Creating a non threatening environment is speaking lessons for the first year students of english at the peoples police academy

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES
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PHAN LỆ HUYỀN
CREATING A NON – THREATENING ENVIRONMENT IN
SPEAKING LESSONS FOR THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS
OF ENGLISH AT THE PEOPLE’S POLICE ACADEMY

XÂY DỰNG MÔI TRƯỜNG HỌC THÂN THIỆN TRONG GIỜ HỌC
KỸ NĂNG NÓI CHO SINH VIÊN CHUYÊN NGỮ NĂM THỨ NHẤT
TẠI HỌC VIỆN CẢNH SÁT NHÂN DÂN

M.A. Minor Programme Thesis

Field: English teaching Methodology
Code: 60 14 10

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Hanoi – 2011


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

PHAN LỆ HUYỀN
CREATING A NON – THREATENING ENVIRONMENT IN

SPEAKING LESSONS FOR THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS
OF ENGLISH AT THE PEOPLE’S POLICE ACADEMY

XÂY DỰNG MÔI TRƯỜNG HỌC THÂN THIỆN TRONG GIỜ HỌC
KỸ NĂNG NÓI CHO SINH VIÊN CHUYÊN NGỮ NĂM THỨ NHẤT
TẠI HỌC VIỆN CẢNH SÁT NHÂN DÂN
M.A. Minor Programme Thesis

Field

: English teaching Methodology

Code

: 60 14 10

Supervisor : Nguyến Thị Thanh Hương,MA

Hanoi - 2011


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Declaration ……………………………………………………………………………......

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Acknowledgements ……………………………………………………………………….

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Abstract ……………………………………………………………………………….......

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Table of contents ……………………………………………………………………….....

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Lists of abbreviations, tables and charts ……………………………………………….....

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Part A: INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………………

1

1. Rationale of the study ………………………………………………………………...

1

2. Aims of the study ……………………………………………………………………..

2

3. Research questions ……………………………………………………………………

2

4. Scope of the study …………………………………………………………………….

2

5. Methods of the study ………………………………………………………………….

3

6. Design of the study …………………………………………………………………...

3

Part B: DEVELOPMENT ………………………………………………………………

4

Chapter 1. LITERATURE REVIEW ……………………………………………………..

4

1.1. The nature of speaking ……………………………………………………………….

4

1.1.1. Concepts of speaking …………………………………………………………….

4

1.1.2. Characteristics of speaking ………………………………………………………

5

1.2. Anxiety in foreign language learning ………………………………………………...

6

1.2.1. Foreign language anxiety ………………………………………………………...

6

1.2.2. Sources of foreign language anxiety ……………………………………………..

7

1.3. Learning environment and its roles in teaching speaking ……………………………

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1.3.1. Concept of learning environment ………………………………………………...

9

1.3.2. Importance of learning environment in teaching speaking ………………………

10

1.4. Prior studies related to strategies to reduce anxiety in speaking lesson ……………...

11

Chapter 2. PRACTICAL RESEARCH …………………………………………………...

13

2.1. Current situation of teaching and learning speaking at the People’s Police Academy
(PPA) ……………………………………………………………………………………...

13

2.1.1. Brief introduction of the Foreign Language Department of the PPA ……………

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2.1.2. Description of the English course for major students at the PPA ………………..

15

2.2. The study……………………………………………………………………………...

15

2.2.1. The participants …………………………………………………………………..

15

2.2.2. Data collection procedure ………………………………………………………..

16

2.2.2.1. Questionnaires ………………………………………………………………..

17

2.2.2.2. Interviews …………………………………………………………………….

17

2.3. Data analysis and Discussion of the findings ………………………………………..

18

2.3.1. Data analysis …………………………………………………………………......

18

2.3.1.1. Questionnaire for students …………………………………………………..

18

2.3.1.2. Interviews …………………………………………………………………....

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2.3.2. Discussion of the findings ………………………………………………………..

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Chapter

3.

RECOMMENDATION

TO

CREATE

A

NON-THREATENING

ENVIRONMENT IN SPEAKING LESSONS …………………………………………...

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3.1. The teachers ………………………………………………………………….............

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3.2. The students ………………………………………………………………….............

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3.3. The classroom …………………………………………………………………..........

37

Part C: CONCLUSION .………………………………………………………………..

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1. Conclusion ………………………………………………………………... …………

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2. Limitation of the study ………………………………………………………………..

40

3. Suggestions for further study …………………………………………………………

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REFERENCES …………………………………………………………………................

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APPENDICES ……………………………………………………………………………

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