fact, it has been found out that merely following the syllabus with the textbook is not interesting enough to students of the high-tech world today. There, consequently appears a need to experiment something new and different from what the students are experiencing. Furthermore, presentation activities have recently been cast light on in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom as an innovative means of developing students‟ skills in public speaking and hence promoting their motivation in English. Presentation activity is a great way to have students practice all language systems areas (vocabulary, grammar, discourse and phonology) and skills (speaking, reading, writing and listening) (Hayton, 2005). They also build confidence, and presenting is a skill that most people will need in the world of work. The students who are good presenters are better communicators, since they are able to structure and express their ideas clearly. Therefore, after having considered some basic data from the preliminary investigation, the writer decided to choose oral presentation among many methods to motivate students to get more involved in learning English and then to improve their communication skills in English. The decision was inspired from the required presentations that the author had conducted when she was a student at her university and the oral presentation activity that she had applied to some of her previous classes. Aims of the study The study was an attempt to find a way of making the act of learning English more inspiring and interesting to a group of grade 10 students at Doan Thi Diem Private High School (DTD PHS) so that they can get involved better in classroom activities. Among LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 10 many motivational strategies, the writer chose one activity, namely oral presentation that evokes more students‟ participation in the learning process. Specifically, it addressed the following research questions: 1. What are the contemporary English language learning motivational states of the students of class 10A1 in DTD PHS? 2. What are the factors that negatively affect their motivation in learning English? 3. How useful is the oral presentation activity to the students’ learning English, as perceived by the students? 4. To what extent does the applied oral presentation activity affect those students’ classroom motivation in learning English in terms of the level of their classroom attention and task participation? From the findings, the researcher would recommend some pedagogical implications to applying oral presentation as a strategy for fostering students‟ motivation in learning English. Scope of the study It is said that motivation may greatly affect the efficiency of teaching and learning of a foreign language. In this study, however, the writer does not have an ambition to take all the aspects of the concept into consideration. Due to time constraints, the study as an action research, merely examined the English learning motivational state of 28 grade 10 students at DTD PHS before and after the oral presentation training program in their learning process during the second semester of the 2010 – 2011 school year. The participants also include the teacher-researcher, who is in charge of teaching the class and plays the role of the researcher at the same time. In order to achieve the aims of the study only employed two data collection instruments: survey questionnaire and semi-structured interview. Moreover, instead of aiming at oral presentation activity in general, the study only referred to applying group oral presentation activity to reduce student anxiety when using English within a foreign language classroom context. Methods of the study The research approach employed in this study is action research, whose procedures were guided by steps in the action research cycle by David Nunan (1992: 17), with the use of two data collection instruments, namely student questionnaires and semi-structured interview. The action that the study actually took was an oral presentation skill training LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.

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