MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HANOI OPEN UNIVERSITY M.A Thesis USING JOLLY PHONICS BLENDING PHONEME TO TEACH READING SKILLS FOR THE 5TH GRADERS AT A PRIMARY SCHOOL IN HANOI Sử dụng kĩ năng ghép âm trong Jolly Phonics để dạy kĩ năng Đọc cho học sinh lớp 5 tại một trường tiểu học ở Hà Nội. PHAM THI DIEU HOA Field: English Language Code: 8220201 Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Thi Viet Nga Hanoi – 2024 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HANOI OPEN UNIVERSITY M.A Thesis USING JOLLY PHONICS BLENDING PHONEME TO TEACH READING SKILLS FOR THE 5TH GRADERS AT A PRIMARY SCHOOL IN HANOI Sử dụng kĩ năng ghép âm trong Jolly Phonics để dạy kĩ năng Đọc cho học sinh lớp 5 tại một trường tiểu học ở Hà Nội. PHAM THI DIEU HOA Field: English Language Code: 8220201 Supervisor: Dr.
Nguyen Thi Viet Nga Hanoi – 2024 i “CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY” I confirm that the current thesis is my own academic work. I have never published this study in any elsewhere before my thesis defense. The thesis contains no resources from other scholarly works, except for what is cited in the main text and listed in the reference list. Hanoi, 2024 Pham Thi Dieu Hoa Approved by SUPERVISOR (Signature and full name) Date: ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This thesis acknowledgement is a tribute to all the people who made my academic journey worthwhile.
First and foremost, I have to thank my research supervisor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Viet Nga. Without her assistance and dedicated involvement in every step throughout the process, this paper would have never been accomplished. I would like to thank you very much for your support and understanding for the last few months.
I would also like to show gratitude to my lecturers at Hanoi Open University, who instructed me how to write academically and conduct a minor thesis. Finally, a special thank should be given to my mom and dad who are always beside me to help me overcome difficulties. Their support motivated me a lot so that I could be able to complete this research. iii ABSTRACT The learning and teaching reading skills to students in primary schools has been a challenge to all the teachers and students themselves.
The objectives of this research are to evaluate the efficiency of implementing Jolly Phonics blending phonemes in teaching reading to primary students. There were 50 students involving in this research. The Classroom Action Research was used as the research design, which means that the research was conducted in 2 cycles. There are 4 stages in each cycle: Planning, Acting, Observing, Reflecting.
The pre-test and 2 post tests were used to measure the improvement of the students’ vocabulary mastery. The score was analyzed after every cycle and there was an improvement after every test. I also used the questionnaires and interviews to investigate the students’ attitude on the JP blending phoneme classes. Based on the collected data, it can be concluded that the JP blending phoneme method does not only improve the students’ ability to read the words and sentences but also enhance the learning environment.
The students can accumulate a large number of new words while having through blending activities, song and story. They also enjoy the new teaching method and look forward to have more JP blending phoneme lessons in the future. Besides, by adopting this positive teaching method, the teachers can become more creative and confident, which is a significant factor in the process of teaching English. iv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS P: Jolly Phonics CVC: consonant-vowel-consonant CAR: Classrom Action Research.
v TABLE OF CONTENTS “CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY”.iv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.v TABLE OF CONTENTS .vi LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES. viii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION. Aims and objectives .4 Method of the study. Scope of the study.
Significance of the study. Structure of Thesis .3 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW .1 Definition of Phonics. Types of phonics learning .3 Definition of phoneme. Review of previous studies.
Previous research overseas. Previous research in Vietnam .23 CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY. Data collection instruments. Definition of Classrom Action Research.30 CHAPTER 4: FINDING AND DISCUSSION.
Results and analysis from tests. Results and analysis from questionnaires. Results and analysis from interviews. Limitation and suggestions for further studies .44 APPENDIX – LESSON PLAN .47 vii LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Table 1 : Phoneme prounciaton Jones D.
outline of English Phonics 1956) .10 Table 2: 42 basic sounds in 7 groups of Jolly Phonics. Students’ test results in cycle 1. Comparison of distribution of test score range in cycle 1. Students’ test results in cycle 2.
Comparison of distribution of test score range in cycle 2. Students’ opinions about reading and JP blending phoneme. The students‘ attitude towards the implementation of JP in teaching reading skills .40 Figure 1: Model CAR (Kemmis and McTaggert). 28 Figure 2: Score range in cycle 1.
33 Figure 3: Score range in cycle 2. 37 viii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale Proficiency in reading is a fundamental aspect of language acquisition and is crucial to learning English. In teaching and learning English, reading skill is one of four skills (along with grammar and vocabulary).
We cannot read if we don't know about the sounds and phonemes. Stated differently, three language skills—speaking, writing, and listening—are impacted by a lack of reading knowledge. Hence, the key elements in language transmission and acquisition are thought to be reading abilities. Reading skills needed a long process of practice, study, and accumulation.
In general, students are very "hesitant," "anxious, and "impatient" to read words, sentences, texts, stories, and paragraphs; their use of words is still limited. They often speak and pronounce the wrong words with no ending sounds. Most children have the habit of speaking with Vietnamese sounds. Some children try to memorize the way they write Vietnamese letters, leading to fear and reluctance to read and speak English.
This happens frequently because students do not know how to and have not found a suitable reading skill learning method for themselves. Some schools were used traditional phonics to teach reading skills, but it is too slow and old, the students need to spend much time for learning it. Although they spent much time for learning traditional phonics to improve reading skills, they could not remember. Through the practice of teaching English at a primary school and English centers for many years, I have found that teachers have always made efforts to help students read well.
However, many students cannot read and speak the words, stories, texts. Limited reading skill causes many obstacles for them in acquiring language knowledge as well as developing communication skills. They need to learn how to read a word or blend sound by sound. Jolly Phonics helped students identify the sound and link them, they can read well if they know the sounds.
In order to draw students' attention and willingness to learn reading skills, it was necessary to use an effective and engaging method for teaching reading skills particularly to primary students. Primary school English instruction should ideally follow a strategy that takes advantage of children's natural tendencies to learn by blending. The reality demonstrates how prevalent the traditional phonics approach 1 is among primary school English teachers. The use of traditional phonics teaching methods to improve reading skills has been widely used and popular.
However, this method has many limitations and is not optimized. To solve this problem Jolly Phonics was born, not teaching according to the traditional JP method with sounds combined together, besides using the same sound combining skills to improve student's reading and word recognition ability students. That is why I chose the JP blending phonemes in my research in order to figure out the efficiency of implementing this method when teaching reading skills to primary students. Aims and objectives The purpose of this research is to help students at a primay school in Hanoi city improve their reading aloud skills with the implementaton of Jolly Phonics blending phonemes.
In order to achieve this aim ,the study is expected to reach the following objectives: 1. To measure the effectiveness of Jolly Phonics blending phoneme method on students’ reading skills? 2. To determine how the Jolly Phonics blending phoneme method is perceived by students as a means of learning reading skills. How effectiveness is Jolly Phonics blending phonemes method on students’ reading skills? 2.
What is the students’ attitudes on the implementation of Jolly Phonics blending phonemes method in learning reading skills? 1.4 Method of the study In order to achieve the aim, research procedures are used in the study. The data will be collected via survey questionnaires, interviews, and pre – tests, post tests. Scope of the study The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of Jolly Phonics blending phoneme method on improving students’ reading aloud skills and the attitudes of 50 5th graders in a primary school in Hanoi city in 3 months. Significance of the study The study's theoretical goals are to inform English language instructors and researchers about the Jolly Phonics phonemes-blending method and how to use it to teach primary school children how to read.
2 Moreover, the study's conclusions may help English teachers in Vietnam generally and in Hanoi specifically improve their methods of instruction. This could help students' reading skills and attitudes toward the subject matter of English study. Structure of Thesis The present thesis is structured into five distinct chapters. The first chapter of this study (“Introduction”) provides an overview of the research, including the justification for the study, its goals and objectives, the research questions, the scope, and the study's structure.
The second chapter (“Literature Review”) provides a comprehensive review of literature related to the field of JP blending phonemes, including studies that examine terminologies and previous studies. The third chapter (“Research Methodology”) presents the proposed methodology for analysis. The methods utilized in this study are drawn from previous research studies. The fourth chapter (“Findings and Discussion”) reports the results and subsequent discussion of the study's key findings.
The final chapter serves as the conclusion, providing a comprehensive summary of the entire content. Furthermore, this section provides an overview of the limitations of the study and recommendations for future research. 3 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 2. Definition of reading Many academics have varied interpretations of what constitutes "reading skills".
Since it allows students to be exposed to the target language and acquire crucial linguistic input to increase their language competency, reading is sometimes cited as the most important of the four language skills for pupils (Erten & Razı, 2003). Although it is impossible to pinpoint the exact moment when reading becomes an activity, it is undeniable that reading is a necessary activity that greatly aids in knowledge acquisition. Obviously, we read a wide variety of materials, including books, periodicals, newspapers, novels, and stories, for a significant portion of our waking hours. Unfortunately, there are instances when we read something and are unable to comprehend what is being presented to us.
Reading is not appropriate in this situation. Interpretations of reading abound, and each one reflects the perspective of the writer on the act of reading. Anderson (1999) 1) Provides a fairly clear explanation of this, saying that reading is an active, fluid process that engages both the reader and the reading material in order to construct meaning. Reading is the process through which meaning is created by fusing the printed words with the reader's prior knowledge and experiences.
Meaning does not exist on the printed page. Reading is a mechanical process in which the "eyes receive the message and the brain then has to work out the significance of the message," according to Harmer (1989: 153). Harmer concentrates on the two acts that are controlled by the eyes and the brain in his definition, in addition to the process's velocity.