Researching the attitude of learning english of pupils at grade 3 in tan thoi primary school 1

CA MAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING RESEARCHING THE ATTITUDE OF LEARNING ENGLISH OF PUPILS AT GRADE 3 IN TAN THOI PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENT’S NAME: Pham Thi Nhu Y STUDENT’S NUMBER: CK1203A069 CLASS: English 2012 SUPERVISOR: Mrs. Liet Thoai Phuong Lan 1 ABSTRACT English is an international language. It is spoken as a native language in the America, Britain, and Australia If we know English, we can read various kinds of English books as widen our knowledge and find a good job English has become the official language in the fields of polities, business, science and technology. So, we should have the positive attitude about learning English. Especially, pupils are in primary school. The researching mentions with the attitudes toward learning English of pupils at grades 3 in Tan Thoi Primary School. Besides, I also give the solutions to improve English attitude of pupils in Tan Thoi Primary school. These above are going to show in my research in class 3A in course 2014- 2015 of Tan Thoi Primary School. In the end of the research, I tell you the recommendation for further researches. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract i Table of Contents ii List of Tables iii List of abbreviations and symbols iv Chapter I: Introduction 1 1 Background to study 1 1.1 Statement of purpose 1 1.2 Research questions 1 1.3 Significance questions 2 Chapter II: Literature Review 3 Chapter III: Methodology 5 Chapter IV: Results and discussion 7 4.1.1 Pupils 7 4.1.2 The attitude of teachers with English teaching method 8 4.2 The quality of studying English in class 3A of Tan Thoi Primary School 8 4.3 The attitude of students with learning English 9 4.4 The solutions 9 Chapter V: Conclusion 10 References 11 Appendices 12 LIST OF TABLES 3 Table 1: shows us the results about pupils’ attitude in teaching English Table 2: shows us the results about Teachers’ attitude in teaching English 4 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS CD……………………………………………………………….Compact disc TTPS…………………………………………… …Tan Thoi Primary School 5 CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1. Background to study: Nowadays, English has been the most popular language in the world. It is also used as a second language by 700 million people in the remaining parts of world. To many people, English is an important language to everybody because it is a window to connect trade, friends and culture… in the world together. In traditional teaching, pupils was required to acquire English grammar nowadays they are require to acquire various skills and language items including English grammar, English vocabulary and English pronunciation. In the light of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT), pupils are required not only to have good knowledge of vocabulary and eligible grammar, the four language skills. But how pupils in Primary School study, they really like to learn English. Many teachers of Primary Schools required their pupils were too high. Because of the above reasons, I decided to choose this topic: “The attitude of pupils toward learning English in grades 3 at Tan Thoi Primary School”. 1.1 Statement of purpose: I do this research to know the attitudes toward learning of students in class 3A of Tan Thoi Primary School. Though the result, I will give the offers to improve the attitude of pupils toward learning English in class 3A of Tan Thoi Primary School. 1.2 Research questions: • How is the attitude of pupils toward studying English at class 3A in Tan Thoi Primary School? • How can teachers help their pupils in learning English? 6 1.3 Significance questions: People will be well-recognized the attitude of pupils in learning English in Tan Thoi Primary School. The teaching staff will see their pupils’ attitude in learning English, so that they can improve their teaching method. CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW 7 In this chapter, I will present some past research in the same fields. There were many opinions on English learning attitude in the primary schools and in other corners, such as: “English is without a doubt the actual universal language” said Carlos Carrion Torres of Brazil in the meeting with students in the national Philippines universities (2011). In a study on how to teach speaking communicatively to grade 10 in Tran Phu high school, Tran Thi Uyen especially mentioned to the communication language teaching method. The research showed 4 specific problems following concerning with disadvantages from students: + Students lack motivation for communicative competence because they seem to be over concerned with passing exams which rarely test for communicative competence. + Students show resistance to class participation and the reasons may come from their anxiety, laziness and unfamiliarity with communicative lessons. + Students use Vietnamese during group work and the sources of the difficulty are also anxiety and unfamiliarity with the communicative language teaching method. + Students are low of English proficiency. Jeanne Baird said “The English language is one of the most widely spoken 8 in the world. English is used almost everywhere.” In my opinion, English is the most popular language in the world and English is important for us. If you know English, you can get goods jobs, travel around the world Besides, learning English also has many difficulties. Studying English will help us have many experiences in our lives. 9 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY In this chapter, the focus will be on background information of the subject of the study, the instruments used to collect data and the procedure of data collection as well. 3.1 – Overview of the questionnaires: 3.1.1 – Questionnaires construction: The questionnaires are focused on the pupils’ attitude in Tan Thoi Primary school, the equipments, the teachers’ attitude and students’ attitude in teaching and learning English… Questionnaires consisted of 8 questions: * From question 1 to 4, the requirement was choosing a, b, c. The content concentrated on the review for pupils. * The teacher also chooses a, b, c in questions 5 and 6. * Question 7 was written to get the problems for the difficulties in teaching English to grade 3 in Tan Thoi Primary school. * Question 8, teachers have proposition to help their teaching method better. 3.1.2 – Participants: The 30 copies of the questionnaires were delivered to 25/265 pupils in Tan Thoi Primary school. 3.1.3 – Purpose: The purpose of the questionnaires was to understand pupils’ attitude and teachers’ attitude in teaching and learning English of grade 3. And then, to take the solutions for teachers and students in Tan Thoi Primary school to repair better the teaching process as well as the studying process. 3.1.4 – Data collection procedure: 10 [...]... taught English subject in Tan Thoi Primary School 3. 2 .3 – Purpose: The interview aimed at the advantages and the disadvantages they met in their teaching process: to take their suggested solutions in improving the differences in studying English in Tan Thoi Primary School and to help pupils having the good way in learning English 3. 2.4 – Interview procedure: From 17 th of May to 27th of May 2 015 , I directly... directly interviewed 1 main English teacher who taught English subject of grade 3A in Tan Thoi Primary School 11 CHAPTER IV: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 4 .1 Results: 4 .1. 1 Pupils After I get back the questionnaires from 25 pupils of grade 3A in Tan Thoi Primary School From question 1 to question 4, I have the following table: Answer A Questions Number Percent of pupils 1 2 3 4 B Number Percent of pupils C... Number Percent of pupils 24 96% 0 0% 1 4% 10 40% 10 40% 5 20% 15 60% 8 30 % 2 10 % 18 20% 2 10 % 5 70% Table 1: shows us the results about pupils attitude in learning English In question 1, it tells about the students like learning English The most chosen option is “ A” with 96% of pupils who like learning English No one chooses option is “C”, that mean pupils feel like in learning English In question... were full of answers All of the data collected will be put into the computer: and Microsoft Word 20 03 will be used to analyze the data 3. 2 – Interviews: 3. 2 .1 – Interview construction: The interview consisted of 4 questions They were focused on the student’s attitude in learning English and the teacher’s attitude in teaching English 3. 2.2 – Participants: The interview was questioned to 2/2 English teachers... students in class 3A can not communicate English well Especially, in the listening and speaking, they could not present their answers clearly and exactly After teacher played CD, many students can not get the specific or detail information 13 In my investigation, 96% students responded that they like English Besides, only one 4 .3 The attitude of students with learning English Many students prepared their... to see the attitude of studying English at class 3A in Tan Thoi Primary School Besides, I give some solutions to improve these problems I think that the attitude learning of students will be better if these solutions are implemented I hope this research will help you have a lot in your studying If someone researches this topic in the future, she (he) should notice the following recommend: + The sample... about the pupils learning English The most chosen option is “A” with 40% who easy leanring English The few chooses option is “C”, that mean pupils very difficult leanring English In question 3, 60% “A” pupils think that they are good at reading skill and 30 % “B” listening skill and 10 % “C” speaking skill because pupils cannot miss vocabulary In qusetion 4,70% “C: normal” and 10 % “B: good” because pupils. .. not vocabulary 12 *Discussion: As a researcher as well as students in class 3A of Tan Thoi Primary School, I would like to give my ideas in the following lines: Start with question 1, 96% questioned students answer that they like English Especially, only one is no idea And next number 2, they feel leaning English that is easy (40%), 4 .1. 2 The attitude of teachers with English teaching English: Answer... Number of of teacher 5 6 of teacher Percent teacher 2 10 0% 0 0 1 50% 0 1 50% Table 2 shows us the results about Teachers’ attitude in teaching English In question 5, almost teachers think that English is necessary, so it should be applied early at Primary Schools Because of helping pupils get acquainted with background knowledge In question 6, teachers always prepare their lesson well at home to give the. .. culture, life to know English that is a strong point Although the students are studying with the warm teaching staff, they still have indifferently attitude in studying English The reason is that equipment are too old, size of class is not suitable the shortage of English native teacher is also a reason Especially, the main is that students are lazy in studying and pupils pressure is too heavy because . positive attitude about learning English. Especially, pupils are in primary school. The researching mentions with the attitudes toward learning English of pupils at grades 3 in Tan Thoi Primary School. . 7 4 .1. 1 Pupils 7 4 .1. 2 The attitude of teachers with English teaching method 8 4.2 The quality of studying English in class 3A of Tan Thoi Primary School 8 4 .3 The attitude of students with learning. give the solutions to improve English attitude of pupils in Tan Thoi Primary school. These above are going to show in my research in class 3A in course 2 014 - 2 015 of Tan Thoi Primary School. In the