VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES
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ĐÀO NGUYỄN THÚY HÀ
A STUDY ON ENGLISH LEARNING GOALS AND
MOTIVATION OF THE SECOND – YEAR STUDENTS AT
MILITARY ACADEMY OF LOGISTICS
(Nghiên cứu về mụ ti u v g học tiếng Anh của
si h vi ăm hai tại Học viện Hậu cần)
M.A. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS
Field : English Teaching Methodology
Code : 60140111
HANOI, 2016
VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES
ĐÀO NGUYỄN THÚY HÀ
A STUDY ON ENGLISH LEARNING GOALS AND
MOTIVATION OF THE SECOND – YEAR STUDENTS AT
MILITARY ACADEMY OF LOGISTICS
(Nghiên cứu về mụ ti u v g học tiếng Anh của
si h vi ăm hai tại Học viện Hậu cần)
M.A. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS
Field : English Teaching Methodology
Code : 60140111
Supervisor : Asso . Prof. Dr. L Vă Ca h
HANOI, 2016
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DECLARATION
I certify that this thesis is entirely my own work. Documented references
have been fully provided. I have not been submitted this thesis for assessment in
any other formal course of study.
Hanoi, 2016
Đ o Nguyễn Thúy Hà
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First and foremost, I would like to acknowledge with great attitude to the
support, guidance and invaluable critical feedbacks which I have received from my
supervisor Dr. Le Van Canh in completion of this research.
I would also like to express my thankfulness to all the teachers at English
Department, Military Academy of Logistics (MAL) for their help in completing the
survey questionnaire as well as for their willingness to share the ideas on the
accomplishment of the study.
My sincere thanks are also extended to the second – year students at MAL
who have actively participated in the study when I collected the data for this thesis.
Without their help, this project could not have been completed.
Last but not least, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the
members of my family who have constantly supported, inspired and encouraged me
to carry out the thesis.
Hanoi, 2016
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ABSTRACT
This study is aimed at investigating learning goals and motivation of the
second- year students in learning English at Military Academy of Logistics, Hanoi.
The main purposes of this study were to find out: (1) the student‟s learning goals
regarding English learning; (2) the relationship between learning goals and
motivation.
The subjects of this study were 120 second – year students at Military
Academy of Logistics. These students were invited to answer the questionnaire and
some of them joined in the interview.
The study consists of three main parts. The first one is an introduction
including the rationale, aims, research questions, significance, scope, methods, and
design of the study. The second part contains four chapters. Chapter I focuses on the
theoretical background of the study, which is about learning goals and motivation.
Chapter II is about the methodology of the study. Chapter III deals with data
analysis. Chapter IV presents major findings based on data analysis. The last past
offers the summary of the study, limitations and suggestions for further research.