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A study on the techniques for the improvement to the teaching of oral skills in light of communicative english language teaching for junior high school teachers in quang ngai province
TABLE OF CONTENTSAcknowledgements iv List of abbreviations . v Part 1: Introduction 1. Rationale of the study .12. Aims of the study 23. Methods of the study .24. Scope of the study .25. Design of the study 2Part 2: Development Chapter 1: Literature Review 41.1. Introduction 41.2. An overview of techniques, methods and approaches 4 1.2.1. Definitions 4 1.2.2. History of methods / approaches 41.3. An overview of communicative language teaching 5 1.3.1. Definition .5 1.3.2. Principles .5 1.3.3. Techniques for language teaching 61.4. Summary .6Chapter 2: An Investigation into the Current Performance of English Teaching and Learning in Junior High Schools in Quang Ngai Province 72.1. Introduction 72.2. The Junior High School Community in Quang Ngai Province 72.3. Students and learning requirements 72.4. Teachers and teaching methods .82.5. Materials and assessments 8 2.6. Data collection, findings and discussion .92.6.1. Data collection 9 2.6.1.1. The subjects .9 2.6.1.2. Instruments for data collection .9i 2.6.2. Findings and discussion 9 2.6.2.1. Teachers’ Personal Information 9• Age of teachers 9• Teaching experience and training .9• Qualifications 10 2.6.2.2. Information about Schools 10• Access to resource at school .10• Conditions that facilitate teaching 10• Conditions that impede teaching 11 2.6.2.3. Students' Attitude .11• Students' need for English 11• Students' strengths and weaknesses 11 2.6.2.4. Teachers’ Performance and Perception .11• Teachers' workload .11• Professional support .11• Teachers' responses to the new Tieng Anh 6-9 textbook series .11• Teachers' perception of their own teaching 11 2.6.2.5. Remarks about class observations .13• Methods 13• Techniques .132.7. Summary 13Chapter 3: Suggested Techniques to Improve the Teaching of Oral Skills for Junior High School Teachers in Quang Ngai Province 14 3.1. Techniques for teaching speaking .14 3.1.1. Introduction .14 3.1.2. Controlled speaking activities .15 3.1.3. Less controlled speaking activities .21 3.1.4. Summary 24ii 3.2. Techniques for teaching listening 24 3.2.1. Introduction 24 3.2.2. Pre-listening techniques 28 3.2.3. While-listening techniques 30 3.2.4. Post-listening techniques .31 3.2.5. Summary 323.3. Techniques for correcting students’spoken errors 32 3.3.1. Introduction 32 3.3.2. Correction Techniques .343.3.3. Summary .36Part 3: Conclusion 1. Recapitulation 372. Limitations and suggestions for further study 38References .39Appendix .41iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSFirst of all, I would like to express my deep gratitude to all my teachers at College of Foreign Languages, Vietnam National University-Hanoi for their valuable lectures. And their knowledge, their thoughtfulness as well as their sympathy I will always appreciate.For the accomplishment of this study, I wish to show my sincere thanks to my supervisor Mr. Nguyễn Bàng, who has given me kind guidance and correction.I would like to acknowledge my debt to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lê Hùng Tiến and the staff members of Postgraduate Department, College of Foreign Languages, VNU-Hanoi for their enthusiastic support.I am sincerely grateful to Mr. Đinh Tấn Bảo and my colleagues of Foreign Languages Department, Quang Ngai Teachers Training College for their attention and encouragement.I am appreciative of all those who have kindly advised and helped me during the period of my study at College of Foreign Languages, VNU-Hanoi.Finally, I wish to thank my wife for the love she gives me and her encouragement in my doing this thesis. Hanoi, summer 2007 Trần Quốc Việtiv ABBREVIATIONS• BA : Bachelor of Arts.• CLT : Communicative Language Teaching• DES : District Education Service• ELT : English language teaching• JHS : Junior High School• TJC : Teachers Training Junior College• MA : Master of Arts• PETS : Province Education and Training Service• SHS : Senior High School• Ss : Students • TSC : Teachers Training Senior College• T : Teacherv . .......................................................................................................................6Chapter 2: An Investigation into the Current Performance of English Teaching and Learning in Junior High Schools in Quang Ngai Province. ........................................................................................................................13Chapter 3: Suggested Techniques to Improve the Teaching of Oral Skills for Junior High School Teachers in Quang Ngai Province ............................................................................14