TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii ABSTRACT iii TABLE OF CONTENTS iv LIST OF GRAPHS vi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS vii CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION 1 1.1. Rationale 1 1.2. Aims of the study 3 1.3. Research questions 3 1.4. Scope of the study 3 1.5. Significance of the study 3 1.6. Outline of the study 3 CHAPTER II- LITERATURE REVIEW 5 2.1. Attitudes 5 2.1.1. Definition of attitude 5 2.1.2. Attitude change 6 2.2. The role of attitudes in language learning 7 2.3. Ways that help to change students’ attitudes 8 2.3.1. Oral grammar practice creating teaching techniques 8 2.3.2. Narrowing the gap between teaching style and learning style 9 2.4. Grammar teaching from a CLT perspective 10 2.5. The role of oral grammar practice in grammar teaching 12 2.5.1. Definition of oral grammar practice 12 2.5.2. Classification of oral practice activities in teaching and learning grammar 13 2.6. Conclusion 23 CHAPTER III : METHODOLOGY 24 3.1. Study design 24 3.2. Research questions 24 3.3. Subjects of the study 24 3.4. Data collection instruments 25 3.4.1. Questionnaires 25 3.4.2. Interviews 26 3.5. Study procedures 26 3.6. Data analysis 27 CHAPTER IV- DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION 28 4.1.Questionnaires 28 4.1.1. Data analysis of the students’ experiment questionnaires 28 4.1.2. Comparison of students’ attitudes towards grammar learning between pre- experiment questionnaire and post- experiment questionnaire. 41 4.2. Interviews 42 4.2.1. Pre- treatment interview 42 4.2.2. Post- treatment interview 43 4.3. Discussion 44 4.4. Summary 45 CHAPTER V : CONCLUSION 46 5.1. Summary and conclusion: 46 5.2. Limitations of the study: 46 5.3. Suggestions for further study: 47 REFERENCES I APPENDICES III Appendix 1: Pre - experiment questionnaire on English grammar learning III Appendix 2: Phiếu điều tra tiền thử nghiệm việc học ngữ pháp tiếng Anh VI Appendix 3: Post - experiment questionnaire on English grammar learning X Appendix 4: Phiếu điều tra sau thử nghiệm học ngữ pháp tiếng Anh XIII Appendix 5: Pre - experiment interview XVI Appendix 6: Phỏng vấn tiền thử nghiệm XVII Appendix 7: Post - experiment interview XVIII Appendix 8: Phỏng vấn sau thử nghiệm XIX
