Graduation thesis major English Language: A study on some common pronunciation mistakes of the first – years English – majored students of the faculty of foreign languages(SIU)

This study aimed to investigate some common mistakes in English pronunciation experienced by learners whose first language is Vietnamese and all of them are the first-year English-majored students at SIU. In other words this research also found out the main reason causing these problems, and some techniques for students to improve their pronunciation.
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Graduation thesis major English Language: A study on some common pronunciation mistakes of the first – years English – majored students of the faculty of foreign languages(SIU) Hochiminh City – 2017 …………………………………….. THESIS PROPOSAL Major English Language TopicA study on some common pronunciationmistakes of the first – years English – majoredstudents of the faculty of foreignlanguages(SIU)InstructorNguyen Thi Kim ChungStudentPhùngBíchThúy ViID: 9C661501073 DECLARATIONI am PHUNG BICH THUY VI here by declare that the work presented in this Graduation Thesisis uniquely prepared by me.I also confirm that, the thesis paper is only prepared for my university requirements not for anyother purpose. It might not be used with interest of the opposite party of the corporation.Student’s name: Phung Bich Thuy ViID’s student: 9C661501073Class: 15CTACourse: 8Major: English LanguageThe Saigon International UniversityDate submitted: 15/7/2019Sign:…………………………….. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSI would like to thank all those who helped me overcome all difficulties, thus I can finish mythesis successfully.I would like to thank my classmates for accompanying me to the final years ofschool to look forward to this graduation thesis.First of all, I would like to sincerely thank to my Supervisor Ms NguyenThi Kim Chung for heruseful and constructive suggestions that helped me to finish my graduation thesis successfully.She supported me from the beginning to the end with full of her enthusiastic and deep knowledgein English field.Last but not least I would like to give a big hug and a great thankfulness from the bottom of myheart to The Sai Gon International University as a learning environment where I have chance tostudy many useful acknowledge and complete my personal awareness during my University life. ,I would like to give the appreciation from the bottom of my heart to The Saigon InternationalUniversity for providing me a professional learning environment and facilities, as well as allteachers in the English Language major for giving enthusiasm and sympathies to lift me to be thebetter one as I am today.Student: PhùngBíchThúy Vi ADVISOR’S COMMENTS ......................................................................................................... …………………………………………………………................. ……………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………..... ……………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………….Advisor:………………………Signed:………………………. REVIEWER’S COMMENTS ......................................................................................................... …………………………………………………………................. ……………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………..... ……………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………….Reviewer:…………………..Signed:…………………….. TABLE OF CONTENTCHAPTER I: ABSTRACTThe research namely “A study on some common pronunciation mistakes of the first-year Englishmajored students of the Faculty of Foreign Languages in SIU”. As we know that pronunciation isvery important in English.It is a key lead to success studying English especially in speakingEnglish. The earlier you focus and master the basics of English pronunciation, the faster you’llbecome fluent. Our ear is so important in this process and focusing on clearly hearing and thenspeaking the sounds of English leads to large gains in fluency later on.This study aimed toinvestigate some common mistakes in English pronunciation experienced by learners whose firstlanguage is Vietnamese and all of them are the first-year English-majored students at SIU. Inother words this research also found out the main reason causing these problems, and sometechniques for students to improve their pronunciation. The subjects for the study were a hundredEnglish - majored students from The Sai Gon International University (SIU), and fiveuniversityteachers of English language from the same university. The instruments used for collecting thedata were structured questionnaires. The data collected were analyzed both statistically anddescriptively. The thesis includes three chapters: introduction, literature review, research design.In the first chapter, the writer will explain reasons why choosing this study, purposes andsignificance of study. The second chapter is one of the most important parts which provides thetheoretical knowledge and framework of study. It includes (1) mother tongue interference (2) theimportance of pronunciation,(3) difficulties in learning pronunciation, (4) methods of learningpronunciation ...