TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I: INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 1
1. Rationale for the study ........................................................................................ 1
2. Aims and objectives of the study ........................................................................ 2
3. Research questions .............................................................................................. 2
4. Scope of the study ............................................................................................... 3
5. Significance of the study ..................................................................................... 3
6. Design of the study ............................................................................................. 4
PART II: DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................. 5
Chapter 1: LITERATURE REVIEW ................................................................... 5
1.1. REVIEW OF PREVIOUS STUDIES .............................................................. 5
1.1.1. Foreign research ........................................................................................... 5
1.1.2. Vietnamese research..................................................................................... 9
1.2. DEFINITIONS OF LISTENING ................................................................... 11
1.3. FACTORS AFFECTING STUDENTS' LISTENING COMPREHENSION12
1.3.1. The linguistic factors .................................................................................. 13
1.3.2. The non-linguistic factors .......................................................................... 14
1.4. DEFINITIONS OF MULTIMEDIA .............................................................. 15
1.5. THEORETICAL BASIS OF USING MULTIMEDIA TOOLS IN
LANGUAGE TEACHING ................................................................................... 17
1.5.1. Constructivism ........................................................................................... 17
1.5.2. Cognitive Psychology ................................................................................ 17
1.5.3. Krashen's Affective Filter Hypothesis ....................................................... 18
1.6. MULTIMEDIA TOOLS AND LANGUAGE TEACHING ......................... 20
1.6.1. Support for using multimedia tools in language teaching ......................... 20
1.6.2. Critiques of using multimedia tools in language teaching ......................... 22
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1.7. TEACHERS' ROLE AND STUDENTS' ROLE IN MULTIMEDIA
ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................. 24
1.7.1. Teachers' role ............................................................................................. 24
1.7.2. Students' role .............................................................................................. 25
1.8. MULTIMEDIA AT VNUA ........................................................................... 26
1.9. SUMMARY ................................................................................................... 26
Chapter 2: METHODOLOGY ............................................................................ 28
2.1. RESEARCH GOVERNING ORIENTATION .............................................. 28
2.1.1. Research question(s) .................................................................................. 28
2.1.2. Research types: ........................................................................................... 28
2.1.3. Data analysis method ................................................................................. 29
2.2. RESEARCH METHODS .............................................................................. 29
2.3. RESEARCH SETTING/CONTEXT ............................................................. 30
2.4. DATA COLLECTING PROCEDURES ....................................................... 31
2.5. SUMMARY ................................................................................................... 32
Chapter 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ...................................................... 33
3.1. STUDENT'S REAL SITUATIONS OF LEARNING ENGLISH
LISTENING SKILL. ............................................................................................ 33
3.2. FINDINGS OF A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY......................................... 33
3.3. FINDINGS FROM INTERVEWS ................................................................ 46
3.4. DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS ...................................................................... 49
3.5. SUMMARY ................................................................................................... 51
PART 3: CONCLUSION ..................................................................................... 52
1. Recapitulation ................................................................................................... 52
2. Concluding remarks .......................................................................................... 53
3. Limitation of the current research ..................................................................... 54
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4. Recommendations for using multimedia tools in teaching listening effectively
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5. Suggestions for further study ............................................................................ 59
REFERENCES ...................................................................................................... 60
APPENDIX 1 ......................................................................................................... 66
APPENDIX 2 ......................................................................................................... 70