VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY-HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES
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TRẦN NGỌC GIANG A STUDY OF HOW TO MOTIVATE SECOND-YEAR ENGLISH
MAJORS AT THE FACULTY OF ENGLISH, HANOI NATIONAL
UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION

NGHIÊN CỨU CÁCH TẠO ĐỘNG LỰC CHO SINH VIÊN NĂM THỨ
2 CHUYÊN ANH TẠI KHOA TIẾNG ANH, TRƯỜNG ĐHSP HÀ NỘI
TRONG CÁC GIỜ HỌC KỸ NĂNG NGHE M.A THESIS Field: English Methodology
Code: 60 14 10

TRONG CÁC GIỜ HỌC KỸ NĂNG NGHE

M.A THESIS Field: English Methodology
Code: 60 14 10
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. TRẦN XUÂN ĐIỆP Hanoi, 2010

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Declarations
Acknowledgement
Abstract
List of abbriviations
List of charts
Table of contents
Part 1: Introduction 1
1. Rationale 1
2. Research hypotheis 2
3. Aims of the study 2

1.2.5. How to motivate students in listening classes 33
Chapter 2: Methodology 35
2.1. The setting of the study 35
2.1.1. The students 35
2.1.2. The researcher 36
2.1.3. The syllabus and learning materials 36

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2.2. Research hypothesis 36
2.3. The methods employed in the study 37
2.3.1. Three changes made to the listening course 37
2.3.2. The methods employed 38
2.4. The data collection procedures 41
Chapter 3: Data analysis, Findings, and Discussions 42
3.1. Data analysis 42
3.1.1. Results from classroom observation and analysis 42
3.1.2. Results from the students’ writing journals 43
3.1.3. Results from the survey questionnaires 44
3.1.3.1. Results from pre-treatment questionnaire 44
3.1.3.2. Results from post-treatment questionnaire 52
3.1.4. Results from the informal interviews with students 59
3.2. Findings and discussions 60
3.2.1. Findings 60
3.2.2. Discussions 62

Part 3: Conclusion 63
1. Recapitulation 63
2. Limitations 64
3. Suggestions for further research 64
References 66