Theory and methodology of English language teaching

This introductory chapter provides an overview of the thesis. It is arranged in five main sections. First, the background to the study is briefly introduced, followed by the rationale explaining the reason why the study was conducted. The third section illustrates the objectives of the study while the fourth presents the research questions. The chapter continues with the scope of the study followed by the significance of doing this research. It ends by presenting the thesis structure.

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The present study investigates teachers‘ perceptions of the values of the CEFR, the perceived readiness and necessity of its application, and the work involved in its application process. Also, it explores teachers‘ responses to the use of the CEFR to renew the general English curriculum, reflected in how they changed their teaching activities, adapted the assigned textbooks and modified their assessment practice. The study was a case study applying the mixed method sequential explanatory model (Creswell & Clark, 2007).

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The second aim of the study was to find out the correlation between students’ MI scores and their vocabulary learning strategy use. Before analyzing the correlation, it was found that Intrapersonal intelligence was the most dominant type among participants, while Mathematical Intelligence was the least used one. Pearson correlation was performed to see the potential relation between two variables.

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The triangulated data results are surprisingly revealing in many essential aspects of vocabulary instruction, ranging from selecting vocabulary, teaching vocabulary directly and indirectly, explaining vocabulary meanings, teaching vocabulary through skills in various teaching phases in class. Hopefully, the findings of the study have provided an insightful understanding of vocabulary teaching practices in the primary school settings in Vietnam. From these empirical findings, relevant implications are suggested for better vocabulary instruction to young learners in Vietnam.

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The present study sets out with three main aims. First, it aims to understand how Vietnamese EFL teachers perceive LA and express it in their teaching practice. Second, it explores students’ understanding of LA and the ways they learn English autonomously. Lastly, it investigates the relationship between the EFL teachers’ and the EFL students’ perceptions and practices of LA.

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In order to understand the processes that are involved in language acquisition in synchronous online discussions and to ascertain their potential benefits, research must be grounded on socio-cultural theory (SCT) and second language acquisition (SLA) theories.

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The research was expected to have the following potential outcomes. First, prior the positive change in EFL teaching with a better positionality of intercultural education, an investigation into teachers’ perceptions and practices would provide educational managers with evaluative feedback on the existing status of intercultural integration. Second, it might raise awareness of participating teachers and students on the role of culture in EFL education.

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This study was an attempt to investigate the possible effects of integrating MI-based activities into developing the EFL students’ speaking skills, and then to find out the students’ evaluation of such an integration of MI-based activities. Therefore, to attain those two main objectives, the mixed research method was adopted: the quantitative approach utilizing a quasi-experimental study in which MI-based activities were integrated into an experiment.

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In general, this study aims to make an insight into an understanding of the role of cognitive linguistics in instruction on English as a foreign language through an investigation of how basic concepts in cognitive linguistics should be applied in a classroom of English as a foreign language.

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