TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF CHARTS AND TABLES
PART 1: INTRODUCTION
PART 2: DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 1: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
1.1. Definition of pronunciation
1.2. The importance of teaching and learning pronunciation
1.3. The teacher’s roles and student’s roles in teaching and learning pronunciation
1.3.1. The teacher's roles in teaching pronunciation
1.3.2. The student's roles in learning pronunciation
1.4. The pronunciation components
1.4.1. Gerald Kelly’s ideas about pronunciation components
1.5. Factors affecting pronunciation learning
1.5.1 The native language.
1.5.2 The age factor
1.5.3. Amount of exposure
1.5.4. Phonetic ability
1.5.5. Attitudes and identity
1.5.6. Motivation and concern for good pronunciation
1.6. Differences between English and Vietnamese
1.6.1. Phonemes
1.6.2. Vowels
1.6.3. Consonants
1.6.4. Stress
1.6.5. Intonation
1.7. Techniques of teaching pronunciation
1.7.1. Presentation stage:
1.7.2. Practice stage:
1.7.3. Production stage:
1.8. Summary
CHAPTER 2: THE STUDY
2.1. An overview of the situation of teaching and learning English at Thang Long Upper
Secondary School.
2.1.1. Learners
2.1.2. Teachers
2.1.3. The textbook
2.2. Research questions
2.3. Research methodology
2.3.1. The subjects of the study
2.3.2. Methods and procedures
2.4. Data analysis process
2.5. Summary
CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS AND DICUSSIONS
3.1. Data analysis and discussions
3.1.1. The teachers and students’ attitudes towards teaching and learning pronunciation
3.1.2. The levels difficulties in teaching and learning pronunciation
3.1.3. The causes of the difficulties in teaching and learning Pronunciation
3.1.4. Techniques used in each stage of teaching pronunciation
3.2. Summary
CHAPTER 4: SOME SUGGESTED TECHNIQUES FOR TEACHING
PRONUNCIATION IN “LANGUAGE FOCUS PERIODS – ENGLISH 12” AT THANG
LONG UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL.
4.1. Amount of exposure
4.2. Attitudes and motivation
4.3. The time for each lesson
4.4. Techniques for practice stage
4.4.1. Listen and repeat conversation:
4.4.2. Odd one out:
4.4.3. Do the listening exercises:
4.4.4. Do the reading aloud activities:
4.4.5. Play games:
PART 3: CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
APPENDICES