VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES ----------o0o---------- NGUYỄN THỊ QUỲNH TRANG A STUDY ON IMPLEMENTING THE CORNELL NOTE-TAKING METHOD IN LEARNING THE BRITISH CULTURE AND SOCIETY SUBJECT OF THE SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS AT A UNIVERSITY IN HANOI Nghiên cứu về việc áp dụng phương pháp Cornell note-taking trong môn học văn hóa xã hội Anh của sinh viên năm thứ hai tại một trường đại học ở Hà Nội M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 8140231.01 Ha Noi, 2024 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES ----------o0o---------- NGUYỄN THỊ QUỲNH TRANG A STUDY ON IMPLEMENTING THE CORNELL NOTE-TAKING METHOD IN LEARNING THE BRITISH CULTURE AND SOCIETY SUBJECT OF THE SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS AT A UNIVERSITY IN HANOI Nghiên cứu về việc áp dụng phương pháp Cornell note-taking trong môn học văn hóa xã hội Anh của sinh viên năm thứ hai tại một trường đại học ở Hà Nội M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 8140231. Lê Văn Canh Ha Noi, 2024 DECLARATION OF ORIGINAL AUTHORSHIP I hereby certify that this Master Thesis constitutes my own product, that where the language of others is set forth, quotation marks so indicate, and that appropriate credit is given where we have used the language, ideas, expressions or writings of another.
I declare that the paper describes original work that has not previously been presented for the award of any other degree of any institution. Candidates’ Full Name Signature 1. Nguyen Thi Quynh Trang ………. APPROVED BY: Supervisor’s Full Name Signature Date Assoc.
i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I cannot express enough my sincere appreciation to all of those who have supported me during the procedure of making the Master Thesis. First of all, it is my task to record my thankfulness to all the lecturers of the Faculty of Graduate studies, Vietnam National University, University of Languages and International studies for teaching me during the past two years. In this course, my knowledge has been significantly broadened, and we know the way to apply various subjects into this Paper. Especially, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Mr.
Le Van Canh (Ph.), who is my supervisor in guiding me to carry out the study carefully. In the very first days, he explained to me clearly about all the required steps that we actually needed to take. He also gave me valuable comments and advice to make my paper become more and more preferable. The completion of this paper could not be accomplished without the support and the encouragement from my friends, and my families.
Therefore, I try my best to overcome all the challenges and difficulties together to conduct the research. Thanks to everyone for all. ii ABSTRACTS The purposes of this paper are to examine whether utilizing the Cornell note-taking method has a positive impact on the British Culture and Society learning of 2nd –year students at a university and to provide the importance of note-taking in processing, recording, and studying content area information more effectively and independently in the subject. To obtain this goal, the author has reviewed effectiveness of the Cornell note-taking method through previous research.
Every aspect of the method has been mentioned including origin, format and techniques for taking and using Cornell notes successfully; especially, the effectiveness of the Cornell system has been demonstrated through data collected from previous research all of which serves as the mainly theoretical base for this whole study. The next section will be in charge of interpreting and discussing the findings basing on the data analysis. Additionally, the researcher makes connections to other findings from earlier research. The Action Research is included in this thesis.
Besides, some suggestions on taking Cornell notes and using them as learning materials for reviewing and testing efficiently are then mentioned, and recommendations for further study in the research field are also given in the paper. It is the fact that there are numerous different strategies for each learner to deal with the note-taking in British Culture and Society learning.