A study on student’s motivation in learning english through games at nga son high school

BANKING ACADEMY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES - - GRADUATION THESIS A STUDY ON STUDENT’S MOTIVATION IN LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH GAMES AT NGA SON HIGH SCHOOL Student : TRAN THI LAN Class : K21ATCA Academic Year: 2018-2022 Student ID : 21A7510077 Advisor : DR HOANG QUOC THINH Hanoi, May 2022 Tai ngay!!! Ban co the xoa dong chu nay!!! 17014125822061000000 BANKING ACADEMY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES - - GRADUATION THESIS A STUDY ON STUDENT’S MOTIVATION IN LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH GAMES AT NGA SON HIGH SCHOOL Student : TRAN THI LAN Class : K21ATCA Academic Year: 2018-2022 Student ID : 21A7510077 Advisor : DR HOANG QUOC THINH Hanoi, May 2022 Graduation Thesis Banking Academy DECLARATION I would like to reassure that my graduation thesis is written by myself with the support of the instructor I guarantee that this thesis has not been posted in any other source Wherever contributions of others are involved, every effort is made to indicate this clearly The data and all references in the thesis are cited completely Any illegal copying, violation of regulations, I take full responsibility Ha Noi, 4th May, 2022 Signature Tran Thi Lan i Graduation Thesis Banking Academy ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Throughout the writing of this dissertation I have received a great deal of support and assistance.First and foremost, I would like to express my sincere gratitude towards the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Banking Academy for giving me the opportunity to research Thank you to my advertiser, Dr.Hoang Quoc Thinh Your encouraging words and thoughtful, detailed feedback have been very important to me Thank you to the interviewees, who so generously took time out of their schedules to participate in my research and make this project possible I am grateful for my parents whose constant love and support, keep me motivated and confident My accomplishments and success are because they believed in me Deepest thanks to my best friends, who keep me grounded, remind me of what is important in life, and are always supportive of my adventures I am forever thankful for the unconditional love and support throughout the entire thesis process and every day Due to time limitations and a restricted capacity of the author, this thesis might contain certain defects Therefore, I would be really open-minded and grateful for any constructive comments to enhance its quality ii Graduation Thesis Banking Academy TABLE OF CONTENT DECLARATION i ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ii TABLE OF CONTENT iii LIST OF TABLES v LIST OF FIGURES vi ABSTRACT vii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Aims of the study 1.3 Scope of the study .3 1.4 Significance of the study 1.5 Structure of the Study .4 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Language games .5 2.1.1 Definition of language games 2.1.2 Types of language games 2.1.3 Benefits of language games 2.2 Student’s motivation 2.2.1 Definition of motivation 2.2.2 Self-determination theory CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHOD 17 3.1 Research design 17 3.2 Data gather procedure 17 3.3 Population and sample description 17 3.4 Research instrument .19 3.5 Data analysis 20 3.6 Reliability and Validity 22 CHAPTER 4: FINDING AND DISCUSSION 24 iii Graduation Thesis Banking Academy 4.1 Intrinsic motivation 24 4.1.1 Reliability of the measurement 24 4.1.2 Findings on Intrinsic motivation of students in learning English through games 25 4.1.3 Discussion on Intrinsic motivation of students in learning English through games 27 4.2 Extrinsic motivation .27 4.2.1 Reliability of the measurement 27 4.2.2 Findings on Extrinsic motivation of students in learning English through games 29 4.2.3 Discussion on Extrinsic motivation of students in learning English through games 34 4.3 Difficulties in learning English through games .35 4.3.1 Reliability of measurement .35 4.3.2 Findings on difficulties in learning English through games .37 4.3.3 Discussion on difficulties in learning English through games 39 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION .39 Summary of findings .39 Recommendations 39 Conclusion 40 REFERENCES 42 APPENDICES 45 iv Graduation Thesis Banking Academy LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Sample of the study 19 Table 2: Data From The Questionnaire Coding Frame 20 Table 3: Interpretation of Mean Scores .22 Table 4.1: Reliability Scale of Intrinsic Motivation 24 Table 4.5: Student’s intrinsic motivation in learning English through games 31 Table 4.6: Reliability Scale of Difficulties .35 Table 4.7: Mean score scale 37 v Graduation Thesis Banking Academy LIST OF FIGURES Figure 4.1: Intrinsic motivation of students in learning English through games 26 Figure 4.2: Difficulties in learning English through games 38 vi Graduation Thesis Banking Academy ABSTRACT As interactive, multimodal, immersive, and extremely popular environments, games have received increasing interest from educators in recent years for their potential to enhance the language learning experience, both inside and outside the classroom This paper aims at investigating the effect of games students’ motivation in English class at Nga Son high school, Thanh Hoa province and the difficulties that applying games bring to both students and teachers Questionnaire was used as the main tool to collect data After sending questionnaire, the researcher received 101 responses Quantitative data analysis method was used to provide enough data for the present study After analyzing data received from the questionnaire, the researcher figured out that most of students had positive attitude toward using games in learning English This application of games definitely helps improve the level of motivation in students In addition, students and teachers might go through lots of difficulties on teaching and learning English through games which must be solved in order to improve learning efficiency Key words: language games, high school students, motivation, attitudes, performance vii Graduation Thesis Banking Academy CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION This chapter firstly introduces the background of the study which is the reason why the study was conducted Second, researcher presents aims and scope of the study Significance of study is addressed in the next section, following by the structure at the end of the chapter 1.1 Introduction In this era of globalization, every country must cooperate and communicate with each other for business, technology exchange or peaceful coexistence People from all over the world travel every day to other countries and they make friends with many foreign citizens Therefore, there is a must to have a language that everyone can use and understand English is this essential language; and nowadays, over 60 countries use English as their mother tongue and over 100 countries use it as their second language Therefore, it is easy to see that English plays a really important role Every nation is aware of the importance of English and Vietnam is not an exception The Vietnamese Government has implemented lots of reforms in language education, especially in English teaching methods On December 8, 2018, the Ministry of Education and Training held a seminar on "Solutions to improve the quality of teaching and learning foreign languages - especially English in the national education system" Phung (2018) said: “It is necessary to build an Englishspeaking community, create an environment where people like to speak English, like to read English Those who know a lot teach those who know little, not only for students, but also for adults, so that all people can learn foreign languages." He emphasized that all solutions are aimed at the ultimate goal of creating the best environment for effective foreign language teaching and learning If the young generation has good English command and information technology knowledge, many aspirations will certainly come true Therefore, in the next 20 years, when the English skill of Vietnamese students is good and information technology is strong, the education system will certainly change