Luận văn thạc sĩ a study on the effects of pre listening activities on the listening performance of non major 10th grade students at nguyen gia thieu high school, hanoi

FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES NGUYỄN DIỆU HUYỀN A STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF PRE - LISTENING ACTIVITIES ON THE LISTENING PERFORMANCE OF NON-MAJOR 10TH GRADE STUDENTS AT NGUYEN GIA THIEU

FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES

NGUYỄN DIỆU HUYỀN

A STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF PRE - LISTENING ACTIVITIES ON THE LISTENING PERFORMANCE OF NON-MAJOR 10TH GRADE STUDENTS AT NGUYEN GIA THIEU HIGH SCHOOL, HANOI

(NGHIÊN CỨU VỀ CÁC TÁC ĐỘNG CỦA NHỮNG HOẠT ĐỘNG TRƯỚC KHI

NGHE TỚI KẾT QUẢ NGHE CỦA HỌC SINH LỚP 10 KHÔNG CHUYÊN

TRƯỜNG THPT NGUYỄN GIA THIỀU, HÀ NỘI)

M.A Minor Programme Thesis

Field : English Methodology Code : 601410

HANOI, 2010

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES

NGUYỄN DIỆU HUYỀN

A STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF PRE - LISTENING ACTIVITIES

ON THE LISTENING PERFORMANCE OF NON-MAJOR 10TH GRADE STUDENTS AT NGUYEN GIA THIEU HIGH SCHOOL,

HANOI

(NGHIÊN CỨU VỀ CÁC TÁC ĐỘNG CỦA NHỮNG HOẠT ĐỘNG TRƯỚC KHI

NGHE TỚI KẾT QUẢ NGHE CỦA HỌC SINH LỚP 10 KHÔNG CHUYÊN

TRƯỜNG THPT NGUYỄN GIA THIỀU, HÀ NỘI)

M.A MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS

FIELD : ENGLISH METHODOLOGY CODE : 601410

SUPERVISOR: KHOA ANH VIỆT, M.A

HANOI- 2010

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Table of contents

Declaration

Acknowledgements

Abstract

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Lists of tables and charts

Part one Introduction

1 Rationale

2 Objectives of the study

3 Scope of the study

1 Methods of the study

4 Design of the study

Part two: Development

Chapter 1 : Literature Review

1.1 Theory on Listening comprehension

1.1.1 The concept of listening comprehension

1.1.2 The process of listening comprehension

1.2 The concept of listening performance

1.3 Factors affecting students’ performance in listening lessons

1.4 Pre-listening stage

1.4.1 Definition of pre-listening

1.4.2 Roles of pre-listening stage

1.4.3 Pre-listening activities

1.4.4 Factors affecting the choice of pre-listening activities

1.5 Related studies of the effects of pre-listening activities on listening performance Chapter 2 Research Methodology

2.1 Situation analysis

2.1.1 The setting of the study

2.1.2 Listening materials

2.2 Participants’ background information

2.2.1 The teachers

2.2.2 The 10th grade students

2.3 Instrumentation

2.3.1 Survey questionnaires

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2.3.1.1 The questionnaire for the teachers

2.3.1.2 The questionnaire for the students

2.3.2 Class observation

2.4 Procedure

Chapter 3 Data analysis and discussion

3.1 Data analysis of the questionnaire results

3.1.1 Data analysis of the teachers’ questionnaire

3.1.1.1 Teachers’ attitudes towards pre-listening activities and their purposes of using pre-listening activities

3.1.1.2 The current situation of using pre-listening activities

3.1.1.3 Teachers’ comments on pre-listening activities in the textbook “English 10” and their suggestions

3.1.2 Data analysis of the students’ questionnaire

3.1.2.1 Factors affecting students’ performance

3.1.2.2 The students’preferences for pre-listening activities

3.1.2.3 Students’ benefits from pre-listening activities used by the teachers

3.1.2.4 Students’ comments on pre-listening activities in the textbook “English 10”

3.2 Data analysis of the class observations

Chapter 4 Findings and recommendations for implementing pre-listening activities

4.1 Major findings

4.1.1 The current situation of teaching and learning pre-listening stage

4.1.2 The students’ preferences for pre-listening activities

4.1.3 The teachers and the students’ comments on pre-listening activities in the current textbook “English 10”

4.2 Recommendations for implementing pre-listening activities

4.2.1 Improving pre-litening activities in the material

4.2.2 Using pre-listening activities appropriately and flexibly

Part three: Conclusion

1 Conclusion

2 Limitations and Suggestions

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Abstract

Listening comprehension is a difficult skill for foreign language learners to develop and for their teachers to teach It is admitted that pre-listening stage is of great help in reducing difficulties for the learners This study investigated the effects of pre-listening activities on the listening performances of grade 10 students at Nguyen Gia Thieu high school The research involved the participation of 100 students and ten teachers answering the survey questionnaire Besides, the researcher conducted class observations in three classes to support the findings The results showed the current situation of teaching and learning pre-listening stage at Nguyen Gia Thieu high school, the students’ preferences for pre-pre-listening activities and the teachers’ and the students’ comments on the pre-listening activities available in the textbook Basing on those findings, some recommendations for implementing listening activities were provided They were improving the pre-listening activities in the material and using pre-pre-listening activities appropriately and flexibly The findings are generally consistent with the results of the small number of previous studies in this area but there is certainly scope for further investigation

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