Nghiên cứu việc sử dụng phương pháp storytelling cải thiện kỹ năng nói tiếng anh cho sinh viên năm hai khoa ngoại ngữ trường đại học hồng đức

HONG DUC UNIVERSITY FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT GRADUATION THESIS Research on using storytelling to improve for second-year students of the Faculty Foreign language at Hong Duc University Nghiên cứu việc sử dụng phương pháp storytelling cải thiện kỹ nói tiếng Anh cho sinh viên năm hai khoa Ngoại ngữ trường Đại học Hồng Đức SUPERVISOR: M.A LE THI HUONG STUDENT: DO MINH PHUONG CLASS: 186701A ACADEMIC YEAR: 2018-2022 DECLARATION The thesis entitled “Research on using storytelling to improve for secondyear students of the Faculty Foreign language at Hong Duc University” is conducted under the supervision of M.A Le Thi Huong , an instructor of English at the English Department, Hong Duc University I declare that the information reported in the current paper is the result of my own work, except for reference The thesis has not been accepted for any degree and is not concurrently submitted to any candidature for any other degree or diploma Thanh Hoa, 2022 Student Do Minh Phuong ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my warmest thanks and appreciation to many people who have helped me in a myriad of ways to complete this study The completion of this research would not have been possible without the encouragement, guidance and support from them First and foremost, I would like to send my deepest gratitude to my academic supervisor, M.A Le Thi Huong, for her insightful advice, constructive criticism and positive encouragement, without which my thesis would be far from completion I gratefully acknowledge all lectures of Foreign Language Department, Hong Duc University for providing me the favorable environment to accomplish my thesis Special words of thanks also go to all my informants for their willing participation in the study I greatly appreciate their generosity with their time and efforts in filling in the questionnaire and answering interviews Without them this paper could not have been possible Last but not least, I am deeply indebted to my parents whose great love, delicate devotion and whole-hearted support have encouraged me so far Although I have spent all my attempts, I can not evade some mistakes Hence, I am looking forward to receiving comments and advice from all of you to help improve my thesis Do Minh Phuong ABSTRACT Speaking is one of the most important skills to be developed and strengthened as a means of effective communication Vietnam has vowed to improve students’ English skills by pouring trillions of dong into English teaching programs, but the majority of university graduates cannot communicate in English To communicate fluently in English, we have to spend a lot of time practicing Some people studying English at local language schools have the feeling that learning English is ‘work’, that it has become the ‘have-to-learn-it’ language Maybe their teacher gives them little speaking practice, and instead focuses mostly on grammar exercises The issue at hand is how to provide the most effective training, allowing pupils to meet both linguistically and in real-life circumstances The new teaching method makes communication skills highly efficient, especially for foreign language students Currently, language games such as brainstorming, matching, pre-speaking stage, guessing game, and others are used to educate in English centers and schools These games have increased in popularity among students at all levels, from elementary school to college However, to develop their communication abilities, they require a specialized atmosphere and learning For second-year students, storytelling is the most effective learning strategy Students may readily locate study resources while also assisting in the development of their imagination and critical thinking skills This means, they will create opportunities and encourage students to learn and maintain their interest in learning speaking skills by image and exciting topics to practise presentation This study investigates into some improvements for speaking skills by using storytelling methods and objects of this survey are second year English majored students at Hong Duc University, Thanh Hoa, Vietnam The aims of this research are to find at the problems in learning vocabulary, pronunciation, communication and presentation In this thesis, we will describe the methodology and procedure of this study A quantitative method was used as the main methodology of collecting data for the present study The questionnaire was administered to 130 second-year English majors who were studying at Hong Duc University.The data analysis involved descriptive statistics and manual interview transcription TABLE OF CONTENTS Page DECLARATION I ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS II ABSTRACT III TABLE OF CONTENTS PART A: INTRODUCTION Rationale Aims of the study The research questions Scope of the study Significance of the study Methods of the study Design of the study PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER I: LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 English speaking skill 1.1.1 Definition of speaking skills 1.1.2 The aspect of speaking skills 1.1.3 The importance of speaking skills 1.2.Learning English speaking skills 1.2.1 Speaking problems 1.2.2 Shape of speaking lesson 1.2.3 Problem of student’s English speaking skills in the classroom IV, V 1.3 Storytelling 1.3.1 Definition 1.3.2 The function of storytelling method in learning speaking 1.3.3 Benefit of using storytelling method 1.3.4 The procedure of storytelling 1.3.5 The factors affect in using storytelling method in language learning CHAPTER II: THE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 2.1 Background to the study 2.1.1 Introduction of the Hong Duc University (HDU) 2.1.2 The teachers 2.1.3 The English major students 2.2 The methods of collecting data 2.3 Research instruments 2.3.1 Questionnaire 2.3.2 Secondary data 2.3.2 Interviews 2.4 Procedures 2.4.1 Piloting the questionnaire 2.4.2 Distribution of the questionnaire 2.4.3 The participants 2.4.4 Selecting participants for the interview 2.4.5 Data collection and analysis 2.5 Summary CHAPTER III: DATA ANALYSIS, FINDING AND DISCUSSION 3.1 Data analysis 3.2 Findings from quantitative data 3.2.1 Student's attitudes towards learning speaking English 3.2.2 Student's attitudes towards the language games 3.2.3 Students' attitudes and opinions about storytelling 3.2.4 Summary 3.3 Result of interviews 3.3.1 Student's opinions towards the effectiveness of the storytelling method 3.3.2 Disadvantages and problems encountered on using storytelling method 3.3.3 Summary 3.4 Processing and evaluating experimental results 3.4.1 Test results before experiment 3.4.2 Results of the periodic test of the experimental group 3.4.3 Test results after experiment 3.4.4 Compare and Analyze PART C: CONCLUSION Recapitulation Summary of the study Limitations of the study REFERENCES APPENDICES APPENDIX APPENDIX APPENDIX PART A: INTRODUCTION 1.Rationale Language learning helps to develop communication skills which are really vital if you're applying for a job or just in daily life, you need to be able to communicate." (Nuffield Languages Inquiry, 2000) This is also the goal of individuals studying English as a second language According to Zuliati (2013) Speaking is an important language skill, in which communications take an important role in the world of information, speaking is a spoken language that is taught in the era of globalization Because of speaking, students can communicate with other students in our country or different countries, we can share ideas and opinions Nowadays, jobs are global – many companies need employees who can communicate with partners and consumers all over the globe Because English is the key language of global communication, people who know and can communicate in English may be extremely beneficial to the company The company had to reject many Vietnamese students who had good professional knowledge, but bad English skills, because the students could not understand or express their opinions in English at interviews.As a result, businesses will pay extra attention to and hire individuals who are fluent in English You can work as a translator, language instructor, or English marketing professional for an international firm if you study English.That means you will have a higher salary and have a more pleasant work.Regardless of which career path you decide to pursue, learning English is a valuable skill that you should work on Furthermore, if you know English, you will be able to quickly arrange to work with overseas partners, international areas, and grow in your profession English will demonstrate a significant portion of your skill and intellect When going for a job interview in English, you will have a tremendous edge Learning English will give you the ability to travel to English speaking countries like the United States, Canada, England, and Australia As well, you will be able to communicate with other people in Europe, Asia, and all over the world English is spoken in more than 100 countries and is often the only way to communicate in a foreign country You would be surprised how many more people in Japan speak English than Spanish Asking directions is simple when you can speak the language Understanding the tour guide is another benefit of understanding English Your whole vacation will open up before your eyes when you can understand the people and the things around you With English you will be able to meet new people on your vacations Vietnam's primary, middle, and high schools all use semester assessments to measure pupils' abilities It is mostly related to reading, writing and grammar skills, speaking skills are rarely learned and practiced in school As a result, after attending university, students at Hong Duc University have very weak speaking abilities Speaking is thought to be the most challenging of the four abilities for most second-year students.They frequently study at English centers to improve their speaking abilities in addition to instruction according to the credit-based learning curve at school However, if economic conditions and time constraints are tight, it will be a temporary solution that will make it difficult to assist pupils build skills for a long time in the future.Speaking is the process of building, and sharing meaning through the use of verbal and non-verbal symbols (Chaney, 1998, p 13) All above reasons inspired the author to choose the topic to research ‘’Research on using storytelling to improve for second-year students of the Faculty Foreign language at Hong Duc University’’ with the hope that it will be off some help to improve students in learning English speaking skills.I am hopeful that this study will help students improve their English speaking skills Aims of the study This study aims at investigating the difficulties in learning speaking skills for second-year of the Faculty Foreign language at Hong Duc University and applying storytelling to help them improve this skill The specific aims of the research are as follows: ❖ To investigate the student's attitudes towards speaking skills ❖ To find out difficulties of second-year learning speaking skills ❖ To evaluate the effect of storytelling on improving the speaking ability of sophomore majors in English 3.The research questions The study is implemented to find answer for the following research questions: What are the student's attitudes toward speaking skills? What problems can be found when they learn speaking skills ? How does storytelling help students improve their English speaking skills? Scope of the study Currently, language games are one of the popular teaching and learning methods at English centers and schools in Vietnam Typical language games such as lucky number, hangman, the matching game, the crossword game, wordbrain, It is easy to create a lively and interesting learning atmosphere to improve vocabulary and learn English speaking However, it depends on each activity to suit the students' age and learning goals University students should choose languages that are applicable and study with more advantages in phrases, sentence structure, grammar, presentation, etc and create excitement and inspiration in learning Storytelling is a language game suitable for developing English speaking skills, especially speaking skills for foreign language students Within the scope of a minor thesis, this study attempts to investigate the attitudes of students of English at Hong Duc University towards learning English by applying storytelling method therefore the most suitable participants should be from the 2nd year students of English in Foreign Languages Department at Hong Duc University who has got used to with this method Significance of the study How can second-year students learn to speak English effectively without being bored is a big question to almost all teachers and students Storytelling method will be an effective learning method to solve that question First, this study will be of considerable interest to both language teachers and students who are