Teachers’ perceptions of the new english 3 textbook and their suggestions to enhance teaching effectiveness

Trang 1 QUY NHON UNIVERSITY NGUYEN THI THUY TRANG TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE NEW ENGLISH 3 TEXTBOOK AND THEIR SUGGESTIONS TO ENHANCE TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS Major: Theory and Methodolog

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING QUY NHON UNIVERSITY NGUYEN THI THUY TRANG TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE NEW ENGLISH 3 TEXTBOOK AND THEIR SUGGESTIONS TO ENHANCE TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS Major: Theory and Methodology of English Language Teaching Code: 8140111 Supervisor: Assoc Prof Dr Nguyen Thi Thu Hien BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC QUY NHƠN NGUYỄN THỊ THUỲ TRANG NHẬN THỨC CỦA GIÁO VIÊN VỀ SÁCH TIẾNG ANH 3 MỚI VÀ NHỮNG ĐỀ XUẤT CỦA HỌ ĐỂ NÂNG CAO HIỆU QUẢ GIẢNG DẠY Ngành: Lý luận và phương pháp dạy học bộ môn tiếng Anh Mã số: 8140111 Người hướng dẫn: PGS TS Nguyễn Thị Thu Hiền i DECLARATION OF AUTHORSHIP The thesis entitled “Teachers’ perceptions of the new English 3 Textbook and their suggestions to enhance teaching effectiveness” is conducted under the supervison of Assoc Prof Dr Nguyen Thi Thu Hien I declare that the ìnformation reported in this study is the result of my own work and effort, except where due reference is made This thesis has not been submitted for the award of any degree or diploma in any university Quy Nhon, 2023 Nguyen Thi Thuy Trang ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Without the support, encouragement, and contributions from my supervisor, my professors, my school, my colleagues, my friends, and my family, the successful completion of this thesis work would not have been possible I take this chance to express my deepest thanks to them for their support First and foremost, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my thesis advisor Associate Prof Dr Nguyen Thi Thu Hien for her continuous support, expert guidance, and patience throughout the study She provided me with assistance at every stage of the process and always expressed her faith in me I am gratefully indebted to her for her valuable comments on this thesis A special thank goes to Dao Duy Tu Primary School for giving me the chance to attend a MA course at Quy Nhon University This study was made achievable by the participation of the enthusiastic teachers and students at Primary Schools in Phu Yen Province, who devoted their time to taking part in this research I am also thankful to my colleagues for their support during my study time I am also grateful to Quy Nhon University, Department of Graduate Education, Faculty of Foreign Languages, and Faculty of Education for the administrative assistance Last but not least, I want to express my gratitude to my family for providing me with unfailing support and continuous encouragement throughout the course and the study of this thesis iii ABSTRACT This study explored the teachers’ perceptions of the new English 3 Textbook and their suggestions to enhance teaching effectiveness The new English 3 textbook, published by Viet Nam Education Publishing House Limited Company, is compiled to follow the General Education Program in English 2018 of the Ministry of Education and Training The study was conducted with 25 teachers from 10 primary schools in Phu Yen Province during March 2023 This research implemented the quantitative and qualitative approaches in collecting the data, by using questionnaire and semi- structure interview The questionnaire was distributed to 25 teachers of English; and the interview was completed with 7 teachers who returned the questionnaires The findings showed that the teachers had positive perceptions of the content, skills, and activities designed in the textbook Moreover, the research found that teachers had differrent perceptions of difficulty level and unit organization; the activities; and the skills and sub-skills distributions in the English 3 textbook The results also showed that teachers had different perceptions of the challenges and the advantages when they using the new English 3 textbook Consequently, they offered some suggestions for better teaching situations, such as differentiating instruction, using a variety of teaching methods, providing opportunities for practice, using technology to enhance learning, and partnering with parents and the community Keywords: Textbook, teachers’ perceptions, challenges and advantages, suggestions iv TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION OF AUTHORSHIP i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii ABSTRACT iii TABLE OF CONTENTSiv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS vii LIST OF TABLESviii CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 RATIONALE 1 1.2 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 2 1.2.1 Aims 2 1.2.2 Objectives 2 1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 3 1.4 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 3 1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 3 1.6 ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY 4 CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 5 2.1 A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN VIETNAM 5 2.2 TEXTBOOKS 10 2.2.1 Definition of textbook 10 2.2.2 The role of textbooks for EFL teachers and students 11 2.2.3 A description of the new English 3 textbook 11 2.3 PERCEPTION AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN TEACHING PROCESS 13 2.3.1 Definition of perception 13 2.3.2 The importance of perception on teaching 14 2.4 THE IMPORTANCE OF EVALUATION OF TEXTBOOKS 14 v 2.4.1 The evaluation of the content of ELT textbooks 17 2.4.2 The evaluation of the skills of ELT textbooks 19 2.4.3 The evaluation of the activities of ELT textbooks 19 2.4.4 2.4.4 The evaluation of the language aspects of ELT textbooks 20 2.4.5 The evaluation of the culture of ELT textbooks 22 2.5 REVIEW OF RELATED EMPIRICAL STUDIES 23 CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 26 3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN 26 3.2 SETTING AND PARTICPANT SELECTION 26 3.3 RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS 28 3.3.1 Questionaire 28 3.3.2 Semi – Structured Interview 31 3.4 DATA COLLECTION 32 3.5 DATA ANALYSIS 33 3.6 RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY 34 3.6.1 Reliability 34 3.6.2 Validity 35 CHAPTER 4 FINDING AND DISCUSSIONS 36 4.1 TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS ON THE NEW ENGLISH 3 TEXTBOOK 36 4.1.1 Teachers’ perceptions on the content of the new English 3 textbooks 36 4.1.2 Teachers’ perceptions on the activities of the new English 3 textbook 42 4.1.3 Teachers’ perceptions on the skills of the new English 3 textbook 46 4.2 EFL TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE ADVANTAGES AND THE CHALLENGES OF USING THE NEW ENGLISH 3 TEXTBOOK AND THEIR SUGGESTIONS TO ENHANCE TEACHING vi EFFECTIVENESS 50 CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION AND IMPLCATION 59 5.1 Summary of the study 59 5.2 Implications 60 5.3 Limitations 60 5.4 Suggestions for further research 61 REFERENCES 61 APPENDICES vii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS EFL: English as a Foreign Language ESL: English as a Second Language MOET: Ministry of Education and Training viii LIST OF TABLES Table 2.1 The 10 English textbooks for Grade 3 8 Table 2.2 The English 3 textbook structure (MOET, 2018) 13 Table 3.1 The background of teacher participants 28 Table 3.2 Process of conducting the Survey 31 Table 3.3 Reliability Statistics of the questionnaire 34 Table 4.1 Teachers’ perceptions on the content of the new English 3 textbooks 37 Table 4.2 Teachers’ perceptions on the activities of the new English 3 textbook 42 Table 4.3 Teachers’ perceptions on the skills of the new English 3 textbook 46 Table 4.4 Teachers’ perceptions on the advantages and the challenges of the new English 3 textbook 50