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

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OFLANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES NGUYỄN DIỆU HUYỀN A STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF PRE - LISTENING ACTIVITI

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

Code

: English Methodology

: 601410

HANOI, 2010

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

Table of contents

Declaration i

Acknowledgements ii

Abstract iii

Table of content iv vi

Lists of tables and charts 1

Part one Introduction 1

1 Rationale 2

2 Objectives of the study 2

3 Scope of the study 2

1 Methods of the study 3

4 Design of the study 4

Part two: Development 4

Chapter 1 : Literature Review 4

1.1 Theory on Listening comprehension 4

1.1.1 The concept of listening comprehension 5

1.1.2 The process of listening comprehension 7

1.2 The concept of listening performance 8

1.3 Factors affecting students’ performance in listening lessons 8

1.4 Pre-listening stage 8

1.4.1 Definition of pre-listening 9

1.4.2 Roles of pre-listening stage 10

1.4.3 Pre-listening activities 12

1.4.4 Factors affecting the choice of pre-listening activities 12

1.5 Related studies of the effects of pre-listening activities on listening performance 14 Chapter 2 Research Methodology 14

2.1 Situation analysis 14

2.1.1 The setting of the study 14

2.1.2 Listening materials 15

2.2 Participants’ background information 15

2.2.1 The teachers 15

2.2.2 The 10th grade students 16

2.3 Instrumentation 16

2.3.1 Survey questionnaires 16

2.3.1.1 The questionnaire for the teachers 16

2.3.1.2 The questionnaire for the students 17

2.3.2 Class observation 17

2.4 Procedure 18

Chapter 3 Data analysis and discussion 18

3.1 Data analysis of the questionnaire results 18

3.1.1 Data analysis of the teachers’ questionnaire

3.1.1.1 Teachers’ attitudes towards pre-listening activities and their 18 purposes of using pre-listening activities 20

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 25 “English 10” and their suggestions 26

3.1.2 Data analysis of the students’ questionnaire 26

3.1.2.1 Factors affecting students’ performance 27

3.1.2.2 The students’preferences for pre-listening activities

3.1.2.3 Students’ benefits from pre-listening activities used by the 31 teachers

3.1.2.4 Students’ comments on pre-listening activities in the textbook 32 “English 10” 32

3.2 Data analysis of the class observations

Chapter 4 Findings and recommendations for implementing pre-listening 35 activities 35

4.1 Major findings 35

4.1.1 The current situation of teaching and learning pre-listening stage 39

4.1.2 The students’ preferences for pre-listening activities

4.1.3 The teachers and the students’ comments on pre-listening activities in 41 the current textbook “English 10” 41

4.2 Recommendations for implementing pre-listening activities 41

4.2.1 Improving pre-litening activities in the material 41

4.2.2 Using pre-listening activities appropriately and flexibly 43

Part three: Conclusion 43

1 Conclusion 44

2 Limitations and Suggestions 45

References vii

Appendix I xii

Appendix II

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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