Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02
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Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITYUNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESTEACHINGSPEECH ACT PERFORMANCE:GIVING AND RESPONDING TO COMPLIMENTS Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 SA THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS (TESOL)Submitted by BÙI Tin MINH NGUYETSupervisor: NGUYÊN HOÀNG TUẢN, Ph.D.Ho Chi Minh City, December 2008CHAPTER 1INTRODUCTIONThis thesis aims to investigate the situation of teaching and learning speech Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 act performance: giving and responding to compliments in American English among the second-vear students at the Department of Foreign Languages at QuTeaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02
y Nhon University. More specifically, it will provide linguistic and sociocultural descriptions of the speech act. introduce instructions drawn from sNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITYUNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESTEACHINGSPEECH ACT PERFORMANCE:GIVING AND RESPONDING TO COMPLIMENTS Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 possible solutions to improving the teaching of speech act performance: giving and responding to compliments Tins first chapter provides the background, the rationale, the aims and the overview of the study.1.1. BACKGROUND TO THE STUDYThat the world has become global has made people around the worl Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 d come to be nearer and nearer in almost every aspect of life. One of the most important features that helps them understand each other in order to coTeaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02
mmunicate effectively in that small world IS English That is the reason why Vietnamese people have rushed to leam It. and it has been considered as a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITYUNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESTEACHINGSPEECH ACT PERFORMANCE:GIVING AND RESPONDING TO COMPLIMENTS Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 th of study of language 111 context. The teaching materials as well as the teaching approaches have been increasingly unproved in recent yearsQuy Nhon University, one of the universities in central Vietnam, has a tradition of over twenty' years in teaching English. The students graduating fromthis u Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 niversit}' arc good at written work; however, there arc many students who can write English well but cannot communicate fluently. They Otten still feeTeaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02
l embarrassed and passive when meeting and speaking ■with foreigners. Perhaps, It is because of the social environment where there are not many foreigNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITYUNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESTEACHINGSPEECH ACT PERFORMANCE:GIVING AND RESPONDING TO COMPLIMENTS Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 students at the Department of Foreign Languages at Quy Nhon Universit}' are to be trained in speaking subject during then first seven semesters of then four-year college program, occupying a large amount of time in their learning course since speaking is believed to be the key figure in learning and Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 using English.With respect to materials, in the first-year speaking classes, the book AW Interchange J. by Jack c. R. (1998). is chosen as the materiTeaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02
al for the first term and Interchange 2. by Jack c. R. (1998), is used as the compulsory speaking material for the second termIn the first term, studeNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITYUNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESTEACHINGSPEECH ACT PERFORMANCE:GIVING AND RESPONDING TO COMPLIMENTS Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 ly schedules (Unit 2), and talk about prices and preferences; give opinions; make comparisons; buy and sell things (Unit 3). They arc also assigned to learn to talk about likes and dislikes; give opinions; make invitations and excuses (Unit 4). talk about and describe families and family members; ex Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 change information about the present (Unit 5), together with describing routines and exercise (Unit 6). Moreover, talking about past events and vacatiTeaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02
ons: giving opinions about past experiences (Unit 7) and asking about as well as describing locations of places and neighborhoods; asking about quantiNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITYUNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESTEACHINGSPEECH ACT PERFORMANCE:GIVING AND RESPONDING TO COMPLIMENTS Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 past experiences; make plans; exchange information about past experiences and events (Unit 10).In the second term, they are to learn to ask about and describe cities; ask for and give suggestions; talk about travel and tourism (Unit 11) and talk about health problems; ask for and give advice; make Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 requests (Unit 12). Especially, expressing likes and dislikes; agreeing and disagreeing; ordering a meal in Unit 13 as well as describing countries; mTeaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02
aking comparisons; expressing opinions; talking about distance and measurements in Unit 14 are also introduced to the students. Then they continue to NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITYUNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESTEACHINGSPEECH ACT PERFORMANCE:GIVING AND RESPONDING TO COMPLIMENTS Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 ersonal information; describing changes; talking about plans for the futures (Unit 16). After finishing book 1. the students immediately move to book 2 by learning how to introduce and talk about themselves; exchange personal information; ask about someone’s childhood in Unit 1. Talking about transp Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 ortation and transportation problems; evaluating citv services; asking for and giving information in Unit 2 accompanied by describing negative and posTeaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02
itive features; making comparisons; talking about lifestyle changes; expressing wishes in Unit 3 are provided to the students. The last are talking abNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITYUNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESTEACHINGSPEECH ACT PERFORMANCE:GIVING AND RESPONDING TO COMPLIMENTS Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 nd-year students, the book Say It Naturally - Verbal Strategies for Authentic Communication, by Wall. A p. (1989) is used as the main textbook. It is composed of 14 lessons organized in a task-based approach: using the telephone, greeting people and responding, making and responding to introductions Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 , saying goodbye, asking for information, giving directions and instructions, thanking people and responding to thanks, making, accepting, and decliniTeaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02
ng invitations, making requests, apologizing and responding, making excuses, complimenting and responding, complaining, expressing opinions, agreeing,NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITYUNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESTEACHINGSPEECH ACT PERFORMANCE:GIVING AND RESPONDING TO COMPLIMENTS Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 versity, speech acts in the speaking subject are often taught to the second-year students with the information in the textbook and in the followingway: expressions or dialogues in the textbook are presented as models; the students learn them, imitate and then practice in suggested situations. Rarely Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 are politeness, directness and indirectness introduced or explained carefully in the lesson. That is the reason why so many students as well as graduTeaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02
ates have problems in communicating in English in reality. They are not sure whether they speak politely and appropriately or not in real contexts as NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITYUNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESTEACHINGSPEECH ACT PERFORMANCE:GIVING AND RESPONDING TO COMPLIMENTS Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 ret or respond to the often subtle conversational openings which could lead to increased interaction and even friendships with members of the society. Inappropriate or inadequate responses may well result in negative assessments and reactions on the pail of native speakers. Even more damaging to lea Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 rners is that lack of critical sociolinguistic information frequently makes It impossible for them to develop relationships with native speakers.MoreoTeaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02
ver, many studies on speech acts concerning cross-cultural communication have been carried out. yet the application of them are not really considered NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITYUNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESTEACHINGSPEECH ACT PERFORMANCE:GIVING AND RESPONDING TO COMPLIMENTS Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 especially complimenting is a powerful, relationship building tool. There are many hidden benefits to giving compliments and responding to them It is amazing that such a small, simple skill can change the way you view yourself and the world around you.1.2. THE RATIONALE OF THE STUDYUse of language Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 is so closely and uniquely tied to the culture, and often rules of speaking vary across languages. According to these implicit culture rules, we constTeaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02
antly alter our language use depending on the situation and theinterlocutor. For example, not only are compliments and compliment responses linguisticNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITYUNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESTEACHINGSPEECH ACT PERFORMANCE:GIVING AND RESPONDING TO COMPLIMENTS Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 they use the culture nonns in their native culture when using the second language or foreign language, they may cause misunderstanding or be seen as rude. If a Vietnamese student responds to his American professor who compliments him on his task performance by saying “Ơ/1. no. I’m not good at all . Teaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02 ..” as the way he would respond 111 his native language, the American professor may feel that the student is doubting his judgment. With such complexiTeaching speech act performance giving and responding to compliments master of arts 5 07 02
ty, sociocultural or pragmatic use of language is a challenging area for language learners. Without varying language use according to the situation, aGọi ngay
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