VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES VŨ THỊ HIỀN SOCIO-EDUCATIONAL FACTORS AFFECTING THE STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION IN LEARNING ENGLISH LANGUAGE : A CASE STUDY IN SON THINH UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL IN VAN CHAN- YEN BAI Yếu tố xã hội- giáo dục ảnh hưởng đến động cơ học Tiếng Anh của học sinh trường trung học phổ thông Sơn Thịnh- Văn Chấn- Yên Bái M. MINOR THESIS FIELD: ENGLISH TEACHING METHODOLOGY CODE: 60 14 10 HA NOI - 2010 z VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES VŨ THỊ HIỀN SOCIO-EDUCATIONAL FACTORS AFFECTING THE STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION IN LEARNING ENGLISH LANGUAGE : A CASE STUDY IN SON THINH UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL IN VAN CHAN- YEN BAI Yếu tố xã hội- giáo dục ảnh hưởng đến động cơ học Tiếng Anh của học sinh trường trung học phổ thông Sơn Thịnh- Văn Chấn- Yên Bái M. MINOR THESIS FIELD: ENGLISH TEACHING METHODOLOGY CODE: 60 14 10 SUPERVISOR: NGUYỄN THỊ THANH HƯƠNG. HA NOI - 2010 z iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements………………………………………………………….i Abstract………………………………………………………………………ii Table of contents…………………………………………………………….iii List of figures and tables…………………………………………………….vi Part I: INTRODUCTION………………………………………………….
Objectives of the study …………………………………………………2 1. Methods of the study………………………………………………………. Scope of the study………………………………………………………….Significance of the study…………………………………………………….Design of the study………………………………………………………….3 Part II: DEVELOPMENT Chapter I: LITERATURE REVIEW……………………………………………. Theoretical background of motivation………………………………….1 Definition of motivation……………………………………………………4 1.
Theories of motivation……………………………………………………. Types of motivation……………………………………………………… 12 1. The roles of motivation in second language learning………………………14 1. Gardner’s socio-educational model…………………………………………15 z iv 1.
Social and educational factors affecting motivation………………………. Socio-educational factors affecting motivation…………………………. Summary……………………………………………………………………20 Chapter II: CONTEXT OF THE STUDY………………………………………21 2. Summary……………………………………………………………………22 Chapter III: METHODOLOGY 3.
The data collection instruments………………………………………………23 3.24 Chapter IV: DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION…………………………. Attitudes towards English………………………………………………. Participants’ self-evaluation of their learning English. Participants’ investment in learning English…………………………….
Participants’ learning strategies…………………………………………. Participants’ Using Language Opportunities……………………………. Support for Participants’ Learning English at home……………………. Participants’ Reported Challenges in and Opportunities for z v Learning English…………………………………………………………………30 4.
Students’ awareness of the importance of English………………………. Students’ self-reported difficulties in learning English…………………. Conditions for learning English………………………………………….33 Part III : RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION……………………34 1. On students’ motivation…………………………………………………….
On social factors affecting their motivation………………………………. On educational factors affecting their motivation…………………………35. Recommendations for teaching………………………………………………36 3. Limitations of the study………………………………………………………37 4.
Suggestion for further study………………………………………………….39 Appendices z vi LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES Figure 1: Dornyei's framework of L2 motivation (1994: 78)……………………….10 Figure 2: Williams and Burden's (1997) framework of L2 motivation (adapted from Dornyei, 2001: 20)…………………………………………………………………….12 Table 1: Participants’ Profile (N= 150)……………………………………………….24 Table 2: Participants’ attitudes towards, and purposes of, learning English (N=150).25 Table 3: Participants’ weekly investment in learning English at home in terms of time.26 Table 4: Participants’ strategies for learning English at home (N=150)……………………27 Table 5: Using Language Opportunities…………………………………………………….28 Table 6: Support Available to Participants’ Learning English (N=150)…………….28 Table 7: Parents’ Attitudes towards Their Children’s Learning English (N=150)…………. Rationale: In recent years, Viet Nam has been opening its door to the world and to foreign investment. English is considered to play a crucial role in leading the country‟s path to the modernization and industrialization. Besides working skills, knowledge, experiences, high English proficiency is extremely needed if people would like to have a good job in many fields such as economics, politics, cultures, science, technology and tourism.
It is obvious that English is in a great demand in our society now, and it is made a compulsory subject at all kinds of schools in our country from the secondary schools to universities. However, English teaching and learning in Viet Nam is still criticized to be far from satisfaction. For example, regarding the students‟ proficiency in English, only a few people (in big cities) can speak English fluently and use it effectively in their work. Most of the students after some years learning English at school do not gain high score in their state exam, especially the students in remote areas.
The quality of teaching and learning English in Viet Nam is, there for, a big issue that all teachers, researchers and linguistic professors have been concerned about. Efforts have been made to find out the solutions to those issues.