Creating a non threatening environment is speaking lessons for the first year students of english at the peoples police academy

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES -***** PHAN LỆ HUYỀN CREATING A NON – THREATENING ENVIRONMENT IN SPEAKING LESSONS FOR THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH AT THE PEOPLE’S POLICE ACADEMY XÂY DỰNG MÔI TRƯỜNG HỌC THÂN THIỆN TRONG GIỜ HỌC KỸ NĂNG NÓI CHO SINH VIÊN CHUYÊN NGỮ NĂM THỨ NHẤT TẠI HỌC VIỆN CẢNH SÁT NHÂN DÂN M.A Minor Programme Thesis Field: English teaching Methodology Code: 60 14 10 [ Hanoi – 2011 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES -***** PHAN LỆ HUYỀN CREATING A NON – THREATENING ENVIRONMENT IN SPEAKING LESSONS FOR THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH AT THE PEOPLE’S POLICE ACADEMY XÂY DỰNG MÔI TRƯỜNG HỌC THÂN THIỆN TRONG GIỜ HỌC KỸ NĂNG NÓI CHO SINH VIÊN CHUYÊN NGỮ NĂM THỨ NHẤT TẠI HỌC VIỆN CẢNH SÁT NHÂN DÂN M.A Minor Programme Thesis Field : English teaching Methodology Code : 60 14 10 Supervisor : Nguyến Thị Thanh Hương,MA Hanoi - 2011 iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration …………………………………………………………………………… i Acknowledgements ……………………………………………………………………… ii Abstract ……………………………………………………………………………… iii Table of contents ……………………………………………………………………… iv Lists of abbreviations, tables and charts ……………………………………………… vi Part A: INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………………… 1 Rationale of the study ……………………………………………………………… Aims of the study …………………………………………………………………… Research questions …………………………………………………………………… Scope of the study …………………………………………………………………… Methods of the study ………………………………………………………………… Design of the study ………………………………………………………………… Part B: DEVELOPMENT ……………………………………………………………… Chapter LITERATURE REVIEW …………………………………………………… 1.1 The nature of speaking ……………………………………………………………… 1.1.1 Concepts of speaking …………………………………………………………… 1.1.2 Characteristics of speaking ……………………………………………………… 1.2 Anxiety in foreign language learning ……………………………………………… 1.2.1 Foreign language anxiety ……………………………………………………… 1.2.2 Sources of foreign language anxiety …………………………………………… 1.3 Learning environment and its roles in teaching speaking …………………………… 1.3.1 Concept of learning environment ……………………………………………… 1.3.2 Importance of learning environment in teaching speaking ……………………… 10 1.4 Prior studies related to strategies to reduce anxiety in speaking lesson …………… 11 Chapter PRACTICAL RESEARCH ………………………………………………… 13 2.1 Current situation of teaching and learning speaking at the People’s Police Academy (PPA) …………………………………………………………………………………… 13 2.1.1 Brief introduction of the Foreign Language Department of the PPA …………… 13 v 2.1.2 Description of the English course for major students at the PPA ……………… 15 2.2 The study…………………………………………………………………………… 15 2.2.1 The participants ………………………………………………………………… 15 2.2.2 Data collection procedure ……………………………………………………… 16 2.2.2.1 Questionnaires ……………………………………………………………… 17 2.2.2.2 Interviews …………………………………………………………………… 17 2.3 Data analysis and Discussion of the findings ……………………………………… 18 2.3.1 Data analysis ………………………………………………………………… 18 2.3.1.1 Questionnaire for students ………………………………………………… 18 2.3.1.2 Interviews ………………………………………………………………… 29 2.3.2 Discussion of the findings ……………………………………………………… 32 Chapter RECOMMENDATION TO CREATE A NON-THREATENING ENVIRONMENT IN SPEAKING LESSONS ………………………………………… 34 3.1 The teachers ………………………………………………………………… 34 3.2 The students ………………………………………………………………… 36 3.3 The classroom ………………………………………………………………… 37 Part C: CONCLUSION ……………………………………………………………… 40 Conclusion ……………………………………………………………… ………… 40 Limitation of the study ……………………………………………………………… 40 Suggestions for further study ………………………………………………………… 41 REFERENCES ………………………………………………………………… 42 APPENDICES …………………………………………………………………………… I Thank you for evaluating AnyBizSoft PDF Merger! To remove this page, please register your program! Go to Purchase Now>> AnyBizSoft PDF Merger  Merge multiple PDF files into one  Select page range of PDF to merge  Select specific page(s) to merge  Extract page(s) from different PDF files and merge into one ...VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES -***** PHAN LỆ HUYỀN CREATING A NON – THREATENING ENVIRONMENT IN SPEAKING. .. related to strategies to reduce anxiety in speaking lesson …………… 11 Chapter PRACTICAL RESEARCH ………………………………………………… 13 2.1 Current situation of teaching and learning speaking at the People’s Police. .. Police Academy (PPA) …………………………………………………………………………………… 13 2.1.1 Brief introduction of the Foreign Language Department of the PPA …………… 13 v 2.1.2 Description of the English course for major students