Thách thức trong việc dạy ngữ pháp trong các tiết "Language Focus" với sách giáo khoa Tiếng Anh ...

Luận văn thạc sĩ VNU ULIS phân tích thách thức trong giảng dạy ngữ pháp với sách Tiếng Anh 12 tại trường THPT Việt Ba và đưa ra khuyến nghị.

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English Methodology

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Thesis

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1. CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1. RATIONALE

1.2. AIMS OF THE STUDY

1.4. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

1.5. SCOPE OF THE STUDY

1.6. DESIGN OF THE STUDY

2. DEFINITIONS OF GRAMMAR

2.1. Grammar as rules

2.2. Grammar as meaning

Appendix 1: Questionnaire for teachers

Appendix 2: Interview questions for teachers

Appendix 3: Extracted transcription of the interview

Appendix 4: Observation 1

Appendix 5: Observation 2

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h VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY-HANOI University of LANGUAGES and International studies FACULTY OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES ************* NGUYEN THU YEN Challenges in Teaching Grammar in the “Language Focus Periods” with the New English Textbook TiÕng Anh 12 at Viet-Ba High School and Recommendations (Nh÷ng khã kh¨n trong d¹y ng÷ ph¸p trong c¸c tiÕt “Language Focus” theo s¸ch gi¸o khoa TiÕng Anh 12 ë tr-êng THPT ViÖt nam-Ba Lan vµ mét sè gi¶I ph¸p) M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS FIELD: ENGLISH METHODOLOGY CODE: 60.10 HANOI – 2010 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY-HANOI University of LANGUAGES and International studies FACULTY OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES ************* NGUYEN THU YEN Challenges in Teaching Grammar in the “Language Focus Periods” with the New English Textbook TiÕng Anh 12 at Viet-Ba High School and Recommendations (Nh÷ng khã kh¨n trong d¹y ng÷ ph¸p trong c¸c tiÕt “Language Focus” theo s¸ch gi¸o khoa TiÕng Anh 12 ë tr-êng THPT ViÖt nam-Ba Lan vµ mét sè gi¶I ph¸p) M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS FIELD: ENGLISH METHODOLOGY CODE: 60.10 SUPERVISOR: Khoa Anh Viet HANOI – 2010 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com iv TABLE OF CONTENT DECLARATION…………………………………………………… ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…………………………………………………. TABLES OF CONTENTS………………………………………………. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS……………………………………………. LIST OF CHARTS AND TABLES……………………………………… Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………. AIMS OF THE STUDY……………………………………………. SCOPE OF THE STUDY……………………………………………3 1. DESIGN OF THE STUDY…………………………………………. Definitions of Grammar…………………………………………………. Grammar as rules………………………………………………. Grammar as meaning……………………………………………. Grammar as discourse……………………………………………. The role of Grammar in foreign language teaching………………. Pro-grammar perspectives…………………………………………. Anti-grammar perspectives……………………………………….10 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. Methods commonly used in teaching grammar…………………. Explicit grammar teaching…………………………………………11 2. Implicit grammar teaching…………………………………………. Grammar teaching in the light of CLT……………………………13 2. Definition of CLT…………………………………………………………. Teaching grammar in the light of the communicative approach. What do the teachers at Viet-Ba High school perceive of the problems in teaching Grammar to 12th form students in the “Language Focus periods”? b. What should be done to overcome those problems at Viet-Ba High school? 2. The participants of the study…………………………………………. The teachers and their teaching situations and conditions……. The participants of the study………………………………………….3: DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION…………………………………25 2. Results and discussion from the questionnaire………………………. The result and discussion from the observation ………………………31 2. The result and discussion from the interviews……………………….32 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. FINDINGS AND SOME POSSILE SOLUTIONS FOR BETTER TEACHING ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN THE “LANGUAGE FOCUS” TO 12TH FORM STUDENTS AT VIET-BA HIGH SCHOOL…………………………34 2. Summaries of the major findings……………………………………. Limitation of the study………………………………………………. Suggestions for further research…………………………………….……IV Appendix 1: Questionnaire for teachers …………………………………………………………V Appendix 2: Interview questions for teachers …………………………………………………………………………VIII Appendix 3: Extracted transcription of the interview……………………….IX Appendix 4: Observation 1…………………………………………………………………………………………………………XII Appendix 5: Observation 2………………………………………………………………….…XVI LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS CLT Communicative Language Teaching EFL English as Foreign Language ESL English as Second Language LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. FINDINGS AND SOME POSSILE SOLUTIONS FOR BETTER TEACHING ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN THE “LANGUAGE FOCUS” TO 12TH FORM STUDENTS AT VIET-BA HIGH SCHOOL…………………………34 2. Summaries of the major findings……………………………………. Limitation of the study………………………………………………. Suggestions for further research…………………………………….……IV Appendix 1: Questionnaire for teachers …………………………………………………………V Appendix 2: Interview questions for teachers …………………………………………………………………………VIII Appendix 3: Extracted transcription of the interview……………………….IX Appendix 4: Observation 1…………………………………………………………………………………………………………XII Appendix 5: Observation 2………………………………………………………………….…XVI LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS CLT Communicative Language Teaching EFL English as Foreign Language ESL English as Second Language LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com vii MOET Ministry of Education and Training OHP Overhead projector SLA Second Language Acquisition LIST OF CHARTS AND TABLES Page Chart 1: Teachers’ attitude toward grammar teaching………………………………………….25 Chart 2: Teachers’ awareness of the role of grammar teaching……………………………….25 Table 1: Techniques used to teach a new grammar item……………………………………….26 Chart 3: The ways to teach a new grammar item……………………………………………….27 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com viii Chart 4: Teachers’ awareness of difficulties in grammar teaching…………………………….28 Chart 5: Teachers’ suggestions to solve these problems……………………………………….29 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com -1- Chapter I: INTRODUCTION 1.1 RATIONALE: In Vietnam English has played an important part in the development of technology and business nowadays. It is considered as the language for international communication and as an instrument for receiving grants and aid. Teaching and learning English have become more and more necessary and important because of the international integration process. It is offered as a compulsory subject in the curriculum as well as the national high school examinations. One of the main tasks assigned to English teaching at school is that of training students to be communicatively competent. Moreover, since Vietnam entered WTO, there has been a growing awareness of the importance of and need for spoken English. Especially, since school year 2008- 2009 a new educational reform has been carried out, a new National reform Curriculum has been followed in all schools in Vietnam. The new textbooks “English 10,11,12” have marked real renovation in English teaching and learning from the traditional approach –Grammar translation method to communicative approach . In Vietnam, foreign language teaching in general and English language teaching in particular is said to be grammar-focused. For many English teachers and students teaching English means teaching grammar. There are many good reasons for this. The first reason for this is the aim of the national examinations whose sole objectives is to measure candidates‟ linguistic or grammatical competence in written form. Therefore, the teaching of English in secondary schools is still directed towards preparing students for such a sort of examinations. Furthermore, without learning grammar, students can not communicate well, to put it another way, the language they produce is considered ungrammatical and unacceptable. However, how to teach and learn grammar effectively has been in question up to now, and has been considered as a challenge for many Vietnamese teachers of English in secondary schools. Both teachers and students in schools are always faced up with many difficulties. At Viet-Ba High school, like at many other high schools in Vietnam, English has been a compulsory subject in secondary curriculum for many years. I myself and other English teachers here are aware of the importance of English grammar teaching. For me, finding challenges in teaching and learning Grammar in the “Language Focus” periods is one of the ways to deal with grammar more effectively in the secondary school classrooms. And this would be of great help to myself as well as to other teachers. This is also the reason why my thesis is entitled: “Challenges LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com -2- in Teaching Grammar in the “Language Focus periods” with the New English Textbook Tiếng Anh 12 at Viet-Ba High School and some Possible Solutions” 1.2 AIMS OF THE STUDY: For the reasons mentioned above, the specific aims of the study, accordingly, are:  To investigate into the challenges many teachers at Viet-Ba High school encountered in teaching grammar in the “Language Focus” periods with the New English Textbook Tiếng Anh 12.  To find out some possible solutions including a variety of techniques and activities to achieve the effectiveness in teaching grammar and in order to make grammar teaching more communicative. What do the teachers at Viet-Ba High school perceive of the problems in teaching Grammar to 12th form students in the “Language Focus periods”? 2. What should be done to overcome those problems at Viet-Ba High school? 1.4 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: On the completion of the study, some advantages of both qualitative and quantitative methods were taken as the main research tools in order to seek answers for the research questions. To begin with, an extensive review of literature was conducted, critically examining grammar‟s role in language teaching and learning, some common methods used in teaching grammar and their influences on teaching and learning grammar. Sources of data were collected, involving the teachers in Viet-Ba High school in order to achieve the aims of the study.  Questionnaires: Conducting a survey questionnaire to investigate teachers‟ evaluative comments and their attitudes towards teaching English grammar to 12 grade as well as their perceived challenges.  Observation: Observing some classes to investigate how grammar was approached in the classroom by 2 different teachers.  Interview: Interviewing 2 grade 12th teachers to get better insights into the research questions. Data collected from the questionnaires were triangulated with classroom observation and interview. All these were done at Viet-Ba High school in Hanoi. LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY: The study is limited to the area of teaching grammar in language focus periods in 12 th form at Viet-Ba High school. The minor thesis is designed to deal with the challenges which teachers at Viet-Ba High school encounter during the process of teaching grammar and some possible solutions will be introduced with the aim at making grammar lessons more communicative. I would like to do the research with only 6 teachers teaching 12th form with their classes in order to find out the most effective way to teach grammar successfully.6 DESIGN OF THE STUDY: The study consists of 3 main parts, which are presented as follows: Chapter 1. This chapter provides an overview of the study with specific reference to the rationale, the aims, the methods and the scope of the study. This chapter is divided into four main parts 2. This part explores the theoretical background for the thesis. This part mentions to four main points related to English grammar: Definitions of grammar; the role of Grammar in foreign language teaching; Methods commonly used in teaching grammar; Grammar teaching in the light of CLT. This part presents the research questions of the study, the subjects of the study, and the instruments used to collect the data. DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION. This part explores a detailed description of data analysis and a discussion of the findings of the study. FINDINGS AND SOME POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS FOR BETTER TEACHING ENGLISH GRAMMAR in the “Language Focus” TO 12TH FORM STUDENTS AT VIET-BA HIGH SCHOOL. This part presents the summary of the major findings including some possible problems in teaching English grammar encountered by teachers in Vietnam in general and at Viet-Ba High school in particular. Especially, some recommendations proposed for the administrators and for the teachers teaching grammar in the upper secondary school are mentioned in this part. Finally, the limitations of the study and some suggestions for further research are presented.Conclusion LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. Definitions of Grammar It is not easy to define exactly what grammar is. Up to now many linguistics and grammarians have given out their different definitions of grammar. The most important is how the term is being used in each particular context. There are so many definitions of grammar but in this study I would like to list out some of the following ones. The first definition of grammar I want to mention is by “The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English”. It defines grammar as the rules by which words change their forms and are combined into sentences. “There are two basic elements in this definition: the rules of grammar; and the study and practice of the rules. The rules of grammar are about how words change and how they are put together into sentences. The knowledge of grammar also tells the learner what to do if he wants to put the some phrase into the sentence. Grammar should be called the way in which words change themselves and group together to make sentences”. 1) Here is a working definition! Grammar is essentially about the systems and patterns we use to select and combine words…By studying grammar we come to recognize the structure and regularity which is the foundation of language and we gain the tools to talk about the language system. 2) even introduces the term “to grammar” implying that it is a process that we do as we speak and makes the analogy between product and process in terms of something finished like an omelette and the process of making it, saying that it is impossible, if you only see or taste the omelette, to be able to actually make it.

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