An investigation into the impacts of adapted speaking activities in the english 11 textbook on students’ motivation a study at binh luc b high school

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES PHẠM THỊ HỒNG LOAN AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE IMPACTS OF ADAPTED SPEAKING ACTIVITIES IN THE ENGLISH 11 TEXTBOOK ON STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION A STUDY AT BINH LUC B HIGH SCHOOL (Nghiên cứu ảnh h-ởng hoạt động nói đ-ợc điều chỉnh sách giáo khoa Tiếng Anh lớp 11 tới động lực học tập học sinh Một nghiên cứu tr-ờng THPT B B×nh Lơc) M.A Minor Programme Thesis Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES PHẠM THỊ HỒNG LOAN AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE IMPACTS OF ADAPTED SPEAKING ACTIVITIES IN THE ENGLISH 11 TEXTBOOK ON STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION A STUDY AT BINH LUC B HIGH SCHOOL (Nghiên cứu ảnh h-ởng hoạt động nói đ-ợc điều chỉnh sách giáo khoa Tiếng Anh lớp 11 tới động lực học tập học sinh Một nghiên cứu tr-ờng THPT B B×nh Lơc) M.A Minor Programme Thesis Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 Supervisor: Prof Dr Ngun Hßa VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES ******************* DECLARATION I, Phạm Thị Hồng Loan, hereby declare that this thesis is my own work, and I have provided fully documented references to the work of others In addition, this thesis has not been submitted for assessment in other formal courses in any other university I also accept all the requirements of ULIS relating to the retention and use of M.A Graduation Thesis deposited in the library Hanoi, March, 2016 Signature Phạm Thị Hồng Loan i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to express my sincere thanks to Professor Nguyen Hoa, for the support, guidance and valuable critical feedback His help, stimulating suggestion and encouragement helped me a lot right from the beginning to the end of this study I would like acknowledge my thanks to the students at Binh Luc B High School in Ha Nam who helped me a lot and showed great willingness to take part in my survey My special thanks also go to my lecturers, my friends, my classmates for valuable comments and criticism, their interest and encouragement Last but not least, I want to express my deepest gratitude to my parents and friends for their love, care, tolerance and encouragement ii ABSTRACT This study investigates the impacts of adapted speaking activities in the English 11 Textbook on students’ motivation at Binh Luc B High School in Ha Nam province An action research project was carried out for this study It began when the students‟ low motivation in speaking lessons was perceived during the first three weeks of the case study by the researcher, students and other colleagues In this initial stage, data collection showed that the unsuitability of the speaking activities in English 11 for the students is the main reason causing the students‟ low motivation Therefore, the hypothesis of the study formed was that the adapted speaking activities could help increase the students’ motivation in speaking lessons Then, original speaking activities in English 11 were adapted and implemented in the speaking lessons The adapting of the original speaking activities was based on the principles and techniques for adaptation The participants included 40 grade 11 students from class 11A2 at Binh Luc B High School in the school year 2015-2016 The action research lasted for 14 weeks in which the original activities and the adapted speaking activities were used in the different periods The data were collected from the main instruments including survey questionnaires, observations and textbook analysis The results show that despite some shortcomings, all the adapted speaking activities helped increase the students‟ motivation in speaking lessons and the action plan was successful after comparing the post and initial data Based on the findings of the study, some recommendations and limitations were made along with suggestions for further study It is hoped that the findings and suggestions in the research will help teachers use English 11 textbook more effectively in order to improve students‟ motivation in speaking lessons iii TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I: INTRODUCTION Rationale for the study Research aims of the study Research questions of the study Significance of the study Research scope of the study Research methods of the study Design of the study PART II: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER LITERATURE REVIEW Theoretical background of motivation in language learning 1.1.Definition of motiv 1.2.Types of motivation 1.3.Factors affecting m 1.4.Role of motivation 1.5.Motivating students Theoretical background of speaking skill 2.1.Speaking as a skill 2.2.Teaching speaking 2.2.1 The speaking 2.2.2 Communicat 2.2.3 Principles for 2.3.Speaking activities 2.3.1 Features of s 2.3.2 Ways of orga iv Theoretical background of material adaption 12 3.1 Definition of material adaption 12 3.2 Reasons for material adaption 13 3.3 Principles for material adaption 13 3.4 Techniques for material adaption 14 CHAPTER THE METHODOLOGY 16 The case of the study 16 1.1 Context of the study 16 1.2 Participants 16 1.2.1 The teacher/researcher 16 1.2.2 The non-participant observer 17 1.2.3 The students 17 1.3 Speaking materials_English Textbook 17 Research method of the study 18 2.1 An overview of action research 18 2.2 Action research models 19 2.3 Procedure for this study 19 Data collection instruments 23 3.1 Survey questionnaire (Appendix and 2) 23 3.1.1 Rationale of the use of questionnaire survey 23 3.1.2 Description of survey questionnaire (Appendix 1) 24 3.1.3 Description of survey questionnaire (Appendix 2) 24 3.2 Classroom observation (Appendixes 3, 4) 25 3.2.1 Rationale of the use of classroom observation 25 3.2.2 Description of the observation sheets (Appendixes 3, 4) 26 3.3 Textbook analysis 27 v 3.3.1 The rationale 3.3.2 Description o Summary CHAPTER 3: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Results of initial data 1.1 The result of overall class motivation (observation sheet 1) 1.2.The result of survey 1.2.1 Students‟ opi 1.2.2 Students‟ pre 1.3.The result of docum Planning action steps 2.1.Adding 2.2.Omitting 2.3.Simplifying 2.4.Replacing Results of data collection in the action stage 3.1.The results of overa 3.2.The results of surve Action research evaluation 4.1.Overall class motiv 4.2.Summary of major PART III: CONCLUSION Conclusion Recommendations Limitations and suggestions for further study REFERENCES vi LIST OF ABBREVIATION TERMS AR Action research BAs Bachelor of Arts BLBHS Binh Luc B High School EFL English as a foreign language ESL English as a Second Language GCSE General Certificate of Secondary Education L2 Second language ULIS University of Languages and International Studies vii LIST OF TABLES AND GRAPHS Table Overall class motivation (Observation sheet 1) Table Speaking activity analysis in English textbook 11 Table Overall class motivation (Observation sheet 2) Table Students‟ self-reported motivation (Survey questionnaire 2) Graph 1: Percentage of lessons‟ overall class motivation viii 18 APPENDIX 7: Speaking lesson plan (Treatment stage) Lesson 7: World Population Teacher: Pham Thi Hong Loan Time: 45 minutes Number of students: 40 Level of students: Grade 11 Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able totalk about the causes of population explosion, problems of population booms and solutions to these problems Teaching aids: Handouts, Pictures, English Textbook 11 Notes: Original activities (O.A) and Modified activities (A.A) Procudures: Stages Time Warm- Adapted up activity 5‟ (adding) 19 comments - introduces the topic of the speaking lesson: overpopulation / population explosion Prespeaking 13‟ Adapted activity (replacing) - give keys and correct mistakes 20 While- Adapted speaking activity 13‟ (replacing & adding) Post- Adapted speaking activity 13‟ (adding) 21 Homewo rk 1‟ 22 UNIT 6: COMPETITIONS LESSON 2: SPEAKING (Adapted) Task1 Work in groups Look at some pictures of the popular competitions/ contests Match pictures with the words in the box Then, give the reasons why you like or dislike them under Types of competitions/ contests General Knowledge Quiz English Competition (Oral, Writing, ) Poetry Competition (Reading, Reciting ) Dancing Contest Sporting Competition the pictures a Types: Like/ Dislike: Reasons: Reasons: 23 d Types: c Types: Like/ Dislike: Like/ Dislike: Reasons: Reasons: f Types: e Types: Like/ Dislike: Like/ Dislike: Reasons: Reasons: 24 g Types: Like/ Dislike: Reasons: Reasons: i Types: Like/ Dislike: Reasons: 25 Task2 Work in pairs Ask your partner how he/she feels about each type of the competitions/ contests in Task Look at the example and use the suggestions below Useful expressions to give questions - What you think of ? - How you think about ? - How you feel about ? Great - Do you like ? Interesting - Can you tell me something about ? Boring Example: Rewarding A: What you think of the General Knowledge Quiz? Exciting B: Oh, it‟s great It‟s an opportunity to Wonderful test my general knowledge Good Fantastic Terrific Task3 Work in groups Talk about a competition or contest you have recently joined or seen Look at the example and use the suggestions below Where and when did you see or take part in it? At my (primary/secondary/high) school and when I was in grade (5/8/11)/ when I was (young/a boy/a girl)/… What type of competition or contest was it? A sporting competition/singing contest/an English competition/ Art competition/… Who organized it? My teachers/school/class/… Who participated in it? Many sporting/singing/art talents from all classes/… 26 Who won the competition/contest? I my close friend/… Did you enjoy it? Why/ Why not? Yes, I did because it is a good chance for my physical training Example: I took part in playing badminton at my secondary school when I was in grade It was a sporting competition It was organized by my teachers Many sporting talents from all classes participated in the competition Fortunately, I was a winner I think that I really enjoyed the competition because it is a good chance for my physical training It‟s so exciting 27 UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION LESSON 2: SPEAKING (Adapted) Task1 (omitted) Task2 Work in groups Look at the pictures Match each of them with the suggested problems facing poor and overpopulated countries in the box below low living conditions/ standards exhausted natural resources lack of schools a c 28 e g Task3 Work in pairs Look at the example and use the suggestions below to ask and answer the solutions to the problems of overpopulation Useful expressions to give questions - What are the solutions to overpopulated countries? - What you think of the solutions to overpopulated countries? - Can you tell me the solutions to overpopulated countries? 29 Useful language to give answer I think that I guess that According to me, In my opinion, In my view, To my mind, Example: A: What are the solutions to overpopulated countries? B: I think that people should raise knowledge of the effects of polluted environment, and governments need to implement reward and punishment policies seriously Task4 Work in groups Talk about the problems of overpopulation and offer solutions, using the results of Tasks above Look at useful language and the example below Useful language (explain the usages of following conjunctions) + first / firstly, second/secondly, next + also, besides, moreover, in addition, furthermore + the first problem is…, the second problem is… / the(first/second/ next) solution is that… 30 + on the one hand, on the other hand, however, but, so… Example: In our view, there are many problems of overpopulation The first problem is poor living conditions or standards The second problem is unemployment Moreover, the overpopulation can cause conflicts and wars So, people should raise an awareness of the problems of overpopulation and try to improve their conditions Besides, government must create opportunities for them to get jobs 31 ... tolerance and encouragement ii ABSTRACT This study investigates the impacts of adapted speaking activities in the English 11 Textbook on students’ motivation at Binh Luc B High School in Ha Nam... language learning There have been many studies on the role of motivation in second language learning so far Most studies show that motivation and language learning has a mutual relation and motivation. ..VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES PHẠM THỊ HỒNG LOAN AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE IMPACTS OF ADAPTED SPEAKING ACTIVITIES