Master thesis in English language

The purpose of this study was to explore of the role of language switching in a group of Iranian bilingual students while they were involved in mathematical problem solving. Language switching has been viewed as a common practice in bilingual students in their classroom, particularly for mathematics learning. In bilingual students, using their first language to solve at least part of a problem may facilitate mathematical thinking and lead to a successful problem solving process.

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The research project is a collaborative, action inquiry, case study that investigates the gendered and inclusive practices of a teacher, exploring gendered language and behaviour that is (or not) utilised within their teaching. The researcher and the participant teacher plan, conduct, observe, reflect and discuss the role of gender in the learning and teaching practices in a grade 3/4 classroom.

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This study examines teachers’ attitudes towards the correction of spoken errors through one-to-one interviews and a belief questionnaire. It also investigates the relationship between those standpoints and their teaching practice in classroom context and accordingly suggests more effective ways to deal with students’ spoken errors. For convenience, the two terms “error” and “mistake” are used interchangeably in this study.

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This study aims to investigate idioms that carry conceptual metaphor about power based on the theory of Lakoff and Johnson. To go further, this study is done to explore the similarities and the differences between the use of metaphor about power in English and Vietnamese idioms that reflect the culture of each language community.

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The first aim of this study was to review the literature about foreign language learning anxiety so that I can learn more about what has been known and what has not been regarding the topic of speaking anxiety. This knowledge will help me to design the appropriate intervention in my class with my students.

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The study aimed to investigate the EMI program, especially related to the learners. It identified strategies that Vietnamese students used in order to deal with challenges they faced. Based on these findings, recommendations to promote learners‟ proficiency and improve the implementation of EMI policies are made.

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This study is conducted with the hope to make some comparisons between the ways Vietnamese and Filipino people greet each other, especially among those working in companies. Main focus is going to be put on verbal language in the business circumstance. The results of this study may be useful for any Vietnamese student who wants to take a business course in The Philippines; or for the Filipino who want to study, travel or do business in Vietnam.

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To realize this aim, the paper will: Find the information about vocabulary learning strategies that talented students in English language selection used when they study words; draw the most and least popular vocabulary learning strategies used by talented students in English language selection.

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This is a small-scale empirical study of test impact in Vietnam. It is one of the first studies exploring the impacts of the VSTEP - a new English proficiency test in Vietnam, so this study would fill in the research gap on the VSTEP. The study is potentially significant in that it provides an insight into the impact of an exit test on English language learning in University of Languages and International Studies (ULIS). Most importantly, the study highlights the voices of students, the very people at the centre of the learning process.

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The research concentrates on describing attitudes of teachers of English in Vietnamese universities, with focus on leading universities in foreign languages and international studies. They are the ones with the most influence to current situation and future direction of ELT in Vietnam.

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The present study aims to investigate speaking-in-class anxiety with the main focus on the second-year English-majored students at the School of Foreign Languages, Thai Nguyen university.

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This study was conducted with an aim of exploring the relationship between motivation and instructed LLSs use by Vietnamese employees at Honda co, Vietnam, especially the role of motivation types in explaining and predicting the L2 learners‟ LLS use. To fulfil this aim, firstly, this study focused on identifying the extent of the use of trained LLSs of Vietnamese employees at Honda Vietnam in learning English.

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The study aims to: Investigate American ideologies embedded in some American online news on the conflicts in the South China Sea from 2014-2015; raise a critical awareness for the language learners and newspaper readers; explore the American reporters underlying ideologies through analyzing the linguistic features of the news reports, which also present the close link between ideologies and media language.

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The following objectives are set: To investigate the manner in which the conflict and main participants are approached and represented in the media; to explore the journalists underlying ideologies via analyzing the grammatical and lexical features of the news reports, from which revealing a close relationship between ideologies and media language for political purposes.discourse.

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The aims of the study: Revealing factors that discourage students from taking part in speaking lessons and the factors that bring their low motivation in speaking class; examining language games applied during speaking classes to enhance the students participation and interest in speaking activities and measuring the effectiveness of language games by using action research.

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The research will try to find the answer for the following questions to serve above-mentioned objectives: What proportions of intercultural components can be found in the analyzed textbooks? What dimensions of intercultural communication do the learning tasks in those textbooks address?

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With a view to addressing the aforementioned gaps, this study aims at investigating how politeness strategies employed by one Vietnamese teacher can be a variable that enhances teacher-student interaction, further, improves L2 students’ learning in EFL classroom.

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The research aims to find out the level of students‟ participation in group work activities and the factors that affect their participation. From that result, the researcher suggests some activities used effectively for group work.

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The study aims at investigating how students learn outside the classroom as well as the activities they focus on. The findings will be meaningful to English teachers in the school investigated because they can understand how their students learn English outside the class; therefore, they can design suitable strategies to improve their teaching skill as well as design various activities to help their students develop their English competence.

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The study was carried out to detect the challenges faced by teachers and 10th graders in teaching and learning English writing skills at a high school in Hanoi. Based on the findings, a number of feasible solutions were recommended in order to enhance the quality of English language writing skills at the high school.

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