{"title":"An Investigation on Hindrance Factors to the Effectiveness of Song Deployment in Hufi Pronunciation Class","authors":"Nguyen Thi Mai Huong","doi":"10.21467/proceedings.132.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21467/proceedings.132.2","url":null,"abstract":"Pronunciation, undeniably, an integral part of the language teaching and learning process. Bad pronunciation may cause misunderstanding or in the worst case a communication breakdown. On the other hand, correct pronunciation helps to keep the conversation go on smoothly. Additionally, it can leave a good impression on the listeners. Being aware of its vital role in English learners’ speaking competence, researchers and teachers have paid considerable attention to it. However, it still remains a big challenge in classrooms. The author believes that English songs would help address this problem greatly. Therefore, in this paper, she would like to examine problems associated with the deployment of English songs in pronunciation classes with an aim to find ways to make most of it. The findings have pointed out a short of time, an intensive syllabus, multi – level classes, big class size, a lack of formal training for teacher, a mismatch between teachers and students’ perception of interesting songs, poorly – designed tasks have reduced the benefits of the use of music in her research contexts. Therefore, a number of suggestions have been made to deal with them including: a creation of a song collection for pronunciation learning and teaching with the participation of students, an extended course for pronunciation and an introduction of a training course for teachers. Because of limited time and scope of this study, her research will based on the review and analysis of related literature, her students’ characteristics and her own working setting – Hochiminh University of Food Industry and an informal discussion with her teaching mates. Nontherless, the findings will certainly benefits learners, educators and language institutions in similar contexts.","PeriodicalId":182460,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Language Teaching and Learning","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114959502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Academic Writing: Attitudes and Self-efficacy","authors":"Tran Thanh Nga","doi":"10.21467/proceedings.132.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21467/proceedings.132.5","url":null,"abstract":"Academic writing is an indispensable requirement at tertiary level. The relationship between writing skills and attitudes towards writing has received much attention from scholars. However, less is known about how EFL learners’ attitudes towards academic writing are correlated with their self-efficacy in this particular skill. Thus, the present study aims at examining this relationship among third-year English major learners at a university in Ho Chi Minh City. A total of 89 learners participated in the study by completing a questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed using quantitative methods. Results showed that there was no difference in academic writing self-efficacy among the participants whereas the females felt more positive about their academic writing compared to the males. Notably, a correlation exists between academic writing attitudes and self-efficacy. These findings confirmed the need of raising teachers’ awareness of motivational factors that can increase academic writing attitudes and self-efficacy among EFL learners.","PeriodicalId":182460,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Language Teaching and Learning","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134373397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conjunctional Means in “Husbandless Wharf” of Author Duong Huong","authors":"Lanh Dang Thi","doi":"10.21467/proceedings.132.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21467/proceedings.132.12","url":null,"abstract":"In any discourse, cohesion is considered as the most fundemental characteristics because discourse is not a simple addition of sentences. Sentences in the discourse are cohesion by determinable procedures and means. Any discourse has more than a cohesion method procedure and crisscross among cohesion procedures. For examples: using conjunction and iteration increases accuracy, clearness, closeness; using substitution and ellipsis compresses expression to avoid repeating vocabulary ect... in order to create emotion and determinable values. This article will find out the the method of cohesion words in the novel “Husbandless Wharf” of Duong Huong to point out the role of this association in making accuracy and clearness in sentences as well as in maintaining and developing content of the discourse. Simultaneously the writer also shows his way of selecting and using word out that his selecting and using the word are skilful and artistic.","PeriodicalId":182460,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Language Teaching and Learning","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120898681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How is English Grammar Taught in Terms of Focus on Forms, Form, and Meaning?","authors":"Vi Thanh Son","doi":"10.21467/proceedings.132.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21467/proceedings.132.11","url":null,"abstract":"Learning a second language is becoming a frequent requirement in an increasingly globalized world. However, approaches to the teaching of a second language can differ. One of the most contentious issues in second language acquisition (SLA) research is whether the emphasis should be on explicit or implicit grammar or communication. However, it is not always easy to differentiate these three teaching orientations. The paper aims to illustrate how grammar is taught in terms of focus on forms, form, and meaning for older pupils at primary schools in various cultural contexts (e.g., Vietnam and Sweden). Classroom extracts and examples from Grade 5 English lessons (Son, 2018) will be recycled to examine these three teaching orientations more closely based on the classroom observation using the communicative orientation of language teaching (COLT) observation scheme (Spada & Fröhlich, 1995). The findings will shed light on a better understanding of how these teaching orientations (focus on forms, form and meaning) were carried out. This also helps language teachers to differentiate among these three teaching orientations. Pedagogical implications will be further discussed.","PeriodicalId":182460,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Language Teaching and Learning","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122950907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Study on Learning Pronunciation Strategies Used by English-Majored Students at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Food Industry","authors":"Pham Le Hieu","doi":"10.21467/proceedings.132.27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21467/proceedings.132.27","url":null,"abstract":"English pronunciation is very important for everybody. The English-majored students don’t have much time for English practice or improved pronunciation. So, this article is to find reality the best way to Learn English Pronunciation (LEP) for English-majored students with the hope of improving students’ pronunciation. In this research paper, the author will do a study on the learning of English pronunciation for English-majored HUFI college students. This article was made in many forms such as interviews, form collection, and data collection of more than 75 undergraduate English-majored students at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Food Industry. The research paper was conducted in April 2022. This research paper finds out that the student’s pronunciation reality is very weak. The student doesn’t have much time to practice and improve English pronunciation in college, and the way a teacher teaches English pronunciation is relevant to the student’s way and the difficulty of English pronunciation learning. This article finds out that, in teaching English pronunciation, the teacher may be uncomfortable with the student’s way of learning English. Based on the research paper find out, some of the best ways for teaching and learning English pronunciation for English-majored students.","PeriodicalId":182460,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Language Teaching and Learning","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129205859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Isolating Intensification in English Literary Discourse into Vietnamese","authors":"Le Thi Sao Chi, Doan Phan Anh Truc","doi":"10.21467/proceedings.132.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21467/proceedings.132.19","url":null,"abstract":"Intensification is a category of language much discussed by a lot of linguistics, however, this category is specifically identified just in the position of Martin and White (2005). This is, it is divided into two infused and isolated lexical-grammatical classes, of which isolating intensification is known as the markers which raise or lower the level of intensity of a certain individual item as qualities or processes. How isolating intensification is explored through the lens of translation is still left untouched. This paper aims to find out the encoding of meaning embodied in isolating intensification. Or rather, it explores how the nuance of meaning of isolating intensifiers and maximisers is when being rendered into Vietnamese. The study was operated using qualitative method and basing on 400 samples extracted from four literary works in English namely Wuthering Heights by Bronté, The Man of Property by Galsworthy, The Moon and Sixpence by Maugham and Vanity Fair by Thackeray, and their equivalents in Vietnamese. The research results show that there are adjustments of up-scaling and down-scaling, or losses of level of intensity when these intensifiers are translated into Vietnamese. The findings help learners and translators be aware of the changes occurring in the process of translation so that they can apply them to learning and using this point of language effectively.","PeriodicalId":182460,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Language Teaching and Learning","volume":"205 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124591137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Linguistic Features of Marine Orders","authors":"Le Nu Minh Phuong","doi":"10.21467/proceedings.132.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21467/proceedings.132.17","url":null,"abstract":"In the world of international shipping, effective communication is an essential ingredient to safe and efficient ship operations as “careless talk costs lives”. To maintain this effectiveness, marine orders, one of the most important factors of communication at sea, must be precise, simple and unambiguous to avoid confusions and error. With an aim to investigate more about the effectiveness of these marine orders, 190 marine orders used on board and in external communications were collected and analyzed quantitatively in terms of speech acts categories, directness, type of sentence, length and density of nautical terms. Based on the data analysis of these linguistic features, the similarities and differences between the orders used on board and in external communications are unveiled. Finally, all of these analyses and findings are summed up to make the most general and concise conclusions about the effectiveness of marine orders used in communications at sea.","PeriodicalId":182460,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Language Teaching and Learning","volume":"123 2-3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116705997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Study of Job Opportunities for English Language Students at Ho Chi Minh City University of Food Industry","authors":"Bùi Thị Kim Ngân","doi":"10.21467/proceedings.132.26","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21467/proceedings.132.26","url":null,"abstract":"The study aims to explore job opportunities and employability of English language students in a globalized economy, as well as the types of qualifications and skills that are required for positions. Another aspect of the study will look into whether English language students satisfy the requirements of the recruiter. The study was carried out by investigating recruitment advertisements on a popular job-hunting website. Besides, a survey questionnaire was sent to all English language students at HUFI to understand the job expectations they want to pursue after graduation and their abilities. The finding showed that there were various career fields that students could do after graduating, and also the requirements they needed to meet in the job market. However, many students still do not meet some requirements of recruiters. This study will provide all of the students with an overview of their profession in the future. As a result, they can build a plan to achieve qualifications, skills, and degrees to apply for the position that they want","PeriodicalId":182460,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Language Teaching and Learning","volume":"118 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129262584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Investigation into the Factors Affecting Vietnamese Students' Smartphone Purchase Decisions","authors":"Nguyen Ngọc Uyen My","doi":"10.21467/proceedings.132.25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21467/proceedings.132.25","url":null,"abstract":"In Vietnam nowadays, the phone is a vital and necessary device for students. This is due to smartphones' excellent capabilities, which serve to link people all over the world while also being helpful tools for students, such as the internet, taking photos, maps, payments, etc. According to research, students' smartphone purchases are influenced by elements such as hardware sector, software, technology, brand, money, and certain fundamental aspects. As a result, technology has had a significant impact on today's pupils as a result of these elements. Recognizing these trends, manufacturers are progressively launching improved items to deliver services to the younger generation. Smartphones are now compared to an online encyclopedia, allowing students to serve their studies and readily obtain the information they are looking for. According to this background, the purpose of this research is to discover Vietnamese students' behaviors in smartphone purchase decisions, specifically the factors and tendencies that have the most influence on their decisions. This study's procedures include not just conducting a poll with a series of questions but also examining secondary sources to determine the outcome of this investigation. The analysis will also be valuable for telecom executives and phone makers in understanding smartphone reactions and sales tactics. As a result, it will expand customer areas.","PeriodicalId":182460,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Language Teaching and Learning","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123817153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Cognitive Semantics Approach to the Polysemy of the English Preposition “On” and Its Vietnamese Equivalents","authors":"Phat Dinh Dac, Han Nguyen Minh","doi":"10.21467/proceedings.132.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21467/proceedings.132.21","url":null,"abstract":"Exploring the shift in meanings of translating the preposition “on” from English to Vietnamese, the study, besides analyzing the cases of the changes in meanings of the preposition, aims at explaining the cases where the preposition “on” is not translated as “trên” and its Vietnamese equivalents under the cognitive semantics approach. The methods of analysis and synthesis of theories from the available data on the preposition “on” as well as the methods of classifying and systematizing prepositions are applied to English-Vietnamese translation. From the collected data, this study reveals the cases of the shift in meanings of “on” and the characteristics of multiple meanings of the preposition under the cognitive semantics approach. In the course of translation, contextual meanings are used in order to convey the meanings appropriately in the Vietnamese style. The research paper can make some contribution to the teaching of translation and make it a reference material for English learners.","PeriodicalId":182460,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Language Teaching and Learning","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114261996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}