Dificulties in teaching English pronunciation to 11-form student at Yen Vien High school and possible solutions =

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES  TRẦN THỊ THU GIANG Difficulties in teaching English pron

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

DEPARTMENT OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES



TRẦN THỊ THU GIANG

Difficulties in teaching English pronunciation to 11-form students

at Yen Vien high school and possible solutions

(KHÓ KHĂN TRONG VIỆC DẠY PHÁT ÂM TIẾNG ANH CHO HỌC SINH LỚP 11 TRƯỜNG THPT YÊN VIÊN VÀ MỘT SỐ GIẢI PHÁP)

M.A MINOR THESIS

Field: English Methodology

Code:

HANOI - 2010

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

DEPARTMENT OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES



TRẦN THỊ THU GIANG

Difficulties in teaching English pronunciation to 11-form students

at Yen Vien high school and possible solutions

(KHÓ KHĂN TRONG VIỆC DẠY PHÁT ÂM TIẾNG ANH CHO HỌC SINH LỚP 11 TRƯỜNG THPT YÊN VIÊN VÀ MỘT SỐ GIẢI PHÁP)

M.A MINOR THESIS

Field: English Methodology

Code:

Supervisor: Assoc Prof Dr Võ Đại Quang

HANOI - 2010

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Table of contents

Acknowledgement ii

Abstract iii

Table of contents iv

List of charts and tables v

PART 1: INTRODUCTION .1

1 R ATIONALE 1

2 A IM OF THE STUDY 1

3 R ESEARCH QUESTIONS 2

4 M ETHODOLOGY 2

4.1 Subjects of the study 2

4.2 Data collection instruments 2

4.3 Data collecting procedure 2

4 4 Data analysis 3

5 S COPE OF THE STUDY 3

6 S IGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 3

7 D ESIGN OF THE STUDY 3

PART 2: DEVELOPMENT .4

C HAPTER 1: L ITERATURE REVIEW 4

1.1 Role of pronunciation in oral communication and foreign language learning 4

1.2 Factors that affect pronunciation acquisition 5

1.3 Background of pronunciation teaching 6

1.4 Difficulties in teaching pronunciation 7

1.5 An overview of new English textbook “Tieng Anh 11” and the current situation of teaching the textbook at Yen Vien high school 17

1.6 Summary of the chapter 20

C HAPTER 2: F INDINGS AND DISCUSSION 16

2.1 Data collection instruments 16

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2.2 Reports on the results collected by means of questionnaires 17

2.3 Discussion of the data collected by means of interview and classroom observation 27

2.4 Findings 29

2.5 Summary of the chapter 371

C HAPTER 3: P ROPOSED SOLUTIONS 37

3.1 Making lesson more interesting 382

3.2 Adjusting time and imposing time 36

3.3 Equipping facilities 36

3.4 Motivating students to learn 37

3.5 Summary of the chapter 38

PART III: CONCLUSION 39

3.1 CONCLUS IONS 39

3.2 L IMITATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY 45

References 41 Appendixes I I Appendixes II IV Appendixes III VII Appendixes IV IX