In the era of modernization nowadays, English has become a significantly important role in peoples lives and both in work and study. English is the most commonly accepted language when people from different countries gather together for conferences, debates as well as social gatherings or in business activities, and even in travel. It gradually became a common language needed by people to communicate all over the world. According to Akbari (2016), conversation without a common language between academicians from different nationalities, both in the virtual and real world would prove impossible. Especially in international integration, we have many opportunities for international cooperation with other countries, knowing another foreign language will be the key to giving you the opportunity to develop yourself at work, improve your selfworth and social lifestyle levels will also be enhanced. The trend of starting to learn English early has become a worldwide phenomenon. According to the assessment of the university in Winnipeg, there are 142 countries in the world where English is a compulsory element in their educational policy, not only in Vietnam. Currently, English is a mandatory subject for students from elementary to university in Viet Nam. Children must gradually get used to learning English as soon as they enter grade
THU DAU MOT UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES ************** GRADUATE PAPER TITLE: FACTORS AFFECTING CHILDREN’S MOTIVATION TO LEARN ENGLISH AND METHODS TO TEACH PRIMARY STUDENTS EFFECTIVELY Student name: Pham Thi Hoang Dung Student code: 1922202010548 Class: D19AV05 Course: 2019-2023 Major: English Language Lecturer: Nguyen Thi Kieu Huong Binh Duong, November 30th, 2022 STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP Student full name: Pham Thi Hoang Dung Student ID: 1922202010548 Title of paper: Factors affecting children’s motivation to learn English and methods to teach primary students effectively I hereby confirm that I am the sole author of the paper presented Where the work of others has been consulted, this is duly acknowledged in the paper’s bibliography I have also not consulted any other unnamed online sources All verbatim or referential use of the sources named in the bibliography has been specifically indicated in the text Binh Duong, December 3rd, 2022 Signature Pham Thi Hoang Dung i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks to the support of everyone from whom I received many necessary encouragements, valuable and well-timed assistances in order to complete my graduation paper I would like to express my appreciation to all of them First of all, I would like to express special thanks to all the English lecturers at Thu Dau Mot University for teaching and guiding us with precious skills and knowledge in the English curriculum so that we can apply and complete this report successfully and also apply important experiences to ready for my future job after graduation With deepest gratitude, I would like to appreciate my thesis advisor, Ms Nguyen Thi Kieu Huong who has always been willing to give me many valuable suggestions, encouragement, and guidance to complete this study successfully during the completion of my graduate thesis Without her enthusiastic guidance, I am sure that I would not have been able to complete this research paper with my limited knowledge I would also like to thank Thu Dau Mot University for giving me many opportunities and a good learning environment so that I can pursue my dreams, experience the knowledge of the major I have learned, and improve myself better Primary students at Phu Hoa Primary School enthusiastically in the survey questionnaire participate Last but not least, I am really grateful to express profound thanks to my family and friends Those who always encourage me, give me positive advice and motivate me to overcome all difficulties to complete my studies well One more time, I sincerely thank everyone who has helped me during the process of my graduate paper! ii ABSTRACT Today, it is widely acknowledged that English has become the most important role in daily life and at all levels of education in the world as well as in Vietnam Many countries integrate English into their curriculum and children begin to contact and learn English at an early age Thus, when primary students learn English too early, they face a lot of complicated factors when they haven't known much about their mother tongue instead of learning another language so which leads to losing motivation in learning English First, this study is to find out the cause of the gradual loss of motivation in learning English Second, this study also wants to find out possible solutions to help children learn English more effectively So I applied qualitative and quantitative methods to collect data using a questionnaire by distributing it to 50 students randomly studying at Phu Hoa Primary School Based on the research results, there are three main factors affecting children gradually losing motivation when learning English: classroom environment, teacher's behavior, and teaching methodologies So it will be a basis to find appropriate methods to teach English to primary students This study is important because it helps to find out the factors that reduce motivation in learning, thereby helping schools, teachers, and also young learners find solutions to increase learning motivation and learn English more effectively Keywords: motivation, factors, methods iii TABLE OF CONTENTS STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii ABSTRACT iii TABLE OF CONTENTS .iv LIST OF FIGURES viii LIST OF CHARTS ix CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1.2 AIMS OF THE STUDY 1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 1.5 THESIS OUTLINE CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 DEFINITION OF MOTIVATION .4 2.1.1 Definition of motivation in learning a language .5 2.2 TYPES OF MOTIVATION IN LEARNING 2.3 THE ROLE OF MOTIVATION IN LEARNING A LANGUAGE .7 2.4 PREVIOUS STUDIES CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY .8 3.1 RESEARCH METHODS 10 3.1.1 Research design: 10 iv 3.2 POPULATION AND SAMPLING .10 3.2.1 Population description: .10 3.2.2 Sample description: 10 3.3 RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS 11 3.4 DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES 11 3.5 DATA ANALYSIS PROCEDURES 12 CHAPTER 4: DATA ANALYSIS .13 4.1 THE AWARENESS OF PRIMARY STUDENTS IN LEARNING ENGLISH .13 4.2 FACTORS AFFECT CHILDREN’S MOTIVATION IN LEARNING ENGLISH .16 4.2.1 Classroom environmental factors can affect children's motivation to learn English 17 4.2.3 Teaching methodologies affect children's motivation to learn English 20 CHAPTER 5: RESULT AND DISCUSSION 25 5.1 PRIMARY STUDENT’S PERCEPTION OF LEARNING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE 25 5.2 THE FACTORS THAT CAUSE PRIMARY STUDENTS TO LOSE MOTIVATION IN LEARNING ENGLISH .26 5.3 THE APPROPRIATE SOLUTIONS THAT MAY HELP ELEMENTARY STUDENTS INCREASE THEIR MOTIVATION IN LEARNING ENGLISH 27 CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 29 v 6.1 SUMMARY OF THE KEY FINDINGS 29 6.2 LIMITATIONS 29 6.3 CONCLUSION .29 6.4 RECOMMENDATIONS .30 REFERENCE 32 APPENDICE 34 vi LIST OF TABLES Table Age of the survey participants……………………………………11 Table Learning English is difficult for primary students .13 Table Primary student’s attitude towards the learning of English as a second foreign language .14 Table Classroom environmental factors affect primary student's motivation to learn English 17 Table Teacher’s behavior factors affect primary student's motivation to learn English .19 Table Teaching methods affect primary student's motivation to learn English 21 vii LIST OF FIGURES Figure Data ana lysis formula 12 Figure Factors affect children’s motivation in learning English 17 viii LIST OF CHARTS Chart Overview of the different sources of intrinsic motivation .7 Chart Primary student’s reason for learning English 16 Chart Students' opinions about participating in English extracurricular activities 22 Chart Students' opinions about the time to learn English should take 23 Chart Student's opinion about the effective teaching methods 24 ix ... they have to learn English 1.2 AIMS OF THE STUDY This report is an attempt to find out the factors affecting children''s motivation to learn English which elementary students faced to and appropriate... Motivation is the factor that motivates us to take action, in this context is to learn English There are four factors included to explain motivation in learning English: § The reason why we want to. .. observer, explorer, and distributor of questionnaires to find out the factors affecting children''s motivation to learn English and suggest effective teaching methods to help elementary students increase