Luận văn the effectiveness of using creative writing in warm up activities to motivate first year english major students at national economics university in integrated skills lessons

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES Crh hal PHAM THI THU TRANG THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING CREATIVE W

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES

Crh hal

PHAM THI THU TRANG

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING CREATIVE WRITING IN

WARM-UP ACTIVITIES TO MOTIVATE FIRST-YEAR ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT NATIONAL ECONOMICS

UNIVERSITY IN INTEGRATED SKILLS LESSONS

MA MINOR THESIS

English Methodology

601410

Hanoi - 2010

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES

ĐẠI HỌC NGOẠI NGỮ

PHẠM THỊ THU TRANG

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING CREATIVE WRITING IN

WARM-UP ACTIVITIES TO MOTIVATE FIRST-YEAR ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT NATIONAL ECONOMICS

UNIVERSITY IN INTEGRATED SKILLS LESSONS

(Hiệu quả của việc sử dụng viết tiếng Anh sáng tạo để tạo không khí học tập đâu

buổi học cho môn thực hành tông hợp của sinh viên năm thứ nhất chuyên ngành

tiếng Anh thương mại - Đại học Kinh tế Quốc dân)

MA MINOR THESIS

Field: English Methodology

Supervisor: Phan Thi Van Quyén, MA

Hanoi - 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURE! .VHÍ

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTI at

Aims of the stutly c3

Methods of the study tad Scape of the xiutly 4 1.6 Contribution of the study 5 1.7 Design of the study 5 Chapter 2: TILEORETICAL BACKGROUND

3.1.Warntup activities

2.1.1 Definitions of warm-up activities

2.1.2 The importance of warm-up activities

3.2 Mobiva€ion cece secsistnsistieeistaiasienseestnetissiesissistasiaensasaneT 2.2.1 Definitions of motivation secsescsisuisiesinisiniatetstistnenneensei T 2.2.2 Sources of motivation 8 2.3, Creative Writing .cceesesessssiseicetaniassenseestestnimsiesissietesiaencasan 2.3.1 Definitions of creative writing 8 2.3.2 Types of crsalive writing 9 2.3.3 Benefits of creafive wuiting, ào eeseiieeerersoreeaeeee TÔ, 3.3 3.1 Eor language learners 10 2.3.3.2 Kor language teachers 1 2.3.4 How to make ercalive wriling work in the classroom 12

2.3.4.1, What to write in the ClassTOOM .ccsesessecesiees tesserae ese 12.

2.3.4.2 Starting up B

2.3.4.3 Presenting and feedback

Chapter

IN THE WARM-UP STAGE TO MOTIVATE FIRST-YEAR ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT NEU IN INTEGRATED SKILLS LESSONS 14

[HE APPLICATION OF SOME CREATIVE WRITING ACTIVITIES

3.1 Subjects 14 3.2 The Integrated Skills course 14 3.3 Precedures for applying creative writing activities dd 3.4 Schedule of applying creative writing activities 15 3.5 Descriptions of activities applied and students’ selected warks 16 3.5.1 In another’s shoes (Autobioprapl) ccceerererorreeeeue, TỔ 3.5.2 Love poems (Collaborative poem) 1 3.5.3 “Bosses never say .” " 1 3.5.4, Touth telling cards 18 3.5.5, P24 TEGÏBE ninh rgrererararaiorieeoee TR 3.5.6 Messages ina bottle 19 lào 3.5.8 Mailbox 2 3.5.9 Round robin (Collaborative stories): An unforgettable weekend trip 22

Chapter 4: THE STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CREATIVE WRITING

ACTIVITIES IN THE WARM-UP STAGE TO MOTIVATE FIRST-YEAR

ENGLISIE MAJOR STUDENTS AT NEU IN INTEGRATED SKILLS LESSONS 23

4.1.1 Questiotdire, s2 2H He mreeerrirarairorieeoeoe 24 4.1.2 Classroom observation " 24 4.2 Procedures for the siudy -Š-24 4.3 Dafa anaiysis and findings snnnaeeererirreroeoere.25 4.3.1 Questiomairs 25 4.3.2 Classroom observation - 35 4.4 Summary of the findings

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5.1 Available sources of creative writing activities 37 5.2 How Lo make creative writing activities (il in the warm-up stage 37 Chapter 6: CONCLUSION

6.1 Summary of the stutly - 39 6.2 Limitations of the study - 39

6.3 Suggcstions for further research

REFERENCES

APPENDIX

ABSTRACT

This study adopts both quantitative and qualitative methads to examine the effectiveness af creative writing activities in the warm-up stage to motivate English major students at

National Economics University in Integrated Skills lessons Additionally, it aims to investigate the change in students’ attitude towards writing with the introduction of these activities to the Integrated Skills course Sixty English major students from Department of Business English — Faculty of Foreign languages were selected to canplete a sixteen-item questionnaire reflecting their assessments af the creative writing activities thal they had participated in Class observation was also recorded during the teaching the data revealed that creative writing enhanced students’ motivation in Integrated Skills lessons and made positive changes in their opinions on writing Based on the findings, significant

pedagogical implications and suggestions were provided for future applications of creative

writing it is hoped that the resudts of this research are of some uses for further explorations in the field.

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