possible solutions to the problems commonly encountered by students at hanoi university of technology in pronouncing the english affricative consonants = những giải pháp khả hữu cho những vấn đề mà sinh viên

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES
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NGÔ THU HUYỀN

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS COMMONLY
ENCOUNTERED BY STUDENTS AT HANOI UNIVERSITY OF
TECHNOLOGY IN PRONOUNCING THE ENGLISH
AFFRICATIVE CONSONANTS

NHỮNG GIẢI PHÁP KHẢ HỮU CHO NHỮNG VẤN ĐỀ MÀ SINH VIÊN
TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC BÁCH KHOA HÀ NỘI THƯỜNG GẶP PHẢI KHI
PHÁT ÂM CÁC ÂM TẮC XÁT CỦA TIẾNG ANH
M.A. Minor Thesis

Field: English Linguistics
Code: 60 22 15
MA course: 18


Hanoi – 2011

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES
****************

NGÔ THU HUYỀN

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS COMMONLY
ENCOUNTERED BY STUDENTS AT HANOI UNIVERSITY OF
TECHNOLOGY IN PRONOUNCING THE ENGLISH
AFFRICATIVE CONSONANTS

NHỮNG GIẢI PHÁP KHẢ HỮU CHO NHỮNG VẤN ĐỀ MÀ SINH VIÊN
TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC BÁCH KHOA HÀ NỘI THƯỜNG GẶP PHẢI KHI
PHÁT ÂM CÁC ÂM TẮC XÁT CỦA TIẾNG ANH
M.A. Minor Thesis

Field: English Linguistics
Code: 60 22 15
MA course: 18
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Võ Đại Quang


Hanoi – 2011




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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CANDIDATE’S STATEMENT i
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii
ABSTRACT iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS iv
LIST OF FIGURES, CHARTS AND TABLES vii
ABBREVIATIONS viii

PART 1: INTRODUCTION Error! Bookmark not defined.
1.1. Rationale Error! Bookmark not defined.
1.2. Aims and Objectives of the study 1
1.3. Research questions 2
1.4. Scope of the study 2
1.5. Significance of the study 2
1.6. Design of the study 3
PART 2: DEVELOPMENT 4
Chapter 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 4
1.1. Theoretical Background 4
1.1.1. The role of pronunciation in EFL teaching 4
1.1.2. Factors affecting pronunciation learning 4
1.1.3. Consonants in English and Vietnamese 6
1.1.3.1. English consonants 6
1.1.3.2. Vietnamese consonants 7
1.1.3.3. Learners’ problems with consonant sounds 9
1.1.4. Affricative sounds 10
1.1.4.1. Definition 10


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1.1.4.2. The description of affricates 11
1.1.4.3. Learners’ problems with affricates 12
1.2. Previous works 15
1.3. Summary of the chapter 16
Chapter 2: Methodology 17
2.1. Survey reseach 17
2.1.1. Definition 17
2.1.2. Steps in conducting a survey research 17

2.2. Techniques employed in the research 18
2.2.1. Data collection 18
2.2.1.1. Questionnaire 18
2.2.1.2. Tape recording 19
2.2.2. Data analysis 20
2.3. Procedures for the study 20
2.4. Summary of the chapter 20
Chapter 3: Findings and Discussion 21
3.1. Findings 21
3.1.1. Findings from the questionnaire 21
3.3.2. Findings from the tape recording 27
3.2. Discussion 29
3.3. Summary of the chapter 30
Chapter 4: Possible sollusions to the problems identified 31
4.1. Giving regular practice 31
4.2. Improving teaching techniques 31
4.3. Supplying supplementary exercises 34


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4.4. Summary of the chapter 36
PART 3: CONCLUSION 37
1. Recapitulation 37
2. Conclusion remarks 37
3. Limitations and suggestions for further research 38
REFERENCES 39
APPENDIX 1 I
APPENDIX 2 V
APPENDIX 3 VI