(Luận văn thạc sĩ) principles of designing british literature material for english major students at ba ria vung tau university

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA HOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES -  BÙI THU HƯƠNG PRINCIPLES OF DESIGNING BRITISH LITERATURE MATERIAL FOR ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY (CÁC NGUYÊN TẮC THIẾT KẾ TƯ LIỆU VĂN HỌC ANH CHO SINH VIÊN CHUYÊN TIẾNG ANH TẠI TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC BÀ RỊA VŨNG TÀU) MA MINOR THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60 14 10 Submitted as partial requirements for the Master’s Degree in English Language Education Hanoi, 2011 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA HOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES -  BÙI THU HƯƠNG PRINCIPLES OF DESIGNING BRITISH LITERATURE MATERIAL FOR ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY (CÁC NGUYÊN TẮC THIẾT KẾ TƯ LIỆU VĂN HỌC ANH CHO SINH VIÊN CHUYÊN TIẾNG ANH TẠI TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC BÀ RỊA VŨNG TÀU) MA MINOR THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60 14 10 Submitted as partial requirements for the Master’s Degree in English Language Education SUPERVISOR: DƯƠNG THỊ NỤ, PhD Hanoi, 2011 vi TABLE OF CONTENTS CANDIDATE’S STATEMENT i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .ii ABSTRACT iii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS iv LIST OF FIGURES, TABLES AND CHARTS v TABLES OF CONTENTS vi PART A: INTRODUCTION 1.Rationale 2.Aims of the study 3.Method of research 4.Scope of the study 5.Design of the study PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER I: LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1.Material Design 1.1.1 An overview of materials 1.1.2 Categories of materials 1.1.2.1 Published materials 1.1.2.2 Authentic materials 1.1.2.3 Specially-prepared materials 1.1.3 Characteristics of good materials 1.1.4 The process of materials designing 1.1.5 Principles for designing materials 1.1.6 Designing materials for British literature 10 1.1.6.1 The concept of literature 10 1.1.6.2 Models of teaching literature in ESL classroom 11 1.1.6.3 Criteria for the literary text selection 12 1.2 Need analysis 14 1.2.1 The concept of language needs 14 1.2.2 Purposes of needs analysis in language teaching 15 1.3 Summary of chapter 15 vii CHAPTER II: NEEDS ANALYSIS AT BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY 16 2.1 Situational analysis 16 2.1.1 Training Institution 16 2.1.2 Teaching staff 16 2.1.3 Facilities 16 2.1.4 The current syllabus and materials in use 17 2.1.4.1 Syllabus for British Literature 17 2.1.4.2 Materials for British Literature 17 2.1.5 Students 18 2.2 The analysis of participants’ opinions 19 2.2.1 Subjects of the study 19 a The student population 19 b The teacher population 19 2.2.2 Procedures 19 2.2.3 Data analysis, findings and discussions 20 2.3 Summary of chapter 33 CHAPTER III: SOME PRINCIPLES OF DESIGNING BRITISH LITERATURE MATERIALS FOR ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT BVU 35 3.1 The compatibility with the syllabus 35 3.2 The learners’ interests 35 3.3 Paying attention to students’ linguistic proficiency and literary background 36 3.4 Counting culture and other mother tongue-related elements in students’ first language 37 3.5 Selecting the literary texts 38 3.6 Taking notice of the teaching duration 38 3.7 Taking teachers’ and students’ difficulties into account 39 3.8 Samples of the British materials for students at BVU 41 PART C: CONCLUSION 43 Recapitulation 43 Limitation of the study and suggestions for further research 43 REFERENCE APPENDICES ... Characteristics of good materials 1.1.4 The process of materials designing 1.1.5 Principles for designing materials 1.1.6 Designing materials for British literature ... overview of materials 1.1.2 Categories of materials 1.1.2.1 Published materials 1.1.2.2 Authentic materials 1.1.2.3 Specially-prepared materials ... NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA HOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES -  BÙI THU HƯƠNG PRINCIPLES OF DESIGNING BRITISH LITERATURE MATERIAL FOR ENGLISH