The use of concept checking questions in grammar teaching a case study of english teachers beliefs and practices ma

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES FACULTY OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE THE USE OF CONCEPT CHECKING QUESTIONS IN GRAMMAR TEACHING: A CASE STUDY OF ENGLISH TEACHERS’ BELIEFS AND PRACTICES A thesis submitted to the Faculty of English Linguistics & Literature in partial fulfillment of the Master’s degree in TESOL By NGUYEN THI PHUONG DUNG Supervised by PHO PHUONG DUNG, Ph.D HO CHI MINH CITY, AUGUST 2021 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The completion of this thesis would not have been possible without the assistance of so many wonderful people who supported me along the way First of all, I am sincerely grateful to my supervisor, Dr Pho Phuong Dung, for her brilliant and timely feedback and open communication throughout the thesis process Without her whole-hearted guidance and support, it would not have been possible for me to complete this work I am also thankful to my family who raised me up, encouraged and supported me during my learning journey and contributed so much to this accomplishment Special thanks to my husband, Nguyen Hai Chau, who made countless loving sacrifices and was my support and motivation throughout my MA course Finally, I would like to thank the research site and participants for their willingness to allow me the opportunity to conduct research for this study at their center ii STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY I certify that this thesis entitled “THE USE OF CONCEPT CHECKING QUESTIONS IN GRAMMAR TEACHING: A CASE STUDY OF ENGLISH TEACHERS’ BELIEFS AND PRACTICES” is my own work The thesis has not been submitted for the award of any degree or diploma in any other institution Ho Chi Minh City, August 2021 Nguyễn Thị Phương Dung iii RETENTION OF USE I hereby state that I, Nguyễn Thị Phương Dung, being the candidate for the degree of Master in TESOL, accept the requirements of the University relating to the retention and use of Master’s Thesis deposited in the Library In terms of these conditions, I agree that the original of my thesis deposited in the Library should be accessible for the purpose of study and research in accordance with the normal conditions established by the Library for the care, loan or reproduction of the theses Ho Chi Minh City, August 2021 iv TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY iii RETENTION OF USE iv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ix LIST OF TABLES x LIST OF FIGURES xi ABSTRACT xii CHAPTER INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study 1.2 Aims of the study 1.2.1 Statement of the problem 1.2.2 Rationale of the study 1.2.3 Research questions 1.3 Significance of the study 1.4 Scope of the study 1.5 Organization of thesis chapters CHAPTER LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 The changing view of grammar teaching 2.1.1 Grammar-based approaches 2.1.2 Communication-based approaches 2.1.3 Re-consideration of grammar teaching 2.1.4 Teachers’ perspectives on the teaching of grammar 12 2.2 Checking for understanding 13 v 2.2.1 Questions to check for understanding 15 2.2.2 Concept checking questions (CCQs) 19 2.2.2.1 The definition of CCQs 19 2.2.2.2 The benefits of CCQs 20 2.2.2.3 The drawbacks of CCQs 21 2.2.2.4 The design of CCQs 21 2.2.2.5 The delivery of CCQs 27 2.3 Research on the use of concept checking questions 28 2.4 Conceptual framework of the study 31 CHAPTER METHODOLOGY 33 3.1 Research questions 33 3.2 Research Design 33 3.3 Context of the study 34 3.4 Participants 35 3.5 Research instruments 39 3.5.1 Preliminary survey 39 3.5.2 Main study 42 3.5.2.1 Observations 42 3.5.2.2 Interviews 44 3.5.3 Piloting 46 3.6 Data collection procedure 46 3.7 Data analysis scheme 48 3.8 Summary 50 CHAPTER FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 51 4.1 Teachers’ beliefs 51 vi 4.1.1 The benefits of CCQs on students’ learning 52 4.1.2 The necessity and importance of CCQs in grammar teaching 53 4.1.3 Characteristics of good CCQs 56 4.1.4 Impacts of bad CCQs on students’ learning 56 4.1.5 Discussion 57 4.2 Teachers’ practices 60 4.2.1 Teachers’ use of CCQs 60 4.2.1.1 Planning CCQs 60 4.2.1.2 Setting the context for grammar teaching 61 4.2.1.3 Designing CCQs 63 4.2.1.4 Delivering CCQs 69 4.2.2 Students’ reactions to teachers’ CCQs 71 4.2.3 Teachers’ follow-ups 76 4.2.4 Discussion 78 4.3 Summary 84 CHAPTER CONCLUSION 85 5.1 Summary of findings 85 5.2 Pedagogical implications 86 5.2.1 For teachers 86 5.2.2 For teacher trainers 88 5.3 Limitations of the study 88 5.4 Recommendations for further study 89 REFERENCES 90 APPENDICES 98 APPENDIX A 98 vii APPENDIX B 100 APPENDIX C 105 APPENDIX D 110 APPENDIX E 115 APPENDIX F 120 APPENDIX G 122 viii C.33.44.55.54.78.65.5.43.22.2.4 22.Tai lieu Luan 66.55.77.99 van Luan an.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.33.44.55.54.78.655.43.22.2.4.55.22 Do an.Tai lieu Luan van Luan an Do an.Tai lieu Luan van Luan an Do an LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS CCQ: Concept checking question / concept question CELTA: Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults CFU: Checking for understanding CLT: Communicative Language Teaching EFL: English as a foreign language ELT: English language teaching FonF: Focus on form L1: first language L2: target/second language SLA: Second language acquisition ix Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhd 77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77t@edu.gmail.com.vn.bkc19134.hmu.edu.vn.Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhddtt@edu.gmail.com.vn.bkc19134.hmu.edu.vn C.33.44.55.54.78.65.5.43.22.2.4 22.Tai lieu Luan 66.55.77.99 van Luan an.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.33.44.55.54.78.655.43.22.2.4.55.22 Do an.Tai lieu Luan van Luan an Do an.Tai lieu Luan van Luan an Do an LIST OF TABLES Table 3.1 Summary of case selection criteria 37 Table 3.2 Summary of the participants’ information 38 Table 3.3 Distribution of items in the questionnaire 41 Table 3.4 Summary of observation scheme 43 Table 3.5 Summary of interview questions 45 Table 3.6 The timeline for data collection procedure in the main study 48 Table 4.1 Teachers’ views on checking for understanding when teaching grammar 51 Table 4.2 Contexts used by the participants to introduce the target grammar in the observations 62 Table 4.3 Examples of teachers’ CCQs in the observations 63 Table 4.4 Number of CCQs used in the observations 65 Table 4.5 Average number of CCQs for each target structure in the observations 67 Table 4.6 Number of CCQs about form, meaning and use in the observations 68 Table 4.7 Teaching stages during which CCQs were asked in the observations 69 Table 4.8 How CCQs were directed to students in the observations 70 x Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhd 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77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77t@edu.gmail.com.vn.bkc19134.hmu.edu.vn.Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhddtt@edu.gmail.com.vn.bkc19134.hmu.edu.vn C.33.44.55.54.78.65.5.43.22.2.4 22.Tai lieu Luan 66.55.77.99 van Luan an.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.33.44.55.54.78.655.43.22.2.4.55.22 Do an.Tai lieu Luan van Luan an Do an.Tai lieu Luan van Luan an Do an APPENDIX F INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT SAMPLE INTERVIEW Hỏi: Cơ vui lịng tóm tắt biết chung CCQs T1: Ờ, CCQs kiểu dạng câu hỏi để check, ờ, kiểm tra cái… hiểu học sinh vấn đề mà trình bày Hỏi: Dạ ừm, từ đâu Cô biết CCQs? T1: Ừm… thật lúc học đại học có dạy phần, mà làm việc mơi trường khác cái… CCCs lặp lặp lại workshop sharing Hỏi: À, tức trình làm việc khơng ạ? T1: Hỏi: Dạ rồi, thì… ờ… Cơ cho ví dụ, ví dụ CCQ đó? T1: Ừm… ví dụ CCQ hả? Thì thường, ờ, ví dụ lấy việc dạy hồn thành đi, tơi hỏi là, ờ… “Is the action finished now or in the past? And does it continue to the future or not?” Hỏi: Dạ… Câu hỏi Cơ có nghĩ CCQs có lợi cho việc học hay khơng? T1: Thì đương nhiên việc ờ… Sử dụng câu hỏi CCQs có lợi cho việc học học sinh Thứ xác định xác có hiểu vấn đề hay khơng, nhiều hỏi có hiểu khơng, trả lời hiểu cuối khơng có hiểu Hỏi: Dạ T1: Với lại dựa dùng CCQs tập trung vào điểm trọng tâm mà dạy, nhiều phần q rộng Hỏi: Nghĩa ạ? T1: Ví dụ hoàn thành diễn tả kiện từ khứ đến tương lai, rộng q Ví dụ chia phần cái…ưm… diễn tả hành động hoàn tất chưa một, có kéo dài, có xảy khơng, có xảy kéo dài đến tương lai hay khơng Hỏi: À, tức là… T1: Mình sử dụng để break down phần… um… ngữ pháp dạy 120 Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhd 77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77t@edu.gmail.com.vn.bkc19134.hmu.edu.vn.Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhddtt@edu.gmail.com.vn.bkc19134.hmu.edu.vn C.33.44.55.54.78.65.5.43.22.2.4 22.Tai lieu Luan 66.55.77.99 van Luan an.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.33.44.55.54.78.655.43.22.2.4.55.22 Do an.Tai lieu Luan van Luan an Do an.Tai lieu Luan van Luan an Do an Hỏi: À…dạ rồi, em hiểu Rồi, câu số 4, Cơ có soạn trước CCQs hay khơng T1: thực thì…ừm… Cơ khơng có soạn cách cụ thể Nhưng mà soạn đốn đốn …ờ… chỗ mình… nên hỏi…ư… có nghĩa có chuẩn bị mà khơng khơng có viết ra… có nghĩa chuẩn bị đầu… Hỏi: Có chuẩn bị đầu T1: … dự đốn thơi… Nên khơng kỹ lưỡng thành lắm, mà ý có cái… câu mà… hình thành đầu Hỏi: À, hình thành đầu Dạ rồi, thì, tức Cơ có dự đốn trước ln câu trả lời… T1: Ờ… dự đốn hả? Thì dự đốn Đối với số câu đơn giản thôi, với lại… tùy học sinh Nên dự đốn dự đốn nhiều khơng xác Hỏi: Ơ… ví dụ nghĩ câu CCQ vậy, nghĩ ln là…ừm… hỏi học sinh có trả lời khơng? T1: Ừm… có, thường thường sẽ, sẽ, gọi lựa chọn câu mà trả lời Hỏi: À, tức Cơ lường trước câu hỏi khơng trả lời không, để Cô loại bỏ khơng? T1: Ừ Hỏi: Vậy Cơ có dự đốn câu trả lời học sinh trước Dạ rồi, câu số mà Cô, Cô, Cô viết, Cô suy nghĩ trước câu hỏi đó, ừm… có gặp khó khăn khơng? T1: Thực khó khơng khó mà mức độ khó tùy vào … nội dung mà giảng, ví dụ mà ngữ pháp nó, điểm ngữ pháp dễ hay khó, đặt câu hỏi khơng khó đâu Cơ nghĩ Hỏi: Tức tùy vào concept không? … Dạ rồi, câu số 6, Cô check Cơ check form, meaning use? … form ví dụ như… T1: Ưm… thường Cơ kết hợp ln Tại tụi phải biết cái… form nào, meaning nào, cách sử dụng nào, mới… câu đúng, mà check form khơng lại khơng biết meaning use 121 Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhd 77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77t@edu.gmail.com.vn.bkc19134.hmu.edu.vn.Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhddtt@edu.gmail.com.vn.bkc19134.hmu.edu.vn C.33.44.55.54.78.65.5.43.22.2.4 22.Tai lieu Luan 66.55.77.99 van Luan an.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.33.44.55.54.78.655.43.22.2.4.55.22 Do an.Tai lieu Luan van Luan an Do an.Tai lieu Luan van Luan an Do an APPENDIX G LETTER OF CONSENT Dear … My name is Nguyen Thi Phuong Dung and I am an MA candidate at the faculty of English Linguistics and Literature, Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH) You are being invited to participate in the study entitled “The use of concept checking questions in grammar teaching: A case study of English teachers’ beliefs and practices” The purpose of this study is to investigate what beliefs teachers hold towards the use of concept checking questions and explore their experience with these questions when they teach grammar This research will require 2-3 hours of your time During this time, you will be observed in one of your classes with a grammar lesson The researcher will act as a non-participant in your class and the observation will be recorded In addition, class observation will be followed by an interview which is expected to last for around one hour The interview will be conducted wherever you prefer and will also be recorded All of the data will be stored for the sole purpose of this study and will be accessed by the researcher and her supervisor only To ensure confidentiality, all of your information will be kept anonymous Your participation in this research is completely voluntary You may withdraw from the study at any time for any reason The results of this study will be presented in my MA thesis read by the supervisor, the board of examiners and readers of the Library at USSH If you wish to receive a copy of the results from this study, you may contact the researcher at the telephone number given below If you require any further information about the study or would like to speak to me for any inquiry, you can reach me at (84) 917141710 or via e-mail dungnguyenftu89@gmail.com Your participation is of great importance to this study and I highly appreciate your cooperation 122 Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhd 77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77t@edu.gmail.com.vn.bkc19134.hmu.edu.vn.Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhddtt@edu.gmail.com.vn.bkc19134.hmu.edu.vn C.33.44.55.54.78.65.5.43.22.2.4 22.Tai lieu Luan 66.55.77.99 van Luan an.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.33.44.55.54.78.655.43.22.2.4.55.22 Do an.Tai lieu Luan van Luan an Do an.Tai lieu Luan van Luan an Do an Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhd 77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77t@edu.gmail.com.vn.bkc19134.hmu.edu.vn.Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhddtt@edu.gmail.com.vn.bkc19134.hmu.edu.vn