Adapting the current textbook new headway (elementary) for students at intermediate training level of viet hung industrial college

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERCITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES --- *** ---NGUYEN THI MAI DUNG ADAPTING THE CURENT TEXTBOOK NEW

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERCITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF POST GRADUATE

STUDIES - ***

-NGUYEN THI MAI DUNG

ADAPTING THE CURENT TEXTBOOK NEW HEADWAY -ELEMENTARY FOR STUDENTS AT INTERMEDIATE TRAINING

LEVEL OF VIET- HUNG INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE

ĐIỀU CHỈNH GIÁO TRÌNH NEW HEADWAY- ELEMENTARY DÀNH CHO SINH VIÊN HỆ TRUNG CẤP CỦA TRƯỜNG CĐCN VIỆT- HUNG

M A MINOR THESIS Field: English Language Teaching Methodology Code: 601410

HANOI - 2010

IV

TABLE OF

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

i

Candidate‟s statement

ii

Abstract iii

Table of contents iv

List of abbreviations

v

List of figures, charts and tables

vi

INTRODUCTION

1

1 Statement of problem and the rationale for thestudy 1

2 study 3Aims of the

3 Significance of the study 3

4 study 4Scope of the

5

Methods of the study 4

6 study 5Design of the

CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW

6 1

Textbook in EFL teaching and learning 6 1.1 “textbook” 6Definition of term

1.2 The role of textbook in teaching and learningEnglish 6

1.3

Textbook evaluation 7

1.4 adaptation 8Textbook

2 Context in textbook 8

2.1 The term “context” 8

2.2 context 9Lead- in

2.3 English 10The role of context in learning

3 Need analysis 10

3.1 Definition of needs 10

3.2 teaching 11Need analysis in language

4

Description of the study‟s settings 11 4.1 syllabus 11The current English

4.2 The teachers 12

4.3 The learners 12

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CHAPTER 2:

METHODOLOGY 13

1

Subjects of the study 13

2

Data collection and procedure 13

3 analysis Method of data 14

CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS

15

1 An overview of lead- in contexts in textbook New Headwayelementary 15

2 General evaluation about the textbook New Headwayelementary 15

3

Detailed evaluation about the textbook 18 3.1 Students‟ attitudes towards the topics and lead- incontexts 18

3.2 reflections Teachers‟ observation on students‟ 20

3.3

The rate on average 22

4 textbook Teachers‟ use of contexts in the 23

5 analysis Student need 24

6

Conclusion

27

CHAPTER 4: ADAPTING CONTEXTS IN TEXTBOOK NEW

HEADWAY ELEMENTARY

28 1

Criteria for the adaptation 28

2 adaptation Method for the 28

3

Problematic lead- in contexts and the adaptations 29 3.1

Context

1 29

3.2 2 Context 32

3.3

Context

3 32

3.4

Context

4 36

3.5 5 Context 36

CONCLUSION

39

1 study Summary of the 39

2 study Implications from the 39

3

Limitations of the study 40

4 Suggestions for further 40

study

REFERENCES

4 1 APPENDICES

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