MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HUE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES ------------ LE THI CAM TIEN AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE USE OF POWERPOINT IN TEACHING ENGLISH READING FOR GRADE 7 STUDENTS AT MY THO TOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, DONG THAP PROVINCE MA THESIS IN THEORY AND METHODOLOGY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING HUE, 2013 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HUE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES ------------ LE THI CAM TIEN AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE USE OF POWERPOINT IN TEACHING ENGLISH READING FOR GRADE 7 STUDENTS AT MY THO TOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, DONG THAP PROVINCE MA THESIS IN THEORY AND METHODOLOGY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CODE: 60140111 SUPERVISOR: PHAM HOA HIEP, D. HUE, 2013 BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TRƢỜNG ĐẠI HỌC NGOẠI NGỮ-ĐẠI HỌC HUẾ ------------ LÊ THỊ CẨM TIÊN KHẢO SÁT VIỆC SỬ DỤNG POWERPOINT TRONG GIẢNG DẠY KĨ NĂNG ĐỌC TIẾNG ANH LỚP 7 TẠI TRƢỜNG THCS THỊ TRẤN MỸ THỌ TỈNH ĐỒNG THÁP LUẬN VĂN THẠC SĨ LÝ LUẬN VÀ PHƢƠNG PHÁP DẠY HỌC BỘ MÔN TIẾNG ANH MÃ SỐ: 60140111 NGƢỜI HƢỚNG DẪN KHOA HỌC: TIẾN SĨ PHẠM HÒA HIỆP HUẾ, 2013 STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP I hereby acknowledge that this study is mine. The data and findings discussed in the thesis are true and have not been published elsewhere. Author LE THI CAM TIEN i ABSTRACT This research aims to get to know about teachers‟ perception towards the use of PowerPoint ( PPT) in teaching reading lessons and students‟ attitudes towards PPT as well as the difficulties in and suggestion for teaching and learning English reading with PPT.
The data were collected by means of questionnaires, interviews and observation with EFL teachers and English students at grade 7 at My Tho town junior high school. The questionnaires were delivered to 80 students from grade 7 and five English teachers. In addition, interviews were carried out with 2 teachers and 8 students. Moreover, the researcher also observed two English teachers in two reading periods.
The findings reveal that the teachers in the study supported the use of PPT in reading lessons. Therefore, they were able to design much more games and activities which apply PPT in teaching reading lessons. As the results, the students became more active, involved and encouraged in the lesson. Essentially, most students had positive attitudes toward learning with PPT.
However, the teachers and students in the study faced many difficulties in conducting teaching and learning reading with PPT. The teachers did not have sufficient time, ability and health in designing reading lesson with PPT and students were distracted their concentration on the reading PPT lessons because of small font size, harmonized colors and encrypted fonts. For better outcomes, there should be the cooperation between students and teachers at the junior high school. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to express my sincere thanks to the Management Board of Hue University College of Foreign Languages for giving me a chance to study the M.
I would like to send my deepest appreciation to my supervisor Dr. Pham Hoa Hiep for his insightful guidance and support. Without his professional advice and value guidance, the completion of this thesis would have been extremely difficult. I also take the chance to express my deepest gratitude to all the instructors of the MA class first course who have provided me valuable knowledge during the period I studied at Tien Giang University.
Thank you very much for your assurance and guidance. You are always the good examples for me to follow. My special thanks also go to the administrators of My Tho town junior high school who have givens me the best condition to access the classes to do the research. I am also owed my thanks to all the students who have enthusiastically took part in the research.
Finally, I must express my deep thanks to my beloved family, my closed friends and our classmates, who have given me their best regards, helpful advice as well as precious support during my study. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP. III TABLE OF CONTENTS. IV LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.VII CHAPTER 1- INTRODUCTION .3 CHAPTER TWO - LITERATURE REVIEW .1 Overview of Microsoft Power Point program.1 Definition of Microsoft Power Point program?.2 The advantages and disadvantage of Microsoft Power Point program.3 Some considerations for designing lesson plan on Microsoft Power Point program .4 Procedures of designing lesson plans on PowerPoint .2 On-computer designing stage .5 The use of Microsoft Power Point program in teaching English reading skill.1 The use of Microsoft Power point in teaching English .2 The use of Microsoft Power Point in teaching English reading skill .3 The process of designing a reading lesson plan including Microsoft Power Point .4 Steps of designing a reading lesson on Microsoft PowerPoint .6 The reality of Application Technology in the classroom in Vietnam .7 PowerPoint lesson plans using at My Tho Town (MTT) Junior High School .8 The previous relevant studies .5 Instruments for Data Collection .2 Results from students‟ questionnaires .1 Students' attitudes towards cognitive learning .3 Results of teachers‟ questionnaires and class observations .1 Overall information about teachers’ use of PPT .2 Teachers’ design of PPT lesson .4 Results from interviews.39 CHAPTER 5- DISCUSSION, IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSION .2 Summary of the key findings .1 Teachers’ perception of PPT use in teaching reading .2 Students‟ attitudes towards PPT use .5 Limitations of study .6 Suggestions for further research.91 vi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS CD-ROM: Compact Disc Read Only Memory DOET: Department of Education and Training ESL: English as Second Language EFL: English as Foreign Language IT: Information Technology MOET: Ministry of Education and Training MTT: My Tho Town Junior High School M: Mean score PPT : PowerPoint SD: Standard Deviation SPSS: Statistical Package for the Social Sciences vii CHAPTER 1- INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background In modern society in Vietnam, English has become more and more popular and a compulsory subject from primary school to high school in the educational program.
English provides a means of new communication which offers ability to acquire knowledge and to use it in concrete situations and to be open to new ideas over the world in order to integrate into the international community. English taught in high schools helps students develop thinking. Firstly, that is thinking of language. English helps contribute to take shape and develop dignity of students.
According to general tendency, English has become the means to succeed in society. It is not only the conditions to apply the job but also the requirements of society„s many fields so it demands to have ability to communicate others. Therefore, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has designed the new textbooks of Grades 6 to 9 and encouraged teachers to use modern methods to teach students. Specifically, the use of PowerPoint for teaching English at junior high school and many tools service for teaching such as web-based learning, video conference systems, and social software has become a must in many schools now.
Nowadays many educational institutions, thus offer e-lectures to their students. An electronic lesson plan can be defined as a media based lecture including an audio or video recording, synchronized slides, table of contents and optional complementary information (e., external links), learning materials in one integrated learning environment.2 Rationale I choose to conduct a study on the Application of Electronic Lecture in Teaching English for Grade 7 at My Tho Town Junior High School because of many reasons: 1 Education plays an important role in developing a country. In the recent years, there have been many decisions and policies of the Party and State push up the development of Education and Training. Besides changing program in education levels, the innovative approach is also an important factor in promoting education up.
When information technology is increasing, the application in teaching and learning is no longer a distant story. The application of information technology is expected to be a viable option to impulse the development of education. In recent years, computers are used extensively in schools as a mean of teaching with a variety of software. Forms of using computer in teaching are diverse and rich; however, electronic lesson plan are commonly used today.
Electronic lesson plan can be written in many programming language such as Front page, Publisher, Violet, Power point. Among them, PowerPoint, which design electronic lecture on Microsoft Power point, is the easiest. It can efficiently support teaching and learning English. The use of Power point for teaching presentations has considerable potential for encouraging presentations that are more professional.
Although there are many achievements from innovation in education, the application of electronic lectures in teaching English at the school level is still more crest-fallen with teachers as well as students‟ ways. The effects of that become controversial problems. In addition, the quality of education is still a hot question. Therefore, this study is to focus on the actual state of application of electronic lesson plan in teaching English in our situation and find out solutions so that the quality of teaching English is improving.3 Research aims This study will seek to investigate teachers‟ perceptions about the use of PowerPoint in teaching reading at My Tho Town Junior High School.
This study will concentrate on answering the following questions: 2 1. What are teachers‟ perception of using Powerpoint to teach English reading? 2. What are students‟ attitudes towards the use of PPT lessons in English reading classes? 3. What are some difficulties in and suggestions for using Powerpoint lesson plans in teaching and learning English reading? 1.4 Research scope The research focuses on the situation of teaching reading English and the current E-learning with PPT for students of grade 7 at My Tho Town Junior High School.5 Thesis structure This research consists of five chapters.
I would like to summarize as below: Chapter 1: Introduction: Present a general overview of the study. It states the reasons, the importance, the aims, and the scope and the organization of the study. Chapter 2: Literature review: Offer a literature review of the relevant materials, which composes of four parts. Chapter 3: Methodology: Present the thesis design and methodology, participants, data collection and data analysis.
Chapter 4: Findings and discussion: Report on the findings from the questionnaires and the interviews with teachers and students at at My Tho Town Junior High School. The most important part is the explanation about teachers‟ perceptions of using PowerPoint in teaching reading English and students‟ behavior in reading process with difficulties when using in teaching and learning. Chapter 5: Conclusion and implication: Summarize the results of the study. At the same time, this chapter focuses on the implications of the findings and suggestions for further studies.
3 In addition, the appendix of the questionnaires (English and Vietnamese) and the reference source lists are also included at the end of the thesis. 4 CHAPTER TWO - LITERATURE REVIEW This chapter will first introduce the definitions of some key terms related to the research. The advantages and disadvantages of Microsoft PPT program are also presented. Some considerations for designing lesson plan on Microsoft Power Point program are also included.
The chapter continues to discuss the procedures of designing lesson plan PPT, particularly the use of Microsoft Power Point program in teaching English reading skill. The chapter will conclude with the discussion of the situation of the use of PowerPoint at My Tho junior high school and the need for carrying out this research.1 Overview of Microsoft Power Point program 2.1 Definition of Microsoft Power Point program? Fisher (2003) defined that PowerPoint is a type of presentation software that allows one to show colored text and images with simple animation and sound. PowerPoint is just one of many types of presentation software. Microsoft PowerPoint is not only applied in education but also in business.
Mammadove (2012) asserts that Microsoft Office PowerPoint is a presentation software that can be used by businesses, teachers, students or trainers for creating effective presentations.