Thesis improving listening comprehension for efl students by using the movies watching as a supplementary lesson

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING VINH UNIVERSITY TRẦN THỊ DIỆU LINH THESIS: IMPROVING LISTENING COMPREHENSION FOR EFL STUDENTS BY USING THE MOVIES WATCHING AS A SUPPLEMENTARY LESSON MASTER’S THESIS IN EDUCATION Nghệ An, 2019 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING VINH UNIVERSITY TRẦN THỊ DIỆU LINH THESIS: IMPROVING LISTENING COMPREHENSION FOR EFL STUDENTS BY USING THE MOVIES WATCHING AS A SUPPLEMENTARY LESSON FIELD: THEORY AND METHODS OF TEACHING ENGLISH CODE: 8.14.01.11 MASTER’S THESIS IN EDUCATION SUPERVISOR: Assoc Prof Dr NGÔ HỮU HOÀNG Nghệ An, 2019 i DECLARATIONS I declare that this thesis, entitled “Improving listening comprehension for EFL students by using the movies watching as a supplementary lesson” and the work presented in it is my own and has been generated by me as the result of my own research I confirm that when I quoted from the work of others, the source is always given and no part of this work has been published before submission Signature i ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my supervisor, Assoc Prof Dr Ngơ Hữu Hồng This thesis could have probably not completed without his patient, enthusiastic and instructive supervision and encouragement I also would like to show my profound thanks to all of the lecturers and officials in Department of Foreign Language in Vinh University, Nghệ An for tirelessly devoting time and efforts to enrich, broaden and deepen my knowledge over the past two years Besides, I am deeply indebted to my beloved family for their wholehearted support and encouragement I also would like to dedicate my special thanks to my classmates, who have supported, cooperated and provided me with valuable suggestions Finally, I cannot fully express my gratitude to all the people whose direct and indirect support assisted me to accomplish my thesis in time ii iii ABSTRACT The movies watching has been discussed so far to increase student’s listening comprehension Besides, listening skill is still a challenge for both teachers and students My research is the quasi-experiment to search for an appropriate approach to solve this problem The objective of this study is to identify whether the movies watching increase student’s listening comprehension or not I divide participants into two groups, the experimental group and the control group The experimental group watches one episode approximately twenty minutes per week within eight weeks The movie is quite humorous with familiar topic, the vocabulary and the syntax are not difficult The results of research show that the scores of the post-test in the experimental group is better than in the control group Thus the movies watching shows an effective way in increasing student’s listening comprehension iii iv LIST OF TABLES Table 3.1: The control group’s background information Table 3.2: The experimental group’s background information Table 3.3: The work of each week Table 4.1 The experimental and control group’s score in pre-test Table 4.2 The average total scores of pre-test in the experimental group and the control group Table 4.3 The experimental and control group’s score in post-test Table 4.4 The average total scores of post-test in the experimental group and the control group Table 4.5 The average scores of pre-test and post-test in the experimental group and the control group Table 4.6 The increase difference of the number of right answers between the pretest and the post-test by the participants in both group Table 4.7 Summary of the increase right answers of all participants for both groups iv v LIST OF FIGURES Figure 4.1a: Pre-test scores of the experimental group Figure 4.1b: Pre-test scores of the control group Figure 4.2a: Post-test scores of the experimental group Figure 4.2: Post-test scores of the control group Figure 4.3: The average scores of pre-test and post-test in the experimental group and the control group Figure 4.4: Students time in learning English Figure 4.5: Student’s average scores in the listening section Figure 4.6: Student's perception of the importance of listening skill Figure 4.7: Student's opinion about the difficulty level of listening skill Figure 4.8: How often students watch the channel of English movies at home v vi TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATIONS i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii ABSTRACT iii LIST OF TABLES iv LIST OF FIGURES v TABLE OF CONTENTS vi CHAPTER INTRODUCTION 1.1 Rationale .1 1.2 Aims of the study 1.3 Research questions .3 1.4 Scope of study .3 1.5 Significance of the study 1.6 Structure of the thesis CHAPTER LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Definition of listening 2.2 Definition of listening comprehension .7 2.3 The importance of listening 2.4 Teaching listening strategies 10 2.4.1 Types of listening 10 2.4.2 Principles for teaching EFL listening 11 2.4.3 Techniques for teaching EFL listening 13 2.5 Problems related to student’s listening comprehension 15 2.5.1 Problem related to hearing sounds 15 2.5.2 Problem related to stress and intonation 17 2.5.3 Problem related to different accents 18 2.5.4 Problem related to recognize vocabulary and syntax used in listening texts 19 2.5.5 Problem related to the cultural differences 20 2.5.6 Problem related to unfamiliar topics 21 2.5.7 Problem related to length and speed of the text 22 vi vii 2.5.8 Problem related to apply effective learning styles and strategies 22 2.6 The movies watching .23 2.6.1 What is a movie? 23 2.6.2 The importance of using the movie watching in listening comprehension 23 2.6.3 Principles for choosing movies to improve student’s listening comprehension 26 2.6.4 The benefits of using the movies watching to learn English 28 2.7 Related previous study 30 CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY .32 3.1 Context of the study 32 3.2 Restated research questions 32 3.3 Research method .32 3.4 Participants 34 3.4.1 The control group .35 3.4.2 The experimental group .35 3.5 Instruments for data collection 36 3.6.1 Questionnaire .36 3.6.2 Pre-test and post-test 36 3.6 Procedure of experiment 37 CHAPTER 4: FINDING AND DISCUSSION 39 4.1 Pre-test results 39 4.2 Post-test results 42 4.3 The improvement of two groups 45 4.3.1 The average scores of pre-test and post-test 46 4.3.2 The number of right answers in pre-test and post-test .47 4.4 The questionnaire results 50 4.3.1 General information of students about learning language process 50 4.3.1.1 Students time in learning English 50 4.3.1.3 Student’s perception of the importance of listening skill 52 4.3.1.4 Student’s opinion about the difficulty level of listening skill .53 4.3.1.5 How often students watch the channel of English movies at home 54 4.3.2 Student’s opinions about the factors affecting their listening comprehension 55 vii viii CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION .57 5.1 Conclusion 57 5.2 Implication of the study 58 5.3 Limitation .59 5.4 Suggestion for further research .60 REFERENCES .62 APPENDIX A 66 APPENDIX B 73 APPENDIX C 80 APPENDIX D 88 APPENDIX E .91 viii 80 APPENDIX C QUESTIONNAIRE FOR STUDENTS My name is Trần Thị Diệu Linh I am doing a research entitled “Improving listening comprehension for EFL students by using the movies watching as a supplementary lesson” This questionnaire is used for investigating EFE (English For Everyone) English Centre students' opinions and difficulties about the movies watching in learning English process It would be appropriate for all students to complete the questionnaire All the information provided is reserved for the study purposes You can be confident that you are not be identified in any discussion of the data Thank you very much for your cooperation Circle or tick √ the best options General information of students about learning language process How long have you been studying English? a less than years b 5-7 years c more than years What is your average score in the listening section of the recent tests in your English Centre or your classroom in school? a less than 5.0 b 5.0-6.4 c 6.5-7.9 d 8.0 and above What you think about the importance of listening comprehension in learning English process? a not important at all 80 81 b a little important c fairly important d very important e extremely important How you evaluate the level of difficulty of listening comprehension in comparison with other skills (reading, speaking, writing) Please choose an appropriate on the following scale: a much easier than other skills b not as difficult as other skills c as difficult as other skills d more difficult than other skills e much more difficult than other skills Do you watch the channel of English movies at home? (FOX MOVIES, BLUE ANT ENTERTAINMENT, HOLLYWOOD CLASSIC, DISNEY,…) a never b rarely c sometimes d frequently e usually Student’s opinions about difficulties they conflict in listening process Item Statements The pronunciation is familiar Never but cannot recognize the words 81 Sometimes Often Always 82 It is difficult to recognize the words I know because of the way they are pronounced It is difficult to understand well when speakers speak with a variety of accents There are too many unfamiliar words The grammar structures used in the listening text are complex The listening text is about a cultural issue that is unfamiliar to me The topic of the listening text is unfamiliar or no interest to me The speaker speaks too fast It is difficult to understand the content when speaker does not pause long enough 10 I lose my concentration when I think of what the speakers say recently 11 It is difficult to get a general understanding of the spoken text from the first listening 82 83 12 It is difficult to quickly remember words or phrases I have just heard 13 It is difficult for me to concentrate if there are noises around or I think about the new words 83 84 CÂU HỎI KHẢO SÁT DÀNH CHO HỌC SINH (Phiên tiếng Việt) Bản câu hỏi khảo sát thiết kế để nghiên cứu “Cải thiện khả nghe hiểu cho học sinh thông qua việc xem phim học bổ sung” Tác giả nghiên cứu gửi lời cảm kích tới em học sinh việc giúp đỡ trả lời bảng câu hỏi khảo sát Tất thông tin em cung cấp sử dụng cho mục đích nghiên cứu đề tài Do mong em trả lời câu hỏi cách trung thực, xác khách quan Rất cảm ơn hợp tác em Hãy khoanh tròn vào chữ đánh dấu “√” lựa chọn xác nhất: Thơng tin chung học sinh q trình học Tiếng Anh Bạn học tiếng Anh thời gian bao lâu? a Ít năm b Từ 5-7 năm c Nhiều năm Điểm kiểm tra trung bình phần nghe kiểm tra gần bạn bao nhiêu, bao gồm kiểm tra trung tâm kiểm tra trường học? a Thấp 5.0 điểm b Từ 5.0 - 6.4 điểm c 6.5 - 7.9 điểm d Cao 8.0 điểm Bạn nghĩ tầm quan trọng khả nghe hiểu q trình học Tiếng Anh mình? a Khơng quan trọng b Ít quan trọng c Khá quan trọng 84 85 d Rất quan trọng e Cực kỳ quan trọng Bạn đánh giá mức độ khó kĩ nghe hiểu so sánh với kỹ khác (đọc, nói, viết) nào? Hãy chọn câu trả lời thích hợp mức độ sau đây: a Dễ nhiều so với kỹ khác b Khơng khó kỹ khác c Khó kỹ khác d Khó so với kỹ khác e Khó nhiều so với kỹ khác Bạn có xem kênh Tiếng Anh nhà khơng? (Ví dụ kênh: FOX MOVIES, BLUE ANT ENTERTAINMENT, HOLLYWOOD CLASSIC, DISNEY,…) a Không b Hiếm c Thỉnh thoảng d Thường xun e Ln ln Khó khăn mà học sinh đối diện trình nghe TT Vấn đề Không Thỉnh Thường Luôn thoảng xuyên Phát âm quen thuộc nhận từ vựng vừa nghe 85 86 Khó khăn để nhận từ vựng mà tơi biết cách phát âm nghe Khó khăn để hiểu mà người nói trị chuyện với giọng điệu khác Có q nhiều từ vựng khơng quen thuộc Cấu trúc ngữ pháp sử dụng đoạn nghe phức tạp Nội dung đoạn nghe nói vấn đề liên quan tới văn hóa mà không quen thuộc với Chủ đề đoạn nghe khơng quen thuộc khơng có hứng thú với tơi Tốc độ người nói q nhanh Khó khăn để hiểu nội dung mà người nói khơng ngừng khoảng thời gian đủ dài 86 87 10 Tôi bị tập trung nghĩ mà người nói vừa nói xong 11 Khó khăn việc có hiểu biết tổng quan nội dung nói lần nghe 12 Khó khăn việc nhớ nhanh từ cụm từ vừa nghe để hiểu nội dung nói 13 Khó khăn việc tập trung để nghe có tiếng ồn xung quanh nghĩ từ vừa nghe 87 88 APPENDIX D WEEK 2: Match the pictures of main characters in the left column with their name in the right column RACHEL PHOEBE MONICA JOEY CHANDLER ROSS 88 89 WEEK 3: Answer the following questions - How can they find the engagement ring of Rachel? …………………………………………………………………………………… - What happened to Ross and Carol? …………………………………………………………………………………… WEEK 4: Answer the following questions - Can Chandler quit smoking? …………………………………………………………………………………… - Why Phoebe give the money to a homeless friend? …………………………………………………………………………………… WEEK 5: Answer the following questions - Why Racheal is angry when she get money ? …………………………………………………………………………………… - What did Monica and Phoebe to cheer up Rachel ? …………………………………………………………………………………… WEEK 6: Answer the following questions - What did Chandler and Phoebe decide to do? …………………………………………………………………………………… - What did Joey to go out with his ex-girlfriend? …………………………………………………………………………………… 89 90 WEEK 7: Answer the following questions - What happened to the job of Joey ? …………………………………………………………………………………… - What did Rachel for the first time? …………………………………………………………………………………… WEEK 8: Answer the following questions - Who is the cat’s owner? …………………………………………………………………………………… - Whatt happened to Chandler and “Victoria's Secret' model”? …………………………………………………………………………………… WEEK 9: Answer the following questions - Why Ross and Monica get a call? …………………………………………………………………………………… - What happened to Ross? …………………………………………………………………………………… 90 91 APPENDIX E The content of eight episode from episode one to eight of season one, the movie “Friends” Week Episode The content of episode Rachel moves in with Monica, finding newfound independence Episode after leaving her fiancé, Barry, at the altar Chandler and Joey one console Ross after his divorce from Carol, his wife who turns out to be a lesbian Monica falls for a colleague and is crushed to learn their moment of passion was only a one night stand Carol, Ross' lesbian ex-wife, tells him at work that she is Episode pregnant with his child When Ross attends the sonogram, he is two stunned to learn that she wants to give the baby her and her lesbian lover's last names Ross and Rachel console each other as she has to return her engagement ring to Barry where she finds out that he and her maid of honor Mindy, went on their supposedly honeymoon Monica nearly has a breakdown from stressing when her and Ross' parents come for dinner Monica becomes irritated when everyone likes her new Episode boyfriend Alan, more than she does Chandler starts smoking three again and when the group complains, he diverts their attention to their own flaws Phoebe gets money credited into her bank account that isn't hers When she called it in to inform about the error, she ends up getting more money so she gives it to her homeless friend who buys her a can of soda, only to find a thumb 91 92 in it Phoebe uses the money compensated from the soda company to pay Chandler to quit smoking Ross, upset about it being the anniversary of his first time Episode sleeping with Carol, goes to a Rangers game with Chandler and four Joey but gets hit in the face by a puck and is taken to the hospital There, Ross reveals that Carol is the only woman he has ever slept with Rachel finally gets her first paycheck but is angry that most of her money went to the Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax (FICA) She also gets a visit from her old friends, which depresses her further about her new life To cheer her up, Monica and Phoebe have a slumber party which isn't very enjoyable due to Rachel's depressed state, until the girls spy on George Stephanopoulos, whose pizza was delivered to them by mistake, across the street Chandler and Phoebe decide to break up with their partners, Episode Janice (Maggie Wheeler) and Tony, respectively, at the same five time, and Phoebe's goes well, but Chandler has a harder time, requiring Phoebe's help Ross arranges to laundry with Monica and Rachel but Monica cancels, leaving just the two of them Rachel reveals she's never done laundry before but Ross helps her stand up to a horrible woman, and Ross gets his first kiss with Rachel Joey wants to go out with his ex-girlfriend (Angela) who now has a boyfriend (Bob), so he arranges for Monica and him to double-date with them by leading Monica to believe that Angela and Bob are siblings and therefore Angela's 92 93 actual boyfriend is Monica's date This creates much confusion when Monica sees Angela and her "brother" being 'inappropriate,' but it eventually works out for them Everyone attends Joey's new musical where Chandler meets a Episode beautiful and exotic Italian woman, Aurora (Sofia Milos), and six asks her out He finds out she is married and already has another boyfriend and is thrilled at the prospect of having "all the fun and none of the responsibility" in this polyamorous relationship However, when she picks up another, he learns that it's not all it's cracked up to be and ends things Joey gets picked up at the musical by the 'Estelle Leonard Talent Agency,' which finally gets him a film role as a stand-in for Al Pacino's butt double However, he loses the job because he overacts Rachel cleans the apartment by hersEFL for the first time, but she triggers Monica's obsessive tendencies when she moves furniture around During a New York City-wide power outage, while the gang is Episode hanging at Monica and Rachel's apartment, Ross tries to share seven his true feelings with Rachel but is attacked by a cat Rachel and Phoebe begin searching for the cat's owner, but when Mr Heckles tries to claim the cat, he spooks it The cat turns out to belong to Paolo, a dark, attractive Italian hunk who lives in the building and doesn't speak much English and (in a La Boheme moment) Rachel falls for him immediately Meanwhile, Chandler is trapped in an ATM vestibule with 'Victoria's Secret' model Jill Goodacre, and he desperately tries to impress her 93 94 Ross and Monica get a call that their grandmother is sick and Episode rush to her bedside After she passes, the family begins to say eight their goodbyes, however, their grandmother momentarily returns to life before dying again One of Chandler's work friends tries to fix him up on a date with a colleague and Chandler discovers that a lot of people think he's gay when they first meet him, and he tries to find out why The gang goes to Ross and Monica's Nana's funeral, where Monica confronts her mother about her critical attitude Ross falls into an open grave and hurts his back, resulting in him getting a bit loopy on muscle relaxers 94 ... comprehension for EFL students by using the movies watching as a supplementary lesson? ?? and the work presented in it is my own and has been generated by me as the result of my own research I confirm that... as a supplementary lesson? ?? 1.2 Aims of the study This study aims at improving listening comprehension for EFL students by the movies watching as a supplementary lesson The research is undertaken... opportunities for assessing what they have achieved and for revision Listening develops through attention to accuracy and an analysis of form By learning to perceive sounds and words accurately as they