Tác động của phản hồi sửa lỗi đến kỹ năng viết IELTS Task 2 của học sinh Vũng Tàu

Chuyên khảo phân tích The impact of corrective feedback on paragraphs in ietls writing task 2 a case study of vung tau, đánh giá các khía cạnh quan trọng, đề xuất hướng nghiên cứu

Trường đại học

Ba Ria Vung Tau University

Chuyên ngành

TESOL

Người đăng

Ẩn danh

Thể loại

thesis

2022

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Phí lưu trữ

35 Point

Mục lục chi tiết

STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP

RETENTION AND USE OF THE THESIS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF CHARTS

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS

1. CHƯƠNG 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1. Background to the Study

1.2. Statement of the Problem

1.3. Objectives of The Study

1.4. Research questions

1.5. Scope of the Study

1.6. Significance of the Study

1.7. Structure of the Study

2. CHƯƠNG 2: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1. Overview of IELTS Writing Task 2

2.2. Paragraph writing

2.3. Process approach to writing

2.4. Developing a REERR paragraph

4. CHƯƠNG 4: FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION

4.1. Corrective feedback to IELTS writing task 2 assessment criteria

4.2. Learners’ Attitudes towards Written Corrective Feedback

5. CHƯƠNG 5: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS

5.1. Summary of the main findings

5.2. Recommendations for Further Studies

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` MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY MASTER’S THESIS OF TESOL THE IMPACT OF CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK ON PARAGRAPHS IN IETLS WRITING TASK 2: A CASE STUDY OF VUNG TAU HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Tran Thi Que Han Student’s code: 18114201 Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Hoang Tuan BA RIA – VUNG TAU, 2022 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAININGBA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY MASTER’S THESIS OF TESOL THE IMPACT OF CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK ON PARAGRAPHS IN IETLS WRITING TASK 2: A CASE STUDY OF VUNG TAU HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Tran Thi Que Han Student’s code: 18114201 Supervisor: D r . Nguyen Hoang Tuan BA RIA – VUNG TAU, 2022 STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP I certify that the thesis “ The impact of corrective feedback on paragraphs in ietls writing task 2: A case study of Vung Tau High School students” is my work. No other person’s work has been used without acknowledgment in the thesis. This thesis has not been submitted for the award of any degree or diploma in any other tertiary institution. Ba Ria – Vung Tau, August 2022 TRAN THI QUE HAN i RETENTION AND USE OF THE THESIS I, Tran Thi Que Han, being a candidate for the degree of Master of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages accept the requirement of the University relating to the retention and use of Master’s Theses deposited in the Library. In terms of these conditions, I agree that the original of my Master’s Thesis deposited in the Library should be accessible for purposes of study and research, in accordance with the normal conditions established by the Librarian for the care, loan, and reproduction for theses. Ba Ria – Vung Tau, August 2022 TRAN THI QUE HAN ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT My special thanks are due to all those who have made great contributions to my thesis completion. First and foremost, I would like to express my profound gratitude to Dr. Nguyen Hoang Tuan, my supervisor, for his valuable comments and suggestions during the whole research process. His dynamism, enthusiasm, vision as well as his patience have deeply inspired me. Without his support and guidance, this thesis would never have been completed. Secondly, I am very grateful to the Postgraduate Institute of Ba Ria – Vung Tau University who have supported me much time to implement this thesis. My sincere thanks also go to my friends and colleagues for all her help and encouragement. I would like to thank the research participants who have contributed to this study. Last but not least, I warmly thank my family for their countless support, greatest sympathy and unconditional love. iii ABSTRACT This study focuses on giving corrective feedback (CF) for writing paragraphs in the context of IELTS writing task 2 preparation. The ultimate goal of this research was to discover the effectiveness of CF types and its positive impact to IETLS learners writing performance. Two approaches to teaching paragraph writing were implemented to disentangle the common confusion of learners’ writing idea and position development. By the aforementioned systematic methods, teacher could break down the structure and give learners feedback on each sentence. Therefore, learners could be motivated in paragraph writing for IETLS writing task 2. Qualitative case study method was used to identify learner’s writing errors. It examined 5 learners writing process from the very beginning of online studying IETLS writing Task 2 . Learners were taught to develop 23 paragraphs through two methods. 115 convenience samplings were collected for content analysis. In addition, interviews were conducted to evaluate learners’ attitude towards corrective feedback. The findings indicated that learners appreciated corrective feedback and all of them achieved band 6.0+ for writing task 2. Thanks to feedback treatment, their writing performance was improved in terms of task response, coherence and cohesion, accuracy and lexical resources. The study results may be useful for teachers who teach IELTS writing task 2. Keywords: Corrective feedback, IELTS Writing TASK 2, learners’ attitude, enumeration, REERR model iv TABLE OF CONTENTS STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP . i RETENTION AND USE OF THE THESIS . iv LIST OF CHARTS. vii LIST OF TABLES . viii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS . ix CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION . Background to the Study . Statement of the Problem . Objectives of The Study . Scope of the Study . Significance of the Study . Structure of the Study. 3 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW . Overview of IELTS Writing Task 2 .4 Language learning attitude . Validity and Reliability . 33 CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION .2 Corrective feedback to IELTS writing task 2 assessment criteria . Learners’ Attitudes towards Written Corrective Feedback . 58 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS. Summary of the main findings . Recommendations for Further Studies . 71 vi LIST OF CHARTS Figure 2.6 Conceptual framework……………………………………………29 vii LIST OF TABLES Table 2.1: Summary of IELTS Writing Task 2 assessment criteria .2: Common coherence and cohesion mistakes .3: Common lexical resources mistakes .4: Common Grammatical mistakes . 52 viii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS EFL English as a Foreign Language CF Corrective Feedback IELTS International English Language Testing System WCF Written Corrective Feedback REERR Reason- Explain- Example- Result-Research ix CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1. Background to the Study The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) has significantly developed and is now witnessing a rise in popularity, especially in Vietnam (Nguyen & Tran, 2018). It assesses candidates' English proficiency to verify whether they are qualified for higher academic study, with English being the language of instructions (Clapham, 1996). Therefore, IELTS is likely the key to a better future for all learners, as it grants learners access to prestigious universities and colleges abroad – obviously only if their band scores meet the prerequisites. In learners' foreign language learning, writing has always been perceived as an important skill (Ahmadi, et al, 2012). Zacharias (2005) pointed out that writing is considered the most challenging ability to acquire for many learners of English as second language because it demands that they need to have a certain amount of L2 background knowledge about rhetorical organization, appropriate language use or specific lexicon with which they want to convey their ideas. As a result, many attempts have been made which targeted at helping learners improve their writing. Providing feedback is one of such attempts where, studies have been conducted to investigate the nature of feedback and its roles in L2 teaching and learning despite the dissenting voices on the efficacy of written corrective feedback (e. Truscott, 1999; Kepner, 1991; Sheppard, 1992). So far, there has been several studies constructed on WCF in Vietnam (Pham & Iwashita, 2017; Pham & Truong; 2021, Nguyen & Le, 2017; Dang; 2016,). Most studies in written corrective feedback concentrate on the specific written corrective feedback types and study experimental design. However, there is insufficient data for teachers’ practices at providing written corrective feedback on writing paragraph organization in IETLS task 2. Statement of the Problem The aim of giving learners corrective feedback on learners’ writing is to help them realize the errors that they did and be able to make progress by the next writing. The fact is the writing is scored the lowest compared to other 3 skills. As four criteria are used to assess essays: Task Response, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range and Accuracy (see IELTS Scores Guide (2018) for the complete description of the rubrics). It is important to highlight that these four standards contributing equally to the overall score of the writing part, and each of 1 these categories learners more or less facing challenging. For Task Response, learners find this the most difficult. They do not know how to process topic questions and erect the proper outlines from the start. They are trapped in lacking ideas, confused to develop an adequate passage. The main topic cannot be explained clearly, the opening viewpoint and conclusion can be unmatched. Sometimes, they can just try to explain in the most naive way and sound very much non-academic. This means that learners do not have the technique to process the relevant positions in the Ielts writing tasks. For Grammar, many Vung Tau learners tend to write run-on sentences, consisting more main clauses that are run together without proper punctuation. Indeed, they are translated by their mother tongue to rewrite in English, and this impact their grammar point tremendously as they are not written correctly. In other to achieve Grammar 6.0+, learners are taught to break down sentences into shorter units, they need to develop complex sentences which is a requirement to have band 6. For Coherence and Cohesion which can be considered the easy hint for learners to follow , as long as they keep this requirement contemporaneously to be mentioned in the whole essays. This means that sometimes when learners concentrate too much about vocabulary or grammatical structures, they may unconsciously forget these connectors. Or else, the connectors can be misused between explaining idea or giving new ideas. Compared with other 3 categories, this band descriptor has the least problem. For Lexical resources which can be understood as the ability to use an efficient range of vocabulary. For new learners who first studies IETLS writing, their vocabulary is very basic which can be mentioned as “poor”. The main challenge is for the learners to realize there and better alternative words to use, and they need to upgrade their resources day by day. There are 2 parts of vocabulary that learners need to practice on a regular basic to gain their lexical resources marks: the general one and the specified one. The general ones are repeated every lesson day to make sure all of the learners remember, teacher consistently looks at this at your writing to ensure they apply these new words. The specified vocabularies are the one use for each topic, learners can learn from 5-8 words. Objectives of The Study The study aims to give a tool for learners to be confident with their writing skill in IETLS and perform competently in this test. According, with good writing skill, they are able to perform their studies in universities and works in their later careers 2 efficiently. Research questions The research questions of the study are as follows: 1) To what extent does corrective feedback improve learner’s IELTS writing task 2? 2) What are the learners’ attitude towards corrective feedback? 1. Scope of the Study This present study was carried out in an online private class in Vung Tau. The subjects were five high school learners in grade 10 and 11 who had never studied IETLS before. The focus of the study was on written corrective feedback to IETLS writing task 2 only for intermediate level of English proficiency. Significance of the Study In the context of Vietnam, the results of this present study may give insights into under-explored area, online written corrective treatment to IETLS writing task 2. In particular, the findings related to online written corrective feedback to paragraph writing could be useful for teachers who teach IETLS writing. IELTS learners could benefit from the teacher’s feedback treatment so as to avoid common written errors. Structure of the Study The present study consists of five chapters: Introduction, Literature review, Methodology, Findings and Discussion and Conclusion. Introduction illustrates the background of IETLS learning situation in Vietnam and challenges in studying IETLS writing of learners. Therefore, the objectives are to give a tool for learners to be confident with their writing skill in IETLS and perform competently in this test. Two significant research questions are identified in terms of learners’ improvement and their attitude toward corrective feedback in writing IETLS . Scope of the Study focuses on specific Vung Tau high school learners with intermediate level of English proficiency. Significance of the study is drawn to be benefit for teachers who teach IETLS. Literature review focuses on the definition of paragraph as well as introduction of two methods of developing a paragraph. In addition, errors, mistakes and corrective feedback will be studied.

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