An investigation into How students make and Identify oral Mistakes and Its Influences on Their Motivation to Study :Graduation Thesis - Faculty of Foreign Languages

MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE

INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY

FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

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GRADUATION THESIS

AN INVESTIGATION INTO HOW STUDENTS MAKE AND IDENTIFY

ORAL MISTAKES AND ITS INFLUENCES ON THEIR MOTIVATION

TO STUDY

SAMPLE: ENGLISH MAJORED STUDENTS AT INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF

HO CHI MINH CITY.

STUDENT’S NAME: TRAN VAN DOAN

STUDENT ID NUMBER: 13015581

CLASS: DHAV9

COURSE: 2013- 2017

SUPERVISOR: TRAN KIEU MY AN, Ph.D.

HCMC, May 2017

MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE

INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY

FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

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GRADUATION THESIS

AN INVESTIGATION INTO HOW STUDENTS MAKE AND IDENTIFY

ORAL MISTAKES AND ITS INFLUENCES ON THEIR MOTIVATION

TO STUDY

SAMPLE: ENGLISH MAJORED STUDENTS AT INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF

HO CHI MINH CITY.

STUDENT’S NAME: TRAN VAN DOAN

STUDENT ID NUMBER: 13015581

CLASS: DHAV9

COURSE: 2013- 2017

SUPERVISOR: TRAN KIEU MY AN, Ph.D.

HCMC, May 2017

Date of submission: …………………………..

Student Name: Trần Văn Đoàn

Supervisor’s Name: Trần Kiều Mỹ An

“I certify that this work is entirely my own and has not been accepted as part of a submission

to another purpose elsewhere.”

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DECLARATION

My name is Tran Van Doan, a senior majoring in English in Faculty of Foreign Languages at

Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City. I declare that this graduation thesis entitled “An

investigation into how students make and identify oral mistakes and its influences on their

motivation to study in Faculty of Foreign Languages at Industrial University of Ho chi minh

city” is my own work. I also certify that the content of the paper is the result of my hard

working process of creation and effort and does not involve any plagiarism.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... 1

1.1 Rationale.................................................................................................. 1

1.2 Research’s goals...................................................................................... 2

1.3 Significance of the research. .................................................................. 2

1.4 The scope of the research....................................................................... 3

1.5 Research questions. ................................................................................ 3

CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW......................................................... 4

2.1 Definitions of terms ................................................................................ 4

2.1.1 Definition of mistakes ................................................................... 4

2.1.1.1. Definition of mistakes as a noun or a verb ............................ 4

2.1.1.2. Definition of mistakes including errors and slips ................. 4

2.1.1.3. The differences between mistakes and errors....................... 4

2.1.2 Definition of speaking ................................................................... 6

2.1.3 Definition of motivation................................................................ 7

2.2 Kinds of mistakes are made by third-year students............................ 7

2.2.1 Grammatical mistakes.................................................................. 7

2.2.1.1 Some kinds of grammatical mistakes...................................... 7

2.2.1.2 Grammatical mistakes in terms of spoken English ............... 9

2.2.2 Pronunciation mistakes .............................................................. 10

2.2.2.1 The importance of pronunciation.......................................... 10

2.2.2.2 Researches about pronunciation mistakes ........................... 10

2.2.3 Lexical mistakes .......................................................................... 12

2.2.3.1 The significance of lexical knowledge ................................... 12

2.2.3.2 Types of lexical mistakes and relevant research.................. 12

2.3 Identification of students’ mistakes in English speaking.................. 13

2.3.1 Sources of mistakes..................................................................... 13

2.3.1.1 Mother tongue interference ................................................... 13

2.3.1.2 Loan Words............................................................................. 13

2.3.1.3 Inherent difficulties of the Target language......................... 13

2.3.1.4 The model................................................................................. 13

2.3.1.5 The materials........................................................................... 14

2.3.1.6 Inadequate Exposure to the target language........................ 14

2.3.1.7 Overgeneralization.................................................................. 14

2.3.2 Analyzing errors approaches..................................................... 15

2.3.2.1 Contrastive Analysis (CA) approach .................................... 16

2.3.2.2 Error analysis (EA) approach ............................................... 17

2.4 Influences of making mistakes to students to studying speaking .... 17

2.4.1 Positive influences ....................................................................... 17

2.4.2 Negative influences...................................................................... 18

CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY OF THE RESEARCH......................... 20

3.1 Participants ........................................................................................... 20

3.2 Methods ................................................................................................. 20

3.2.1 Interviews..................................................................................... 20

3.2.2 Questionnaires............................................................................. 21

3.3 Procedures............................................................................................. 22

3.4 Data analysis ......................................................................................... 23

CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS ........................................ 25

4.1 Results from the interview:.................................................................. 25

4.2 Result from the questionnaires: .......................................................... 29

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS................ 43

5.1 Conclusions............................................................................................ 43

5.2 Recommendations................................................................................. 44

5.2.1 For the students:.......................................................................... 44

5.2.2 For the teacher: ........................................................................... 45

5.2.3 For other studies.......................................................................... 45

REFERENCES.................................................................................................. 46

APPENDIX ........................................................................................................ 50

TABLE OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Common mistakes based on the interview................................................................25

Figure 2: Grammatical mistakes based on students’ interview. .............................................26

Figure 3: Vocabulary mistakes based on the students’ interview...........................................27

Figure 4: Pronunciation mistakes based on the students’ interview. .....................................28

Figure 5: Common mistakes students often make in the previous speaking tasks. ..............29

Figure 6: Grammatical mistakes students often meet in English speaking tasks..................30

Figure 7: Vocabulary mistakes students often meet in English speaking tasks. ...................31

Figure 8: Pronunciation mistakes students often meet in English speaking tasks. ...............32

Figure 9: Typical reaction from students after making mistakes in speaking. .....................33

Figure 10: The role of making mistakes in learning English speaking. .................................34

Figure 11: The positive reasons of making mistakes in learning English speaking. .............35

Figure 12: The negative reasons of making mistakes in learning English speaking.............36

Figure 13: The impact of making mistakes to students’ feeling..............................................37

Figure 14: Making mistakes to students’ motivation in learning English speaking. ............38

Figure 15: The impact of the teacher’s correction and feedback to students’ motivation

in learning English speaking.......................................................................................................39

Figure 16: Students’ feeling after having feedback from the teacher. ...................................40

Figure 17: The role of the last mistakes in improving students’ ability. ................................41

Figure 18: Making the same mistakes from the students after being corrected by

teacher...........................................................................................................................................42