SKKN Difficulties in teaching and learning English word stress in English 10, and some solutions

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART 1: INTRODUCTION

1. RATIONALE OF THE STUDY

Nowadays, English language plays an important role in increasing development of science, technology, politics, culture and international relations in Vietnam. For that reason, there is a great demand for teaching and learning English throughout the country for different purposes. Moreover, English has become an international language. As a result, English has become a compulsory subject at schools in Vietnam for many years. And nowadays, it has become more and more important because in the past, students had to learn English, but they did not have to take English exams in Secondary School Graduation exams.

Moreover, in traditional teaching, students were required to acquire English grammar. But nowadays, in the light of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT), students are required not only to have good knowledge of vocabulary and correct Grammar, the four language skills but also correct English word stress. Among these, English word stress may be the most difficult and challenging. Accurate word stress plays a vital role in English learning for students. Therefore, learning English word stress is of great importance to students. In addition, this will help them to communicate with foreigners successfully and do well in their exams, especially the national exams.

So, how difficult are students facing with when they learn English word stress? What activities should be used to teach English word stress more effectively? How should teachers help students become much more interested in learning English word stress? They are really hard questions for many teachers of English. The answers to these questions will help teachers improve students’ English word stress and help them make progress in communicating. For the above-mentioned reasons, we decide to investigate “ Difficulties in teaching and learning English word stress in English 10, and some solutions”. The authors hope that the study will make a great contribution to teaching and learning English word stress.

2. AIMS OF THE STUDY

This study mainly focused on the difficulties in teaching and learning English word stress in English 10 and solutions to help them overcome these difficulties. In order to achieve this target, some objectives are posed for exploration as follows:

• To find out the attitudes of teachers and learners towards in teaching and learning English word stress at Ha Huy Tap and Anh Son 1 Upper Secondary

Schools.

• To find out the difficulties and the causes of difficulties in teaching and learning English word stress.
• To suggest some techniques to teach English word stress effectively at Ha Huy Tap and Anh Son 1 Upper Secondary Schools.

3. METHODS OF THE STUDY

In order to fulfill the tasks as mentioned above, a certain data about the attitudes of teachers and students as well as the difficulties and causes of difficulties in teaching and learning English word stress at Ha Huy Tap and Anh Son 1 Upper Secondary Schools were collected and analyzed. To collect data for the research, a survey questionnaire were delivered to 7 teachers and 30 grade 10 students for each school at Ha Huy Tap and Anh Son 1 Upper Secondary School. Some tests and interviews with students were also carried out for further information. After that, the results obtained from questionnaires and observation were discussed then some useful English word stress teaching techniques were recommended.

4. SCOPE OF THE STUDY

There are a number of difficulties in teaching and learning English word stress at these upper – secondary schools. However, as this study is concerned with teaching and learning English word stress in English 10 (new textbook) from unit 6 to unit 10.