Effect of pictures story telling on speaking skill of grade 5 students at a primary school master of TESOL

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BA RIA-VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY THESIS DO NGUYEN NHAT THANH EFFECT OF PICTURES STORY TELLING ON SPEAKING SKILL OF GRADE STUDENTS AT A PRIMARY SCHOOL Ba Ria-Vung Tau - Year 2022 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BA RIA-VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY THESIS EFFECT OF PICTURES STORY TELLING ON SPEAKING SKILL OF GRADE STUDENTS AT A PRIMARY SCHOOL Submitted to the Postgraduate Institute in partial fulfillment of the Master’s degree in TESOL Course code: 8140111 By Do Nguyen Nhat Thanh Supervised by LE HUONG HOA Ph.D Ba Ria-Vung Tau -Year 2021 i STATEMENT OF ORIGINAL AUTHORSHIP The work contained in this thesis has not been previously submitted to meet requirements for an award at this or any other higher education institution To the best of my knowledge and belief, the thesis contains no material previously published or written by another person except where due reference is made Signature: _ Date: _ ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I am extremely grateful to my supervisor, Ms LE HUONG HOA Ph.D., for her invaluable advice, continuous support, and patience during my study Her immense knowledge and plentiful experience have encouraged me in all the time of my academic research and daily life I would also like to thank the instructors at Ba Ria-Vung Tau University for their great useful knowledge through university courses Furthermore, I would like to thank all the teachers and students at Dinh Tien Hoang Primary School for their supports and willingness to participate in the study It is their kind help and support that have made my study a wonderful time Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to my parents and my friends Without their tremendous understanding and encouragement in the past few years, it would be impossible for me to complete my study iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Statement of Original Authorship i Acknowledgements ii List of Abbreviations vi List of Tables vii List of Figures viii Abstract ix CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Rationale of the study 1.2 Aims and objectives of the study 1.3 Research questions 1.4 Significance of the study 1.5 Scope of the study 1.6 Structure of the study CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1Speaking skills 2.1.1 Definition 2.1.2 The importance of speaking skills 2.1.3 The components of speaking skills 2.1.4 Features of speaking 2.2 Teaching speaking skills 11 2.2.1 The notion of teaching speaking skills 11 iv 2.2.2 The activities to promote speaking skills 11 2.3 Concept of pictures storytelling 14 2.3.1 Picture 14 2.3.2 Storytelling 17 2.3.3 The benefits of pictures storytelling 18 2.4 Using pictures storytelling in teaching speaking skills 19 2.5 Previous studies 21 2.6 Chapter summary 23 CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 24 3.1 Research setting 24 3.2 Research design 25 3.3 Research participants 26 3.4 Research instruments 27 3.4.1 Pre-test and post -test 27 3.4.2 Questionnaire 28 3.4.3 Observation checklist 29 3.5 Data collection procedures 30 3.6 Data analysis 41 3.7 Chapter summary 43 CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 45 4.1 Findings 45 4.1.1 The effect of pictures storytelling on improving 5th grade students’ speaking skills at Dinh Tien Hoang primary school 45 4.1.1.1 Results from the pre-test 45 v 4.1.1.2 Results from the post-test 48 4.1.1.3 The comparison between the results of the pre-test and the posttest 51 4.1.2 The students’ perceptions about pictures storytelling technique in learning speaking skills 53 4.1.3 Results from the observation 57 4.2 Discussion 58 4.3 Chapter summary 60 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 61 5.1 Summary of major findings 61 5.2 Implications 61 5.2.1 For English teachers 61 5.2.2 For English learners 62 5.2.3 For other researchers 62 5.3 Limitations and further study 63 5.4 Recommendation for further research 63 REFERENCES 64 APPENDICES 70 vi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 1) CLT: Communicative Language Teaching 2) EFL: English as a Foreign Language 3) M: Mean 4) RQ 1: Research question 5) RQ 2: Research question 6) St.D: Standard deviation 7) W: Week vii LIST OF TABLES Table Name and link of pictures storytelling 32 Table 2: The procedure of action research approach 41 table descriptive statistics of the pre-test 46 Table Frequency of the pre-test 46 Table 4 Frequency of the post-test 49 Table Descriptive statistics of the mean scores of students’ attitudes towards pictures storytelling 54 Table Descriptive statistics of the mean scores of the attraction and motivation of pictures storytelling 55 Table Descriptive statistics of the mean scores of effects of using pictures storytelling to improve speaking skills 56 Table 10 Descriptive statistics of the mean scores of difficulties in doing pictures storytelling 57 viii LIST OF FIGURES Figure Pictures of an object, person, and place 15 Figure 2 Sequence of pictures 16 Figure Conceptual framework 23 Figure Action research model…………………………………………….26 Figure Summary of the pre-test result……………………………………48 Figure Summary of the post-test result 51 Figure The participants’ speaking performance in the pre-test and the posttest 53 APPENDIX 6: OBSERVATION CHECKLIST FOR PERFORMANCE Project: Group: Teacher: Class: YES (V)/ MARKING CRITRIA NO (X) Students pay attention to V the picture Students PREPARATION simulate the V actions of the character based on the picture Students take notes of the V story line based on the picture Students contribute ideas V about the story characters with their friends DISCUSSION Students actively share V their thoughts about the story characters with class Students pay attention to V the picture of the story MOTIVATE Students actively expressed their opinions V COMMENTS Students are excited about V the story through pictures Pictures storytelling has a V lively and relaxed atmosphere Students improve their V Students speaking speed is V pronunciation more fluent Students improve their new V English vocabulary PERFORMANCE Students improve their V Students use vocabulary V grammar and grammar flexibly based on pictures to create stories Students make some mistakes during the process of performance V No Full name Pronunciation Vocabulary Fluency Grammar Comprehension APPENDIX 7: SPEAKING SCORES ON PRE-TEST Male 2 Female 2 3 Female 1 Male 2 2 Male 3 1 Male 3 Male 1 Female 3 Male 2 4 10 Female 3 1 11 Male 2 12 Male 3 13 Female 2 14 Male 2 2 15 Female 2 16 Female 3 17 Male 3 18 Female 2 2 19 Male 3 2 20 Male 3 21 Male 2 2 22 Female 3 23 Male 2 2 24 Female 1 2 25 Female 3 26 Male 2 27 Female 3 28 Female 2 29 Female 1 2 30 Male 1 3 31 Female 2 32 Female 3 33 Male 3 3 34 Male 35 Male 3 36 Female 3 37 Female 3 2 38 Female 4 2 39 Female 40 Female 41 Male 2 42 Female 2 43 Female 3 4 44 Female 4 45 Male 2 3 46 Male 2 47 Male 3 48 Female 3 3 49 Female 1 50 Male 3 2 51 Female 3 52 Male 3 3 53 Male 54 Male 3 55 Male 2 56 Male 3 57 Male 2 58 Female 2 59 Female 3 60 Female 61 Male 2 3 62 Male 3 63 Female 64 Male 2 5 65 Male 3 66 Male 1 67 Male 4 2 68 Female 69 Female 3 70 Female 71 Female 4 72 Female 3 73 Female 2 74 Male 2 75 Male 3 Pronunciation Vocabulary Fluency Grammar Comprehensio Full name Male 3 Female 3 4 Female 4 4 Male 4 Male 3 Male Male Female 3 5 Male 4 10 Female 3 4 11 Male 4 12 Male 3 13 Female 2 4 14 Male 4 15 Female 4 16 Female 4 17 Male 3 18 Female 2 No n APPENDIX 8: SPEAKING SCORES ON POST-TEST 19 Male 3 20 Male 3 21 Male 2 22 Female 3 23 Male 3 3 24 Female 3 3 25 Female 3 4 26 Male 3 4 27 Female 4 28 Female 4 29 Female 4 4 30 Male 4 31 Female 4 32 Female 3 5 33 Male 5 34 Male 4 35 Male 5 36 Female 37 Female 2 38 Female 2 39 Female 4 40 Female 4 41 Male 4 42 Female 4 43 Female 3 44 Female 45 Male 2 46 Male 3 4 47 Male 4 48 Female 4 49 Female 50 Male 51 Female 3 52 Male 3 3 53 Male 4 54 Male 3 55 Male 4 56 Male 3 57 Male 58 Female 5 59 Female 3 60 Female 4 5 61 Male 4 3 62 Male 4 3 63 Female 2 64 Male 5 65 Male 4 66 Male 4 67 Male 4 68 Female 69 Female 5 4 70 Female 3 71 Female 4 72 Female 4 73 Female 4 4 74 Male 3 75 Male 4 APPENDIX 9: RESULTS OF QUESTIONNAIRE No Full name Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Male 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Female 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Female 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Male 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Male 2 1 1 1 1 1 Male 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 Male 2 1 2 1 1 1 Female 2 2 2 1 1 1 Male 2 2 2 1 1 10 Female 2 2 3 2 1 1 11 Male 2 2 3 2 1 1 12 Male 2 2 3 2 1 13 Female 2 2 3 2 1 14 Male 2 2 3 2 2 15 Female 3 2 3 2 2 16 Female 3 2 3 2 2 17 Male 3 3 3 3 2 2 18 Female 3 3 3 3 2 2 19 Male 3 3 3 3 2 2 20 Male 3 3 3 3 2 2 21 Male 3 3 3 3 2 2 22 Female 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 23 Male 4 3 3 3 2 2 24 Female 4 3 3 3 2 2 25 Female 4 3 4 3 2 2 26 Male 4 4 3 3 2 2 27 Female 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 28 Female 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 29 Female 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 30 Male 4 4 4 4 2 2 31 Female 4 4 4 4 2 2 32 Female 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 33 Male 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 34 Male 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 35 Male 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 36 Female 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 37 Female 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 38 Female 4 4 4 4 4 2 39 Female 4 4 4 4 4 2 40 Female 4 4 4 4 4 2 41 Male 4 4 4 4 4 3 42 Female 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 43 Female 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 44 Female 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 45 Male 4 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