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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES
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HOÀNG PHƯƠNG THẢO







IMPROVING STUDENTS’ LISTENING COMPREHENSION
THROUGH FOCUSED LISTENING TASKS

(Nâng cao khả năng nghe hiểu của học sinh
thông qua các bài luyện tập kỹ năng nghe có trọng tâm)



M.A Minor Thesis

Field: English Methodology
Code: 60 14 10




HANOI – 2010

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES







HOÀNG PHƯƠNG THẢO







IMPROVING STUDENTS’ LISTENING COMPREHENSION
THROUGH FOCUSED LISTENING TASKS

(Nâng cao khả năng nghe hiểu của học sinh
thông qua các bài luyện tập kỹ năng nghe có trọng tâm)



M.A Minor Thesis





Field: English Methodology
Code: 60 14 10
Supervisor: Trần Hiền Lan, M.A




HANOI – 2010



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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DECLARATION …………………………………………………………………….
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS …………………………………………………………
ABSTRACT ………………………………………………………………………….

TABLE OF CONTENTS ……………………………………………………………
LIST OF TABLES……………………………………………………………………

PART A. INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………… ……
1. Rationale ……………………………………………………….….……………
2. Aims of the study ………………………………………………………….……
3. Research questions…………………………………………………………….
4. Significance of the study ………………………………………………………
5. Scope of the study……………………………………………………………….
6. Methods of the study…………………………………………………………….
7. Design of the study……………………………………………………………

PART B. DEVELOPMENT………………………………………………………
CHAPTER I: LITERATURE REVIEW…………………………………………
I.1. Different views of listening comprehension……………………………… …
I.2. Importance of listening comprehension………………………………………
I.3. Classification of listening comprehension……………………………………
I.3.1. Real - life listening…………………………………………………
I.3.2. Classroom - listening ………………………………………………
I.4. Listening stages…………………………………………………………………
I.4.1. Pre-listening stage……………………………………………………
I.4.2. While - listening stage ………………………………………………
I.4.3. Post - listening stage…………………………………………………
I.5. Definition of task……………………………………………………………….
I.6. Kinds of listening tasks ………………………………………………………
I.7. Language learners’ difficulties in listening comprehension …………………
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CHAPTER II: RESEARCH ON CURRENT LISTENING TEACHING AND

LEARNING SITUATION IN BIEN HOA GIFTED HIGH SCHOOL………
II.1. Overview of current listening teaching and learning situation in Bien Hoa
Gifted High School………………………………………………………
II.2. Participants……………………………………………………………….…….
II.3. Research method …………………………………………………………….
II.4. Data analysis and discussion …………………………………………………
II.4.1. Students’ attitudes towards listening skill……………………………
II.4.2. Students’ experience in listening…………………………………….
II.4.3. Students’ comment on the listening materials used in class…………
II.4.4. Students’ comment on factors causing difficulties in their learning
listening… ………………………….……………………………….
II.4.5. Students’ difficulties in listening to English texts…………………
II.4.6. Teacher’s strategies to motivate the students………………………
II.4.7. The students’ expectation to their teacher…………………………
II.5. Major findings. ………………………………………………………………

CHAPTER III: MAJOR SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO
IMPROVE STUDENTS’ LISTENING COMPREHENSION ……………………
III.1. Choosing the suitable listening texts………………………………………….
III.2. Designing suitable tasks ………………………………………………………
III.3. Helping the students to prepare well for the listening through the
pre – listening stage …………………………………………………………

PART C. CONCLUSION ………………………………………………………….
1. Conclusions ……………………………………………………………………
2. Limitations of the research …………………………………………………….
3. Recommendations for further research ………………………………………

REFERENCES …………………………………….………………………………
APPENDIX ………………………………………….…………………….…………

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ABSTRACT
In recent years, English has become a compulsory subject in high schools in
Vietnam, the need, therefore, to learn English is greater than ever before. However, almost
all students do not have chances to develop listening skill at high school and listening is
regarded as one of the hardest skills for the students. There are various reasons for this: the
students’ motivation, linguistic knowledge, background and experience are poor, the
listening situation is unfamiliar to the students, and the teaching methods of some teachers
are not really effective.
The researcher realized that although the students find the importance of listening
skill and they have attempted to learn it well, there exists a lot of difficulties obstacle them
to be efficient listeners.
The study has been conducted in the area of listening skill. It focuses on the attitudes
towards the learning listening and the difficulties in listening lesson of the students at
English majored class of grade 11 in Bien Hoa Gifted High School, Hanam province.
When the problems have been identified, suggestions to improve the situation of teaching
and learning listening to English would be made.
The thesis is organized into three parts. Part A gives rationale for the study, and set
up the aims, the research questions, the significance, the scope, the method and the design
of the study.
Part B consists of three chapters. Chapter 1 looks at the review of related literature.
Chapter 2 is the research on the current situation of teaching and learning listening to
English in Bien Hoa Gifted High School. Chapter 3 offers some possible suggestions to
improve the teaching and learning listening English in Bien Hoa Gifted High School
Part C presents the limitations of the study and some suggestions for further study.

It is hoped that this thesis will make contribution to solve some of the existing
problems of inadequate listening competence of the students in Bien Hoa Gifted High
School.
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