MINISTRY OF JUSTICE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HANOI LAW UNIVERSITY DANG THUY NGAN 443023 GRADUATION PAPER Hanoi-2023 MINISTRY OF JUSTICE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HANOI LAW UNIVERSITY DANG THUY NGAN 443023 LAW UNIVERSITY Major: English Language SUPERVISOR Dao Thi Tam, MA. Hanoi-2023 DECLARATION I hereby state that I: Dang Thuy Ngan - Class 4430, being a candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts accept the requirements of the University relating to the retention and use of Bachelor’s Graduation Paper deposited in the library. In terms of these conditions, I agree that the origin of my paper deposited in the library should be accessible for the purposes of study and research, in accordance with the normal conditions established by the librarian for the care, loan or reproduction of the paper. Supervisor Student (Signature) (Signature) Dao Thi Tam April 2" , 2023 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I’d like to thank my supervisor, Ms.
Tam Dao Thi, M., for her patience, guidance, and support. I have benefited greatly from her wealth of knowledge and meticulous editing. Her encouraging words and thoughtful, detailed feedback have been very important to me. My genuine appreciation to every member of the Thesis Committee for their fair assessment and comprehensive review, as well as favorable feedback for my future research.
My great reverence is for all the respected lecturers of the Faculty of Legal Foreign Languages for their substantial help during my years of formal education at Hanoi Law University. A great thank is also sent to all K47 English major students, who so generously took time out of their schedules to participate in my research and make this project possible. Last but not least, I am grateful for my family’s unconditional, unequivocal, and loving support. Without all the love and support mentioned above, my graduation thesis could not have been accomplished.
il ABSTRACTS Listening is one of challenging skills for English major students, especially for the first year English major ones. How to improve English listening skill is always a topic that has attracted much attention from both English language teachers and learners. This research aims to investigate the effectiveness of dictation method in improving listening skill of English major freshmen at Hanoi Law University. The research was implemented with the cooperation of 93 questionnaire respondents, 93 examinees, together with 6 interviewees from K47 Legal English major students at Hanoi Law University.
The study was conducted by taking a mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods with survey questionnaires and tests in two different phases of the study, and an in-depth interview. The findings of the research showed that the first year English major students achieved significant results in terms of the listening scores through applying dictation method in the listening process. In summary, the study sheds light on the effectiveness of the dictation method in improving freshmen’s English listening skill with constructive recommendations for students, educators, and for using the Dictation method effectively in order to improve the English first year student’s listening skill at Hanoi Law University. 1H LIST OF TABLES Table 1.
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Some difficulties encountered by the first year English major students while using dictation method to practice listening SKiII]. The effectiveness of dictation method in improving English major freshmen ’s listening SKiLL 086. First year English major students’ interest and motivation for using dictation method to improve listening SKA]. The recommendation level of applying dictation method for English major freshmen at Hanoi Law University.
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Combining the dictation method with other teaching methods.ÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔỒ 49 1, Surimiäry Gf the main HNN GS scccsciscsnnascsavsccasssennsvsansensawsowassseunswsansawaswsonnswonnnss 49 Ds DOP CA TONS ssassssscessssccsnasxonssasasxersnscesnssxesassasesssssessasxessnssestesasssesussresenisesnesessesss 50 3. Limitations and suggestions for further researCHh.500996 00400004 0808 5 Appendix I: Pre-survey Questionnaire. 5 << G5 5< 5 991 999905 5889505688 55 Appendix II: Post-survey questionnaire. 6555 <5 5 55 5559555589556 896 59 Appendix II: Pre-test ccccssssssnsssenssssscsnssnssnssronnoneoncsensnnsnsscesesnsonanenvexencensenennenass 62 Appendix IV: ÏPOS-Ấ€Sf.0608004 06 64 1X Appendix V: Interview INTRODUCTION The main aim of this section is to form the basis of the research paper with a comprehensive explanation of its rationale, aims, research questions, scope, significance, and organization.
Rationale for the study Language is a means of communication. By using language people can express their feelings, thoughts, and minds. People use language to communicate with others in fulfilling their daily needs. In fact, language has played a vital role in human life.
As stated by Ramelan (1992: 10) language is an arbitrary system of speech sound that is used in interpersonal communication as the aggregation of human beings and which rather exhaustively catalogs things, processes, and events in the human environment. Because of this, people use language functions as a means of international communication among nations all over the world. It is important for us to learn the language, especially English since it is an international language that is used as a means of communication among the nations in the world either in spoken or written interactions. In the teaching and learning process, students must demonstrate proficient skills including listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
One of the important aspects of learning a foreign language is listening which plays an important role in the language-learning process. It is a demanding process, not only because of the complexity of the process itself but also due to factors that characterize the listener, the speaker, the content of the message, and any visual support that accompanies the message. It gives the learners information from which they build the knowledge necessary for using the language in certain practical contexts. Listening provides the necessary input for learners to acquire the language needed.
Brown (2001) states that listening is an important skill in language learning and it cannot be underestimated especially in the academic context. The labeling of listening, along with reading as a receptive skill, is often known by people as a passive process (Nunan, 2003; Brown, 2001; McErlain, 1999; Brown, 2004; 2 Saville-Troike, 2006). As a matter of fact, listening is an active process because it requires a person to receive and understand information or input (Nunan, 2003). 1 In fact, listening is a difficult skill to improve for first year English major students for lack of English exposure.
Most first year English major students may not have had much exposure to English listening skill because of their curriculum at high schools. This can limit their ability to understand different accents, intonations, and vocabulary in real-life situations. To teach listening skill for first year students, there are several methods that can be applied according to Nor (2014), including dictation, question and answer section, listening to the radio, watching television, etc. Other learning methods that can be used to teach listening are dictation, whispering, and tic tac toe (Andyani, 2012).
In this research, the researcher focuses on the dictation method. Nation and Newton (2009) stated that listening is a method where the students receive spoken input, then hold it in their minds, then write it down. Nation and Newton (2009) added that dictation has the value of teaching method.