Master minor programme thesis English linguistics: An investigation into the cultural contents available in the reading passages of English 12, students' attitudes and expectations towards cultural contents to be loaded to this textbook and cultural learning at Phuc Tho High school

The main purposes of the this study are: To examine the state of references to different cultural groups and cultural categories presented in the reading passages of the textbook English 12; to find out the learners‟ attitudes and expectations on cultural contents in the textbook English 12 and their culture learning at Phuc Tho high school; to give some pedagogical implications that may raise students‟ cultural awareness and hope to contribute some possitive changes in teaching and learning English in the current context at Phuc Tho High school.
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Master minor programme thesis English linguistics: An investigation into the cultural contents available in the reading passages of English 12, students’ attitudes and expectations towards cultural contents to be loaded to this textbook and cultural learning at Phuc Tho High school VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES *************************** VŨ THỊ TUYẾTAN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CULTURAL CONTENTS AVAILABLE IN THE READING PASSAGES OF ENGLISH 12, STUDENTS’ATTITUDES AND EXPECTATIONS TOWARDS CULTURAL CONTENTS TO BE LOADED TO THIS TEXTBOOK AND CULTURAL LEARNING AT PHUC THO HIGH SCHOOL (Phân tích các nội dung văn hóa trong các bài đọc của sách giáo khoa Tiếng Anh 12, thái độ và mong đợi của học sinh về nội dung văn hóađược chuyển tải trong cuốn sách và việc học các kiến thức văn hóa đó ở trường THPT Phúc Thọ) M.A. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field : English Teaching Methodology Code : 60140111 HA NOI – 2016 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES ****************************** VŨ THỊ TUYẾTAN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CULTURAL CONTENTS AVAILABLE IN THE READING PASSAGES OF ENGLISH 12, STUDENTS’ATTITUDES AND EXPECTATIONS TOWARDS CULTURAL CONTENTS TO BE LOADED TO THIS TEXTBOOK AND CULTURAL LEARNING AT PHUC THO HIGH SCHOOL (Phân tích các nội dung văn hóa trong các bài đọc của sách giáo khoa Tiếng Anh 12, thái độ và mong đợi của học sinh về nội dung văn hóađược chuyển tải trong cuốn sách và việc học các kiến thức văn hóa đó ở trường THPT Phúc Thọ) M.A. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field : English Teaching Methodology Code : 60140111 Supervisor : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Võ Đại Quang HA NOI – 2016 DECLARATION I, the undersigned, hereby certify my authorship of the study project reportentitled:An investigation into the cultural contents available in the reading passages of“English 12”, students’ attitudes and expectations toward the cultural contents to be loaded to this textbook and cultural learning at Phuc Tho High School The thesis is submitted to Faculty of Post-Graduate Studies in partialfulfillment of the requirements for the Master Degree of Arts in English TeachingMethodology at University of Languages and International Studies, Viet NamNational University, Ha Noi. Except where the reference is indicated, no other person‟s work has beenused without due acknowledgement in the text of the thesis. Ha Noi, November 2016 V Th Tuyết i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In the process of conducting this MA thesis, my efforts could not haveachieved such great success without the help and support from a number of people. First of all, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my supervisor,Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vo Dai Quang, for his genuine guidance, everlasting support andstrong encouragement throughout the stages of my study, and whose stimulatingideas, expertise and suggestions have greatly inspired me in my growth of teachingcareer. My deepest respect and gratitude are extended to the lecturers and many othersfrom Faculty of Post-graduate Studies at ULIS, VNU, for their enthusiastic helpand support during all my course as well as the writing of the present thesis. My sincere thanks also go to my classmates and my friends for their whole-hearted concern and encouragement. Moreover, a special word of thanks isconveyed to all the teachers and grade-12 students at Phuc Tho High school for their help and participation throughout thedata collection procedure for my MA thesis. Last but not least, I am greatly indebted to my beloved family for their beingwith me and supporting me at the hardest times throughout all my studies and thefulfillment of this academic work. ii ABSTRACT Language and culture are now deemed to be co-constitutive; hence Englishlanguage teaching (ELT) textbooks should incorporate cultural aspects and promoteintercultural competence. However, cultural traits in the reading passages of thetextbook English 12 seem to be ignored in teaching and learning English process atPhuc Tho High school. The students here, ...