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DECLERATION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. CHƯƠNG 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1. RATIONALE OF THE STUDY

1.2. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

1.3. RESEARCH QUESTIONS

1.4. SCOPE OF THE STUDY

1.5. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

1.6. ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY

2. CHƯƠNG 2: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1. PRONUNCIATION IN TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

2.2. THE IMPORTANCE OF PRONUNCIATION AND PRONUNCIATION TEACHING

2.3. PRONUNCIATION ELEMENTS

2.4. INTONATION IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

2.5. APPROACHES TO TEACH PRONUNCIATION

2.6. INTEGRATING TEACHING INTONATION INTO LISTENING

3. CHƯƠNG 3: METHODOLOGY

3.1. THE CONTEXT OF THE STUDY

3.2. THE ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT

3.3. ACTION RESEARCH PROCEDURE

4. CHƯƠNG 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

4.1. RESULTS FROM THE TESTS

4.1.1. RESULTS FROM THE PRE-TEST

4.1.2. RESULTS FROM THE PRE-TEST AND FOUR PROGRESS TESTS

4.1.3. RESULTS FROM THE PRE-TEST AND POST-TESTS

4.1.4. DISCUSSION OF THE TEST RESULTS

4.2. RESULTS FROM THE STUDENTS’ QUESTIONNAIRE

4.2.1. ATTITUDE TOWARD STUDYING ENGLISH INTONATION

4.2.2. ATTITUDE TOWARD THE INTEGRATED APPROACH OF LEARNING INTONATION

4.3. DISCUSSION OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS

4.4. MAJOR FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS

4.5. LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

4.6. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF CHARTS

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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES ********* NGUYỄN THỊ HOÀI THU INTEGRATING PRONUNCIATION ELEMENTS INTO LISTENING LESSONS FOR FIRST YEAR NON ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT HANOI UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRY (KẾT HỢP DẠY CÁC YẾU TỐ NGỮ ÂM TRONG GIỜ HỌC NGHE CHO SINH VIÊN NĂM THỨ NHẤT KHÔNG CHUYÊN TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC CÔNG NGHIỆP HÀ NỘI) M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 Hanoi, 2015 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 HOÀI THU INTEGRATING PRONUNCIATION ELEMENTS INTO LISTENING LESSONS FOR FIRST YEAR NON ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT HANOI UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRY (KẾT HỢP DẠY CÁC YẾU TỐ NGỮ ÂM TRONG GIỜ HỌC NGHE CHO SINH VIÊN NĂM THỨ NHẤT KHÔNG CHUYÊN TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC CÔNG NGHIỆP HÀ NỘI) M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 Supervisor: Hoàng Thị Xuân Hoa, Ph.D Hanoi, 2015 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com DECLERATION I declare that this thesis and the work presented in it are my own and have been generated by me as the result of my own original research. I confirm that this thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts and that this thesis has not previously been submitted for a degree or any other qualification at any other universities or institutions. Hanoi, August, 2015 Nguyễn Thị Hoài Thu i LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com ACKNOWLEDMENTS First and foremost, I would like to take this opportunity to express my deep sense of gratitude and indebtedness to my supervisor Hoàng Thị Xuân Hoa, Ph.D for her extraordinary help, valuable advice and outstanding support. Secondly, my special thanks go to all the teachers in the faculty of Post Graduate Studies, University of Languages and International Studies for their useful lectures, materials, guidance and enthusiasm during my course. I also highly appreciate the cooperation of my students in class CK2.2- K9 at Hanoi University of Industry, without them this thesis would not be at all possible. Finally, my grateful thanks and gratitude extend to my family and my friend, who have always encouraged me and supported me to fulfill this study. ii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com ABSTRACT Proper pronunciation makes significant contribution to successful communication. Despite its importance, it is often ignored and neglected in EFL classes. The study involves an action research on integrating pronunciation elements into listening lessons. However, since pronunciation comprises a variety of elements, in this study, the researcher just concentrates on intonation teaching. The aim of this study is to investigate how integrating intonation teaching into listening lessons improves students’ intonation and students' attitudes toward the teaching method. The participants were 45 first year non English major students at Hanoi University of Industry. The treatment was conducted in eight weeks with eight intonation lessons which were integrated in the post-listening stage of the listening lessons. The major source of data for the research came from two sets of instruments including tests and questionnaire. The results of the study show that after the treatment, students’ intonation significantly improved and the majority of them had positive attitude toward intonation and the teaching method. Therefore, it can be said that the intonation teaching integrated with listening lessons helped to improve the students’ intonation. iii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration . iii List of abbreviations. vi List of tables . vi List of figures . vi List of charts. vi CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION . RATIONALE OF THE STUDY . AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY . SCOPE OF THE STUDY. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY . ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY . 4 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW. PRONUNCIATION IN TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE . The importance of pronunciation and pronunciation teaching . INTONATION IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . Definition of intonation . System of intonation . Functions of intonation .5 The importance of intonation .3 APPROACHES TO TEACH PRONUNCIATION .1 Bottom-up and top-down approaches .2 Intuitive-imitative and analytic-linguistic approaches .4 Integrating teaching intonation into listening . 20 iv LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY. THE CONTEXT OF THE STUDY . THE ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT .2 Action research procedure . 27 CHAPTER 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS . RESULTS FROM THE TESTS .1 Results from the pre-test .2 Results from the pre-test and four progress tests.3 Results from the pre-test and post- tests .4 Discussion of the test results .2 RESULTS FROM THE STUDENTS’ QUESTIONNAIRE .1 Attitude toward studying English intonation .2 Attitude toward the integrated approach of learning intonation .4 DISCUSSION OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS .1 MAJOR FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS .2 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY .3 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH . I v LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS EFL : English as a Foreign Language ESL : English as a Second Language HaUI : Hanoi University of Industry LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Results from the pre-test ……………………………………………… 28 Table 2: Comparison of the scores of the pre-test and progress tests…………. 30 Table 3: Comparison of the scores of the pre-test and post-test ………………. 31 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Features of English pronunciation …………………………………. 6 Figure 2: Detailed action research model……………………………………… 23 LIST OF CHARTS Chart 1: Student's mean sores in pre-test and progress tests …………………. 29 Chart 2: Attitude toward studying English intonation ………………………… 33 Chart 3: Attitude toward the integrated approach……………………………… 34 vi LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale of the study English is regarded as the main language of international communication. Good communication in English depends considerably on the proper pronunciation. In other words, pronunciation is considered the bridge through which the message is delivered; proper and correct pronunciation is the soul of comfortable and successful communication. Moreover, good pronunciation is considered to be more essential than perfect knowledge of grammar. It is believed that a learner with poor pronunciation is less likely to be understood than a learner who makes many mistakes in grammar. When dealing with pronunciation, it is necessary to mention two main features of pronunciation- the segmental and suprasegmental features. Segmental features are sets of distinctive sounds of particular language and the suprasemental features are related to intonation; stress and change of sounds in connected speech. In this study, the researcher just focuses on intonation since it is an essential part of pronunciation. Furthermore, intonation is very important for communication as it helps the addressee interpret the message. Intonation choices made by speakers carry linguistic information and the various elements of intonation are seen to perform a variety of functions. Despite the significance of pronunciation as well as intonation, it is complained that pronunciation including intonation have often been ignored and received little explicit focus in the ESL classes (Griffiths, 2011; Woolard, 1993). A lot of English teachers seem to feel uncomfortable with intonation and they tend to treat it as a difficult subject: difficult to isolate, difficult to describe, and difficult to formulate rules. In the context of Vietnam, pronunciation along with intonation is still neglected or ignored at many universities and colleges. It is mostly taught in separated lessons or by traditional approaches such as top-down approach, bottom-up approach, intuitive-imitative approach and analytic-linguistic approach. However, with those traditional approaches, the English pronunciation teaching and learning seem to be not as effective as expectation. 1 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com Like many universities in Vietnam, Hanoi University of Industry (HaUI) considers English as a necessary skill beside other professional skills which the students should be well- trained. In order to help the students be able to communicate in English, the course syllabus is designed with general objectives to get the learner to be mastered in oral communication. The main content of syllabus focuses on improving students’ listening and speaking skill. However, as my observation during two years teaching here, the poor pronunciation is the big challenge for students to master those skills. Many teachers complain that improper pronunciation leads students in being unconfident in speaking and confused with listening comprehension. For two years working with non-English major students at HaUI, the researcher recognizes that a large number of them mispronounce separated words and words combined in a sentence. Other pronounces a sentence with equal stress, flat intonation and no rhythm at all. Especially, with the flat intonation, students speak English like reading their script. There was almost no emotion, no change in pitch when they are speaking. Consequently, it is difficult to understand their expressions and thoughts that go with words. In addition, with the limited knowledge of intonation, many students have difficulty in understanding and interpreting speakers’ expression in listening tasks. For instance, if a positive sentence is spoken with the rising tone, the speaker has tendency to put a query rather than make a statement. However, the students hardly understand clearly speaker’s purpose so they generally give incorrect answer. Since pronunciation is the most complicated aspect of language to obtain, most English teachers, especially non-native speakers like at HaUI, feel unconfident in teaching pronunciation. Furthermore, because of some reasons such as the shortage of instructions or guidance dealing with pronunciation in textbooks, too few pronunciation exercises as well as the lack of time, teachers at HaUI often ignore pronunciation teaching. Therefore, teaching pronunciation by integrating it into other lessons is suggested. As Morley (1991:486) stated “the need for the integration of pronunciation with oral communication was soon realized with a shift from specific linguistic competencies to broader communicative competencies as goals for both the teacher and the learner”. In this study, 2 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com the researcher decided to integrate pronunciation elements into listening lessons because the conversations in listening tasks can be good models for students to imitate. For the reasons above, it is necessary to do an action research on: “Integrating pronunciation elements into listening lessons for first year Non English major students at Hanoi University of Industry”. However, as pronunciation comprises a lot of elements, the research just concentrates on teaching intonation with the hope that students can improve their intonation for communicative purpose. Aims and objectives of the study The research is conducted with the aims at: - Improving students’ intonation by integrating intonation teaching into listening lessons. - Investigating students’ attitudes toward integrating intonation teaching into listening lessons. Besides the main aim at finding out how integrating intonation teaching into listening lessons improves students’ intonation, the researcher investigates students’ attitudes toward the teaching method because it is an important factor that influences learners’ studying results. Moreover, understanding students’ attitudes helps the teacher to adjust lesson plans for more effective intonation teaching and learning. Research questions In order to fulfill the above aims, the research is designed to seek the answers of the two following questions: - To what extent does integrating intonation teaching into listening lessons improve students’ intonation? - What are the student’s attitudes toward integrating intonation teaching into listening lesson? 3 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. Scope of the study This is an action research with a focused group of 45 first year Non English major students at Hanoi University of Industry. There are a great number of pronunciation elements; however, this study just focuses on intonation. The researcher integrates teaching intonation into listening lessons with the aim at improving students’ intonation. Significance of the study Firstly, the study is conducted with the hope to help the students who participated in this project improve their English intonation. Secondly, this research can be an interesting reference material for EFL teachers, especially English teachers at HaUI about the ways how to integrate intonation teaching into listening lessons. Lastly, the research may make contribution to the overall literature picture of teaching intonation integrated into listening lessons in Vietnamese context.

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