Trang 6 ABSTRACT The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training has been promoting the use of Content and Language Integrated Learning CLIL in English teaching, integrating natural su
THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES NGUYEN QUYNH HOA AN EVALUATION OF STAKEHOLDERS ON AN ENGLISH AFFILIATE PROGRAM AT A PRIMARY SCHOOL IN HANOI M.A THESIS THAI NGUYEN - 2023 TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC SƯ PHẠM THÁI NGUYÊN KHOA NGOẠI NGỮ NGUYỄN QUỲNH HOA ĐÁNH GIÁ CỦA CÁC BÊN LIÊN QUAN VỀ CHƯƠNG TRÌNH TIẾNG ANH LIÊN KẾT TẠI MỘT TRƯỜNG TIỂU HỌC Ở HÀ NỘI Ngành: Lý luận và phương pháp dạy học bộ môn tiếng Anh Mã số: 8 14 01 11 LUẬN VĂN THẠC SĨ Cán bộ hướng dẫn: TS Nguyễn Thị Minh Loan THÁI NGUYÊN - 2023 DECLARATION Except where reference is made in the text of the thesis, this thesis contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a thesis by which I have qualified for or been awarded another degree or diploma No other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgements in the thesis This thesis has not been submitted for the award of any degree or diploma in any other tertiary institution Thai Nguyen, November 2023 Student Nguyen Quynh Hoa i LỜI CAM ĐOAN Tôi cam đoan đã thực hiện việc kiểm tra mức độ tương đồng nội dung luận văn qua phần mềm Turnitin một cách trung thực và đạt kết quả mức độ tương đồng 12% Bản luận văn kiểm tra qua phần mềm là bản cứng đã nộp để bảo vệ trước hội đồng Nếu sai tôi hoàn toàn chịu trách nhiệm Thái Nguyên, ngày 08 tháng 11 năm 2023 Học viên (Ký, ghi rõ họ tên) Nguyễn Quỳnh Hoa i ACKNOWLEDGEMENT To everyone who helped and supported the completion of this study, I would want to express my appreciation First and foremost, I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to my supervisor, Ph.D Nguyen Thi Minh Loan for her support in completing my thesis All of my drafts were read by Mrs Loan, who also carefully listened to my views She also offered some crucial comments that considerably influenced the final adjustments The thesis would not have been completed without her assistance Additionally, I am grateful to my parents, my entire family, and my friends for their support in getting me through the study They offered me the energizing strength I needed to handle the pressure of working long study days Due to their helpful criticizes and suggestions, I am also appreciative of my friends and co-workers Last but not least, I would want to express my deepest gratitude to all the stakeholders at Dong Ngac B primary school who provided important information for the study The success of this investigation was made possible by their outstanding cooperation ii ABSTRACT The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training has been promoting the use of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in English teaching, integrating natural subjects like Math and Science into English iSMART Education, a pioneer in teaching English through Maths and Science, has received positive feedback from schools, parents, and students However, new teachers face challenges in teaching difficult content like Math and Science, and educational administrators question the effectiveness of the program Therefore this study aimed to determine the opinions of 162 stakeholders (including 8 teachers, 76 students, 76 parents and 2 school administrators) about integrating the teaching of English with Maths and Science Furthermore, this study was also to specify if stakeholders' views about integrating the teaching of English with Maths and Science are the same or not Then, the researcher could evaluate this English affiliate program's effectiveness at a primary school in Hanoi To collect data, both qualitative and quantitative research approach are applied Specifically, the qualitative data would be gathered from semi-structured interview while the quantitative data would be collected by a questionnaire After using Microsoft excel and SPSS software to analyze the data, Most stakeholders of Dong Ngac B Primary School agreed that this affiliate program was an appropriate and effective choice if they want to experience a useful program to improve English and other content subjects iii TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION i LỜI CAM ĐOAN i ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ii ABSTRACT iii TABLE OF CONTENTS iv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS v LIST OF FIGURES vi CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Rationale of the study .1 1.2 Aims of the study 2 1.3 Research questions 2 1.4 Scope of the study 2 1.5 Significance of the study 2 1.6 Structure of the study 3 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 4 2.1 Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) Methodology 4 2.1.1 What is CLIL? .4 2.1.2 Principles of CLIL .5 2.1.3 Features of CLIL 6 2.1.4 Advantages of CLIL 7 2.1.5 Disadvantages of CLIL 8 2.2 Teaching English through Maths and Science 8 2.2.1 Teaching English through Maths .9 2.2.2 Teaching English through Science 10 2.3 Attitudes toward a program 10 2.3.1 What is attitude? 10 2.3.2 The factors affect teachers’ attitudes 11 2.4 Evaluation of the program 12 iv 2.4 1 What is a training program? 12 2.4.2 What is evaluation of a program? 13 2.5 Stakeholders and their purpose in education 13 2.6 Previous studies 14 2.7 Summary of the chapter 17 CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 18 3.1 Research design 18 3.2 Participants of the study 18 3.3 Data collection instruments 19 3.3.1 Questionnaire .19 3.3.2 Semi-structured interviews 20 3.4 Data collection procedures 20 3.5 Data analysis procedure 21 CHAPTER 4: RESULTS & DISCUSSION 22 4.1 Results of the questionnaire 22 4.1.1 Area 1 Knowledge and preparation 22 4.1.2 Area 2 Competences and assessment .27 4.1.3 Area 3 Motivation and evaluation 32 4.2 Results of the interview 34 4.2.1 Questions 1: “Are there any additional channel for students to study at home? 35 4.2.2 Questions 2: “What are the types of materials and resources which are being employed in iSMART classes?” 35 4.2.3 Questions 3: “Do the school's facilities meet the requirements for learning iSMART program?” 36 4.2.4 Questions 4: “Do you keep going to choose iSMART program?” 36 4.2.5 Questions 5: “Have iSMART program been quality accredited by any educational accreditation organization?” 37 4.3 Discussions 38 4.3.1 Research questions 1: What are stakeholders' attitudes toward affiliate program at Dong Ngac B primary school? 38 v 4.3.2 Research questions 2: Are there any differences in stakeholders' attitudes toward affiliate program? 40 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS 42 5.1 Conclusion 42 5.2 Implications 43 5.3 Limitation and Suggestions for further research 43 5.3.1 Limitation 43 5.3.2 Suggestion for further research 44 REFERENCES 46 APPENDICES vi CLIL: LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS MOET: Content and Language Integrated Learning L1: Ministry of Education and Training L2: The mother language OECD The second language Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development v