ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The achievements of this research paper resulted from not only my
efforts but also a great deal of support, help, guidance, and
encouragement from many teachers, friends, and my family
I would like to send my sincere thanks to all those who have Giúp me to
complete my research paper. First of all, I would like to express my
deep gratitude to supervisors for their constant and tireless instruction
throughout this study. Especially my supervisor- Ms Nguyen Thi Hoa
who has wholeheartedly supervised and guided me each step in this
paper. My thesis would have never come to an great accomplishment
without her precious and academic comments and suggestions
I am happy to acknowledge my debt to Ms Tran Ngoc Lien, Dean of
Foreign Language Faculty with her useful advices and comments. I
also would like to express my gratitude to other teachers in Foreign
language Faculty for their instruction and lectures during the four year
at HPU which facilitate me to complete this study
Besides, my special thank send to all teachers and the first major
English students of HPU for their enthusiasm in finishing the survey
questionnaires
Especially, I am profoundly grateful to all the mother, my father, my
sister, my bother and great friends who have always backed, inspired ,
encouraged me, facilitated me whenever I need to completed this paper
Finally, I wish to thank all those who have kindly given their advice
and helped me with source materials during the writing of this paper
Hai Phong, December 2nd
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PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. RATIONALE
English nowadays is considered to be a “dominant language” because of its
widespread influence in the world, both in developed countries and gradually
common in the rest areas. It is highly essential to know the language for
communication. Wherever you live and work, English has become an
essential requirement for anyone to communicate with others and get a good
job. Today the economical, political, military and commercial relations
among the countries in the world have greatly increased and become more
important. For these relations to be carried out, the subject of learning and
teaching language has gained great importance. Teaching and learning
English are very important and necessary because in the computer age,
English is the only language that anyone uses to catch with the change of
technology. That is reason why people currently get more interest in learning
English, the parents even if facilitate their children to contact with English at
the small age
Learning English is a long and troublesome process. The students must get
equally all the four basic skills: speaking, listening, writing and reading. To
acquire all skills the learners must have one thing that can be said to be the
basis of language: vocabulary.
It wouldn‟t be wrong to say that vocabulary is one of the most important
components of the language. One of the main component to make up the
vocabulary is Phrasal Verbs which pose a number of confusion and
difficulties during learning English
“Phrasal Verb” – a very important and the most difficult aspect for learners of
English language as a second of foreign language. Phrasal verbs are widely
used by native speakers of English. But they have been found to be difficult
for the second language learners to master. In addition, Phrasal verbs have
been the source of frustration for learners of English. Many students complain
about the difficulties encountered when they have using the phrasal verbs…
The subject of how to learn Phrasal Verbs is still quite controversial. There is
no specified way or a programmed manner in which a student can learn all the
phrasal verbs, as well as nouns, adjectives, idioms… Because Phrasal verbs
have figurative meanings, when one of the components that form a Phrasal
Verb changes, most of the time, the meaning also changes. The learner find
difficult to use them properly. Thus students need to be encouraged to learn
them well. From where I stand, I realize that the first year major English
students of HPU as well as other Vietnamese students have a lot of difficulties
in learning and practicing Phrasal verbs. They often fall into confusion when
translating and using Phrasal verbs because of lacking of professional
knowledge and the appropriate learning methods
Due to the above, I have come up with an idea of making an investigation into
these difficulties and recommending more supplementary techniques to
improve the current situation. Hopefully, the study, named “ A study on the
techniques to improve leaning phrasal verbs for the first major English
students of HPU‟‟, may be of some use to those who have faced difficulties
and boredom of learning phrasal verbs to get more effective results in the
near future.
2. AIM OF THE STUDY
The experimental study on Phrasal Verbs aims to figure out an basic
knowledge on Phrasal Verbs and other matters relating area. In detail, my
Graduation paper aims at:
Collecting and presenting background overview of Phrasal Verbs
Studying on learning Phrasal verb of the first year English major of
HPU and finding out the encountered difficulties in learning Phrasal verbs
Another goal of this study is to suggest some more effective and
appropriate techniques for the first English major students to minimize
boredom and be more passionate with Phrasal Verbs
The most challenging part of a language for the second language learners, as
it is not the mother tongue. The learners really get tired of learning Phrasal
Verbs. I wish my research paper would have been a source of useful and
practical reference material on Phrasal Verbs to Giúp the first year English
major students at Hai Phong Private University minimize tediousness and
difficulties and get higher results in their learning.
3. SCOPE OF THE STUDY
Phrasal Verbs are generally thought to be one of the difficult items for
learners of, English which would require a great amount of time and effort to
do research. Besides there is also a abundant material resource on phrasal
verbs. However, due to the narrow scope, the study mainly focuses on
learning condition, and effective techniques in limiting existing difficulties in
learning phrasal verbs. And the major subjects that the study mainly aims at
are the first English major students of HPU
4. METHODS
To catch all above aims of the study completely, the following steps are
employed in my studying process:
Researching and collecting materials from reference books, internet,
researcher‟s experiences…
Interviewing and conducting the survey questionnaires for the first
major English students at Hai Phong Private University with determination to
discover their learning attitude and the difficulties have existed up to now.
Basing on personal experiences gained when I was the first major
students, too
5. DESIGN OF THE STUDY
It is very easy for the readers to get a clear overview of the research paper
through a table of contents inserted pages number. It also helps the readers to
access to the part they need more easily and quickly. This paper consists of
three parts:
o Part I : The Introduction includes: Rationale , Aim, Scope, Design,
And Methodology Of The Study
o Part II: The Development are three chapters:
Chapter 1: is the presentation of Background Theory Which Provides
Readers The Basic Knowledge Of “ Phrasal Verbs”
Chapter 2: consists of
o Set of the survey questionnaire - gives the situation analysis, subjects,
and data collection instrument
o Data Analysis- show the detailed results of survey and make a
comprehensive analysis on the collected data
o Findings and discussions
Chapter 3: gives suggested methods and techniques for the first year
English major students of HPU to learn phrasal verbs effectively
Part III: The Conclusion presents an overview of the study, suggestions for
further research and limitations of the study.
