MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING QUY NHON UNIVERSITY TRAN THI PHUONG THAO EFFECTS OF VIDEO-MAKING PROJECTS ON EFL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY RETENTION AND LEARNING MOTIVATION Major: Theory and Methodology of English Language Teaching Code: 8140111 Supervisor: Assoc. Nguyen Quang Ngoan BINH DINH – 2023 BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC QUY NHƠN TRẦN THỊ PHƯƠNG THẢO TÁC ĐỘNG CỦA DỰ ÁN LÀM VIDEO ĐẾN VIỆC GHI NHỚ TỪ VỰNG TIẾNG ANH VÀ ĐỘNG LỰC HỌC TẬP CỦA HỌC SINH THPT Ngành: Lý luận và phương pháp dạy học bộ môn Tiếng Anh Mã số: 8140111 Người hướng dẫn: PGS. Nguyễn Quang Ngoạn BÌNH ĐỊNH – 2023 i STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY I, Tran Thi Phuong Thao, guarantee that the research paper entitled “Effects of Video- Making Projects on EFL High School Students’ Vocabulary Retention and Learning Motivation” has never been submitted for the award of any degree or previously published by another person, except where due references are made. This research is the result of my own work and effort, so it is my original work.
Binh Dinh, October 2023 Tran Thi Phuong Thao ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to acknowledge and give my sincere thanks to my supervisor, Assoc. Nguyen Quang Ngoan, who made this work possible. His guidance and advice carried me through all the stages of writing my project. I would also like to thank my committee members for letting my defense be an enjoyable moment, and for giving your brilliant comments and suggestions, thanks to you.
I would also like to give special thanks to my husband, To Trong Quoc, and my family as a whole for their continuous support and understanding when undertaking my research and writing my project. Your prayer for me was what sustained me this far. Finally, I would like to thank students from classes 11B4 and 11B7 from Pham Van Dong High School, for following my directions and letting me conduct the experimental research. You performed and cooperated excellently, and I believe you will be more successful and fortunate with your path of conquering English if you never stop trying day by day.
iii TABLE OF CONTENTS STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS. vii LIST OF ABBREVIATION. viii LIST OF TABLES.ix LIST OF FIGURES.
Research aim and objectives. Scope of the study. Significance of the study. Structure of the thesis.
4 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW. Definition of vocabulary. The importance of vocabulary. Vocabulary teaching and learning.
Definition of motivation. Motivation in English vocabulary learning. Project-based learning and digital video-making projects. Benefits of digital video-making projects in English language learning.
Related studies on using video-making projects in L2 teaching and learning. Justification of the study. Research setting and participants. The course book (Tieng Anh 11 for the seven-year curriculum) for formal face-to-face instruction.
Video-making activities employed in the intervention time. Instruments to collect data. Vocabulary paper tests. Procedures for data collection and analysis.
35 CHAPTER 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. Students’ vocabulary retention before and after the intervention. Vocabulary pre-test and post-test results of the control group. Vocabulary pre-test and post-test results of the experimental group.
Pre-test results of the control group and experimental group. Post-test results of the control group and experimental group. Students’ performance on the delayed vocabulary post-test. A comparison of the vocabulary test scores of the two groups.
Students’ learning motivation after the intervention. Results from the questionnaire. Students’ interest in the content of the activities oriented for video- making projects. Students’ attitudes and motivation for video project assignments.
Results from the interview. Students’ perceptions on the use of video-making projects. Students’ motivation in vocabulary learning under the use of video- making projects. Limitations of the study.
Recommendations for further research .71 APPENDIX A: VOCABULARY TESTS .81 APPENDIX C: INTERVIEW QUESTIONS. 89 APPENDIX D: TRANSCRIPTION OF THE INTERVIEW .90 vi TÓM LƯỢC Dự án làm video như một hoạt động sau giờ học nhằm nâng cao sự tự tin trong giao tiếp tiếng Anh của người học đã được áp dụng rộng rãi ở nhiều cơ sở giáo dục tư thục ở Việt Nam. Nhiều giáo viên cũng sử dụng phương pháp này trong các lớp học trực tuyến của mình để giúp người học ghi nhớ từ vựng tiếng Anh và có động lực hơn. Mặc dù các dự án làm video được áp dụng rộng rãi và đưa ra một số kết luận liên quan, vẫn cần phải xác nhận xem các kết luận của nghiên cứu này khi đặt trong bối cảnh các trường công lập ở Việt Nam cho đến nay có phù hợp không hay như các phát hiện mới có tương hợp kết luận trong các nghiên cứu trước đó không.
Nghiên cứu mô tả và thực nghiệm này được thực hiện để tìm hiểu tác động của các dự án làm video đối với khả năng ghi nhớ từ vựng và động lực học tập của học sinh trung học phổ thông học tiếng Anh như một ngoại ngữ. Để cung cấp đủ dữ liệu định lượng và định tính cho việc kết luận nghiên cứu, ba công cụ nghiên cứu là bài kiểm tra từ vựng, bảng câu hỏi khảo sát và phỏng vấn đã được sử dụng trên 70 học sinh trung học phổ thông thuộc hai lớp của một trường trung học công lập ở vùng nông thôn tỉnh Phú Yên. Kết quả thu thập được từ các bài kiểm tra cho thấy, nhóm học sinh thực nghiệm tham gia làm video có kết quả tốt hơn so với nhóm học sinh được giáo viên áp dụng phương pháp truyền thống. Bên cạnh đó, dữ liệu từ bảng câu hỏi và phỏng vấn cho thấy các dự án làm video đã giúp làm tăng sự hứng thú của học sinh và thúc đẩy các em học từ vựng.
Do đó, có thể đề xuất rằng dự án làm video nên được triển khai trong lớp học tiếng Anh để giúp nâng cao khả năng ghi nhớ từ vựng và động cơ học tập của học sinh. vii ABSTRACT Video-making projects as after-school activities to enhance learners’ confidence in communicating in English have widely been applied in many private Vietnamese institutions. Many teachers also use this method in their online classes to help learners retain English vocabulary and be more motivated. Despite the spreading use of video- making projects and the release of several relevant conclusions in this field, there is still a need to confirm whether the results of this study which was set in the context of public schools in Vietnam are hitherto matched the previous ones conducted in other contexts.
Therefore, the combined experimental and descriptive study was conducted to find out the effects of video-making projects on EFL high school students’ vocabulary retention and learning motivation. In order to supply enough quantitative and qualitative data for the conclusion of the study, three research instruments namely vocabulary tests, a questionnaire, and an interview were employed on 70 EFL high school students in 2 classes of a public high school in the countryside of Phu Yen Province. The results collected from the tests indicated that the experimental group’s students had better results than those whose teacher used the traditional methods. Besides, the data from the questionnaire and interviews showed that the video-making projects increased students’ interest and motivated them to learn vocabulary.
It can thus be suggested that video-making projects should be implemented in English classrooms to help enhance students’ vocabulary retention and learning motivation. Keywords: video-making projects, English vocabulary, retention, learning motivation, EFL high school students, Vietnam. viii LIST OF ABBREVIATION CG: Control group DVMPs: Digital video-making projects EFL: English as a foreign language EG: Experimental group ICT: Information communications technology L2: second language MOET: Ministry of Education and Training PBL: Project-based learning SLA: Second language acquisition ix LIST OF TABLES Table 3. Students’ General Information.
Instructions for Video-Making Projects. Reliability Statistics of the Questionnaire. Descriptive Statistics of CG's Vocabulary Tests. Results of Paired Sample T-test for CG's Vocabulary Pre-test and Post-test.
Descriptive Statistics of EG's Vocabulary Tests. Results of Paired Sample T-test for EG's Vocabulary Pre-test and Post-test. Descriptive Statistics of Vocabulary Pre-Test Scores of the Two Groups. Results of Independent Samples T-test of the Vocabulary Pre-test Scores.
Descriptive Statistics of Vocabulary Post-Test Scores of the Two Groups. Results of Independent Samples T-test of the Vocabulary Post-test Scores 44 Table 4. Descriptive Statistics of Delayed Vocabulary Post-Test Scores of the Two Groups. Results of Independent Samples T-test of the Delayed Vocabulary Post- test Scores.
Descriptive Statistics of Students' Interest in the Content of the Video- Making Activities. Descriptive Statistics of Students' Attitudes and Motivation for Video Project Assignments .52 x LIST OF FIGURES Figure 4. Comparison of Means of the Two Groups. Students' Interest in the Content of the Video-Making Activities.
Students’ Attitudes and Motivation for Video Project Assignments .54 1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 introduces the rationale underlying this current study. The chapter includes 6 main parts: 1) the rationale, 2) the aim and objectives of the study, 3) research questions, 4) scope of the study, 5) the significance of the study, and 6) the structure of the study. Theoretical reasons Vocabulary acquisition is regarded as the initial and fundamental stage in second language teaching and learning. More specifically, an individual possessing a rich vocabulary can not only improve his second language skills but also advance his proficiency in the language (Horwitz, 1988; Schmitt, 2000).
Recognizing the importance of vocabulary retention in one’s second language learning, researchers have been attracted to and stimulated to do experimentation and draw conclusions on creative activities or teaching methods that can increase vocabulary retention. With the advent of technology, studies in the field have expanded. The rapid development of technology has enhanced productive ways to teach and learn second language vocabulary, opening up numerous alternatives to facilitate vocabulary teaching and learning practices (Dana, 2010; Kern, 2006; Nikitina, 2009; Stepp- Greany, 2002). In addition, today’s and future’s young generations are accustomed to the active life associated with smart devices, so traditional language classes and conventional after-school assignments are no longer really appropriate and can decelerate second language learning progress.
Face-to-face classes with smart devices have been applied in various institutions, but the completion of homework in groups with smart devices to motivate self-study at home and strengthen vocabulary has not been witnessed extensively. Besides the use of technology, teachers’ orientation of good fun after-school assignments is essential. Therefore, 2 many teachers in institutions such as private schools, online language classes and foreign language centres have learners carry out after-class video-making projects individually or in groups to boost students’ vocabulary learning. Very few studies have been conducted in the field of vocabulary retention and learning motivation resulted from after-school video-making projects.
As a result, to fulfil the remaining research gap concerning the role of homework instructions in improving learners’ English vocabulary in the context of high schools in Vietnam, this study aims to explore how after-school video-making projects influence EFL high school students’ vocabulary retention and learning motivation. Contextual reasons Investing in English learning for children is becoming a trend among today’s young parents in Vietnam as the ability to communicate in English well brings many benefits. The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has been encouraging the younger generation to learn English by making English a compulsory subject in schools. The implementation of teaching and learning English in our country encounters many difficulties, making the set goals not achieved as desired.
One of the biggest challenges is the limited time spent on formal face-to-face instruction in public schools.