MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY -------- ∞0∞-------- NGUYEN VAN BAO QUOC AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE IMPACTS OF MOVIES ON EFL LEARNERS’ VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT: A CASE STUDY AT THE ASIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MASTER OF ARTS IN TESOL HO CHI MINH CITY, 2023 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY -------- ∞0∞-------- NGUYEN VAN BAO QUOC AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE IMPACTS OF MOVIES ON EFL LEARNERS’ VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT: A CASE STUDY AT THE ASIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL Major: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Major code: 8 14 01 11 MASTER OF ARTS IN TESOL Supervisor: Assoc. PHAM VU PHI HO HO CHI MINH CITY, 2023 TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC MỞ CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM THÀNH PHỐ HỒ CHÍ MINH Độc lập – Tự do – Hạnh phúc KHOA ĐÀO TẠO SAU ĐẠI HỌC GIẤY XÁC NHẬN Tôi tên là: Nguyễn Văn Bảo Quốc Ngày sinh: 14/10/1997 Nơi sinh: Tiền Giang Chuyên ngành: TESOL Mã học viên: 2081401111015 Tôi đồng ý cung cấp toàn văn thông tin luận văn tốt nghiệp hợp lệ về bản quyền cho Thư viện trường đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh. Thư viện trường đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh sẽ kết nối toàn văn thông tin luận văn tốt nghiệp vào hệ thống thông tin khoa học của Sở Khoa học và Công nghệ Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh. Ký tên CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM Độc lập – Tự do – Hạnh phúc Ý KIẾN CHO PHÉP BẢO VỆ LUẬN VĂN THẠC SĨ CỦA GIẢNG VIÊN HƯỚNG DẪN Giảng viên hướng dẫn: PGS.
TS Phạm Vũ Phi Hổ Học viên thực hiện: Nguyễn Văn Bảo Quốc Lớp: MTESOL020A Ngày sinh: 14/10/1997 Nơi sinh: Cai Lậy, tỉnh Tiền Giang Tên đề tài: An investigation into the impacts of movies on EFL learners’ vocabulary achievement: A case study at the Asian International School Ý kiến của giáo viên hướng dẫn về việc cho phép học viên Nguyễn Văn Bảo Quốc được bảo vệ luận văn trước Hội đồng: Đồng ý cho học viên bảo vệ trước hội đồng luận văn Thạc sĩ. Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, ngày 28 tháng 02 năm 2023 Người nhận xét Phạm Vũ Phi Hổ STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP I certify that this thesis, entitled "An investigation into the impacts of movies on EFL learners‟ vocabulary achievement: A case study at the Asian International School", is my own work. Except where reference is made in the thesis, this thesis contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from other theses. No other person‟s work has been used without acknowledgment in the main text of the thesis.
This thesis has not been submitted for the award of any degree or diploma by any other tertiary institution. Ho Chi Minh City, 2023 Nguyễn Văn Bảo Quốc I ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS It would have been impossible for me to complete my thesis without the assistance of the people listed below. First and foremost, I would like to thank my supervisor, Assoc. Pham Vu Phi Ho, who was always giving me the best constructive comments and advice about my writing.
My thesis would not have been realized without his guidance. His helpful advice enabled me to gain a wealth of knowledge to complete the thesis. Aside from my supervisor, I would like to acknowledge my TESOL020 classmates in Ho Chi Minh City Open University who were always willing to help me so much to finish this paper work. Furthermore, I am thankful to the teaching staff and students at the Asian International School.
I am also thankful to Mr. Nguyen Hoang Nhan, the manager of the Asian International School, who created the best conditions for me to conduct the experiment. I also want to thank all the learners for their enthusiasm in all of the activities. Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to Dr.
Vu Hoa Ngan, Dr. Le Thi Thanh Thu, Dr. Bui Thi Thuc Quyen, Dr. Dang Tan Tin, and many other teachers who provided me with useful lessons and extensive knowledge that laid the foundation for this work.
Special thanks are also sent to the academic staff of the Graduate School, HCMC Open University for their unconditional support and timely reminders. II ABSTRACT Although a number of studies were carried out to improve the quality of teaching and learning vocabulary at secondary and high schools recently, students still had difficulties in lexical learning. Therefore, this study was carried out to investigate the impacts of using movies on the vocabulary achievement of ninth-grade students at the Asian International School in Ho Chi Minh City. The quasi-experimental research was carried out during the second semester of the school year 2021-2022.
Two classes that the researcher was teaching were conveniently chosen for this study as the experimental group (EG) and the control group (CG). The EG was exposed to the movie. Meanwhile, the CG had traditional English vocabulary lessons. In order to fulfill the research aims, both quantitative method and qualitative method were implemented for data collection.
Data was collected from three sources: a pre-test and post-tests to measure the students‟ vocabulary improvement after the treatment, a questionnaire to assess the students‟ attitudes toward vocabulary learning with movies, and an interview with 10 random students in the EG to clarify their attitudes. While the data from the pre-test, the post-tests, and the questionnaire was gathered and analyzed by SPSS statistical package version 26, the semi-structured interview data were recorded, transcribed, and then analyzed by the method of content analysis. The participants are 58 ninth-grade students of the Asian International School in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The results of the study showed that movies could help learners at the Asian International School improve their vocabulary learning.
Learners had a positive attitude toward studying vocabulary with movies according to the interview and questionnaire. They strongly agreed that the movies were beneficial for their vocabulary learning. Keywords: movies; EFL learners; vocabulary achievement; case study III TABLE OF CONTENTS STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP. III TABLE OF CONTENTS.
IV LIST OF TABLES. X LIST OF FIGURES. XII ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS. XIII CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION.
Background of the study. Statement of the problem. Purpose of the study and research questions. Significance of the study.
Scope of the study. Organization of the thesis. 11 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW. Benefits of movies in language teaching and learning.
Theoretical framework of vocabulary. Definitions of vocabulary. Different kinds of knowledge of a word. Types of vocabulary.
The importance of vocabulary. Vocabulary learning strategies. How to learn vocabulary effectively. Vocabulary teaching principles for young learners.
Process of teaching vocabulary. Background of young learners. Concept of attitudes. Definitions of attitudes.
Components of attitudes. Roles of learners’ attitudes. Previous studies relates to my study. Studies outside Vietnam.
Studies in Vietnam. 31 CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY. Procedures of the study. Criteria of choosing movies.
Teaching procedures of the control group. Teaching procedures of the experimental group. Data collection instruments. Pre-test and post-tests.
Data collection procedures. Procedure for conducting the tests. Procedure for conducting the questionnaire. Procedure for conducting the interview.
Data analysis methods. Reliability and validity. 58 CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS. The findings of the pre-tests on both the EG and the CG.
Results of the Post-tests for the CG. Results of the Post-tests for the EG. The comparison between the results of the pre-test and the last post- test for the CG. The comparison between the results of the pre-test and the last post- test for the EG.
The comparison of the post-test results for the control group (CG) and the experimental group (EG). The results of the questionnaire. The participants’ general attitudes towards movies. Attitudes of the respondents on the advantages of watching movies.
Attitudes of the participants about movies' drawbacks. Interview with students of the EG regarding their attitudes toward movies. Students’ general attitudes toward movies. Students’ attitudes toward the benefits of movies.
Students’ attitudes toward the drawbacks of movies. 91 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS. Summary of the findings. Key findings of research question 1.
Key findings of research question 2. Evaluation of the overall methodology. Limitations of the study. Suggestions for further research.
THE SAMPLE OF LESSON PLAN OF THE CONTROL GROUP AND THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP. THE PRE-TEST. THE POST-TESTS. QUESTIONNAIRE IN ENGLISH VERSION.
QUESTIONNAIRE IN VIETNAMESE VERSION. THE PRETEST RESULTS OF TWO GROUPS. 140 THE SCORES OF THE PRETEST OF THE CG. 140 THE SCORES OF THE PRETEST OF THE EG.
THE POSTTEST RESULTS OF THE CG. 143 THE SCORES OF POSTTESTS OF THE CG. THE POSTTEST RESULTS OF THE EG. 145 THE SCORES OF THE POSTTESTS OF THE EG.
POSTTESTS RESULT COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO GROUPS. PERSONAL INFORMATION OF THE PARTICIPANTS. DATA OF THE ATTITUDES OF THE PARTICIPANTS TOWARDS MOVIE APPLICATION. INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS IN ENGLISH VERSION.
INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS IN VIETNAMESE VERSION. CONSENT FORM TO THE MANAGER OF THE ASIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (VIETNAMESE VERSION). 171 IX LIST OF TABLES Table 3. Personal information of students in the control and experimental groups.
Structure of a traditional lesson. Structure of a movie-based lesson. Reliability Statistics of Questionnaire. The pretest results.
Group statistics on the pre-test of the control and experimental groups. Independent Samples T-test on the vocabulary pretest of experimental and control groups. Results of the Post-tests for the CG. The Paired Samples T-Test of Posttest 1 - Posttest 2 and Posttest 2 - Posttest 3 for the Control Group.
The Paired Samples T-Test of Posttest 1 - Posttest 2 and Posttest 2 - Posttest 3 for the Experimental Group. Paired samples statistics in the pre-test and the post-test of the control group. Results of the paired samples t-test in the pre-test and the post-test of the control group. Paired samples statistics in the pre-test and the post-test of the experimental group.
Results of the paired samples t-test in the pre-test and the post-test of the experimental group. Comparisons of the results of the posttests between the two groups. The respondents‟ personal information. The participants‟ general attitudes toward movie application.
Participants‟ opinions regarding the advantages of watching movies. Attitudes of the participants about movies' drawbacks. Results from the interview with the students. 85 XI LIST OF FIGURES Figure 4.
The results of the post-tests for the EG. The mean score results of the tests taken by two groups. 71 XII ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS CG The control group EFL English foreign language EG The experimental group e. for example ELT English language teaching F Frequency HCMC Ho Chi Minh City L1 First language L2 Second language M Mean score N Number PET Preliminary English Test Q Question SD Standard deviation SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Science XIII CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION The introduction chapter provides important information for comprehending the issues addressed in this study.
In addition, it includes the framework of the thesis, which consists of the background of the study, the problem statement, the objectives of the study, the research questions, the significance of the study, and the organization of the thesis. Background of the study English is becoming increasingly essential in all parts of our daily life. People utilize English not only as a means of communication but also as a tool for discovering new information about various parts of life. As a result, the quality of learning and teaching the English language is now the biggest concern for teachers and education professionals.