MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HUE UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES ------------ LUONG NGUYEN KHANH HOANG TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS AND RESPONSE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VIETNAMESE COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK FOR LANGUAGE – LEVEL 3/6: A CASE OF LISTENING SKILL FOR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT HUE UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES (HUFL) MA THESIS IN THEORY AND METHODOLOGY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CODE: 60.11 SUPERVISOR: TRAN VAN PHUOC, Assoc. HUE, 2015 i BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐẠI HỌC HUẾ TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC NGOẠI NGỮ ------------ LƯƠNG NGUYỄN KHÁNH HOÀNG NHẬN THỨC VÀ PHẢN HỒI CỦA GIÁO VIÊN VÀ SINH VIÊN ĐỐI VỚI VIỆC THỰC HIỆN KHUNG NĂNG LỰC NGOẠI NGỮ VIỆT NAM - TRÌNH ĐỘ 3/6: TRƯỜNG HỢP VỀ KỸ NĂNG NGHE CỦA SINH VIÊN KHÔNG CHUYÊN TẠI TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC NGOẠI NGỮ HUẾ LUẬN VĂN THẠC SĨ LÝ LUẬN VÀ PHƯƠNG PHÁP DẠY HỌC BỘ MÔN TIẾNG ANH MÃ SỐ: 60.11 NGƯỜI HƯỚNG DẪN KHOA HỌC : PGS. TRẦN VĂN PHƯỚC HUE, 2015 ii STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY This work has not previously been submitted for a degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my knowledge and belief, the thesis contains no material previously published or written by another person except where due reference is made in the thesis itself.
Date: 24/ 12/ 2015 Signature Full name Luong Nguyen Khanh Hoang iii ABSTRACT The research paper aimed to find out teachers’ and students’ perceptions and response to the implementation of Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language – Level 3/6: a case of listening skill for non-English major students at Hue University of Foreign Languages (HUFL). It attemped to explore teachers’ and students’ perceptions and response to the implementation of Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language in teaching and learning listening skill – Level 3/6. The data were collected through questionnaires and interviews with non- English major students and language teachers at Hue University of Foreign Languages. The data for this research were collected and analyzed based on qualitative and quantitative approaches.
According to results from analyzed data, most of teachers and students had the positive perception on teaching and learning listening skill – Level 3/6 based on Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language at HUFL. The reality of teaching and learning listening skill developed in reference to Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language for students was effective. However, this research also explored some possible problems in teaching and learning listening skill for non-English major students. Thus, it is very necessary to solve these problems to help students achieve level 3/6 in Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language.
And the research suggested the useful solutions to improve its quality. Based on the findings of the research, the implicaions would help both teachers and students to better the teaching and learning of listening skill. iv Acknowledgement Above all, I am deeply indebted to my supervisor, Assoc. Tran Van Phuoc for invaluable knowledge and experience, the enthusiastic and helphful guidance, the responsible care as well as the sympathetic encouragements he has given to me at every stage of development of this research paper.
Sincerely speaking, without him, the research paper cannot be completed. I also wish to express my sincere thanks to Hue University of Foreign Languages, for providing me with all the necessary facilities. My special thanks go to the EFL and non-English major students at Hue University of Foreign Languages who generously and enthusiastically spent their time on my questionnaire and interviews to be conducted conveniently. From the bottom of my heart, I am deeply grateful to my beloved family, and my close friends who provided me with vital love, support and encouragement to help me overcome all the difficulties while I conducted this research.
I also place on record, my sense of gratitude to one and all who, directly or indirectly, have lent their helping hand in this venture. v TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Pages SUB COVER PAGE. i STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP. v TABLE OF CONTENTS ….
vi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. xii LIST OF TABLE AND CHARTS. Research aims and objectives. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND AND LITERATURE REVIEW.
The definition of listening skill. Teaching listening skill. Process of teaching listening skill. Bottom-up process.
Top-Down process. Principles for teaching the English listening skill. Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language – Listening skill – Level 3/6. Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language.
The aims of Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language. Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language – Listening skill. Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language – Listening skill – Level 3/6. Using Competency Framework Reference in teaching language skill.
The reality of teaching listening skill for non-English major students at Hue University of Foreign Languages (HUFL). Data collection instruments. Data collection methods. Data analysis methods.
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS. Findings and discussions from the questionnaires and interviews. Teachers’ perceptions and response to Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language in teaching listening skill (Section 1). The necessity to issue Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language in teaching foreign languages.
The requiremens of Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language – Level 3/6. The necessity for non-English major students to learn listening skill. Skills integrated in teaching listening skill. Time devoted in teaching listening skill in class.
The amount of the time devoted to teaching listening skill. The topics used in teaching listening skill. The lexical items used in teaching listening skill. The grammar points used in teaching listening skill.
Sub-skills used in teaching listening skill. The forms used in teaching listening skill. The ways used in teaching listening skill. The steps used in teaching listening skill.
Techniques used in teaching listening skill. The supporting tools used in teaching listening skill. Textbooks used in teaching listening skill. Students’ perceptions and response to Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language in learning listening skill.
The necessity to issue Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language in learning foreign languages. The requiremens of Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language – Level 3/6. The necessity for non-English major students to learn listening skill .The skills intergrated in teaching listening skill. Time devoted in teaching listening skill in class.
The amount of the time devoted to teaching listening skill. The topics used in teaching listening skill. The lexical items used in teaching listening skill. The grammar points used in teaching listening skill.
The sub-skills used in teaching listening skill. The forms used in teaching listening skill. The ways used in teaching listening skill. The steps used in teaching listening skill.
The techniques used in teaching listening skill. The supporting tools used in teaching listening skill. The textbooks used in teaching listening skill. Teachers’ and students’ suggestions of the improvement on teaching and learning listening skill of Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language – Level 3/6 (Section 2).
Suggestions for improving the teaching facilities. Suggestions for improving the students’ motivation. CONCLUSION, IMPLICATIONS, LIMITATIONS AND FURTHER RESEARCH. Summary of the key findings.
For educational administrators and educators. Limitations of the study. Recommendations for further studies .95 APPENDIX 4 – INTERVIEW QUESTIONS (English version) (For EFL teachers).100 APPENDIX 5 – INTERVIEW QUESTIONS (English version) (For non-English major students at HUFL) .101 ix LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS CEF Common European Framework CEFR Common European Framework of Reference EFL English as a Foreign Language ESL English as a Second Language ESOL English for Speakers of Other Languages FCE First Certificate in English HUFL Hue University of Foreign Languaes KET Key English Test L1 First Language L2 Second Language OISE Ontario Institute for Studies in Education PET Preliminary English Test SPSS Statistic Package for Social Sciences Software VNU Vietnam National University VNUHCM Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City x LIST OF TABLES Table 2. Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language (2014, p.
Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language – Listening skill: Overall Listening Comprehension (2014, p. Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language – Listening skill – Level 3/6 (2014, p. Summary of the questionnaire components. The skills intergrated in teaching listening skill.
The forms used in teaching listening skill. The ways used in teaching listening skill. The steps used in teaching listening skill. The techniques used in teaching listening skill.
The supporting tools used in teaching listening skill. The textbooks used in teaching listening skill. The skills intergrated in teaching listening skill. The forms used in teaching listening skill.
The ways used in teaching listening skill. The steps used in teaching listening skill. The techniques used in teaching listening skill. The supporting tools used in teaching listening skill.
The textbooks used in teaching listening skill. The general suggestions of teachers. The general suggestions of students .70 xi LIST OF CHARTS Chart 4. The necessity to issue Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language in teaching foreign languages.
The requiremens of Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language – Level 3/6. The necessity for non-English major students to learn listening skill .Time devoted in teaching listening skill in class. The amount of the time devoted to teaching listening skill. The topics used in teaching listening skill.
The lexical items used in teaching listening skill. The grammar points used in teaching listening skill. The sub-skills used in teaching listening skill. The necessity to issue Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language in learning foreign languages.
The requiremens of Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language – Level 3/6. The necessity for non-English major students to learn listening skill. Time devoted in teaching listening skill in class. The amount of the time devoted to teaching listening skill.
The topics used in teaching listening skill. The lexical items used in teaching listening skill. The grammar points used in teaching listening skill. Sub-skills used in teaching listening skill.
Suggestions for improving the teaching facilities. Suggestions for improving the students’ motivation .72 xii CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale Nowadays, the English language considered as a global language around the world has played a crucial position in many fields such as the trade, business education, academics, science, computing, transportation, politics and education, etc. Because of the English language’s importance all over the world, the educators have paid attention to the language training process in the educational systems, especially the English language.
Hence, we can predict that English language will continue to develop and bring us more advantages in the near future. In order to improve the quality of learning English in the new era when Vietnam must accommodate to many international standards in finance education, on September 30th 2008 the Prime Minister (Ministry of Education and Training [MOET]) issued the National Plan for teaching and learning foreign languages in the National Formal Education System in the period 2008-2020. And, CEFR (The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment) has been considered as an important achievement in terms of theory as well as the scale of teaching and learning foreign languages in Europe particularly and in many countries in the world generally. Additionally, in 2014, Vietnamese Competency Framework for Language has also been developed with CEFR’s reference.
However, in Vietnam, there has been a reality that Vietnamese students cannot use English fluently, especially cannot listen to English easily for a long time. This issue was conducted by many surveys to find out the reasons. According to Underwood (1989), teaching English listening skill for non-major students met some challenges. First, the listeners cannot control the speed of delivery.
Second, the listeners cannot always have words repeated. Third, the listeners have a limited vocabulary. Fourth, the listeners may not recognize the signals which indicate that the speaker is moving from one point to another, giving an example, or repeating a 1 point.