VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES TRẦN THỊ THU GIANG Difficulties in teaching English pronunciation to 11-form students at Yen Vien high school and possible solutions (KHÓ KHĂN TRONG VIỆC DẠY PHÁT ÂM TIẾNG ANH CHO HỌC SINH LỚP 11 TRƯỜNG THPT YÊN VIÊN VÀ MỘT SỐ GIẢI PHÁP) M.A MINOR THESIS Field: English Methodology Code: HANOI - 2010 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES TRẦN THỊ THU GIANG Difficulties in teaching English pronunciation to 11-form students at Yen Vien high school and possible solutions (KHÓ KHĂN TRONG VIỆC DẠY PHÁT ÂM TIẾNG ANH CHO HỌC SINH LỚP 11 TRƯỜNG THPT YÊN VIÊN VÀ MỘT SỐ GIẢI PHÁP) M.A MINOR THESIS Field: English Methodology Code: Supervisor: Assoc Prof Dr Võ Đại Quang HANOI - 2010 Table of contents Acknowledgement Abstract Table of contents List of charts and tables PART 1: INTRODUCTION RATIONALE AIM OF THE STUDY RESEARCH QUESTIONS METHODOLOGY 4.1 Subjects of the study 4.2 Data collection instruments 4.3 Data collecting procedure 4 Data analysis SCOPE OF THE STUDY SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY DESIGN OF THE STUDY PART 2: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 Role of pronunciation in oral com learning 1.2 Factors that affect pronunciation 1.3 Background of pronunciation tea 1.4 Difficulties in teaching pronunciation 1.5 An overview of new English textb situation of teaching the textbook at Yen Vien high school 1.6 Summary of the chapter CHAPTER 2: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 2.1 Data collection instruments 2.2 Reports on the results collected by mea 2.3 Discussion of the data collected by mea observation 2.4 Findings 2.5 Summary of the chapter CHAPTER 3: PROPOSED SOLUTIONS 3.1 Making lesson more interesting 3.2 Adjusting time and imposing time 3.3 Equipping facilities 3.4 Motivating students to learn 3.5 Summary of the chapter PART III: CONCLUSION 3.1 CONCLUS IONS 3.2 LIMITATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY References Appendixes I Appendixes II Appendixes III Appendixes IV ... LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 Role of pronunciation in oral com learning 1.2 Factors that affect pronunciation 1.3 Background of pronunciation tea 1.4 Difficulties in teaching pronunciation. ..VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES TRẦN THỊ THU GIANG Difficulties in teaching English pronunciation to 11-form. .. teaching pronunciation 1.5 An overview of new English textb situation of teaching the textbook at Yen Vien high school 1.6 Summary of the chapter CHAPTER 2: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION