VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES
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PHẠM LÊ NỮ TUYẾT NGÂN
THE APPLICATION OF CLT: THE GAPS BETWEEN
TEACHERS’ THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE AND
PRACTICES AT BACH VIET COLLEGE
VIỆC ÁP DỤNG PHƯƠNG PHÁP GIẢNG DẠY CLT: NHỮNG KHOẢNG
CÁCH GIỮA LÝ THUYẾT VÀ THỰC HÀNH CỦA GIÁO VIÊN TẠI
TRƯỜNG CAO ĐẲNG BÁCH VIỆT
M.A. MINOR THESIS
FIELD: ENGLISH TEACHING METHODOLOGY
CODE: 60140111
Hanoi, 2014
VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES
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PHẠM LÊ NỮ TUYẾT NGÂN
THE APPLICATION OF CLT: THE GAPS BETWEEN
TEACHERS’ THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE AND
PRACTICES AT BACH VIET COLLEGE
VIỆC ÁP DỤNG PHƯƠNG PHÁP GIẢNG DẠY CLT: NHỮNG KHOẢNG
CÁCH GIỮA LÝ THUYẾT VÀ THỰC HÀNH CỦA GIÁO VIÊN TẠI
TRƯỜNG CAO ĐẲNG BÁCH VIỆT
M.A. MINOR THESIS
FIELD: ENGLISH TEACHING METHODOLOGY
CODE: 60140111
SUPERVISOR: PHAN THẾ HƯNG, Ph.D.
Hanoi, 2014
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DECLARATION OF AUTHORSHIP
I certify that this thesis is my original work. No other person‟s work or ideas
have been used without acknowledgement. Except where I have clearly stated that I
have used some of this thesis elsewhere, I have not presented this for assessment in
another course or unit at this or any other institution. I have retained a copy of this
thesis.
Signed: Date:
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This thesis would not have been possible without the assistance and support of
many individuals. I would like to acknowledge and express my appreciation of
these people for their invaluable contributions.
Firstly, I would like to express my warmest gratitude to Dr. Phan Thế Hưng, my
supervisor, for his instructive suggestions and valuable comments on the writing of
this thesis. Without his invaluable help and generous encouragement, the present
thesis would not have been accomplished.
Secondly, I would like to offer my sincere gratitude to all participants in the
Faculty of Foreign Languages at Bach Viet College who have made significant
contributions to the completion of my thesis.
Last but not least, my thanks would go to my beloved parents for their loving
considerations and great confidence in me all through these years. I also owe my
sincere gratitude to my best friend, Đỗ Thị Tuyết Sương, and my classmates who
gave me their help and time in listening to me and helping me work out my
problems during the difficult course of the study. In short, I offer my regards and
blessing to all of those who supported me in any respect during the completion of
my thesis.
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ABSTRACT
Since the importance and requirement to communicate in English cannot be
declined, in the current trend of improving quality education, many EFL countries
in general and Vietnam in particular have changed from traditional grammar-
based teaching method into communicative-focused approach. However, some
studies have reported that there is still a gap between the theory of Communicative
Language Teaching (CLT) and classrooms‟ actual practices. The purpose of this
thesis is to investigate the teachers‟ theoretical knowledge of CLT, their
understandings about CLT and their practices into their classrooms when applying
CLT at Bach Viet College (BVC). Besides, this qualitative study also tries to
investigate some challenges that prevent these teachers from implementing CLT
into English classrooms at BVC.