An investigation into the attitudes of the second-year english majors towards using technology to improve their receptive skills at the FFL of the IUH :Graduation Thesis Faculty Of Foreign Languages

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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 THE ATTITUDES OF THE SECOND-YEAR

ENGLISH MAJORS TOWARDS USING TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE

THEIR RECEPTIVE SKILLS AT THE FFL OF THE IUH

STUDENT’S NAME : LE THI KIM CHUNG

STUDENT ID NUMBER : 10058691

CLASS : DHAV6

COURSE : 2010-1014

SUPERVISOR : LE THI THIEN PHUOC, M.A.

HCMC, July 2014

Date of submission: July 11, 2014

Student Name: Le Thi Kim Chung

Supervisor’s Name: Le Thi Thien Phuoc M.A.

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

another purpose else.”

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DECLARATION

I, Le Thi Kim Chung, declare that this research is the product of my own work and that all

the sources of information I have used are listed in the references.

I also declare that this work has not been accepted as part of a submission to another

purpose elsewhere.

Date: ……………………..

Le Thi Kim Chung

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION.............................................................................................................................. i

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................... iv

LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................................... viii

LIST OF FIGURES........................................................................................................................ ix

ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................... x

ACKNOWLEDGMENT ................................................................................................................ xi

SUPERVISOR‟S REMARK......................................................................................................... xii

OPPONENT‟S REMARK............................................................................................................ xiii

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

1.1 Rationale of the research................................................................................................... 1

1.2 Context of the research ..................................................................................................... 2

1.3 Purposes of the reasearch.................................................................................................. 2

1.4 Research questions............................................................................................................ 3

1.5 Significance of the research.............................................................................................. 3

1.6 Scope of the research ........................................................................................................ 4

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW......................................................................................... 5

2.1 AN OVERVIEW OF RECEPTIVE SKILLS........................................................................ 5

2.1.1 Definition of Receptive skills.......................................................................................... 5

2.1.2 Types of Receptive skills................................................................................................. 5

2.1.3 Importance of Receptive skills........................................................................................ 6

2.2 AN OVERVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY................................................... 8

2.2.1 Definition of Educational technology............................................................................... 8

2.2.2 Technology-enhanced language learning ......................................................................... 9

2.3 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY AND RECEPTIVE SKILLS ........ 11

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2.3.1 Technology and listening skill....................................................................................... 11

2.3.2 Technology and Reading skill ...................................................................................... 13

2.4 IMPORTANCE OF USING TECHNOLOGY IN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND

LEARNING................................................................................................................................... 15

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY................................................................................................. 17

3.1 PARTICIPANTS ................................................................................................................. 17

3.2 DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENT ............................................................................. 17

3.3 DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURE ............................................................................... 18

3.4 DATA ANALYSIS PROCEDURE..................................................................................... 19

CHAPTER 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ............................................................................ 20

4.1 SOME TYPICAL KINDS OF TECHNOLOGY BEING USED BY THE STUDENTS TO

IMPROVE THEIR RECEPTIVE SKILLS ................................................................................... 20

4.1.1 Technological devices have been used to improve the students‟ listening skill ............. 20

4.1.2 Technological devices have been used for improving reading skill................................ 21

4.1.3 Summary.......................................................................................................................... 22

4.2 THE EFFECTS OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL DEVICES USE ON THE STUDENTS‟

RECEPTIVE SKILLS ................................................................................................................... 22

4.2.1 Students‟ evaluation about the importance of using technological devices in improving

their receptive skills....................................................................................................................... 22

4.2.2 Students‟ final Listening 4 and Reading 4 results in the last semester........................... 24

4.2.3 The frequency that the students used technology to improve their receptive skill......... 25

4.2.4 The advantages of using technology to improve the students‟ receptive skills ............. 32

4.2.5 Summary......................................................................................................................... 40

4.3 DIFFICULTIES WHEN LEARNING RECEPTIVE SKILLS AND USING

TECHNOLOGICAL DEVICES TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS‟ RECEPTIVE SKILLS...... 40

4.3.1 The problems that students faced when learning receptive skills in their classes.......... 40

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4.3.2 The problems that students faced when using technological devices for the improvement

of the receptive skills..................................................................................................................... 41

4.3.3 Summary........................................................................................................................ 43

4.4 SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................... 43

CHAPTER 5: RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION................................................... 46

5.1 RECOMMENDATIONS...................................................................................................... 46

5.1.2 Recommendations for teachers........................................................................................ 46

5.1.3 Recommendations for students........................................................................................ 47

5.2 LIMITATIONS OF THE RESEARCH................................................................................ 48

5.3 CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................... 48

REFERENCES.............................................................................................................................. 50

APPENDIX ..................................................................................................................................... 1

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

FFL: Faculty of Foreign Languages

IUH: Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City

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