Master minor programme thesis English linguistics: Dealing with reticence in English speaking activities of non English majored students at university of Science, Vietnam national university Hanoi

This action research project was conducted to aim at solving the problem of reticence in speaking activities which possibly caused students’ low achievement in English subject at university.
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Master minor programme thesis English linguistics: Dealing with reticence in English speaking activities of non English majored students at university of Science, Vietnam national university Hanoi VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOIUNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES -----------o0o------------ NGUY N VŨ XUÂN LAN DEALING WITH RETICENCE IN ENGLISH SPEAKING ACTIVITIES OF NON-ENGLISH-MAJORED STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE, VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HANOIKH C PH C TÌNH TR NG KHÔNG NHI T TÌNH THAM GIA CÁC HO T Đ NG NÓI MÔN TI NG ANH C A SINH VIÊN KHÔNG CHUYÊN TRƯ NG Đ I H C T NHIÊN, Đ I H C QU C GIA HÀ N I M.A. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code : 60140111 Hanoi, 2016 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOIUNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES -----------o0o------------ NGUY N VŨ XUÂN LAN DEALING WITH RETICENCE IN ENGLISH SPEAKING ACTIVITIES OF NON-ENGLISH-MAJORED STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE, VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HANOIKH C PH C TÌNH TR NG KHÔNG NHI T TÌNH THAM GIA CÁC HO T Đ NG NÓI MÔN TI NG ANH C A SINH VIÊN KHÔNG CHUYÊN TRƯ NG Đ I H C T NHIÊN, Đ I H C QU C GIA HÀ N I M.A. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code : 60140111 upervisor r Ho ng Th Xu n Ho Hanoi, 2016 DECLARATION I hereby certify that this research entitled “Dealing with reticence in Englishspeaking activities of non-English-majored students at University of Science,Vietnam National University, Hanoi” was conducted and then submitted in partialfulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (M.A). This paperwas original and has not been submitted for any degrees at any other universities orinstitutions. Hanoi , 2016 Ngu n V Xu n L n i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to express my deepest appreciation to Dr. Hoang ThiXuan Hoa for her expert guidance, encouragement and patience during mycompletion of this MA thesis. Her important suggestions greatly contributed to thefinal improvements of this paper. Special thanks should also be sent to colleagues and my students at HanoiUniversity of Science, without whom the data procedures could not have ever beencompleted. Finally, I take this opportunity to record my sincere gratitude to my family,for their incessant support, without which I would not be able to overcome personaldifficulties to complete this paper on schedule. ii ABSTRACT Reticence has been a common problem in EFL classrooms, which seriouslydamages students’ studying process as well as restricts academic improvement ofthe whole class. This paper reports an action research undertaken in an Englishcourse for 24 second-year non-English majors in a university in Hanoi, Vietnam. Employing such research instruments as questionnaires, researcher’sclassroom observation and students’ reflection, the study reveals that these studentshad low current level of reticence which was presumably caused by some certainfactors. With the aim of decreasing students’ reticence in speaking activities,various measurements including brainstorming strategies training, communicationstrategies training and motivational feedback were applied. Data collected after theresearch project proved the positive influence of these measurements on students’willingness to participate in speaking activities in class. iii TABLE OF CONTENTSDeclaration .............................................................................................................. iAcknowledgements ............................................................................................... iiAbstract ................................................................................................................. iiiTable of contents .......................................................................................... ivAbbreviations ........................................................................................................ viList of tables and figures ............................................................................... ...