Sáng kiến kinh nghiệm THPT: Figure out some common pronunciation mistakes by 10 grade students at Xuan Hoa high school and suggest some solutions to improve pronunciation teaching

This study focuses on under- research- topic; therefore, there is no doubt about its notable contribution to the study of English speaking of either students or English teachers. It provides readers with common pronunciation errors in English that High School students may make. As few students can recognize their own pronunciation errors and know how to rectify them. Moreover, this can also be used as a reference for their student’s pronunciation errors and to suggest some solutions.
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Sáng kiến kinh nghiệm THPT: Figure out some common pronunciation mistakes by 10 grade students at Xuan Hoa high school and suggest some solutions to improve pronunciation teaching SỞGIÁODỤCVÀĐÀOTẠOVĨNHPHÚC TRƯỜNGTRUNGHỌCPHỔTHÔNGXUÂNHÒA BÁOCÁOKẾTQUẢ NGHIÊNCỨU,ỨNGDỤNGSÁNGKIẾNCẤPCƠSỞTênsángkiến:“figure out some common pronunciation mistakes by 10 grade students at Xuan hoa high school ANDSUGGESTSOME SOLUTIONSTOIMPROVEPRONUNCIATIONTEACHING” Tácgiảsángkiến:TrịnhThuHường Ngàysinh:23/06/1983 Chuyênmôn:ThạcsỹTiếngAnh Mãsángkiến:376102 Vĩnhphúc2/2020Table of content “figure out some common pronunciation mistakes by 10 grade students at Xuan hoa high school ANDSUGGESTSOMESOLUTIONS TOIMPROVEPRONUNCIATIONTEACHING”Abstract...........................................................................................................I.Introduction................................................................................................1.PronunciationDescriptioninLanguageTeachingandLearning1.1.WhatisPronunciation?...........................................................................1.2.Pronunciationerrors 1.2.1 Sounds 1.2.2 Stress2.Whatneedstobetaught?II.Researchmethodology2.1.Subjectsofthestudy2.2.Instrumentsandprocedure2.3.DataAnalysisResultsIII.MainfindingsanddiscussionIV.SuggestedsolutionsV.ConclusionReferences.................................................................................................Appendix...................................................................................................1.IntroductionIntheeconomicintegrationprocess,Englishhasbecomeanimportantkeytogetagoodcareer.UnderstandingtheimportanceofEnglish,VietnamesegovernmenthaspaidmoreandmoreattentiontoteachingandlearningEnglishatHighSchools.TheEnglishtextbooksgiveteachersachancetoteachallskills(Reading,Speaking,Writing,Listening),insteadoffocusingongrammarlikebefore.Now,accuratepronunciationisveryimportant.ThishelpsstudentscommunicateEnglishbetter.AsanEnglishteacherwithmorethan10yearsofexperienceatahighschool,theauthorhasfoundoutthataccuratepronunciationisbasicbutmostofthestudentshaveproblemsinpronunciation.WhenteachingEnglishfor10thgradestudentsatXuanHoaHighSchool,theauthorofthisresearchrealisedthatmanystudentsfeellessconfidentintheirspeakinglessonsforthereasonofbadpronunciation.InordertoimprovethequalityofteachingandlearningEnglish,theauthorinvestigatedthecommonpronunciationmistakesbystudentsandsuggestsomesolutionstothisproblem.Firstly,Therecordingswereusedtoexaminetheexistenceofstudents’mistakesinpronunciation.Afterthat,theinterviewswereconductedtoaddressthecauses.Atotalof130tenthgradestudentsatXuanHoaHighSchooltookpartinthesurvey.Fromtheanswersofthestudents,theauthorstatedthatthetendencyofstudents’pronunciationmistakeswereobvious.Basedonthefindings,theauthorproposedsomestrategiesforteachersandstudentstoimprovethequalityofteachingandlearningpronunciation.2.Nameoftheresearch: “figure out some common pronunciation mistakes by 10 gradestudents at Xuan hoa high school ANDSUGGESTSOMESOLUTIONS TOIMPROVEPRONUNCIATIONTEACHING”3.Theauthor: Họvàtên:TrịnhThuHường Địachỉtácgiảsángkiến:P.ĐồngXuân,TxPhúcYên,T.VĩnhPhúc Sốđiệnthoại:0975494883.E_mail:trinhthuhuongxh@gmail.com4.Theinvestor:………………………………………………………………..5.Field:Teachingmethodology,focusingonsolutionstoimprovetheEnglishteachingquality,especiallyteachingwritingskill.6.Testing/applieddate:9/20197.Description:Content: “figure out some common pronunciation mistakes by 10 grade students at Xuan hoa high school ANDSUGGESTSOMESOLUTIONS TOIMPROVEPRONUNCIATIONTEACHING”AbstractIntheprocessofintegrationandglobalization,Englishisrapidlybecominganindispensableinstrumentincommunitycommunication.Itisbeingusedworldwideasthemainlanguageinbusiness,trading,communication,etc.Therefore,moreandmorepeoplelearnEnglishasforeignlanguageandwishtobeabletomaster it as their mother tongue. Learners cannot succeed in studying EnglishwithoutmasteringEnglishpronunciationbecausepronunciationisoneofthemostimportantcomponentsofalanguage.Itisreallyveryimportantforlearnerstohavecommunicationofthetargetlanguageascorrectpossiblerightfromthestart.Forhighschoolstudents,theynotonlypayattentiontopronouncecorrectlybutalsowanttoknowthemistakesandhowtocorrectthem.Thoughmanystudieshavebeencarriedoutoncorrectpronunciation,yetfewstudieshavebeendoneonsome common mistakes in English pronunciation alone. This minor study wascarried out with an attempt to investigate into difficulties in learning Englishpronunciation for students at Xuan Hoa High School and find solutions forteachingpronunciation.Themethodologywasusedinthestudyincludingutilizingquestionnaires, interviews and class observation. The study was undertaken inthreeclasseswithnearly130tengradestudentsatXuanHoaHighSchool.Theresults of the research showed that the students mainly find it difficult topronouncecorrectly,distinguishsound ...