Tác động của hoạt động đóng vai đến kỹ năng nói của học sinh lớp 4: Nghiên cứu tại Trường Tiểu ...

Luận văn thạc sĩ VNU ULIS nghiên cứu tác động của hoạt động đóng vai đến kỹ năng nói của học sinh lớp 4 tại trường Tiểu học Yên Viên.

2017

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Phí lưu trữ

30 Point

Mục lục chi tiết

DECLARATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ABSTRACT

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES

TABLE OF CONTENT

1. CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1. Aim of the study

1.2. Scope of the study

1.3. Significance of the study

1.4. Statement of the research questions

1.5. Organization of the study

2. CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1. Theoretical background of speaking skill

2.1.1. The understanding of speaking

2.1.2. Teaching speaking

2.1.3. Classroom speaking activities

2.2. Theoretical background of role-play

2.2.1. The understanding of role-play

2.2.2. Types of role – play

2.2.3. The function of role – play

3. CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY

3.1. Time and place of the research

3.2. Technique of collecting data

3.3. Technique of data analysis

3.4. Criteria of the action success

4. CHAPTER 4: DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS

4.1. Findings for research question 1

4.2. Findings for research question 2

4.3. Findings for research question 3

5. CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

5.1. Limitations of the study

5.2. Suggestion for further studies

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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES . NGUYỄN THỊ PHƢƠNG THẢO THE EFFECTS OF ROLE-PLAY ACTIVITIES ON SPEAKING SKILL FOR 4TH GRADE STUDENTS: AN ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT AT YEN VIEN TOWN PRIMARY SCHOOL (Hiêụ quả của hoa ̣t đô ̣ng đóng vai trong ki ̃ năng Nói đố i với ho ̣c sinh lớp 4: Mô ̣t nghiên cƣ́u hành đô ̣ng ta ̣i Trƣờng Tiể u ho ̣c Thi trấ ̣ n Yên Viên) M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 HANOI - 2017 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES . NGUYỄN THỊ PHƢƠNG THẢO THE EFFECTS OF ROLE-PLAY ACTIVITIES ON SPEAKING SKILL FOR 4TH GRADE STUDENTS: AN ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT AT YEN VIEN TOWN PRIMARY SCHOOL ((Hiêụ quả của hoạt động đóng vai trong kĩ năng Nói đối với học sinh lớp 4: Mô ̣t nghiên cƣ́u hành đô ̣ng ta ̣i Trƣờng Tiể u ho ̣c Thi trấ ̣ n Yên Viên) M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 Supervisor: Dr. Đỗ Thị Thanh Hà HANOI - 2017 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com DECLARATION I myself declare that this minor thesis entitled “The effects of role-play activities on speaking skill for 4th grade students: An action research project at Yen Vien Town Primary School” is my own work and has not been submitted in substance for any other degree or award. Hanoi, 2017 Nguyễn Thi Phƣơng ̣ Thảo i LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Firstly, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to my supervisor, Dr. Do ThiThanh Ha, for her enthusiastic guidance, support and feedback throughout the steps of doing the research. I am grateful for her useful and sufficient source of materials which helps me a lot for the interesting and relevant data. Moreover, the supervisor‟s patience of reading and correcting the mistakes and errors makes great improvement of the thesis from the content to the grammatical issues. Secondly, I would like to express my sincere thanks to the Principal of Yen Vien Town Primary school. Without her permission, I cannot carry out this research. In particular, I feel greatly indebted to the teacher and the students in class 4A2 for their enthusiastic co-operation during more than two months of working. More importantly, I would like to send my regards to the staff of the Department of Post Graduate Studies at College of Foreign Languages, Vietnam National University, Hanoi for their useful materials which help to make this thesis valuable. Last but not least, my special word of thanks to my husband and my family for their inspiration and moral support they provided throughout my research work. ii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com ABSTRACT This study focuses on the improvement of students‟ speaking skill before and after implementing role-play activities. In order to meet the objectives of the study, a group of 45 students and the English teacher of that group were taken into investigation. Pre-test and post-test were done to assess students‟ improvement. During the time of the research, observation notes were also used to record the strengths and weaknesses of the students in each week. In addition, another questionnaire was delivered after the post-test to investigate students‟ attitudes toward using role-play activities. Then the data were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The results of the study showed that there was a small change of students‟ overall score before and after implementing the action. It can be seen that most of the students had improvements in fluency and comprehension. It means that to some extent using role-play activities in classroom is effective. The study also found out that students would rather speak in groups than in pair or through role-play. It is suggested that the lesson plan should be more interesting to the students, so they will prefer using role-play. iii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Harris‟ oral English rating scale frame .19 Table 2: Students‟ result of questionnaire 1.24 Table 3: Students‟ pre-test result.27 Table 4: Students‟ post-test result .28 Table 5: Students‟ result of questionnaire 2.31 iv LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Kurt Lewin‟s action research design .16 Figure 2: Students‟ overall score improvement .27 Figure 3: Students‟ pre-test result .29 Figure 4: Students‟ post-test result .29 v LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com TABLE OF CONTENT DECLARATION . iii LIST OF TABLES . iv LIST OF FIGURES.v TABLE OF CONTENT . vi CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION .2 Aim of the study .3 Scope of the study .4 Significance of the study .5 Statement of the research questions .6 Organization of the study.3 CHAPTER 2 - LITERATURE REVIEW .1 Theoretical background of speaking skill .1 The understanding of speaking .3 Classroom speaking activities .2 Theoretical background of role-play .1 The understanding of role-play .2 Types of role – play .3 The function of role – play .4 The significance of role – play .3 Teaching speaking by using role – play .4 Previous research findings .1 Time and place of the research .15 vi LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.5 Technique of collecting data .6 Technique of data analysis.7 Criteria of the action success .22 CHAPTER 4 – DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS .1 Findings for research question 1: .2 Findings for research question 2: .3 Findings for research question 3: .30 CHAPTER 5 – CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION .2 Limitations of the study .4 Suggestion for further studies . I vii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com CHAPTER 1–INTRODUCTION 1.1Rationale English has been considered as an international language for many years. Almost all the people from many different countries around the world use it to communicate. Today teaching English for young learners is an interesting topic for many researchers. Moreover, in this globalization era, millions of people want to improve their English speaking or to ensure that their children achieve good speaking skill. Since language is a means of communication, it is not enough for students to learn words, phrases, grammatical features if they want to produce language in their daily communication or interact with others in English. The most important thing in teaching speaking is how to activate all the language elements such as pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary which students have possessed to communicate. The goal for students learning English speaking is that they are able to use English to communicate effectively and appropriately. Students have to be able to express their thoughts, ideas and feelings orally in English without thinking for a long time before saying what they want to say. Based on the observation at some 4th grade English classes at Yen Vien Town Primary School in Gia Lam District, Hanoi City, I found that students are poor in English speaking skill. They use the course syllabus which belongs to Ministry of Education and Training. They study English twice a week and each period lasts forty minutes. There are many reasons that students have difficulties in learning English, particularly speaking skill. First of all, the students do not spend much time communicating and talking in English. The number of students who can speak English fluently is limited. In general, students are less confident while speaking in front of the class because they are worried about making mistakes. Some of the students do not feel confident so that they never volunteer to speak. It can be realized that the students seem to be passive during speaking lessons. They just repeat the dialogues or conversations mechanically without any creation. Days 1 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com by days their speaking ability is not much improved, especially some students do not want to speak or express their ideas. The teachers need to find out a solution to help their students become more interested and active when they practice speaking. Role-play technique may bea suitable tool for both the teachers and the students to improve the students‟ speaking skill in English classrooms. Role-play activities may give students an opportunity to practice communicating in different social contexts and different social roles. Therefore, I would like to propose the study entitled“The effects of role-play activities on speaking skill for 4th grade students: An action research project at Yen Vien Town Primary School.2 Aim of the study The aim of this study is to investigate if role play activities have impact on students‟ speaking skill. In addition, this study is to prove that students can get better language communication by using role-play activities. The results of this research will be the answer for the advantages of role-play in a small speaking class. The change in students‟ speaking ability is what this study really wants to focus on. Finally, this study has an intention of examining students‟ attitudes toward the use of role-play activities. It means whether role-play has influence on the learning attitudes of the students. In the same context with the same teaching activity how students can get the learning target. This confusion will be discussed in this study with the hope to enhance the speaking ability of young learners.3 Scope of the study The study was conducted in class 4A2 at Yen Vien Town Primary School in Gia Lam District, Hanoi City. The number of students in this class is 46 (26 males and 20 females). The learning target is that students are able to communicate effectively using their own language elements including pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary. The study was done in a classroom with the hope to improve 2 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com students‟ speaking ability.4 Significance of the study This study plays a significant role in changing the way students practice speaking tasks from repetition into role-playing. Role-play activity has effects on improving students‟ speaking ability. It encourages students to talk in the speaking lessons with different roles in different situations. This research also contributes to English teaching adaptation in Yen Vien Town Primary School. What concluded from the research will be practically applied to the teaching methods for small students. Moreover, the theories in this research help to contribute to the knowledge of CLT in English classes. The teachers will have a thoughtful understanding of L2 acquisition, and they will find a suitable way to teach speaking for their children. Finally, some suggestions can be given for further studies about role-play activities and other related issues.5 Statement of the research questions The research objective is to discover if there is any effect of using role – play activities in speaking lessons. In addition, the study focuses on the process of applying this technique and the benefits that students can get when they practice speaking using role-play. The students‟ progress reflects both the effects of role- play activities and the teacher‟s feedback. It also reflects the students‟ attitudes toward role – play activities. Based on those purposes the research questions are given as following. What is the situation of teaching and learning speaking at the primary school? 2. To what extent is students’ speaking skill improved through role- play? 3. What are students’ attitudes towards using role-play? 1.6 Organization of the study This minor thesis consists of five chapters. 3 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com Chapter 1: Introduction The reasons for choosing the research content, the aim of the study and the statements of the research questions are mentioned in this chapter. Chapter 2: Literature Review This chapter provides the theoretical background of speaking and role play as well as some previous studies about using role play activities to teach speaking. Chapter 3: Methodology In this chapter, an introduction to the action research and the technique of data collection are clearly stated. Chapter 4: Data Analysis and Findings The fourth chapter deals with the results of the study.

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