A study on the effects of pre-listening activities on the listening performance of non-major 10th grade students at Nguyen Gia Thieu High school, Hanoi

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES NGUYỄN DIỆU HUYỀN A STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF PRE - LISTENING ACTIVITIES ON THE LISTENING PERFORMANCE OF NON-MAJOR 10TH GRADE STUDENTS AT NGUYEN GIA THIEU HIGH SCHOOL, HANOI (NGHIÊN CỨU VỀ CÁC TÁC ĐỘNG CỦA NHỮNG HOẠT ĐỘNG TRƯỚC KHI NGHE TỚI KẾT QUẢ NGHE CỦA HỌC SINH LỚP 10 KHÔNG CHUYÊN TRƯỜNG THPT NGUYỄN GIA THIỀU, HÀ NỘI) M.A Minor Programme Thesis Field Code : English Methodology : 601410 HANOI, 2010 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES NGUYỄN DIỆU HUYỀN A STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF PRE - LISTENING ACTIVITIES ON THE LISTENING PERFORMANCE OF NON-MAJOR 10TH GRADE STUDENTS AT NGUYEN GIA THIEU HIGH SCHOOL, HANOI (NGHIÊN CỨU VỀ CÁC TÁC ĐỘNG CỦA NHỮNG HOẠT ĐỘNG TRƯỚC KHI NGHE TỚI KẾT QUẢ NGHE CỦA HỌC SINH LỚP 10 KHÔNG CHUYÊN TRƯỜNG THPT NGUYỄN GIA THIỀU, HÀ NỘI) M.A MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS FIELD : ENGLISH METHODOLOGY CODE : 601410 SUPERVISOR: KHOA ANH VIỆT, M.A HANOI- 2010 Table of contents Declaration Acknowledgements Abstract Table of content i ii iii iv Lists of tables and charts vi 1 Part one Introduction Rationale 2 Objectives of the study Scope of the study Methods of the study Design of the study Part two: Development Chapter : Literature Review 1.1 Theory on Listening comprehension 1.1.1 The concept of listening comprehension 1.1.2 The process of listening comprehension 1.2 The concept of listening performance 4 4 1.3 Factors affecting students’ performance in listening lessons 1.4 Pre-listening stage 1.4.1 Definition of pre-listening 1.4.2 Roles of pre-listening stage 8 10 1.4.3 Pre-listening activities 1.4.4 Factors affecting the choice of pre-listening activities 1.5 Related studies of the effects of pre-listening activities on listening performance Chapter Research Methodology 2.1 Situation analysis 12 12 14 14 14 2.1.1 The setting of the study 2.1.2 Listening materials 2.2 Participants’ background information 2.2.1 The teachers 2.2.2 The 10th grade students 14 15 15 15 16 2.3 Instrumentation 2.3.1 Survey questionnaires 16 16 2.3.1.1 The questionnaire for the teachers 2.3.1.2 The questionnaire for the students 2.3.2 Class observation 2.4 Procedure Chapter Data analysis and discussion 3.1 Data analysis of the questionnaire results 16 17 17 18 18 18 3.1.1 Data analysis of the teachers’ questionnaire 3.1.1.1 Teachers’ attitudes towards pre-listening activities and their 18 purposes of using pre-listening activities 20 3.1.1.2 The current situation of using pre-listening activities 3.1.1.3 Teachers’ comments on pre-listening activities in the textbook “English 10” and their suggestions 3.1.2 Data analysis of the students’ questionnaire 3.1.2.1 Factors affecting students’ performance 3.1.2.2 The students’preferences for pre-listening activities 25 26 26 27 3.1.2.3 Students’ benefits from pre-listening activities used by the 31 teachers 3.1.2.4 Students’ comments on pre-listening activities in the textbook 32 “English 10” 32 3.2 Data analysis of the class observations Chapter Findings and recommendations for implementing pre-listening activities 4.1 Major findings 4.1.1 The current situation of teaching and learning pre-listening stage 35 35 35 39 4.1.2 The students’ preferences for pre-listening activities 4.1.3 The teachers and the students’ comments on pre-listening activities in the current textbook “English 10” 4.2 Recommendations for implementing pre-listening activities 4.2.1 Improving pre-litening activities in the material 41 41 41 41 4.2.2 Using pre-listening activities appropriately and flexibly Part three: Conclusion Conclusion Limitations and Suggestions References Appendix I Appendix II 43 43 44 45 vii xii Abstract Listening comprehension is a difficult skill for foreign language learners to develop and for their teachers to teach It is admitted that pre-listening stage is of great help in reducing difficulties for the learners This study investigated the effects of pre-listening activities on the listening performances of grade 10 students at Nguyen Gia Thieu high school The research involved the participation of 100 students and ten teachers answering the survey questionnaire Besides, the researcher conducted class observations in three classes to support the findings The results showed the current situation of teaching and learning prelistening stage at Nguyen Gia Thieu high school, the students’ preferences for pre-listening activities and the teachers’ and the students’ comments on the pre-listening activities available in the textbook Basing on those findings, some recommendations for implementing pre-listening activities were provided They were improving the prelistening activities in the material and using pre-listening activities appropriately and flexibly The findings are generally consistent with the results of the small number of previous studies in this area but there is 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