Nghiên cứu thăm dò về việc dạy tiếng anh cho học sinh lứa tuổi mầm non tại một số trường mầm non ở hà nội

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES O0O NGUYỄN THỊ DUNG AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON TEACHING ENGLISH TO CHILDREN AT KINDERGARTENS IN HANOI (Nghiên cứu thăm dò việc dạy tiếng Anh cho học sinh lứa tuổi mầm non số trường mầm non Hà Nội) M.A MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 HANOI-2015 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES O0O NGUYỄN THỊ DUNG AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON TEACHING ENGLISH TO CHILDREN AT KINDERGARTENS IN HANOI (Nghiên cứu thăm dò việc dạy tiếng Anh cho học sinh lứa tuổi mầm non số trường mầm non Hà Nội) M.A MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 Supervisor: Asoc Prof Dr NGUYỄN VĂN ĐỘ HANOI-2015 DECLARATION I declare that my thesis entitled AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON TEACHING ENGLISH TO CHILDREN AT KINDERGARTENS IN HANOI is the result of my own research of the degree of Master of Arts at the University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi and this thesis fulfills with the requirements of the degree Master of Arts and has not been published anywhere Nguyễn Thị Dung 2015 Supervisor’s signature Assoc Prof Dr NGUYỄN VĂN ĐỘ i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to express my sincere thankfulness to my supervisor, Assoc Prof Dr Nguyen Van Do for his whole hearted guidance, valuable suggestions, and critical comments during the course of writing this thesis My thanks also go to all the teachers at VIVA center who were willing to give me information via survey questionnaire Their enthusiasm and helpful feedbacks made the thesis more reliable and useful Finally, I would like to offer my deepest gratitude to my family and close friends for their understanding and support during the time of doing the research ii ABSTRACT This paper reports the results of the survey conducted in VIVA center to find out the difficulties in teaching English perceived by the teachers VIVA center involves thirty teachers who are teaching English at thirty nursery schools in Hanoi The focus is on professional support that the teachers receive to teach English at preschool level The difficulties will be viewed from the questionnaire and observational data The results indicate that Vietnamese nursery teachers lack English teaching methodology for children and classroom management skills All the teachers have not only taken part in any regular training because at this time there are not any colleges or universities training English nursery school teachers in Vietnam, but also have not enrolled any professional training courses from center Besides, the teachers also have difficulty in using teaching facilities and they need more appropriate teaching facilities At the end of the study, suggestions and solutions will be given to help the teachers overcome those challenges iii TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii ABSTRACT iii APPENDICE vi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS vii LIST OF CHARTS .viii LIST OF TABLES ix PART A: INTRODUCTION 1 Rationale Aims and objectives of the study Research questions Scope of the study Methods of the study The design of the thesis PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER ONE: LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 Children learning English as foreign language 1.1.1 Characteristics of children 1.1.2 Children’s stages of development 1.1.2.1 Cognitive development 1.1.2.2 Physical development 1.1.2.3 Social and emotional development 1.1.2.4 Moral development iv 1.1.3 Children learning English as foreign language 10 1.1.4 Children’s learning style 11 1.1.4.1 Visual (spatial) learners (lookers) 11 1.1.4.2 Kinesthetic (movement) learners (movers) 12 1.1.4.3 Verbal (language) learners or auditory learners (listeners) 12 1.1.4.4 Logical learners 12 1.1.5 The importance of learning language (English) in early years 13 1.2 Teaching English as foreign language for children 13 1.2.1 Child language acquisition and language learning 13 1.2.2 Teaching English as foreign language for children 15 12.2.1 Learning outcomes 15 1.2.2.2 Teaching curriculum 16 1.2.2.3 Teaching materials 17 1.2.2.4 Teaching methods 18 1.2.2.4.1 English teaching methods for preschoolers 18 1.2.2.4.2 Classroom management 20 1.2.2.5 Teaching assessment 21 1.2.2.6 Teaching facilities 22 1.3 Teacher’s perception 22 1.4 Previous studies on teaching English to very young leaners 23 1.5 Summary 23 CHAPTER TWO: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 25 2.1 VIVA center 25 2.2 Participants 26 v 2.3 Data collection instruments 26 2.4 Data collection procedure 28 2.5 Data analysis 29 2.6 Summary 29 CHAPTER THREE: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 30 3.1 Results from questionnaire and classroom observations 30 3.1.1 Teachers’ perceptions towards English teaching at preschool level 30 3.1.2 English teaching methods to very young learners 31 3.1.3 Classroom management 34 3.1.4 Teaching facilities 38 3.1.5 Professional training courses for preschool English teachers 40 3.2 Answers to the research questions 41 3.2.1 Research question 1: What are teachers’ perceptions towards English teaching at preschool level? 41 3.2.2 Research question 2: What are the teachers’ difficulties when teaching to nursery children? 42 3.3 Summary 42 PART C: CONCLUSIONS 44 Recapitulation 44 Recommendation 44 Limitations 45 Suggestions for further studies 46 REFERENCES 47 APPENDICE I vi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS TPR Total Physical Response No Number of teachers L1 First language L2 Second language TEYL Teaching English to young leaners ESL English as a Second Language ELT English language teaching vii LIST OF CHARTS Chart 1: Teaching methods Chart 2: Teachers’ using English in the class Chart 3: Number of children Chart 4: Children’s work in the classroom Chart 5: Sitting arrangement Chart 6: Teachers’ self-evaluation about controlling the class Chart 7: Using of teaching facilities Chart 8: Making teaching aids Chart 9: Training courses Chart 10: Observing other classes viii Blanket, Blanket, pillow pillow Bag Bag Bed, Review blanket, pillow Bag Go to Bag Crayon Crayon Vocab blanket, pillow Bag, go to Bag, go to Bag, go to school school school school Bed, Review This is a bag Book, Book Crayon crayon Book, crayon This is a book /crayon 10 Review Go to bed, Review wake up 11 Head, Shoulder Unit 3: Body 12 Head Shoulder How are Shoulder How are you? you? I’m fine, I’m fine, thank you thank you Head Head, Review Shoulder Head, Shoulder Touch your Touch my head/ head/ shoulder shoulder Head Shoulder Parts Knee Knee Knee, Toe Knee Knee, Toe Knee Toe Toe Touch your Toe Touch your Toe knee/ toe knee/ toe Head, Head, VII 13 Review 19, 20 Head , shoulders shoulders song song Head Stand up Shoulder, Sit down Knee, toe shoulder Numbers: 1-10 Stand up Numbers: 1-10 Sit down Numbers:1- Numbers:1- 10 10 song Dialogue: How many chairs? Five chairs 14 Stand up Sit down Numbers:15 15 Sit down, stand up Numbers:1- Eye, Ear Eye Eye, Ear Eye Touch your ear Touch your ear eye / ear eye / ear Eye Eye Mouth Eye Mouth, Nose Eye Ear Ear Nose Ear Touch your Ear Touch your Mouth mouth/ nose Nose mouth/ nose Dialogue: How many eyes…? Two eyes VIII Mouth Nose 16 17 Mouth Mouth Hand, Feet Hands Hand, Feet Hands Nose Nose Clap your Feet Clap your Feet Clap your hands 18 19 Hand, Feet hands hands Stomp your Stomp your feet feet Finger , Finger , Finger , Finger , Arm, leg Arm, leg Arm, leg Arm, leg Stomp your Touch your Touch your feet arm / leg arm / leg Review Review Review Unit Unit Unit 3 Mum Mum Mum Mum Dad Dad Dad Dad Mum, Dad Love Mum Dad I love my Love mum/dad Unit 2: Family Mummy Mummy song song 20 Grandpa Grandpa Grandpa Grandpa Dad Grandma Grandma Grandma, Grandma Love Hug Mum Love Hug Daddy song I love my grandpa/ IX grandma Daddy song 21 Grandpa Grandpa Love, Hug Love Love, Hug Love Grandma Grandma Review Hug Review 11,12 Hug Brother Brother Brother, Grandma Sister Sister Hug Family 11,12 22 Grandpa Hug Sister Brother Sister I love my brother/siste finger song r Family finger song 23 Review Love Hug Baby, Go to Mum, dad, bed, Wake brother, up sister, baby Baby Go to bed Mum, dad, brother, sister, baby Wake up Family Family finger song finger song Brother 24 Sister Brother What’s What’s your What’s your What’s your your name? name? name? name? My name My name My name My name is… is… is… is… Sister X Dialogue: Dialogue: How are How are Baby you? How are How are you? you? I’m fine… Go to bed 25 Baby Wake up I’m fine… I’m fine… I’m fine… What’s your What’s name? your name? What’s your What’s your is… My name My name is… 26 27 Review 28 Unit 7: Transportation 29 Review Review Happy Happy Happy Teachers’ Teachers’ Teachers’ day day day Review Review Unit 1-3 Unit 1-3 Unit 1-3 Test Test Test Review Bus Bicycle Look Bus Bicycle Tricycle Wheels on Look Look Stroller the bus song Wheels on the bus song Bicycle, Tricycle, Stroller What’s this? It’s a… Go, Stop XI is… is… Review Bus name? name? My name My name you? Bicycle Tricycle Stroller 30 Bicycle Bicycle Car Car Car, Bus Car Drink Drink Motorbike Bus What’s this? Bus Wheels on the bus song Drink It’s a… Wheels on Turn left the bus Turn right song 31 Car Car Train Train Motorbike Motorbike Go Motorbike Wheels on Train, Motorbike Train Motorbike What’s this? Stop the bus It’s a… song Turn left Turn right 32 Train Train Tricycle Turn left Go Go Turn left Turn right, Stop Stop Turn right Review 59, 60, 61 Turn left Turn right, Wheels on the bus song 33 Review Stroller Stroller Review Review Plane, Helicopter, Truck What’s this? It’s a plane/ helicopter… XII Plane Helicopter Truck 34 Tricycle Tricycle Green Green Green Train Yellow Yellow Red Red Wheels on the bus lights: Red light Red light Green light Yellow light Green light song 35 Traffic Yellow light Stroller Stroller Orange Orange Red Tricycle Blue Blue Black Black Look Review Traffic lights Go , Stop, Go Stop Slow Slow 36 Green Green Yellow Yellow Red Review: Green, Review all Colors Yellow Transportati Red, Orange Red ons and traffic lights Blue, Black 37 Bell Bell Unit 4: Christmas and New year Santa Claus Santa clause Bell Bell , Reindeer Santa Claus 38 Santa clause Reindeer Bell , Reindeer Santa Claus Jingle Bell Jingle Bell song song Bell Santa clause Reindeer Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas tree tree tree, Star , tree , Star, tree, Star , tree, Star, Star Star Present Present Jingle Bell song Present Jingle Bell XIII song 39 Present Present Present Sing Sing Sing, Dance Dance Dance We wish Sing, Dance Sing We wish Dance you… song you… song 40 Merry Merry Merry Merry Merry Merry Christmas! Christmas! Christmas! Christmas! Christmas! Christmas! Review 29, 41 Card Review 29, Card Review 29, Card 30, 31 30, 31 30, 31 Chung cake Chung cake Chung cake Chung cake Chung cake Chung cake Lucky Lucky Lucky Lucky Lucky money money money money money I like Chung Sing cake/ Lucky Dance money Sing , Dance 42 Peach Lucky Peach Peach flower money flower flower Chung cake Chung cake Lucky Lucky money money Go to bed XIV Peach flower Chung cake Lucky money Go to bed Wake up Peach flower Wake up 43 44 45 Fireworks Fireworks Fireworks Fireworks Peach Peach Peach Peach flower Peach flower flower flower Numbers:5- Happy New 10 year! Fireworks Fireworks Happy New flower year! Review Happy New Review Happy New Review Unit Happy New Unit Year Card Unit Year Card Year Card Banana Banana Banana Banana Mango Mango Mango Mango Eat Apple, Banana I like apples/ Eat Apple Banan a banana I like apples Unit 6: Nature (Part 1) song 46 Apple Orange Orange Orange Mango Drink Drink Apple Apple Orange Pear, Orange Do you like apples? Yes, I No, I don’t I like apples song XV Pear Orange Mango 47 Pear Mango Pear I like Pear I like apples Apple apples song Orange Review 47, song Mango Orange 48, 49 Dialogue: Do you like Matching: Apple Mango Orange apples? Pear Pear No, I don’t Banana Banana What you like? I like bananas 48 Mum 8-3 card Teacher Mum 8-3 card Orange Teacher Mum/Teach you! Mango Orange Yummy! Mum/Teach er, I love Mango, er, I love Do you like you! apple? Yes, I I like apples song 49 Unit 5: Cat Cat Cat Cat Dog Dog Dog Dog Duck Duck Cat, Dog, Duck What’s this? It’s a Dog/ XVI Cat Dog Duck Cat… 50 Pig Pig Pig Pig Pig Pig Cow Cow Cow Cow Cow Cow Animal What’s this? sound song It’s a pig/ cow… Animal sounds song 51 Duck Duck Animal sound song Bird Bird Bird Bird Mouse Mouse Mouse Mouse Chicken Chicken Chicken Chicken A small What’s this? bird song It’s a pig/ cow… A small bird song 52 Bird Bird Tiger Tiger Mouse Mouse Elephant Elephant A small Tiger, Elephant What’s this? run It’s a pig/ bird song tiger… XVII Tiger Elephant run 53 Review Monkey Run Run, Walk, Walk 2 Bear Frog Frog Frog Run Sing jump What’s this? jump Walk The Animal Chicken It’s a frog sounds song Jump, Run, 55 Walk Monkey Monkey Frog Monkey Bear Bear Jump Bear Frog, Monkey Bear The animal Run What’s this? sounds song Walk It’s a frog/ bear The Animal sounds song 56 Walk sounds song sounds song Chicken Sing Run The Animal The Animal 54 Run, Walk, Frog Frog jump jump Review: Review: 3743 3743 The Animal The Animal XVIII Monkey Bear 57 Circle, Circle, Square Square sounds song sounds song 2 Shapes: Circle, Circle, triangle, Shapes: Circle, triangle, triangle, star, star, square Circle, triangle, square 58 59 Review 60 61 Triangle, Triangle, Star Star Review Star, square Review Review Review Review Unit 4-5-6 Unit 4-5-6 Unit 4-5-6 (part 1) (part 1) Test Test Sun (part 1) Test Unit 6: Nature (PART 2) Sun Sun Look Look Moon Eat Rainbow of Sun Star, square Sun, Moon, Look Sun Moon Look up the sun/ moon colors song Mr Sun song 62 Sun , Moon Sun Sun , Moon Sun Star , look Star , look Moon Star , look Moon Twinkle, Look up Star Look up Star Sun , Moon Moon twinkle XIX little star song Look down Look down Twinkle, Twinkle, twinkle twinkle little little star star song song 63 Rainbow Rainbow Rainbow Rainbow Run, Walk Run, Walk Look up I like Look up Jump Jump Look down Rainbow Star rainbows Look down Run, Walk, Look up Jump Look down Look up Rainbow Look down song Rainbow song 64 Dialogue: What’s What’s your name? your name? My name My name 65 is… Dialogue: How old are you? I’m 4/ is… years old Dialogue: Dialogue: How are Where you? you live? I live in Ha XX How old are you? I’m 4/ years old Dialogue: How old are you? I’m 5/ How old are you? I’m 5/ years old years old Where you live? I live in Ha Noi Dialogue: Where you live? I live in Ha Where you live? I live in Ha Noi I’m fine… Noi Noi Review Review Review Unit Unit Unit 4 Review Review Review Unit Unit Unit 5 Review Review Review Unit Unit Unit 6 Review Review Review Unit Unit Unit 7 Test Test Test What’s your name? My name is… 66 67 68 69 70 XXI ... TEACHING ENGLISH TO CHILDREN AT KINDERGARTENS IN HANOI (Nghiên cứu thăm dò việc dạy tiếng Anh cho học sinh lứa tuổi mầm non số trường mầm non Hà Nội) M.A MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching... taught in a school or in a specific course or program In dictionaries, curriculum is often defined as the courses offered by a school, but it is rarely used in such a general sense in schools Depending... schools are from different English centers in Hanoi VIVA center is one of these English centers It has thirty teachers who teach in thirty nursery schools in Hanoi, both public and private schools