EFL students perceptions of scaffolding activities in learning listening skills at long hai phuoc tinh high school

BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY THESIS HA THI TRANG EFL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SCAFFOLDING ACTIVITIES IN LEARNING LISTENING SKILLS AT LONG HAI PHUOC TINH HIGH SCHOOL Ba Ria – Vung Tau 2022 MINISTRY OF ED[.]

BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY -THESIS HA THI TRANG EFL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SCAFFOLDING ACTIVITIES IN LEARNING LISTENING SKILLS AT LONG HAI-PHUOC TINH HIGH SCHOOL Ba Ria – Vung Tau 2022 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY -THESIS EFL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SCAFFOLDING ACTIVITIES IN LEARNING LISTENING SKILLS AT LONG HAI-PHUOC TINH HIGH SCHOOL Submitted to the Postgraduate Institute in partial fulfillment of the Master’s degree in TESOL Course code: 8140111 By Ha Thi Trang Supervised by Tran Quoc Thao, Ph.D Ba Ria – Vung Tau 2022 The thesis entitled Efl students’ perceptions of scaffolding activities in learning listening skills at Long Hai - Phuoc Tinh High School was successfully defended and approved on September 18th at Ba Ria Vung Tau University (BVU) Academic supervisor: Dr TRAN QUOC THAO Examination Committee ……………………………………………………… Chair …………………………………………… ………… Reader ……………………………………………………… Reader ……………………………………………………… Member ……………………………………………………… Secretary Member BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE Ba Ria-Vung Tau, July 2022 MASTER’S THESIS REPORT Student name: HA THI TRANG Sex: Female Date of birth: 01/04/1989 Place of birth: Thanh Hoa province Major: English Language Student code: 18114189 I- Thesis title: EFL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SCAFFOLDING ACTIVITIES IN LEARNING LISTENING SKILLS AT LONG HAI-PHUOC TINH HIGH SCHOOL II-Objectives and contents: This study's goal is to explore the EFL students' perceptions of scaffolding activities in learning listening skills at Long Hai-Phuoc Tinh High school The research objectives are as follows: To find out the EFL students' perceptions of the roles of scaffolding activities in learning listening skills at Long Hai-Phuoc Tinh High school To examine the EFL students' perceptions of the effectiveness of scaffolding activities on EFL students' listening skills This study was conducted at Long Hai – Phuoc Tinh High School in Long Hai Town in Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province Although teachers at Long Hai - Phuoc Tinh High School have applied scaffolding to teaching English listening skills recently, its effectiveness has not been verified Since then, the author has conducted this study to examine the views of 10th grade students at Long Hai - Phuoc Tinh High School on the role and effectiveness of scaffolding in teaching English listening skills The mixed-methods approach (quantitative and qualitative) was used to get the findings To gather data, the author utilized two tools: a questionnaire and a semistructured interview, both of which were used with 120 students in grade 10 at Long Hai - Phuoc Tinh High School III- Starting date: (as stated in the Decision issued by the University) IV- Completing date: 30/7/2022 V- Academic supervisor: (full name,title) TRAN QUOC THAO, Ph.D CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY I certify my authorship of the Master’s Thesis submitted today entitled: EFL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SCAFFOLDING ACTIVITIES IN LEARNING LISTENING SKILLS AT LONG HAI-PHUOC TINH HIGH SCHOOL In terms of the statement of requirements for Theses in Master’s programs issued by Higher Degree Committee of Postgraduate Institute, Ba Ria Vung Tau University, Ba Ria Vung Tau province, July 2022 HA THI TRANG ii RETENTION AND USE OF THE THESIS I hereby state that I, Ha Thi Trang, being a candidate for the degree of TESOL accept the requirements of the University relating to the retention and use of Master’s Theses deposited in the Library In terms of these conditions, I agree that the original of my Master’s Thesis deposited in the Library should be accessible for purposes of study and research, in accordance with the normal conditions established by the Librarian for the care, loan, and reproduction for theses Ba Ria Vung Tau, July 2022 Signature …………………… Ha Thi Trang iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my sincere thanks to those who have made great contributions to my thesis completion First of all, I would like to express my special appreciation and thanks to Dr Tran Quoc Thao, my supervisor, for his great patience, careful guidance, insightful advice, and constant encouragement through the whole research process Without his support and guidance, this thesis would never have been completed Secondly, I am very grateful to the school board staff including the principal of Long Hai-Phuoc Tinh High School in Ba Ria - Vung Tau who have given me encouragement, support of time, and permission to complete the MA course and implement this thesis there My sincere thanks also go to my friends and colleagues for all their help and motivation I would like to thank the research participants, my students, who have contributed to this study Last but not least, my deepest gratitude goes to my family, including my husband, my daughter, my sons and my parents-in-law with their unconditional love, understanding and help I would like to dedicate this dissertation to my family who has provided me strong spiritual and material support iv ABSTRACT Scaffolding instruction is a handful method to enable students to study actively and fit their learning styles Even though there are numerous studies on the effectiveness of scaffolding in learning English, the study on students' perception of the role and effectiveness of scaffolding in teaching and learning EFL listening is little Thus, this research is aimed to address the research gap The mixed-methods approach (quantitative and qualitative) was used to achieve the research purpose To gather data, the author utilized two tools: a questionnaire and a semi-structured interview, both of which were used with 120 students in grade 10 at Long Hai - Phuoc Tinh High School The results of this study showed that 10th-grade students agreed with the role of scaffolding learning activities in learning listening skills, which included (1) Scaffolding as taskenabling support within the zone of proximal development and (2) Scaffolding as languagemediated co-regulation Second, the qualitative and quantitative data showed that students had a positive attitude toward the effectiveness of the scaffolding learning activities in learning listening skills (172 words) Keywords: attitudes, listening, scaffolding, high school students v CONTENTS CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY ii RETENTION AND USE OF THE THESIS iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv ABSTRACT v CONTENTS vi APPENDICES ix LIST OF TABLES x LIST OF FIGURES xi CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study 1.2 Statement of problems 1.3 Aims and objectives of the study 1.4 Research questions 1.5 Scope of the study 1.6 Significance of the study 1.7 Definition of the study 1.8 Organization of the study CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 10 2.1 Scaffolding in teaching and learning 10 2.1.1 Definition 10 2.1.2 Scaffolding mechanisms 12 2.1.3 Scaffolding modalities 13 2.1.4 Basic segments of scaffolding instruction 15 2.1.5 Application of Scaffolding Instruction in the Teaching of English Listening 16 2.2 Role of Scaffolding toward EFL listening skills 21 2.2.1 Scaffolding as task-enabling support within the zone of proximal development 21 2.2.2 2.3 Scaffolding as language-mediated co-regulation 24 Effectiveness of Scaffolding in education 25 vi ... roles of scaffolding activities in learning listening skills at Long Hai- Phuoc Tinh High school To examine the EFL students'' perceptions of the effectiveness of scaffolding activities on EFL students'' ...MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY -THESIS EFL STUDENTS? ?? PERCEPTIONS OF SCAFFOLDING ACTIVITIES IN LEARNING LISTENING SKILLS AT LONG HAI- PHUOC TINH HIGH SCHOOL. .. roles of the scaffolding learning activities in learning listening skills 45 4.1.2 Students'' perceptions of the effectiveness of the scaffolding learning activities in learning listening