A study on the techniques for the improvement to the teaching of oral skills in light of communicative english language teaching for junior high school teachers in quang ngai province part 3

A study on the techniques for the improvement to the teaching of oral skills in light of communicative english language teaching for junior high school teachers in quang ngai province

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements iv

List of abbreviations v

Part 1: Introduction 1 Rationale of the study 1

2 Aims of the study 2

3 Methods of the study 2

4 Scope of the study 2

5 Design of the study 2

Part 2: Development Chapter 1: Literature Review 4

1.1 Introduction 4

1.2 An overview of techniques, methods and approaches 4

1.2.1 Definitions 4

1.2.2 History of methods / approaches 4

1.3 An overview of communicative language teaching 5

1.3.1 Definition 5

1.3.2 Principles 5

1.3.3 Techniques for language teaching 6

1.4 Summary 6

Chapter 2: An Investigation into the Current Performance of English Teaching and Learning in Junior High Schools in Quang Ngai Province 7

2.1 Introduction 7

2.2 The Junior High School Community in Quang Ngai Province 7

2.3 Students and learning requirements 7

2.4 Teachers and teaching methods 8

2.5 Materials and assessments 8

2.6 Data collection, findings and discussion 9

2.6.1 Data collection 9

2.6.1.1 The subjects 9

2.6.1.2 Instruments for data collection 9

2.6.2 Findings and discussion 9

2.6.2.1 Teachers’ Personal Information 9

 Age of teachers 9

 Teaching experience and training 9

 Qualifications 10

2.6.2.2 Information about Schools 10

 Access to resource at school 10

 Conditions that facilitate teaching 10

 Conditions that impede teaching 11

2.6.2.3 Students' Attitude 11

 Students' need for English 11

 Students' strengths and weaknesses 11

2.6.2.4 Teachers’ Performance and Perception 11

 Teachers' workload 11

 Professional support 11

 Teachers' responses to the new Tieng Anh 6-9 textbook series 11

 Teachers' perception of their own teaching 11

2.6.2.5 Remarks about class observations 13

 Methods 13

 Techniques .13

2.7 Summary 13

Chapter 3: Suggested Techniques to Improve the Teaching of Oral Skills for Junior High School Teachers in Quang Ngai Province 14

3.1 Techniques for teaching speaking 14

3.1.1 Introduction 14

3.1.2 Controlled speaking activities 15

3.1.3 Less controlled speaking activities 21

3.1.4 Summary 24

3.2 Techniques for teaching listening 24

3.2.1 Introduction 24

3.2.2 Pre-listening techniques 28

3.2.3 While-listening techniques 30

3.2.4 Post-listening techniques 31

3.2.5 Summary 32

3.3 Techniques for correcting students’spoken errors 32

3.3.1 Introduction 32

3.3.2 Correction Techniques 34

3.3.3 Summary 36

Part 3: Conclusion 1 Recapitulation 37

2 Limitations and suggestions for further study 38

References 39

Appendix 41

First of all, I would like to express my deep gratitude to all my teachers at College

of Foreign Languages, Vietnam National University-Hanoi for their valuable lectures And their knowledge, their thoughtfulness as well as their sympathy I will always appreciate

For the accomplishment of this study, I wish to show my sincere thanks to my supervisor Mr Nguyễn Bàng, who has given me kind guidance and correction

I would like to acknowledge my debt to Assoc Prof Dr Lê Hùng Tiến and the staff members of Postgraduate Department, College of Foreign Languages, VNU-Hanoi for their enthusiastic support

I am sincerely grateful to Mr Đinh Tấn Bảo and my colleagues of Foreign Languages Department, Quang Ngai Teachers Training College for their attention and encouragement

I am appreciative of all those who have kindly advised and helped me during the period of my study at College of Foreign Languages, VNU-Hanoi

Finally, I wish to thank my wife for the love she gives me and her encouragement

in my doing this thesis

Hanoi, summer 2007 Trần Quốc Việt

 BA : Bachelor of Arts

 CLT : Communicative Language Teaching

 DES : District Education Service

 ELT : English language teaching

 JHS : Junior High School

 TJC : Teachers Training Junior College

 MA : Master of Arts

 PETS : Province Education and Training Service

 SHS : Senior High School

 Ss : Students

 TSC : Teachers Training Senior College

 T : Teacher