a contrastive analysis of professional titles in legal systems in english and vietnamese = nghiên cứu đối chiếu các chức danh trong hệ thống luật pháp trong tiếng anh và tiếng việt

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Vietnam national university, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES




NGUYÊ
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N THI
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v©n anh




Common mistakes made by 10-grade students at me
linh high school in producing English vowel and
consonant sounds


(Nh÷ng lçi phæ biÕn cña häc sinh khèi 10 tr-êng THPT Mª Linh trong
viÖc ph¸t ©m c¸c nguyªn ©m vµ c¸c phô ©m TiÕng Anh)


M.A. MINOR THESIS

Major: English Teaching Methodology
Code : 60 14 10









HANOI, 9/2011

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Vietnam national university, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES




Nguyễn THI vân anh

Common mistakes made by 10-grade students at me
linh high school in producing English vowel and
consonant sounds


(Những lỗi phổ biến của học sinh khối 10 tr-ờng THPT Mê Linh trong
việc phát âm các nguyên âm và các phụ âm Tiếng Anh)


M.A. MINOR THESIS


Major: English Teaching Methodology
Code : 60 14 10
Supervisor: KIM văn tất, M.A





HANOI, 9/2011

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION……………………………………………………………………………i
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS …………………………………………………….………….ii
ABSTRACT……………………………………………………………………………… iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS………………………………………………………………… iv
LIST OF TABLES………………………………………………………………… vii

PART I: INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………1
1. Rationale of the study……………………………………………………………….1
2. The aims of the study…………………………………… ………………… 2
3. Research questions…………………………………………………………… 2
4. The scope of the study…………………………………………………….……… 3
5. Research method……………………………………………………………………3
6. Organization of the study………………………………………………………… 3

PART II: DEVELOPMENT ………………………………………………….………….4
CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW …………………………………… …………4
1.1. Phonetics and phonology ……………………………………………….………4
1.1.1. English vowels…………………………………………………………… 5
1.1.2. English consonants…………………………………………………… 8
1.2. The main differences between English and Vietnamese sounds …… ………….11
1.2.1. Consonants ……………………………………………………………… 11
1.2.2. Vowels …………………………………………………………… 12
1.3. The importance of teaching and learning pronunciation …………………………12
1.4. Review of previous research ……………………………………………… 13
CHAPTER 2: THE STUDY…………………………………………………………….15
2.1. Context of the study. ……………………………………………………… 15
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2.1.1. Teaching staff and teaching methods …………………………………… 15
2.1.2. Students and their background …………………………………………….15
2.1.3. The teaching materials and facilities……………………………………….16
2.2. Research questions …………………………………… ………………… 17
2.3. The subjects ……………………………………… ……………… 18
2.4. Data collection instruments ………………………………………………………18
2.4.1. Class observations …………………………………….………………… 18
2.4.2. Questionnaire …………………………………………………………… 18

2.5. Data collection procedures………………………………………………… 18
2.6. Data analysis process …………………………………………………………… 19
2.7. Summary……………………………………………………………………………20
CHAPTER 3: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ……………………………………….21
3.1. Classroom observation and discussion ………… 21
3.2. Findings and discussion from the questionnaire …………………………………24
3.2.1. Findings about the students’ attitudes towards pronunciation……………… 24
3.2.2. Findings about the common problems with English sounds and the main
causes………………………………………………………………………………………25
3.2.2.1. Findings about the common problems with English sounds…………25
3.2.2.2. The causes of consonant and vowel mistakes……………… 26
3.2.3. The solutions to the problems……………………………………………… 27
3.2.3.1. Students’ self correction…………………………………………… 27
3.2.3.2. Teachers’ methods in teaching pronunciation……………………… 28
3.2.3.3. Students’ expectation from their teachers’ methods in teaching
pronunciation …………………………………………………………………………….29
CHAPTER 4: SOME SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS FOR 10
TH
GRADE STUDENTS AT
ME LINH HIGH SCHOOL TO PRODUCE ENGLISH SOUNDS
CORRECTLY……………………………………………………………………………31
4.1. Using visual aids………………………………………………………………31
4.2. Solutions for English sounds practice …… …………………………………31