YLETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOL UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND LNT ERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES NGUYEN THI HOA PRIMARY STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION IN LEARNING ENGLISH: A CASE STUDY AT NHAN PHUC PRIMARY SCHOOL DONG LUC IIOC TING ANIT CỦA HỌC SINH TIỂU HỌC NGHIÊN CỨỬU CỤ THỂ TẠI TRƯỜNG TIỀU HỌC NHÂN PHÚC M. Minor Programme Thesis Field English ‘Teaching Methodology Code : 601410 Hanoi - 2013 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, IIANOL [VERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES NGUYEN THI HOA PRIMARY STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION IN LEARNING ENGLISH: A CASE STUDY AT NHAN PHUC PRIMARY SCHOOL DONG LUC HOC TING ANH CUA HOC SINH TIRU HOC NGHIÊN CUU CY THE TAI TRUGNG THRU Tloc NITAN PITUC M. Minor Programme Thesis Field : English ‘leaching Methodology Code 601410 Supervisor : Assoc. Vo Dai Quang Hanoi- 2013 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY 1, the undersigned, hereby certify my authorily of the study project report entilled “Primary students’ motivation in learning English: A case study at Nkan Phuc Primary Schoo!” submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MA in English Linguistics.
Except where the reference is indicated, no other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the text of the thesis. Hanoi, 2013 Nguyen Thi Hoa TABLES AND FIGURES Table|. Population of informants for the study. - 20 Table 2, Students’ responses to 15 questionnaire item.
Students’ preference of motivational siralcgies. Students’ expectation of teacher’s motivational strategies. Preferred techniques ranked by stuđenifs. «icon neo 35 Figure 1.
Students' opinions whether they like learning Fnglish or nơi 24 Figure2, Students’ interest ia English leamning. cà cao khe 34 Figure3, Students” reasons for studying Tănglish. 28 Kigure 4, Students! awareness of their own language competence. Summary of students’ motivation patterns at Nhan Phuc Primary School.
Factors affecting sludents' motivation al, Nhan Phuc Primary School.32 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This thesis could nol have been completed without the help and support from a number of people. First and foremost, T would like to express my sincere gratitude to Assoc. Va Dat Quang, my supervisor, who has patiently and constantly supported me through the stages of the study, and whose stimulating ideas, expertise, and suggestions have inspired me greatly through my growth as an academic researcher. A special word of thanks goes to my lecturers, my friends, my classmates, my colleagues, my students and many others, without whose support and encouragement it would never have been possible for me to have this thesis accomplished.
Last but not least, | ara greatly indebted to my family for the sacrifice they have devoted to the fulfillment of this academic work. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This thesis could nol have been completed without the help and support from a number of people. First and foremost, T would like to express my sincere gratitude to Assoc. Va Dat Quang, my supervisor, who has patiently and constantly supported me through the stages of the study, and whose stimulating ideas, expertise, and suggestions have inspired me greatly through my growth as an academic researcher.
A special word of thanks goes to my lecturers, my friends, my classmates, my colleagues, my students and many others, without whose support and encouragement it would never have been possible for me to have this thesis accomplished. Last but not least, | ara greatly indebted to my family for the sacrifice they have devoted to the fulfillment of this academic work. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This thesis could nol have been completed without the help and support from a number of people. First and foremost, T would like to express my sincere gratitude to Assoc.
Va Dat Quang, my supervisor, who has patiently and constantly supported me through the stages of the study, and whose stimulating ideas, expertise, and suggestions have inspired me greatly through my growth as an academic researcher. A special word of thanks goes to my lecturers, my friends, my classmates, my colleagues, my students and many others, without whose support and encouragement it would never have been possible for me to have this thesis accomplished. Last but not least, | ara greatly indebted to my family for the sacrifice they have devoted to the fulfillment of this academic work. TABLE OF CONTENTS Certificate of originality of study project report.
‘Table of contents ‘List of abbreviations. Tables and figures. 1 1, Rationale for the study. Aims and objectives of fhe research.
Scape of the research. 4, Significance of the research. Structural organization of the thesis PART B: DEVELOPMENT. - 5 CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW - 3 1.
Review of previous studies related to the research area of the thesi 1. Motivationin language learning 9 1. How children learn foreign languages2. Teaching English to children.
Summary CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY. Research - governing orientatior 2.2, Research methods TABLES AND FIGURES Table|. Population of informants for the study. - 20 Table 2, Students’ responses to 15 questionnaire item.
Students’ preference of motivational siralcgies. Students’ expectation of teacher’s motivational strategies. Preferred techniques ranked by stuđenifs. «icon neo 35 Figure 1.
Students' opinions whether they like learning Fnglish or nơi 24 Figure2, Students’ interest ia English leamning. cà cao khe 34 Figure3, Students” reasons for studying Tănglish. 28 Kigure 4, Students! awareness of their own language competence. Summary of students’ motivation patterns at Nhan Phuc Primary School.
Factors affecting sludents' motivation al, Nhan Phuc Primary School.32 TABLES AND FIGURES Table|. Population of informants for the study. - 20 Table 2, Students’ responses to 15 questionnaire item. Students’ preference of motivational siralcgies.
Students’ expectation of teacher’s motivational strategies. Preferred techniques ranked by stuđenifs. «icon neo 35 Figure 1. Students' opinions whether they like learning Fnglish or nơi 24 Figure2, Students’ interest ia English leamning.
cà cao khe 34 Figure3, Students” reasons for studying Tănglish. 28 Kigure 4, Students! awareness of their own language competence. Summary of students’ motivation patterns at Nhan Phuc Primary School. Factors affecting sludents' motivation al, Nhan Phuc Primary School.32 PART A: INTRODUCTION 1, Rationale for the study Perhaps, there has been a “global revolution” of learning and teaching English at primary schools nowadays.
The term “plcbal revolution” may appear something of an overstatement, but actually the teaching of English has become espevially important in recent years. ‘The trend towards an early start in learning Linglish tums out to be a worldwide phenomenon The number of countries now introducing English at primary levels has been increasing, including Viet Nam. It is expected that English soon will be compulsory from grade 3 in every part of Viet Nam, though the policy has been implemented in many provinces of the country. Viet Nam has been taking a Jol.
of imporlant actions int an ambitious education reform so that by the year 2020 all students will reach B1 level adopting CLFR standard after leaving high schools. The Minishy of Rducation and Training is takirys a phased approach in which primary English language teaching plays a very important role. Although it has long been believed that children can Tear a second language more quickly and efficiently than adults, in fact, there is no clear evidence for this belief. Obviously, children’s language acquisition and adults’ differ from each other quite a lol interns of physiological characteristics, cugnilive ability, span of altention, faculty of memory, self-consciousness, linguistic capacities, leaming style, motivation for studying and so on Because of leamer difference and leaming context difference, a varied view on motivation in language learning should be taken by researchers and teachers in order to devise suitable teaching styles that can both enhance language leaning and facilitate the achievement of education goals Numerous studies have been carried oul to investigate motivation, whieh ia considered to be one of the most important elements in language leaming, however limited research has been done to thoroughly evaluate children’s motivation.
1 ABSTRACT The research in this minor thesis is carried out to investigate students’ motivation al Nhan Phuc Primary School. By employing questionnaires and semi-structured interviews as research data collection, the study found out that the young leamers at Than Phuc Primary School have tendency towards intrinsic motivation in leaning Lnglish. Also, the researcher explored three main factors affecting the students’ motivation, namely students’ self interest, caregivers’ encouragement and anxiety. Tn this study, motivational strategies also were discussed.
In short, it is hoped that this thesis will help to improve the teaching and studying of English at Nhan Phuc Primary Schoo! as well as pave the way for future studies in the field of young students’ motivation in Linglish learning TABLES AND FIGURES Table|. Population of informants for the study. - 20 Table 2, Students’ responses to 15 questionnaire item. Students’ preference of motivational siralcgies.
Students’ expectation of teacher’s motivational strategies. Preferred techniques ranked by stuđenifs. «icon neo 35 Figure 1. Students' opinions whether they like learning Fnglish or nơi 24 Figure2, Students’ interest ia English leamning.
cà cao khe 34 Figure3, Students” reasons for studying Tănglish. 28 Kigure 4, Students! awareness of their own language competence. Summary of students’ motivation patterns at Nhan Phuc Primary School. Factors affecting sludents' motivation al, Nhan Phuc Primary School.32 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This thesis could nol have been completed without the help and support from a number of people.
First and foremost, T would like to express my sincere gratitude to Assoc. Va Dat Quang, my supervisor, who has patiently and constantly supported me through the stages of the study, and whose stimulating ideas, expertise, and suggestions have inspired me greatly through my growth as an academic researcher. A special word of thanks goes to my lecturers, my friends, my classmates, my colleagues, my students and many others, without whose support and encouragement it would never have been possible for me to have this thesis accomplished. Last but not least, | ara greatly indebted to my family for the sacrifice they have devoted to the fulfillment of this academic work.
ABSTRACT The research in this minor thesis is carried out to investigate students’ motivation al Nhan Phuc Primary School. By employing questionnaires and semi-structured interviews as research data collection, the study found out that the young leamers at Than Phuc Primary School have tendency towards intrinsic motivation in leaning Lnglish. Also, the researcher explored three main factors affecting the students’ motivation, namely students’ self interest, caregivers’ encouragement and anxiety. Tn this study, motivational strategies also were discussed.
In short, it is hoped that this thesis will help to improve the teaching and studying of English at Nhan Phuc Primary Schoo! as well as pave the way for future studies in the field of young students’ motivation in Linglish learning TABLE OF CONTENTS Certificate of originality of study project report. ‘Table of contents ‘List of abbreviations. Tables and figures. 1 1, Rationale for the study.
Aims and objectives of fhe research. Scape of the research. 4, Significance of the research. Structural organization of the thesis PART B: DEVELOPMENT.
- 5 CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW - 3 1. Review of previous studies related to the research area of the thesi 1. Motivationin language learning 9 1. How children learn foreign languages2.
Teaching English to children. Summary CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY. Research - governing orientatior 2. Data collection techniques.
Data analysis techniques 2. CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONG. Primary students’ motivation in learning English in the context of Nhan Phuc Primary School. Factors affecting student’s motivation in learning English in the context of Nhan Phuc Primary School.
Techniques for motivating students at Nhan Phuc Primary §chodl. 36 (i) Concluding remarks on each of the thesis objectives 36 (iii) Limitations of the currcnf research. Gv) Suggestians [or future research 39 REFERENCES 40 APPENDICES. HH thung nen 41 Appendix A:Questionnaire 1.
Appendix B: Questionnaire 2 - 44 Appendix C: Interview questions. Data collection techniques. Data analysis techniques 2. CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONG.
Primary students’ motivation in learning English in the context of Nhan Phuc Primary School. Factors affecting student’s motivation in learning English in the context of Nhan Phuc Primary School. Techniques for motivating students at Nhan Phuc Primary §chodl.
