A cross-cultural study of using the Sandwich feedback by Vietnamese and American teachers and its effects on students’ uptake

A cross-cultural study of using the Sandwich feedback by Vietnamese and American teachers and its effects on students’ uptake Nghiên cứu giao văn hoá về việc sử dụng “sandwich feedback

A cross-cultural study of using the Sandwich feedback by Vietnamese and American

teachers and its effects on students’ uptake Nghiên cứu giao văn hoá về việc sử dụng

“sandwich feedback” của giáo viên người Mỹ

và người Việt trong việc đưa ra lời phê bình

và tác động của nó đối với sự

tiếp thu của sinh viên

Lại Hoài Châu

University of Languages and International Studies M.A Thesis English Linguistics; Mã số: 60 22 15

Supervisor : Dr Ngô Hữu Hoàng

Năm bảo vệ: 2012

Abstract Giving feedback is an indispensable part in teaching in general and in

teaching foreign language in particular Feedback benefits both teachers in orienting students to the right track and students in improving their study However, basing on the mood, the culture and specific circumstance, feedback would turn to be sensitive, the atmosphere in class, therefore, could be altered under those comments This research invests time and space to study about the culture of giving sandwich feedback

in classroom of teachers from America and Vietnam The author presupposed that sandwich feedback is quite new in Vietnam and with Vietnamese traditional preferences of talking, teachers would prefer to give a long, hedging comment However, the result of the research was surprised her when in fact, American teachers use hedging a lot in their comments and the flexibility in applying sandwich feedback,

to some extents, affects positively to the learners The research suggests some useful pedagogical implications and opens some new direction for further consideration

Keywords Giao văn hóa; Tiếng Anh; Giáo viên

Content

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Rationale 1

2.3 Definition of sandwich feedback communication (SFC) 11 2.4 Pragmatics and significance of SFC in communication 13

2.4.4 Relation of sandwich feedback and politeness 20

3.3.1 The patterns of SFC (Structures of SFC that teachers often use) 29

CHAPTER 4: PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSION 43

4.2 Limitation of study and the suggestion for further researches 44 4.3 Conclusion

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QUESTIONNAIRE

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