Cách khuyến khích sinh viên năm nhất tại Cao đẳng Bách Nghệ Hải Phòng tham gia vào các hoạt động nói

Luận văn thạc sĩ VNU ULIS nghiên cứu cách động viên sinh viên năm nhất tại Trường Cao đẳng Kỹ thuật Hải Phòng trong hoạt động nói.

2014

60
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Phí lưu trữ

30 Point

Mục lục chi tiết

DECLARATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABSTRACT

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

LIST OF THE TABLES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. PART A: INTRODUCTION

A.1. Aims of the study

A.2. Scope of the study

A.3. Methods of the study

A.4. Significance of the study

A.5. Design of the study

B. PART B: DEVELOPMENT

1. CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW

1.1. Motivation in foreign language learning

1.1.1. Definitions of motivation
1.1.2. Types of motivation in foreign language learning
1.1.3. Some conditions for effective motivation in speaking

1.2. Demotivation in foreign language learning

1.2.1. Definitions of de-motivation
1.2.2. Demotivating factors in foreign language learning

1.3. Teaching speaking skill in foreign language

2. CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY

2.1. Context of the study

2.2. The research approach

2.3. Questionnaire for the students

2.4. Questionnaire for the teachers

2.5. Data collection procedures

3. CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSIONS

3.1. Results from students’ questionnaire

3.1.1. Students’ personal information
3.1.2. Types of motivation
3.1.3. Demotivating factors in a speaking lesson
3.1.4. Activities used by teachers and students’ preferences
3.1.5. Students’ expectation on teachers’ teaching

3.2. Results from teachers’ questionnaire

3.2.1. Teachers’ personal information
3.2.2. Teacher’s opinions towards teaching English speaking and students’ motivation in speaking English
3.2.3. Current teaching method
3.2.4. Difficulties in teaching English speaking
3.2.5. Techniques and activities applied by teachers

3.3. Findings and discussions

3.3.1. The current situation of learning speaking of first-year students at Haiphong Polytechnics College
3.3.2. The current situation of teaching speaking for first-year students at Haiphong Polytechnics College
3.3.3. Suggested techniques for motivating students in speaking activities
3.3.4. Suggestions for the teachers
3.3.5. Suggestions for the students
3.3.6. Suggestions for the college rector and academic department

C. PART C: CONCLUSION

C.1. Limitations of the study

C.2. Suggestions for further study

REFERENCES

APPENDICES

APPENDIX 1. APPENDIX 1

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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES ***  *** ĐỖ HỮU TRƯỜNG HOW TO MOTIVATE THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS AT HAIPHONG POLYTECHNICS COLLEGE IN SPEAKING ACTIVITIES (Phương pháp khuyến khích sinh viên năm thứ nhất tại trường Cao đẳng nghề Bách Nghệ Hải Phòng trong các hoạt động nói) M. MINOR PROGAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60.11 Hanoi – 2014 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES ***  *** ĐỖ HỮU TRƯỜNG HOW TO MOTIVATE THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS AT HAIPHONG POLYTECHNICS COLLEGE IN SPEAKING ACTIVITIES (Phương pháp khuyến khích sinh viên năm thứ nhất tại trường cao đẳng nghề Bách Nghệ Hải Phòng trong các hoạt động nói) M. MINOR PROGAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60. Trần Thị Thu Hiền Hanoi – 2014 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com DECLARATION To the best of my knowledge and belief, this minor thesis contains no material which has previously been submitted and accepted for any other degree in any university. The thesis is my own work and based on my own research. It involves no material previously published or written by any other person, except where due reference is acknowledged in the paper. Hanoi, 2014 Đỗ Hữu Trường i LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I wish to send my sincere thanks to my supervisor, Dr. Tran Thi Thu Hien for her valuable guidance, helpful suggestions and critical feedback throughout the research. I would like to acknowledge my gratitude to all the lecturers in the Faculty of Postgraduate Studies, University of Languages and International Studies, VNU for their useful lessons from which I have benefited a lot for the accomplishment of this study. I am greatly indebted to my students at marine engine and navigation departments and my colleagues at HPC for their participation and assistance without which this study could not have been successful. Last but not least, I would like to express my special thanks to my family and my close friends who offered me their love, care, support and encouragement so that I could accomplish my study. ii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com ABSTRACT This minor thesis is carried out to investigate what kinds of speaking activities are currently used in the speaking lessons for first-year students at HPC and some suggestions are given to motivate students in these activities. The study has collected data from two survey questionnaires to find out the fact of the current situation of teaching and learning speaking skill for and of the first-year students at HPC. The results from these two survey questionnaires have revealed some aspects of teaching and learning speaking skill at the college. From these results, some suggestions have been proposed to teachers, students and college rector in order to motivate students in leaning speaking and to improve the quality of teaching and learning speaking skill. iii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS HPC: Haiphong Polytechnics College ESP: English for Specific Purposes CLT: Communicative Language Teaching L2: Second Language LIST OF THE TABLES Table 1: Types of motivation…………………………………………………………. 21 Table 2: Students’ main demotivating factors in a speaking lesson 22 Table 3: Teachers’ activities and students’ preferences ………………………. 23 Table 4: Students’ expectation on teachers’ teaching …………………………. 24 Table 5: Teacher’s opinions on teaching English speaking and students’ motivation in speaking English……………………………………………… 25 Table 6: Teachers’ current teaching method …………………………………… 26 Table 7: Difficulties teachers often faced in teaching English speaking……… 27 Table 8: Techniques applied by teachers in motivating students……………… 28 iv LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION………………………………………………………………. iii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS …………………………………………………. iv LIST OF TABLES…………………………………………………………… vii TABLE OF CONTENTS ……………………………………………………. vii PART A: INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………. Aims of the study ……………………………………………………………. Scope of the study…………………………………………………………… 2 5. Methods of the study ………………………………………………………. Significance of the study……………………………………………………. Design of the study………………………………………………………. 5 CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW……………………………………. Motivation in foreign language learning………………………………. Definitions of motivation………………………………………… 5 1. Types of motivation in foreign language learning………………. Some conditions for effective motivation in speaking…………… 7 1. Demotivation in foreign language learning……………………………. Definitions of demotivation…………………………. Demotivating factors in foreign language learning………………. Teaching speaking skill in foreign language …………………………… 13 1. Definitions of speaking…………………………………………. Approaches to the teaching of speaking…………………………. The roles of the teacher in different stages of teaching speaking. 15 v LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY…………………………………………… 17 2. Context of the study……………………………………………………… 17 2. The research approach…………………………………………………. Questionnaire for the students………………………………………. Questionnaire for the teachers………………………………………. Data collection procedures………………………………………………. 20 CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSIONS………………… 21 3. Results from students’ questionnaire…………………………………… 21 3. Students‟ personal information…………………………………. Types of motivation……………………………………………… 21 3. Demotivating factors in a speaking lesson………………………. Activities used by teachers and students‟ preferences…………… 23 3. Students‟ expectation on teachers‟ teaching……………………. Results from teachers’ questionnaire…………………………………… 25 3. Teachers‟ personal information…………………………………. Teacher‟s opinions towards teaching English speaking and students‟ motivation in speaking English………………………………. Current teaching method ………………………………………… 26 3. Difficulties in teaching English speaking………………………. Techniques and activities applied by teachers…………………… 28 3. Findings and discussions…………………………………………………. The current situation of learning speaking of first-year students at Haiphong Polytechnics College……………………………. The current situation of teaching speaking for first-year students at Haiphong Polytechnics College……………………………. 31 vi LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. Suggested techniques for motivating students in speaking activities…. Suggestions for the teachers……………………………………… 33 3. Suggestions for the students……………………………………… 35 3. Suggestions for the college rector and academic department…… 36 PART C: CONCLUSION……………………………………………………. Limitations of the study……………………………………………………. Suggestions for further study………………………………………………. 38 REFERENCES 40 APPENDICES………………………………………………………………… I APPENDIX 1…………………………………………………………………. VII vii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com PART A: INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale It can not be denied that English is very important nowadays. It is considered to be a very significant and necessary tool used in many fields such as science, technology, diplomacy and so on. It is seen as a means to bridge the gap and promote mutual understanding and cooperation among countries in the world. In Vietnam, at present, the role of English has been more and more increasingly crucial because of the fact that Vietnam has succeeded in becoming an official member of WTO since 2006. Being aware of the great significance of English, more and more people desire to master it in hope of making English an useful means to serve their own purposes. However, how to teach and learn English in general and English speaking skill in particular effectively is a matter of controversy. Speaking skill should be kept in mind to be the most popular and effective way of communication. At Haiphong Polytechnics College (HPC), English is considered to be an important factor for students‟ success in future career. Therefore, learning English, especially learning speaking is necessary for students when they finish their study and work on international ships. However, there is a fact that during speaking lessons, students are often inactive and passive in participating speaking activities. The interaction between teachers and students is ineffective and restricted. As a result, after the English course, students‟ competence of English is not much improved for working on board ships. For this reason, I would like to make a study on “How to motivate the first-year students at Haiphong Polytechnics College in speaking activities”. Hopefully, this minor thesis will help motivate first-years students in English speaking lessons at 1 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com HPC in particular and enhance other students‟ oral and communicative practice in general. Aims of the study This study is an attempt to: 1. Investigate the current situation of teaching speaking skill to first-year students at HPC. Identify these students‟ demotivating factors in learning speaking skill. Propose some suggestions to motivate first-year students in learning speaking skill. What is the current situation of teaching and learning speaking skill to and of the first-year students at HPC? 2. What are possible methods to motivate students in speaking activities? 4. Scope of the study This study only investigates methods of motivating first-year students at HPC in learning speaking skill. Because of the limited time and within an M. minor thesis, the researcher intends to make a brief view of the current situation of teaching and learning English speaking skill for and of first-year students at HPC; identifies factors affecting their speaking stimulation; examines techniques and activities used by teachers and students‟ preferences and demands; suggests some recommendations for teachers to encourage students to speak English and overcome difficulties in teaching speaking. Methods of the study Quantitative and qualitative methods are used in the study. The data collected for the study is from the students at beginning level and the teachers teaching English at HPC. 2 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com Survey questionnaires are used as the main instrument to collect data and evidence for the study. Besides, to help the researcher gain a deeper and better view of the participants, learning conditions related to the study, the researcher‟s observation for three classes has been made used of as another instrument in collecting data. Significance of the study The results from the study are believed to be useful for both teachers and students in teaching and learning speaking skill. In theory, the study can be considered as one of helpful teaching material recourses in teaching speaking skill to non-major students at vocational colleges in general and at HPC in particular. In practice, from the results of the study, teachers can take use of suggested methods in motivating students when teaching speaking skill and students can find the ways to motivate themselves in learning speaking skill. Design of the study This minor thesis consists of three parts: Part A, Introduction, presents the rationale, aims, research questions and scope of the study. The methods, significance and design of the study are also included in this part. Part B, Development, includes three following chapters: Chapter 1 presents background of motivation and teaching speaking. In the chapter, the main approaches to motivation and de-motivation in foreign language teaching are discussed. Chapter 2 provides an overview of the study context, the research approach and information of participants and main instruments applied in the study. 3 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com Chapter 3 presents the documentation and data analysis. The analysis and discussion on the data are based on the survey questionnaire and classroom observation. The recommendations and suggestions for speaking teaching improvements are also discussed in this chapter. Part C, Conclusion, summarizes major findings; limitations and directions for future research are also provided in this part. 4 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1 LITERATURE REVIEW This chapter is concerned with the definitions of motivation, demotivation in foreign language learning, and the theoretical backgrounds of teaching speaking skill. Motivation in foreign language learning 1. Definitions of motivation There have been many researches in motivation and the research literature regarding the definition of motivation is various. In general, all the motivation theories want to explain the fundamental question of why humans behave as they do, and therefore the answer is not simple and straightforward. Firstly, motivation is described as the impetus to create and sustain intentions and goal seeking acts (Ames & Ames, 1989). Burden (1997:119) assumed that “from a cognitive perspective, motivation is concerned with such issues as why people decide to act in certain ways and what factors influence the choice they make. It also involves decisions as to the amount of effect people are prepared to expand in attempting to achieve their goals. The role of the teacher thus becomes one of helping and enabling learners to make suitable decisions”. Dornyei (2001:613) defined motivation as “a general way of referring to the antecedents i. the causes and the origins”.

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