VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES --------***------- NGUYỄN THỊ LAN ANH AN INVESTIGATION INTO STUDENTS’ RETICENCE IN ENGLISH SPEAKING LESSONS- A CASE OF TOAN THANG HIGH SCHOOL (ĐIỀU TRA VỀ TÍNH TRẦM LẶNG CỦA HỌC SINH TRONG CÁC GIỜ NÓI TIẾNG ANH - ĐIỂN CỨU TẠI TRƯỜNG THPT TOÀN THẮNG) M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60. ĐỖ THỊ THANH HÀ HANOI, 2014 z VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES --------***------- NGUYỄN THỊ LAN ANH AN INVESTIGATION INTO STUDENTS’ RETICENCE IN ENGLISH SPEAKING LESSONS- A CASE OF TOAN THANG HIGH SCHOOL (ĐIỀU TRA VỀ TÍNH TRẦM LẶNG CỦA HỌC SINH TRONG CÁC GIỜ NÓI TIẾNG ANH - ĐIỂN CỨU TẠI TRƯỜNG THPT TOÀN THẮNG) M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60.
ĐỖ THỊ THANH HÀ HANOI, 2014 z DECLARATION I hereby state that I, Nguyễn Thị Lan Anh, being a candidate for the Degree of Master of Arts, accept the requirement of the University relating to the retention and use of M. Thesis 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 purpose of study and research, in accordance with the normal conditions established by the librarian for care, loan, or reproduction of the paper.2014 Signature Nguyễn Thi ̣Lan Anh i z ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to my supervisor, Dr. Đỗ Thị Thanh Hà, for her valuable advice, constructive comments, patient support and encouragement in the completion of this M.
I would like to send my sincere thanks to my informants in this study, whom I selected as the target subjects of this research. Without their enthusiastic contribution and cooperation, this research would certainly not have been completed. In the thesis, it is inevitable that the ideas of many other writers in this field are reflected and developed. Their ideas have stimulated my thinking on doing this paper.
My debt to the authors listed in the references is equally great. To all these scholars, I offer my sincere thanks. Finally, I am greatly thankful to my family and friends, who are forever a great source of support and encouragement. ii z ABSTRACT Realizing many 11th graders at Toan Thang high school being passive in English Speaking classes, this study aims to explore students‟ perception toward their reticence behaviour in real- world classes, factors contributing to it and students‟ expectation.
A total of 373 students enrolled in eight 11th grade classes, were first observed in eight English Speaking lessons, and then filled in two sets of open-ended questionnaire. After that, six of them were interviewed using semi- structured format. A mix- method analysis is conducted to explore the findings. From the study, it is revealed that students have strong willingness to participate in English activities though they rarely do so in reality due to various learning misconceptions.
The result indicates that teachers need not only to use interesting, various and suitable activities to encourage students to learn the target language but also to explain and have more informal talks with students to teach them how to learn effectively. iii z TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS .iv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .vi LIST OF TABLES AND GRAPHS. vii PART A: INTRODUCTION.
Aim of the study. Scope of the study. Design of the study.4 CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW. Reticence behaviour in foreign language class.
The concept of reticence. Interpretation of reticence. Consequences of reticence. Students‟ reticence behaviour in English speaking lessons.
Students’ participation in verbal interaction. Potential obstacles to students’ verbal participation. Teachers’ roles towards students participation .9 CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH METHODS OF THE STUDY. Participants and setting of the study.
Setting of the study. Data collection instruments. Data collection procedure. Data analysis procedure .18 CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS.
Students’ reticence behaviour in English Speaking classes. Factors affecting students’ behaviour .