MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY THESIS TRAN THI THUY DUNG THE USE OF TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING IELTS AT NATURALLY ENGLISH SPEAKING LANGUAGE CENTER (NES) TEACHERS’ AND STUD[.]
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY THESIS TRAN THI THUY DUNG THE USE OF TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING IELTS AT NATURALLY ENGLISH SPEAKING LANGUAGE CENTER (NES): TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ PERSECTIVES BA RIA VUNG TAU 2022 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY THESIS THE USE OF TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING IELTS AT NATURALLY ENGLISH SPEAKING LANGUAGE CENTER (NES): TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES Submitted to the Postgraduate Institute in partial fulfilment of the Master’s degree in TESOL Course code: MTSOL18K2 By TRAN THI THUY DUNG Student’s code: 18110101 Supervised by: NGUYEN HOANG TUAN, Ph.D BA RIA VUNG TAU 2022 MASTER’S THESIS REPORT Ba Ria Vung Tau, 20th March 2022 Student name: TRAN THI THUY DUNG Date of birth: 30 January 1982 Major: Sex: Female Place of birth: Vung Tau Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Student code: 18110101 I- Thesis title: “The use of technologies in teaching IELTS at Naturally English Speaking Language Center (NES): Teachers’ and Students’ Perspectives” II- Objectives: This study aims to closely and thoroughly inspect teachers’ and student’s perspectives of using technologies in teaching IELTS with knowledge-based approaches at the context of Naturally English Speaking Language Center (NES) The research objectives are as follows: - To investigate the teachers’ self-efficacy, attitudes and ICT utility toward use of technologies in teaching IELTS at the context of NES - To investigate students’ Perceived of Easy to Use (POEU), Perceived Usefulness (PU), attitudes, behavior towards ICT use, as well as contextual factors of ICT use to learn IELTS at NES To answer the two below thesis’ question: From teachers’ perspectives, what are benefits and challenges when using ICT to teach IELTS at NES? From students’ perspectives, what are students’ benefits and challenges when using ICT to learn IELTS at NES? This study was conducted at the context of Naturally English Speaking Language Centre (NES) Participants were 25 IELTS teachers and 200 students from classes from Preparation-IELTS and IELTS classes of Vung Tau branches of the system They participated in surveys designed with system of questionnaires and semi-structured interviews which focused on plenty of factors Firstly, these questionnaires are about teacher’s and students’ perspectives on ICT use for IELTS teaching and learning Secondly, five elements to consider when studying for the IELTS utilizing IT tools: ICT Utilizing, English Environment, Interactive ability and means, Strategic and organizational learning and knowledge-based approach In addition, a statics of technology tools used for teaching IELTS also made for a reference and comparison on the technology need of teachers and students so that the researcher makes any conclusion or and suggestion on how the teachers and students at NES use ICT Orderly, there are many technology-based facilities such as self- study rooms, smart classrooms, multimedia rooms to assist students to study English As a result, in order to learn properly, learners must assume responsibility III- Starting date: June 1st 2020 IV- Completing date: March 30th 2022 V- Academic supervisor: Nguyen Hoang Tuan, Ph D ACADEMIC SUPERVISOR SCHOOL DEAN ii CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY I certify my authorship of the Master’s Thesis submitted today entitled: “THE USE OF TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING IELTS AT NATURALLY ENGLISH SPEAKING LANGUAGE CENTER (NES): TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES” Ba Ria Vung Tau, March 2022 TRAN THI THUY DUNG iii RETENTION AND USE OF THE THESIS I, TRAN THI THUY DUNG, a candidate for the Master of TESOL degree, thus declare that I accept the University's rules for the keeping and use of Master's Theses deposited in the library In accordance with these terms, I agree that the original of my Master's Thesis deposited in the library should be available for study and research purposes, in accordance with the Librarian's regular rules for the care, lending, and replication of theses Ba Ria Vung Tau, March 2021 iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I want to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to my Supervisor, Dr Nguyen Hoang Tuan, for his professional guidance, efforts, and support he provided me during the many stages of completing my Master Thesis His unwavering encouragement, counsel, and patience have been essential to me His leadership abilities, teaching quality, true compassion, and academic integrity have taught me a great deal about what counts most in lecturer education and in life I would like to take this occasion to thank the examiners for reviewing my proposal and providing detailed remarks and recommendations during the thesis defense I am particularly grateful for the active engagement of students and teachers in this study project, as well as the assistance of teachers and students at Natural English School Without the crucial information they contributed, this study would not have been feasible Finally, I want to express my thankfulness to my family for their unfailing support and encouragement Without them, I might not have gotten as far in my academic career as I have v ABSTRACTS The research aimed to investigate teachers’ self-efficacy, attitudes and ICT utility toward use of technologies in teaching IELTS at the context of NES and to investigate students perceived of easy to use (POEU), Perceived Usefulness (PU), attitudes, behavior towards ICT use, as well as contextual factors of ICT use to learn IELTS at NES A descriptive qualitative method, surveys and interviews were used as instruments The quantitative data from questionnaires were processed by SPSS, while the qualitative data from interviews were analyzed using the content analysis approach The result of this research shows that the teachers used kinds of technologies including informative constructive tools, communicative tools, resignation devices and constructive tools Teacher preferred use of technology because students motivated, interested and surrounded by English environments for gaining knowledge for IELTS strategies Also, ICT helped teachers displaying materials, send assignments and give notification very conveniently motivate students to learn This study also shows that students are interested in using ICT in learning IELTS and be motivated to learn In addition, various aspects of technology used in Ielts teaching by developing innovative curricula that take advantage of recent scientific and technological developments Training teachers in technological skills was to ensure effective and quality subject delivery Providing technical media such as audio-visual and modern technical programs, and establishing student-teacher platforms that maximize positive language learning outcomes Some previous relevant literature has been studied The correlation with modern teaching skills has been completely evaluated for the goals of this study Accordingly, the researcher discusses the main research question, clarifies the importance of the research objectives and hypotheses, and summarizes the findings The study was finished by making a number of recommendations that could help to improve teaching methods even further by promoting the wider use of current technologies Keywords: knowledge-based approach; impacts of technology; ICT; IELTS learning; English learning environments effectively; benefits; challenges vi vii TABLE OF CONTENTS Certificate of originality iii Retention and use of the thesis iv Acknowledgements v Abstracts vi CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study 1.2 Statement of the Problem 1.3 Aims 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 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 10 2.1 Introduction 10 2.2 Concepts related to the study 10 2.2.1 Knowledge-based approach in teaching and learning IELTS 10 2.2.2 The Use of ICT in Teaching and Learning IELTS 13 2.2.3 Benefits and Challenges in using ICT in teaching and learning IELTS from teachers’ and students’ perspectives’ 15 2.2.4 Organizational Learning 17 2.3 Previous Studies on the Benefits and Challenges of Technology in Improving Language Skills 19 2.4 The Conceptual Framework 19 CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Research Site 23 23 ...MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY THESIS THE USE OF TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING IELTS AT NATURALLY ENGLISH SPEAKING LANGUAGE CENTER (NES): TEACHERS? ?? 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