Listening effectively for english learners at intermediate level khóa luận tốt nghiệp đại học

HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES a HO CHI MINH CITY VIET NAM LISTENING EFFECTIVELY FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS AT INTERMEDIATE LEVEL A paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English Submitted by TRAN THANH TOAN Supervised by PHAN THI LE HOA Ho Chi Minh City, October 2005 ABSTRACT ne This thesis examines the influence of English listening of students the intermediate levels For a very long time, people neglected listening or even excluded it from study program; people thought listening could develop by itself Yet it has the reputation of being very important for the enhancement of effective communication This study investigates the listening abilities and practices among the second year students of Faculty of Foreign Languages of the Ho Chi Minh City Open University This study also suggests a way in which student may listen to English for better results This thesis consists of five main parts: the role of listening in our daily life, the review of literature, the common problems as well as the solutions, and a survey questionnaire of 82 students Moreover, the results revealed that (1) the effects of listening on our studies in particular as well as the role of listening skills in daily activities in general; and (2) although a few of the students had good listening attitudes and strategies, the majority of them remained poor listening habits and did have improvement methods for study listening skills; and (3) the description of listening problems as well as the effective solutions have been proved partly The study also gives some recommendation for better learning listening skills ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page: Listening Effectively for English Learners at Intermediate Leve "ni 1n Page Ỉ HH rihg GUt EGG G Te eet 224ii — Acknowledgement sssccesssssssessseseescsesssersnecersntsneercasenensancanenssenensins i10 00 wat 1H — iv naẽnẽaẽaẽaẽẽnẽe.aauaan ch List Of tables TT n -ïnaaanaa vi I.INTRODUCTTION 7-5 s teen trttrrtrtrtrnnttrntrtrrrrrr 1.1 The importance of listening in đaily le s sec cnnrnnhrtrntrrrrrtrrrrirrerdrrdrrtterttrrtrrrttrtrrrtrrrre 1.2 The reasons for listening - IL REVIEW OE LITERA TURE - - cà snenttttrrdtrdtrrrrdrrdrdetrrtrrrdrnnrrer 2.1 Problems in learning to listen in a foreign language teeter tetris 2.1.1 E 1k tre Slow speed of listening .-.‹ ecreeerrerrrrrrrrrrrre À NT ky 1181251111 91.2 Lack of vocabulafÿ 2.1.3 2.14 -csc+csttrttthhhtH tr rrrtrrreirrrrrtrrtrtrttrtrtdrrttttttrntftttt 4 Misunderstood g€§(UF€S ccrseerhrrhrhrrdrrrrrtdrtrrrrrirrrrriidttrtrrtdtrttreldrrtrndrrr Lack of concentratiOn . ‹ccesrrnnhhnthhớtHtrrrưtrrrtrrrrrdrrrdtrrttrnttrtrtrtrrrdrntree Passive manner of listening -‹ -r+-cereerrreitrtrrrtrrerrrrtrttrrtrtrrnrtrrrrrdrrtrrntrre 2.1.6 SUmIHAFY cccc752ScSc22tzhhttthhhtt122221m11011n1n0ntnnrrrrrrrrrrrrirrrrir 2.2 Solutions to perfect our listening skillS cr-eererrretrerrtdtrtrrtrrtrrrrrrrntrrrier 2.2.1 Fasten our speed of listening -. rseererrerrrrrerrdrrrrtrrdrdrtrterttrtrrdttftrntrroe 2.1.5 2.22 Enrich our vocabularY .- -cccrscerneerrtrrrtrrttrrtrrtdtrrrtdtrttttrdtrdrtrrrerrrertrer 4.2.3 Undersiand gestUr€S . -cccccsstnnhrnthrrrrttrrrrrirttritirtrrrrrrrdrrrrlimrndtrtrerret 224 Avoid distractiOn . cerrrrrrrrrtrrrrrrerdirrrtrdrtdtrdtrddrrritrrrre 9.2.5 Keep our mỉnd op€n . . ecssterrerrtrrrtrttrrtrdtrrtrrtrdtrrrrrrdtrrrrdrrtrrrtnrrrrerntrrer 2.2.6 SummaArY eed ghEn tre cọc ccnertrttrrtetrrerirttttrtmtrrrrrrttrrtrltrdtrtrrrrtrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrer 10 IIL RESEARCH DESCRIPTIONS -. -cceenenrrrtrrrrrrtrtrrtrtrtrrtrrtrrrdtre 3,1 Research qu€stÏOnS -ccc+znsecrrtrrrtertrrirtdrrtrttrrrtrrrdttrrtiriltrrdtrrrrttrrrrrrtrrtrrrtrrrrrir iv 10 10 3.2 Description of participans .-cerhrirredrrrrirreeireirierdtdrrrrdrdtrdtrrttrrrretire 10 3.3 Instrument: questionnair€S ccnhưrrHrrrrdrrtrrrrrrrrrrrrrererdre tờ - net ritnhnrrrrererertererrrrire se 3.4 Data collection prOC€dUT€§ 3.5 Summary tư " 11 12 — ceeceeehrerrhhrehrtrrrrrrdrrrdirrrrdrrrieiriiidirrritirntritltrrtrrt 13 IV DATA ANALYSIS AND EINDINGS .nee "` 13 4.1 Responses fO survey quâstẽOnnair ô-ôccecererererrrrrrerrrrererdid ¬— 13 4.2 Dafa analySÌS cccceeceehhhhhhhhhdHt21 lndtrterrrrrdrttdtrrdtrrddrrrrrrer 13 4.3 Findings «cceeeerrrrrrireerrrrrtrdrrriiirirtratirdtrdrrrrrrdrdirirhrerrir 20 4.4Summary .ằe mm : — 21 V.IMPLICA TION AND RECOMMENDATIONS -. -cằeneerrrertrrrrre 21 5,1 Implication§ :crxccenherrhertrrrrdtrdrrrttdtrdtrdrrrdrrrrirrirrrdedrtdtrrrttrtrirdire 21 - - 5.2 RecommendatiOTIS 5.2.1 Radio nh 2E22411411722 T2 th tt 1211121 n10120 E911 22 22 23 11081110 + ng 11211 tr 721122111010 5.2.2 TV, vid€O, CẦ-TOOIN 5.2.3 Cassetf€ pÏaY€T c che nnntrrnrr 25 5.2.4 Conversations with native speak€TS . -c -snhhrerhddrerrdrrrrrenirrirrrdirrrrrdrir 25 55 5.3 SUmIHAFY VILCONCLUSION .:40)33:3301 027 S+tntt tt t2 tr t1 nes 27 1222221212, e1 27 5Á 5-5 nàn a 28 nan ốố.ố a APPENDIX 1: Questionnaire in English -ccsnstenhrrnhhdtrrreeddrrrrrrdrrdtrrrterr 30 APPENDIX 33 rrrredrie .errrrrrrrear ch enernreitiee 2: Questionnaire in Vietname§€ LIST OF TABLES ; +” er Page Table 4.1: Studying English nowadays is diffiCult ác s Là He, 13 Table 4.2: Listening skills are very ImpOFEATIE Án Table 4.3: Your listening skills are excel]eri + s+s