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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY - TOPIC TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVES OF THEME-BASED APPROACH IN HIGH SCHOOLS IN DALAT CITY, LAM DONG PROVINCE BY TRAN THI THANH THUY Student’s code: 18110094 Supervised by: DUONG MY THAM, Ph.D VUNG TAU, MARCH 2022 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY - TOPIC TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVES OF THEME-BASED APPROACH IN HIGH SCHOOLS IN DALAT CITY, LAM DONG PROVINCE BY TRAN THI THANH THUY Student’s code: 18110094 Supervised by: DUONG MY THAM, Ph.D VUNG TAU, MARCH 2022 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY Vung Tau, 30th March 2022 MASTER’S THESIS REPORT Student’s name: TRAN THI THANH THUY Sex: Female Date of birth: 11/02/1985 Place of birth: Lam Dong Major: Student code: 18110094 TESOL I- Thesis title: Teachers’ perspectives of theme-based approach in high schools in Da Lat City, Lam Dong province II- Objectives and contents: The overall objectives of the current study are to investigate EFL teachers’ perceptions of implementing the theme-based approach at Dalat City-based high schools, whether there are significant differences in terms of perceptions of the theme-based approach between trained EFL teachers and untrained EFL teachers at Dalat City-based high schools, the challenges EFL teachers encounter when TBA is implemented at Dalat City-based high schools III- Starting date: 01/08/2021 IV- Completing date: 30/03/2022 V- Academic supervisor: Duong My Tham, Ph.D ACADEMIC SUPERVISOR FACULTY DEAN i CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY I certify my authorship of the Master’s Thesis submitted today entitled: “TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVES OF THEME-BASED APPROACH IN HIGH SCHOOLS IN DALAT CITY, LAM DONG PROVINCE” In terms of the statement of requirements for Theses in Master’s programs issued by the Higher Degree Committee of Postgraduate Institute, Ba Ria Vung Tau University Vung Tau, March 2022 TRAN THI THANH THUY ii RETENTION AND USE OF THE THESIS I hereby state that I, TRAN THI THANH THUY, being a candidate for the degree of Master of Arts (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 origin of my Master’s Thesis deposited in the Library should be accessible for study and research purposes, in accordance with the standard conditions established by the Librarian for the care, loan, and reproduction of the thesis Vung Tau, March 2022 TRAN THI THANH THUY iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my supervisor, Dr Duong My Tham, for her patience, professional leadership, insightful suggestions, and unwavering encouragement throughout the whole study process Without her enthusiastic encouragement and professional supervision, this thesis would not have been completed I am grateful to Ba Ria Vung Tau University in general and the Postgraduate Institute in particular for providing me with the opportunity to further my education and for always assisting me whenever challenges arise throughout my studies My gratitude is especially extended to my colleagues at Xuan Truong secondary and high schools, as well as other Da Lat high schools They provided me with excellent collaboration and assistance with the data collection and pilot study I would not have been able to complete all of my tasks on time during the learning process without their help My gratitude goes out to my loving, warm-hearted classmates who took me out, phoned me, made me laugh, shared experiences, prayed for me, and wished me well on my research path Above all, I owe my heartfelt gratitude, appreciation, unconditional love, ongoing encouragement, and aid to my family Thank you again and again from the bottom of my heart for everything I have iv ABSTRACT Theme-based approach (TBA) is considered one of the innovative foreign language teaching methodologies and brings many benefits However, the research on TBA, especially teachers' perspectives on TBA to teaching English as a foreign language at high schools in Vietnam, has not been conducted yet Therefore, the current study aims at exploring teachers’ perspectives and the constraints they have encountered regarding the implementation of TBA The mixed-method was administrated with 65 participants (native Vietnamese teachers) teaching English at Dalat City-based high schools The quantitative data from the questionnaire was processed using SPSS (22.0), while the qualitative data from the semi-structured interview was analyzed using content analysis The findings, in general, revealed that the target participants had positive perceptions of the TBA implementation It provides EFL learners with advantages, such as increased linguistic opportunities, improved English vocabulary and competency, strengthened cooperation, problem-solving, information technology, and presentation skills, developing English content and cognition, as well as connecting content to the real world and their own needs and interests However, EFL teachers faced many disadvantages when implementing it More interestingly, there were several different points of view between trained and untrained EFL teachers on the requirements of activities, as well as the requirements of EFL students and teachers Their perspectives on the TBA-based classroom's utility for EFL students, on the other hand, did not differ Keywords: English as a foreign language (EFL), EFL teachers, theme-based approach (TBA), perceptions, constraints, Dalat City-based high schools v TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Certificate of originality ii Retention and use of the thesis iii Acknowledgements iv Abstract v Table of contents vi List of tables ix List of figures xi List of abbreviations xii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study 1.2 Problem statement 1.3 Research objectives of the study 1.4 Research questions 1.5 Scope of the study 1.6 Significance of the study 1.7 Definitions of the terms 1.8 Organization of the thesis CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 11 2.1 Approaches to EFL/ESL teaching and learning 11 2.1.1 Traditional teaching methods 11 2.1.2 Communicative language teaching 12 2.1.3 Task-based language teaching 13 2.1.4 Project-based learning 14 2.1.5 Content-based instruction 14 2.2 Theme-based approach (TBA) 19 2.2.1 Definition of TBA 19 2.2.2 Learning theories relating to the TBA 20 vi 2.2.3 Implementing TBA in EFL/ESL education 23 2.2.4 Teachers’ and students’ roles in the TBA-based classroom 25 2.3 Previous study 26 2.4 Research gaps 30 2.5 Conceptual framework 32 CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY 33 3.1 Research context 33 3.1.1 Learning facilities and conditions 33 3.1.2 EFL learners at Dalat City-based high schools 34 3.1.3 EFL teachers at Lam Dong high schools 35 3.1.4 Curriculum guidelines and textbooks 35 3.1.5 English teaching quality at Dalat City-based high schools 36 3.2 Research participants 37 3.3 Research instruments 40 3.3.1 Questionnaires 40 3.3.2 Semi-structured interview 41 3.4 Procedures for data collection and analysis 42 3.4.1 Procedures for quantitative data collection and analysis 43 3.4.2 Procedures for qualitative data collection and analysis 44 3.5 Validity and reliability 44 3.5.1 Questionnaire 44 3.5.2 Interviews 46 3.6 Chapter summary 47 CHAPTER 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 48 4.1 Results 48 4.1.1 Research question 48 4.1.2 Research question 58 4.1.3 Research question 68 4.2 Discussion 72 vii 4.2.1 EFL teachers’ perceptions of the TBA implementation 72 4.2.2 Differences in perceptions between trained and untrained teachers 76 4.2.3 The constraints faced by the EFL teachers 80 4.3 Chapter summary 81 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 83 5.1 Conclusion 83 5.2 Pedagogical implications 84 5.2.1 Implications for students 84 5.2.2 Implications for teachers 85 5.2.3 Implications for administrators 86 5.3 Limitations 87 5.4 Recommendations for further research 87 REFERENCES 88 APPENDIXES 100 viii ... 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