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Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY Faculty of International Education IBD program - - PROJECT Topic: PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH PROBLEM OF IBD STUDENTS Lecturer Student Class : Le Thi Thu Mai : Nguyen Giang My : I4P Intake Spring Hanoi - 2010 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 Acknowledgements I would like to express my gratitude to all those who help me to complete my own project I wish to thank my family for their encouragement and support I have furthermore to thank my friends, especially; all of IBD students whose help, simulating suggestions, support helped me in all the time of writing my project Finally, I would like to gratefully acknowledge my deep indebtedness to my supervisor, Miss Le This Thu Mai, who has supplied with great deal of enthusiastic assistance in guiding me how to a project, display the project on PowerPoint scientifically and was a great help in giving useful advice in difficult times through proofreading my project and listening my trouble carefully Nguyen Giang My Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 Content Pronunciation English problem of CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION I BACKGROUND: II RATIONALE: .5 III OBJECTIVES: .6 IV SUBJECTS: V METHODOLOGY: Questionnaires: Interviews: Observation: VI RESEARCH QUESTIONS: CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW I OVERALL CONCEPTIONS OF PRONUNCIATION: .8 Definition of pronunciation: .8 The sound relationships of pronunciation: .8 II THE IMPORTANT ROLES OF CORRECT PRONUNCIATION .9 Making effective communication and good impression: Making efficient work: 10 Supporting listening skill 10 CHAPTER III: MAJOR FINDINGS 11 I REAL PRONUNCIATION PROBLEM OF IBD STUDENTS: 11 Syllable pronunciation: 11 Stress: 13 Intonation: .14 II THE REASONS FOR THE PRONUNCIATION PROBLEM: 14 The dissimilarities between Vietnamese and English language: 14 Wrong self-study method: 15 Method of teaching: 17 The factor of psychology: .17 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 III SOLUTIONS FOR THIS PROBLEM: .17 Building worthy learning strategy with worthy schedule and plain targets: 17 Choosing suitable way of training pronunciation skill: 18 Invest teaching time in pronunciation: 20 CHAPTER IV: CONCLUSION 21 CHAPTER V: RECOMMENDATION 22 CHAPTER VI: REFERENCE 23 Topic: Pronunciation English problem of IBD students 25 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION I BACKGROUND: In recent years, according to globalization trends and new challenges, Vietnam may have to face lots of difficulties Thus, Vietnamese government has co-operated and established diplomatic relations with 168 countries in all continents In addition, Vietnam has also participated in many large organizations such as, ASEAN, APEC, ASEM and more than 500 non-governmental organizations in order to learn from countries’ experiences to help Vietnam to develop in all aspects Another significant example is Vietnam has become the WTO’s 150th member since 2007 Following these analyses, the use of English as an international language to communicate with foreign people is necessary than ever before However, learning a new language is not easy, because of many different points which are not similar to mother tongue, Vietnamese language One of the most considerable points is pronunciation which is noticed a lot by English learners It is the biggest challenge when using English in daily communication as well as at work or at universities, because a word is pronounced incorrectly or wrong intonation which may lead to misunderstandings of listeners These sometimes bring unexpected effects or even break good relationships Therefore, the project focuses on problems of pronunciation II RATIONALE: At present, Vietnamese people are having various ways to learn English as well as many chances to approach acquainted with English The biggest advantage of English learners is that the government is concerning and investing in teaching English The clearest evidence is in the education system of Vietnam, English is taught as a main subject not only at schools from primary schools to high schools but also at colleges and universities The government has also made more incentives so that private and state universities can cooperate with overseas universities in international education programs in English with native teachers In addition, English centers are rising more and more to satisfy of demand for studying English at all ages in big cities Moreover, English learners can also practice and improve their English through the media following the development of network and technology that are supported by many learners Hence, these can chose English channel to listen news or watch films In addition, Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 learners could read English newspapers in Vietnam like Vietnam News or enter English websites on the Internet Nevertheless, Vietnamese learners still complain about incorrect pronunciation from colleagues, partners, and teachers Hence, I make this project with hope of changing a part of this situation III OBJECTIVES: My project would like to investigate pronunciation problem of IBD students which are believed are the main causes and give some suggested solutions to overcome the problems IV SUBJECTS: In this report, because of lots of restricted conditions and time, it is an effort to mention a large of IBD students, so this paper focuses on IBD students of intake at National Economics University (NEU) They are students of 20-year-olds and at level of learning English period in the first years of the cooperation program According the program, they have to learn about hours per day from Monday to Friday apart from Wednesday Also, English techers at National Economics University are involved Some of them are Vietnamese teachers and the others are foreign teachers V METHODOLOGY: In this project, there are three tools which are used such as questionnaires, direct interviews and observation Questionnaires: In order to find out the answers of three research questions and collect general data from students Forty-five surveys with a list of questions were delivered to 45 IBD students The questionnaire includes three kinds of questions out of 13 questions There are 10 questions with choices, ones with yes or no answers and the other with ordering request Interviews: Direct interview is used to answer three research questions and provide more detail information about the pronunciation of IBD students Ten 10 students were also interviewed among of students who joined in completing the survey Besides that, 10 teachers are teaching Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 English at level of NEU Among of them, five people are Vietnamese and the others are English native speakers Observation: Observation is used for answering the first questionnaire During the period of doing the project I also try to allow 30 minutes every lesson to take notice of pronunciation mistake of IBD students when they practice speaking in class or exchange ideas with their teachers in English VI RESEARCH QUESTIONS: How is the real pronunciation problem of IBD students? What are the reasons for the problem? What are the solutions to students’ pronunciation skill? Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW I OVERALL CONCEPTIONS OF PRONUNCIATION: Definition of pronunciation: According to information sources in Oxford English Dictionary (2007), pronunciation is definite as the way in which words are said with regard to production of sounds Pronunciation depends a lot on the area in which people grew up and live at present, because a word can be spoken in different ways by various individual learners or groups This forms typical pronunciation for each area in reality, which is called is dialect The sound relationships of pronunciation: Following reading reference books of teaching pronunciation such as Sheep or Ship (Baker, 2008) and How to Pronounce Correctly (Tran, 2006), it is noticeable that if English learners want to understand pronunciation clearly, they need to know that pronunciation refers to structure and stress of a word and intonation in speaking a Pronunciation and structure of a word: First of all people, who learn pronunciation, need to catch basic sound rules of a word The first rule is that the syllable is a part of a word; each word may include one or one more syllables One syllable consists of a group of letters spoken at once Each syllable may have one or many consonants but just have only a vowel Vowels are basic ingredients of a word, sometimes one vowel can stand alone to form a syllable, and the number of vowel is the syllable having in a word The second one is vowel and consonant pronunciation is quite complicated due to different pronunciations of kinds of vowels and consonants English vowels separate into single vowel sounds and double vowel sounds Single vowels such as “a”, “e”, “i”, “o”, “u” include short vowels that make a short sound, and long vowels that make a long sound Double vowels are known like “ai”, “au”, “aw”, “ay”, “ea”, “ee”, “ei”, “ex”, “ey”, “ie”, “oo”, “ou”, “ow”, “ui” Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 Consonants are also divided into single consonants and double consonants, but single consonants comprise voiced consonant sounds and unvoiced consonant sounds b Stress: A word must have stress and a sentence also must have stress Hence, stress is understood as the force that you put on a particular of a word or a part of a sentence In other words, stress of a word is its syllables spoken louder and stronger than the other syllables of the word Therefore, stress keeps function of emphasizing and drawing attention of listeners In common, a word has only a stress, so the word must have one syllable having one stress However, sometimes, one word has two stresses In that case, the word exists main stressed syllable, or primary stressed syllable and secondary stressed syllable c Intonation: In speaking, in order to express ideas or thoughts, people have to speak many sentences This means that many words with different spoken stresses at the same time Furthermore, people also tend to display emotions in speaking, so pronunciation has a close relationship with intonation Intonation is the rise or fall of speakers’ voice to display emotions of speakers and make the speed becomes rhythmic, smooth and natural II THE IMPORTANT ROLES OF CORRECT PRONUNCIATION Everybody wants to be able to speak English like a native speaker, but English pronunciation is always a big problem to English second language learners Bad English pronunciation may confuse people even if you use advanced English grammar We can use simple words and simple grammar structures that make people understand you but we cannot use “simple pronunciation” Therefore, pronunciation plays an important role in life Some striking benefits of good pronunciation can be seen clearly, as following: Making effective communication and good impression: As a person try to pronounce properly and practice everyday to make ability of pronunciation become a reaction, so he does not have to waste time to pay attention to think of how to pronounce the word that he is going to say Hence, the speed of speaking a word will Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 faster and the communication will also be fluent and uninterrupted This helps listeners not to feel impatient, bored, or angry due to waiting for a long time to listen from at the beginning to at the end of the speed In addition, good pronunciation helps speakers not to need to repeat their words They also draw all listeners’ attention on their speed because listeners catch speakers’ points easily and not have to struggle with guessing pronounced words incorrectly As the result, it is sure that listeners feel comfortable in talking and not exist misunderstandings or tense temperature between speakers and listeners, as well Making efficient work: First of all, proficient pronunciation becomes extremely important for candidates who need to experience an interviewed for their jobs This is only an opportunity to impress and please recruited people by good communication In starting work, fluent English pronunciation avoids misinterpreted things with partners, saves time, keeps and makes more good relationships Furthermore, proficient pronunciation is a useful tool to persuade partners in negotiatations This leads to lose good relationships because of not understanding each other As the results, if people speak English fluently and properly in work, they will save time, keep and make more relationships by impressing partners through their professional manner This makes work reach high efficiency Supporting listening skill Pronunciation can support listening because between pronunciation and listening exist a mutual relationship When people usually listen to native speakers’ conversations, the ways of native speaker’ pronunciation impact on listeners’ organ of hearing Gradually, the organ of hearing gets acquainted to that ways of pronunciation, which makes capacity of correct pronunciation could become a reaction without efforts, so learning pronunciation gets easier In contrast, if people understand how pronounce words and practice to be expert, this effects ability to react and the organ of hearing Thus, people will be sensible in defining words spoken to get content of conversation 10 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 Intonation: From the data are illustrated in the chart, 57.14% of students can express 30-50% their emotions in speaking Another striking feature is there are not any students admit that they are able to display over 70% emotions in communication These results prove that almost all of IBD students are not good at using intonation in communication II THE REASONS FOR THE PRONUNCIATION PROBLEM: After analyzing results from interviews with both teachers and students and the survey I notice that there are three main reasons of pronunciation problems The dissimilarities between Vietnamese and English language: According to Vietnamese teacher’ opinions, basically Vietnamese language is different from English language because of three features, as following a Stress and intonation: Vietnamese language only has one syllable and monotonous rhythm These features interfere with English learners, since English is the language with multiple syllables, complications of stress words, stress of sentences and raising or falling intonation Furthermore, there are some rules to locate stress because English language exists many exceptions This 14 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 feature demands English learners have to learn stress as well as ways of writing words by heart In addition, rhythm in speaking can not express on any dictionaries, which force English learners to try hard in listening English native speakers’ conversation b Linking words in connected speed: Linking words in connected speed means that speak connectedly an ending syllable of the previous word with a beginning syllable of the next word in speaking All Vietnamese teachers were interviewed believe that this feature is very new for Vietnamese learners, because of contrariness with English To speak Vietnamese language correctly, people have to pronounce word by word clearly Therefore, they find that majority of students can not distinguish words in listening when they are connected, and they hardly pay attention to connect words together in speaking c Strong form and weak form: Strong form and weak form are the difficulty of English learners as most function words in English such as articles, auxiliary verbs, conjunctions There are two ways of pronunciations One uses strong form and the other uses weak form However, weak form is more popular and has more special situations than using strong form d Ending sound pronunciation of a word: According to Vietnamese teachers, the ending syllable is the part to discriminate words that construct quite similarly, so they are usually pronounced strongly Nonetheless, Vietnamese is a syllable language while English is syllable and Vietnamese language uses monotonous voice in almost the whole sentences Hence, IBD students not have a good habit of pronouncing full syllables of an English word and ending syllables are always missed Wrong self-study method: Following the results of the interviews, I find that majority of IBD students intake spring catch many mistakes in learning pronunciation Firstly, the main reason is that students not targets or strategies and a detailed schedule to learn English including pronunciation Therefore, many students are always unorganization Everyday, they learn English depending on their emotions, so they become lazier and willing 15 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 allow having more time to play, relax or sleep than learn As the result, sometimes English exercises are up to their neck and they can not invest time into improving pronunciation Some other students learn a lot at once, after that they can not remember every thing, or sometimes they are confused the way of pronouncing this word with the way of pronouncing another word Secondly, some students still exist wrong opinions They think that pronunciation does not support to Basic English skills in exam and mark for pronunciation in exam is not high Consequently, they focus on learning more vocabulary, grammar than pronunciation According to figure about frequency of practice pronunciation, 7.14% of students choose always while 57.14% of students choose sometimes Finally, students still have bad habits during studying English For example, 16.67% of those not write symbols of pronunciation on their notebook and 66.67% of those sometimes this action Other examples are that they not locate stress of a word, or practice pronunciation instantly after learning a new word 16 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 Method of teaching: According the survey, 75.22% of students suppose that their teachers sometimes help them to practice pronunciation in the class The results also prove that teachers seem to not pay attention to IBD students’ pronunciation Furthermore, through interviewing, some students complaint that their teachers sometimes ignore mistake when students pronounce and not stop or prompt them when students speak out some texts too quickly The factor of psychology: There is a fact that out of 10 students were interviewed admit that they are quite shy and unconfident while they are speaking English to English native speaker This fact makes their speed unnatural and easy to catch mistakes in pronunciation In addition, due to this reason, some students speak quickly or slowly at low voice so that their teachers get difficulty in checking students’ pronunciation ability III SOLUTIONS FOR THIS PROBLEM: Building worthy learning strategy with worthy schedule and plain targets: When teachers are interviewed about the solutions of advancing pronunciation capacity for students All of them emphasized that there is no way except from keeping on practice This is the only way follow the long process as well, so students should stick to practice Their effort will become wasteful if they practice pronunciation interruptedly or for short time Hence, a 17 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 good idea for students is to build worthy schedule so that they can divide time reasonably to invest time in pronunciation Furthermore, by doing this, students may create their interest in leaning and avoid overload exercises, cumulative learning when revising before every exams, and feel confident of talking to English speakers Another good idea for students is to set plain targets of remembering and knowing how to pronounce a new word correctly with stress after learning it Because of this, if they obey this target, this means they will make themselves more chances of pronouncing words to study them properly many times during the process of learning English However, how should students learn English at home? The answer will mention in the next item Choosing suitable way of training pronunciation skill: There are many self-study ways to practice pronunciation, yet not every ways is suitable for everybody Therefore, each student should choose a way of learning pronunciation that will bring the most efficiency for himself or herself Through combining information sources from interviews and some reference materials, I show four main ways of learning pronunciation in the survey to find out what self-study methods of students is the worthiest a Using software served for learning pronunciation: More than haft of students (66.67%) agree that software of pronunciation is the most productive device due to three primary things First of all, soft wares of pronunciation are very various It is also quite convenient to find them as they can buy them at shops near NEU Some soft wares they may buy or download with free of charge on websites on the Internet Thus, students will feel easy to own a suitable one for themselves The second thing is the quality of software is believable For example, software with pronunciation power name is recommended by a good number of students By their opinions, it is set with numerous surprising features For instance, it not only teaches how to pronounce letters but also teach how to pronounce words and sentences Added to this, the interface is presented in lively way with videos describing palate’s movement while pronouncing Particularly, these software guides to speak in correct intonation and stress It also supports recording voice’s learners, have dictionaries with different topics going with colorful graphic pictures, games to relax, practicing listening lessons and guides in Vietnamese language 18 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 Finally, using software students can be flexible in arranging time for pronunciation on the day and practice regularly b Learning with native teachers in a small group: Among four ways of improving pronunciation, accounting for 66.67% students vote this way standing the second place To explain for the choices, it is claimed that learning with native teachers in small group students will get detail guides about the way of pronunciation, be fixed errors when practicing pronunciation, be provided words which the way of pronunciation is quite similar to distinguish the differences between them and avoid making mistakes or confuse the way of pronouncing words However, the fee for this class in small group with good teachers is quite expensive Almost at English center, there are classes including about 12 people at least, so the time teachers allow fixing errors for each person rather poor Furthermore, the learning time is not spreaded out every day in a week Instead of this, a lesson is up to or hours Therefore, this method goes with another method of practicing at home c Learning pronunciation with useful websites on the Internet: 53.33 % of students decide the method at the third place They admit learning pronunciation on the website is a good solution, but it takes attempt and time to find interesting websites The reason is almost websites give theories of pronunciation, give descriptions in words not in pictures or video The website which most of IBD students believe and love is www.bbclearningenglish.com The website has videos describing movements of mouth when pronouncing, quizzes for entertainment, many activities of pronunciation, and some downloaded materials d Try to find chances to talk to native speaker by chatting on the internet or meet in person: 73.33% of students suppose that this method should be at the fourth place, because if students talk to native speakers a lot, they must practice pronunciation and listen to how native speakers pronounce at once Therefore, students can imitate the way native speakers pronounce Nonetheless, this activity can not regularly 19 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 Invest teaching time in pronunciation: Teachers should allow time to ask students to practise pronouncing instantly after they learn a new word Besides, teachers could tell students to read loud texts in textbooks to check errors of pronunciation in every lesson Another idea is teachers can sometimes request students to presents about some topics in English in front of the whole class 20 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 CHAPTER IV: CONCLUSION Leaning English is very necessary for people, especially when the entire world is affected by globalization One of difficulties for English second language learners is pronunciation Following the investigation for IBD students, the results show that majority of students have not spoken English words correctly with stress and intonation as well This phenomenon indicates the fact that a lot of students cannot get degree of pronunciation as level of learning English demands In the future, it is sure to say that they cannot work or learn efficiently in the environment using English if this present situation continues In this project, there are four main reasons listed according to the interviews and the surveys Those are the clash of languages between Vietnamese and English, the factor of psychology, wrong self-study method, and teaching method Furthermore, there are four major ways suggested by both students and English teachers to cope with this phenomenon, but learning pronunciation with software is more preferred than others ways I hope that the report can bring useful knowledge for students to help them make much progress in pronunciation 21 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 CHAPTER V: RECOMMENDATION English pronunciation is an interesting topic because it is the top concern of English second language learners in all over the world including Vietnam However, as a matter of time, resources, and knowledge, this paper can only focus on some general English pronunciation problems of IBD students at NEU to find out the real of English pronunciation problem with reasons, and some solutions for this issue This study could have been done more completely with more data and more detailed analysis of trend truancy of IBD students However, it is hoped that the study, to some extent, can contribute to the understanding of this truancy situation of students today Surely, all the comments from anyone who reads this paper will be highly appreciated 22 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 CHAPTER VI: REFERENCE Baker 2008, Ship or Sheep, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Waters, at al 2007, Oxford student’s dictionary, Oxford University Press, Oxford Dantri 2008, difficulties in learning English pronunciation, viewed 07 June 2008, Hoang 2008, how to pronounce English correctly, viewed 16 November 2008, Mecvietnam, 2008 the role of pronunciation in communication, viewed 02 February 2008, < http://www.mecvietnam.com/toeic-toefl-ielts/678-vai-tro-cua-ngu-am-t.html> 23 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 CHAPTER VII: APPENDIX I APPENDIX I: QUESTIONS FOR TEACHERS: How can you judge real pronunciation of IBD students? Which problems IBD students often catch? What are the reasons of the problems? Can you give some suggested solutions for IBD students? QUESTIONS FOR STUDENTS: Why you have little time to practice pronunciation? How you practice pronunciation at home? How you feel when you speak in English to your teachers? How your teachers teach pronunciation? What are the reasons for your choice on question 10 of the survey? 24 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 APPENDIX II: QUESTIONNAIRE Topic: Pronunciation English problem of IBD students How you assess your present ability of English pronunciation? a good b so so c bad d very bad When you speak English, how many percents of foreign people understand your opinions? a 10-30% b 30-50% c 50-70% d 70-100% How often you pay attention to stress of words? a always b often c sometimes d never How many percent can you express your emotions to foreign people when you speak English? a 10-30% b 30-50% c 50-70% d 70-100% What are main reasons that lead to incorrect pronunciation? 25 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 a wrong methods of self-study b wrong teaching methods of teachers c the psychology factor of feeling unconfident and paying attention to grammar when speaking to native speaker d the big differences in speaking between Vietnamese and English language How often your teachers allow time to practice pronunciation? a always b often c sometimes d never How many percentages of your class is concerned about correct pronunciation and try to reach it you can estimate? a 10-40% b 40-60% c 60-80% d 80-100% Do you usually pronounce full syllables of a word? a yes b no Do you have a habit of pronouncing the sounds of English like the sounds of Vietnamese? a yes b no 10 Order methods of practicing pronunciation from good to bad quality a learning with native teachers in a small group b learning pronunciation with useful websites on the Internet c using software served for learning pronunciation d try to find chances to talk to native speaker by chatting on the internet or meet in person 26 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 11 How often you write down symbols of pronunciation when you learn a new word? a always b usually c, sometimes d never 12 How often you invest time in practice pronunciation activities at home? a always b usually c sometimes d never 13 You are students now, so what would you happen if you usually pronounce incorrectly? a get bad mark in speaking exam b make understandings with teachers and may lose good relationship with them c have difficulties in listening skill d have difficulty in exchange opinions with teachers THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION! 27 Website: http://www.docs.vn Email : lienhe@docs.vn Tel : 0918.775.368 APPENDIX III: The results of the survey choices a (%) b (%) c (%) d (%) questions 7.14 35.71 42.85 14.3 21.43 42.86 28.57 7.14 7.14 14.29 78.57 28.57 57.14 14.29 29.19 10.12 20.12 40.57 4.34 20.44 75.22 21.43 64.29 14.28 40.42 69.58 - - 71.43 28.57 - - 11 8.33 8.33 66.67 16.67 12 7.14 21.43 57.14 14.29 13 21.43 21.43 42.86 14.2 10 Choices Answers Very good Good Quite good Acceptable a (%) 20 66.67 13.33 b (%) 13.33 6.67 53.33 26.67 c (%) 66.67 26.66 6.67 d (%) 0 26.67 73.33 28 ... real pronunciation of IBD students? 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