(LUẬN văn THẠC sĩ) an action research on developing speaking skill throught oral presentations with reference to the coursebook talk time for the second year non major students at hanoi university of industry

1 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES NGUYỄN THỊ TÂM AN ACTION RESEARCH ON DEVELOPING SPEAKING SKILL THROUGH ORAL PRESENTATIONS WITH REFERENCE TO THE COURSEBOOK “TALK TIME” FOR THE SECOND YEAR NON-MAJOR STUDENTS AT HANOI UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRY (NGHIÊN CỨU VỀ PHÁT TRIỂN KỸ NĂNG NĨI THƠNG QUA THUYẾT TRÌNH THEO CUỐN SÁCH “TALK TIME” CHO SINH VIÊN KHÔNG CHUYÊN NĂM THỨ ĐẠI HỌC CÔNG NGHIỆP HÀ NỘI) MINOR PROGRAM THESIS FIELD: ENGLISH TEACHING METHODOLOGY CODE: 60 14 10 HANOI – 2012 TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES NGUYỄN THỊ TÂM AN ACTION RESEARCH ON DEVELOPING SPEAKING SKILL THROUGH ORAL PRESENTATIONS WITH REFERENCE TO THE COURSEBOOK “TALK TIME” FOR THE SECOND YEAR NON-MAJOR STUDENTS AT HANOI UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRY (NGHIÊN CỨU VỀ PHÁT TRIỂN KỸ NĂNG NĨI THƠNG QUA THUYẾT TRÌNH THEO CUỐN SÁCH “TALK TIME” CHO SINH VIÊN KHÔNG CHUYÊN NĂM THỨ ĐẠI HỌC CÔNG NGHIỆP HÀ NỘI) MINOR PROGRAM THESIS FIELD: ENGLISH TEACHING METHODOLOGY CODE: 60 14 10 SUPERVISOR: ĐINH HẢI YẾN, M.A HANOI – 2012 TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration i Acknowledgement ii Abstract iii Table of Contents iv List of Abbreviations .vii List of Tables, Charts and Figure viii PART A: INTRODUCTION 1 The rationales of the study The scope and significance of the study The aims of the study Methods of the study The design of the study PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 Speaking skill 1.1.1 Definitions of speaking 1.1.2 Approaches to speaking 1.1.3 Differences between spoken and written language 1.1.4 The importance of teaching speaking skill 1.1.5 Types of classroom speaking performance 1.2 Oral presentations 1.2.1 Definitions and characteristics of oral presentations 1.2.2 The importance of oral presentation skills TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com 1.2.3 Types of oral presentations 10 1.2.4 Procedure for using oral presentations as a class activity 11 1.3 Sub-conclusion .12 CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY .13 2.1 Action research .13 2.1.1 Definitions and characteristics of action research 13 2.1.2 Why action research? 13 2.1.3 Phases in action research 14 2.2 The current situation of teaching and learning English at HaUI 16 2.3 The coursebook “Talk time” and the syllabus .18 2.4 Participants .19 2.5 Data collection instruments 19 2.6 Data collection procedures .20 2.7 Data analysis 20 CHAPTER 3: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 21 3.1 Results from the questionnaire .21 3.1.1 Students’ attitudes toward the use of oral presentations in English lessons 21 3.1.2 Students’ suggestions to increase the effectiveness of oral presentations in English lessons 24 3.2 Results from the students’ journals 27 3.2.1 Students’ overall performance during oral presentations 27 3.2.2 Students’ suggestions to make a better presentation 29 3.3 Results from the observation sheet 31 CHAPTER 4: IMPLICATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 35 TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com (LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry (LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry 4.1 For students 35 4.1.1 Planning, preparing, rehearsing and presenting 35 4.1.2 Setting up a good mood for the presentation 37 4.2 For the teacher (s) 38 4.2.1 Establishing a supportive and low-threat learning environment 38 4.2.2 Improving students’ non-verbal skills 38 4.2.3 Improving students’ verbal skills 39 PART C: CONCLUSION 41 Summary of the findings 41 Limitations and suggestions for further study 42 REFERENCES 43 APPENDIXES .I Appendix I Appendix V Appendix VII Appendix VIII TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com 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(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS HaUI: Hanoi University of Industry ESL: English as a Second Language EFL: English as a Foreign Language CLT: Communicative Language Teaching TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com (LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry (LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry 10 LIST OF TABLES, CHARTS AND FIGURE Tables: No Title Page English curriculum at HaUI 17 Syllabus for teaching the course book “Talk time” 18 Students’ general beliefs in the usefulness of oral presentation 21 Students’ general belief about their own ability to oral 23 presentation Students’ general attitudes towards oral presentations 24 Result of the first observation of students’ presentations 31 Result of the second observation of students’ presentations 32 Charts: No Title Page Aspects of the presentations students want their teacher to give 24 more feedback Things teacher should to help students make better 25 presentations Things students should to make good presentations 26 Figure: No Title Figure 1: Action research phases Page 14 TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com (LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry 57 General beliefs in the usefulness of oral presentations Making oral presentations helps me learn English better Oral presentation skills are important in English learning Listening to my classmates’ presentations is helpful for me in learning English Making oral presentations in class helps me practice my speaking skill Making oral presentations in class helps me to be more aware of my pronunciation Making oral presentations in class helps me widen my vocabulary I acquire a lot of new knowledge about the topics of presentations After doing presentations in English, I feel more confident in speaking English in class I am interested in searching for information and preparing for my presentations 10 Through reading many searching and materials, my reading skills are improved General belief about their own ability to oral presentations 11 Making English oral TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com 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(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry 58 presentations is easy to me 12 I am confident in doing oral presentations in English 13 I’m afraid of making oral presentations in English lessons General attitudes towards oral presentations 14 I am interested in making oral presentations in English lessons as a learning activity Section 3: Your suggestions to increase the effectiveness of oral presentations in English lessons (you can circle more than one choice) 15 What aspects of your presentations you like your teacher to give more feedback? A The content of presentations B The organization of presentations C Your grammar mistakes D Your pronunciation mistakes E Your intonation F Your body language, facial expressions, eye contact and gestures G Others: ……………………………………………………………………………… 16 What should the teacher to help you make oral presentations better? A Provide more instructions and guidance before the students their presentations B Encourage and compliment on the students’ presentations more C Give the list of topics which the students have to their presentations on D Let the students decide which topic they will their presentations on E Give the students more time to oral presentations F Ask the students to more than one presentation during the semester G.Others: ……………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com (LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry (LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry 59 17 What should the students before class to make good presentations and improve their speaking skill? A Make the outline of the presentation B Assign work among the students in a group C Search the information from many sources of materials D Prepare power-point slides carefully E Check the words’ phonetic spellings before making the presentations F Practise making their presentations at home G Others: ……………………………………………………………………………… Thank you for your support! 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Confidence - Good preparation Presentation Techniques - Audibility/Loudness of voice - Eye contact - Facial expression - Gesture - Fluency - Pronunciation - Pace (fast or slow) - Intonation Organization - Introduction (announcing the topic/setting the scene to gain interest) - Body (details & explanations) - Conclusion (summary & closing statements) TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com (LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry (LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry 61 Content - Relevance to the topic - Clarity of ideas - Original & creative ideas Language - Complete sentences - Correct grammar - Choice of words, including connectives Question – answer (notice how many questions are asked and how they answer the questions) Other students’ comment (Note down comments students’ and give feedbacks) (Adapted from http://cd.emb.gov.hk/eng/consultation/download/Appendices.pdf) TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com (LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry (LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry 62 APPENDIX PROMPTS FOR STUDENT JOURNALS What you think about the presentations today? (Are they good/ quite good/ very good/ bad/interesting/ boring…? And why?) What can you learn from today’s presentations? (About the knowledge, about the speaking skills, about the presentation skills… ) What needs improvement to make a better presentation? (About PPT slides, about the content of presentations, about classmates’ pronunciation, about presentation skills such as using body language, eye contact……) What you think the teacher should to help the students make oral presentations better? TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com (LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry (LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry 63 APPENDIX SUGGESTED LANGUAGE USED IN AN ORAL PRESENTATION I Introduction I.1 Getting the audience's attention and signal the beginning Right Well OK Let's begin Can we start? Shall we start? Could I have your attention please? I.2 Greeting Good morning Good afternoon Good evening Hello I.3 Introducing the presenter(s) Let me introduce the members of my group…… There are members in my group…… My name is………… I.4 Introducing the topic Today I’d like to talk about…… The topic I will discuss today is……… The subject of my presentation is……… In this presentation I´m going to discuss ……… I.5 Introduce the main content My presentation will be divided into main parts……… I’ll be developing main points…… I have divided my presentation (up) into parts…… II Development II.1 Moving on other points Regarding My next point will be Now I will move on to talk about… That's all I would like to say about and now let us turn to Now that we've seen let us turn to… TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com (LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry (LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry(LUAN.van.THAC.si).an.action.research.on.developing.speaking.skill.throught.oral.presentations.with.reference.to.the.coursebook.talk.time.for.the.second.year.non.major.students.at.hanoi.university.of.industry