Master minor programme thesis English linguistics: Factors affecting motivation in learning speaking English of grade 10 students at Thanh Ba High school

Aims of the study: To point out some factors affecting students‟ motivation in speaking English; to give some suggestions for teachers to stimulate students in speaking English and overcome the difficulties they have to face with in teaching speaking English for grade 10 students.
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Master minor programme thesis English linguistics: Factors affecting motivation in learning speaking English of grade 10 students at Thanh Ba High school VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES  PHAN THỊ THÙY LINH FACTORS AFFECTING MOTIVATION IN LEARNING SPEAKING ENGLISH OF GRADE 10 STUDENTS AT THANH BA HIGH SCHOOL( Những yếu tố ảnh hưởng tới động lực học nói tiếng Anh của học sinh lớp 10 trường THPT Thanh Ba) M.A. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 HANOI - 2016 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES  PHAN THỊ THÙY LINH FACTORS AFFECTING MOTIVATION IN LEARNING SPEAKING ENGLISH OF GRADE 10 STUDENTS AT THANH BA HIGH SCHOOL( Những yếu tố ảnh hưởng tới động lực học nói tiếng Anh của học sinh lớp 10 trường THPT Thanh Ba) M.A. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 Supervisor: Dr D ng Th N HANOI - 2016 DECLARATIONTitle:Factors affecting motivation in learning speaking English of Grade 10 students at Thanh Ba High School I certify that the thesis is the result of my own research for the Degree ofMaster of Arts at University of Languages and International Studies, VietnamNational University, and that this thesis has not been submitted for any degree atany other university or tertiary institution. Hanoi, 2016 Phan Th Thùy Linh i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This research has been accomplished with the help and encouragement of manypeople to whom I would like hereafter to express my deep appreciation. First and foremost, I would like to express my great attitude to my supervisor,Dr. Dương Thị Nụ for her invaluable inspiration, assistance and guidance during thetime I tried to complete this paper. I am thankful to all lecturers and staff of the Post-Graduate Department ofUniversity of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University fortheir scientific knowledge, guidance and enthusiasm during my course. I am greatly indebted to my students from class 10A1 to class 10A5 and mycolleagues at Thanh Ba high school for their participation and assistance withoutwhich this study could not have been successful. And my heartfelt thanks are due to my dear family members who are alwaysbeside me to support and encourage me to fulfill my study. ii ABSTRACT This exploratory research is an attempt to investigate factors affectingmotivation in speaking English of the 10th grade students at Thanh Ba high school.The main purposes of the study are to find out: types of motivation possessed bygrade 10 students at Thanh Ba high school, factors affecting students‟ motivation inspeaking English, activities and techniques applied by teachers and students‟preference and then give some suggested solutions for teachers to stimulate studentsto speak and overcome the difficulties they face with in teaching speaking. This survey study was carried out with the combination of qualitative methodand quantitative method with some kinds of research instruments: questionnaires forstudents and teachers, follow-up interviews and class observations. The findings shows that grade 10 students at Thanh Ba high school are notonly extrinsically, instrumentally but also intrinsically and integratively motivated.Besides, their motivation in speaking is affected much by the factors coming fromstudents‟ themselves, teachers and learning condition. Based on theoreticalbackground of motivation and speaking, the researcher‟s knowledge, experienceand observation in teaching speaking, some recommendations for motivatingstudents to speak were suggested such as promoting students‟ internal factors,setting up a co-operative atmosphere in class, applying varying speaking activities,combining different materials or changing teachers‟ characteristics. The researcherbelieves that these recommendations will be of help for high school Englishteachers in general and for English teachers at Thanh Ba high school in particular. ...