Master minor programme thesis English linguistics: Applying task based approach in teaching English grammar - Action research at Univer English center

The study aims at finding out new way to teach grammar to students practically, to teach grammar via pedagogical tasks. Thus, as the title suggests, the overarching aim of the study is to investigate the use of tasks in teaching grammar.
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Master minor programme thesis English linguistics: Applying task based approach in teaching English grammar - Action research at Univer English center VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOIUNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES ************************ LÊ THỊ THANH APPLYING TASK-BASED APPROACH IN TEACHING ENGLISHGRAMMAR: ACTION RESEARCH AT UNIVER ENGLISH CENTERÁp dụng đường hướng dạy học thông qua nhiệm vụ để dạy ngữ pháp: nghiên cứu hành động ở trung tâm Anh ngữ Univer M.A. COMBINED PROGRAM THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 HANOI – 2016 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOIUNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES ************************ LÊ THỊ THANH APPLYING TASK-BASED APPROACH IN TEACHING ENGLISHGRAMMAR: ACTION RESEARCH AT UNIVER ENGLISH CENTERÁp dụng đường hướng dạy học thông qua nhiệm vụ để dạy ngữ pháp: nghiên cứu hành động ở trung tâm Anh ngữ Univer M.A. COMBINED PROGRAM THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 Supervisor: Dr. Dương Thị Nụ HANOI – 2016 DECLARATION OF ORINALITY I declare that this thesis submitted for the Master of Art degree at theUniversity of Languages and International Studies is a presentation of my ownresearch and has not been previously submitted at any other universities for anydegrees. Wherever contributions of other researches are involved, every effort ismade to indicate this clearly, with due reference to the literature, andacknowledgement of collaborative research and discussion. The work was doneunder the guidance of Doctor Duong Thi Nu, at University of Languages andInternational Studies. Hanoi, 2017 L Th Th nh i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS To complete this thesis, I owe profound indebtedness to many people whohave assisted me a lot when I carried out the research. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my supervisor, Dr. DuongThi Nu, for all the helpful support, guidance and encouragement she gave me whileI was conducting the research. I am truly grateful to her for her advice andsuggestions right from the beginning when this study was only on its formativestage. I would like to send my sincere thanks to all other teachers and lecturers atFaculty of Graduate and Postgraduate Studies for all the valuable and pricelessknowledge and experience they have transferred to me and to all my students atUniver English Center who have enthusiastically participated in the study. Withouttheir assistance, it would have been impossible for me to handle this work. I owe a great debt of gratitude to my family and friends for all the support Ireceived to finish this thesis. ii ABSTRACT Grammar plays a crucial role in English language learning and teaching,establishing the ground for every other aspect of language. Yet the use of grammarin practices such as writing and speaking is not flexible to many of the students.Moreover, students get bored of the traditional approaches and quickly forget theknowledge or get troubles applying it in real life. That is especially true foruniversity students of low level at Univer English Center who are seeking for betterEnglish for their job in the future. Task-based approach designed with activitiesaround a focal task that is similar to the task in real world, promoting students to uselanguage into practical context to accomplish a specific purpose, is expected to be aresolution to the dilemma. This study is aimed at investigating the application of tasks in teachinggr mm r to find out students’ opinionss towards grammar and learning grammarthrough t sks, the extent to which the use of t sks to te ch gr mm r ffect students’learning and the constraints to this application. The study was conducted in anaction research, realized by means of survey questionnaire, performance tests,collections nd te cher’s journ l to chieve the desired ims. The results indicate that the students hold positive opinionss towardsgrammar and learning grammar through tasks. Students are in favor of this learningand teaching approach for its effectiveness, appeal and applicability. The analysis ofstudents’ test results lso show th t students h s m de positively significantimprovement in their language proficiency particularly grammar. It is also revealedthat the low language competence of students as well as the limits in a private centerhindered the application of tasks in grammar teaching. iii TABLE OF CONTENTSDeclaration of originality…………………………………………………... iAcknowledgements…………………………………………………………. iiAbstract……………………………………………………………………... iiiTable of contents…………………………………………………………… ivList of Abbreviations………………………………………………………. viiList of tables………………………………………………………………… viiiPẢRT A: INTRODUCTION………………………………………………. 1 1. Rationale……………………………………………………………... 2 2. Aims and objectives of the study…………………………………… 3 3. Scopes of the study………………………………………………….. 3 4. Significance of the study……………………………………………. 3 5. Design of the study…………………………………………………... 3PART D: DEVELOPMENTCHAPTE ...