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 ii Abstract iii Table of contents iv List of charts and tables .v PART 1: INTRODUCTION 1 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 communication and foreign language learning 1.2 Factors that affect pronunciation acquisition 1.3 Background of pronunciation teaching 1.4 Difficulties in teaching pronunciation 1.5 An overview of new English textbook “Tieng Anh 11” and the current situation of teaching the textbook at Yen Vien high school 17 1.6 Summary of the chapter 20 CHAPTER 2: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 16 2.1 Data collection instruments 16 2.2 Reports on the results collected by means of questionnaires 17 2.3 Discussion of the data collected by means of interview and classroom observation 27 2.4 Findings 29 2.5 Summary of the chapter 371 CHAPTER 3: PROPOSED SOLUTIONS 37 3.1 Making lesson more interesting 382 3.2 Adjusting time and imposing time 36 3.3 Equipping facilities 36 3.4 Motivating students to learn 37 3.5 Summary of the chapter 38 PART III: CONCLUSION 39 3.1 CONCLUS IONS 39 3.2 LIMITATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY 45 References 41 Appendixes I .I Appendixes II IV Appendixes III VII Appendixes IV IX ... 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... pronunciation 1.5 An overview of new English textbook “Tieng Anh 11? ?? and the current situation of teaching the textbook at Yen Vien high school 17 1.6 Summary of the chapter 20 CHAPTER