Native and Non-Native approaches to teaching English as a Global Lingua Franca as perceived by teachers and students at the Faculty of English Language Teacher Education, ULIS – VNU

Native and Non-Native approaches to teaching English as a Global Lingua Franca as perceived by teachers and students at the Faculty of English Language Teacher Education, ULIS – VNU Qu

Native and Non-Native approaches to teaching

English as a Global Lingua Franca as

perceived by teachers and students at the Faculty of English Language Teacher

Education, ULIS – VNU Quan điểm của giáo viên và sinh viên khoa Sư Phạm Tiếng Anh, ĐHNN – ĐHQGHN về định hướng bản ngữ và phi bản ngữ trong giảng dạy

Tiếng Anh như một ngôn ngữ

trung gian toàn cầu

Đỗ Thị Minh Ngọc

University of Languages and International Studies M.A Thesis English Language Teaching Methodology; Mã số: 60 14 10

Supervisor : Dr Ngô Hữu Hòang

Năm bảo vệ: 2012

Abstract The world‟s current movement towards teaching and learning English as a

default medium of international contacts has led to some revolutionary changes, first and foremost, in perceptions of the native model Many recommendations have been made to move beyond the native speaker norms, and this trend is supported by not only native but also nonnative English-speaking researchers and educators all around the world The conservative loyalty to the native speaker model, however, still survives, especially in outer and expanding circle countries, including Vietnam With

an attempt to contribute a classroom perspective to the issue, the researcher conducted

a survey on 100 students and 25 teachers at the Faculty of English Language Teacher Education (ULIS – VNU) combined with focus group interviews so as to investigate their perceptions of native and non-native approaches to ELT The findings show such divided opinions At one extreme, a minority of FELTE teachers and learners hold a strong belief that the native model should be the benchmark of perfection At the other end of the spectrum, a much larger number of respondents express flexible and tolerant attitudes towards the adoption of new varieties of English, especially in pronunciation and culture dimensions Despite some encouraging results, a lingering

aspiration to the achievement of native-like competence can be sensed via the students‟ majority preference of native English-speaking teachers and Vietnamese teachers‟ self-doubt and feelings of inferiority This study‟s results hopefully can develop a glimpse of Vietnamese current language education so that some measured pedagogical developments can be achieved

Keywords Phương pháp giảng dạy; Tiếng Anh; Bản ngữ

Content

The paper is developed into three main parts:

PART I is Introduction This part includes general details that serve as the

research background leading to the formation of research needs The impetus for the study and a brief review of some key studies in the field were discussed prior to the introduction of research objectives, research questions, the scope and its significance

PART II – Development is divided into three chapters

Chapter 1 - Theoretical background is devoted to the clarification of

important theoretical issues It is comprised of two sub-sections: (1) Key concepts in ELF (providing the definition of some key terms in ELF) and (2) Native model versus Non-native model (reviewing current research and controversies related to NESTs and

NNESTs, the native-speaker Model and non-native speaker Model)

Chapter 2 is Research Methodologies, which explains the context, the

selection of participants, the research approach as well as specific methods used in data collection and data analysis

Chapter 3 is Findings Analysis and Discussion The findings from the

questionnaire and interview are presented, described and interpreted

PART III is Conclusion and Recommendations This part includes the

summary of key points developed throughout the paper, the pedagogical recommendations, the explanation of study limitations, and finally some suggestions for further studies to all of those who share the similar interest in the issue

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