Detail Vietnamese Students’ Motivation and Attitude Towards Learning English Idioms   Oleh:  Linh, Nguyen Tran Ha ; Nhung, Nguyen Phuong Jenis: Article from Proceeding Dalam koleksi: The 62st TEFLIN International Conference: Teaching and Assessing L2 Learners in the 21st Century, Denpasar, 14-16th September 2015, Book 1, page 641-655. Fulltext: hal 641.pdf (16.58MB) Isi artikel Idioms are not a “separate” part of language that one can easily choose to use or not, they form an “essential” part of the vocabulary of English (Seidl & McMordie, 1988). The learning of idioms, therefore, should be considered an integral part of learning English as a foreign/second language.However, despite this significant position of idioms, in the traditional English language teaching environment of Vietnam, the practice of teaching idioms has not been sufficiently emphasized. Expressions like idioms are often integrated sporadically in the lessons, instead of being introduced regularly and systematically to students. This situation raises questions about how the students actually feel towards idioms and whether or not they are motivated in learning this aspect of English language. With their deep concerns about this situation, the researchers carried out a study titled “Vietnamese Students’ Motivation and Attitude towards Learning English Idioms”. The purpose of this research was to determine the main motivational source that urges the university students in Vietnam to learn idioms as well as their attitudes towards the act of learning these English fix-expressions. In this research, the concept of “motivation” was identified in terms of four motivational constructs namely: instrumental motivation, integrative motivation, personal motivation and intrinsic motivation. “Attitude” was examined according to the three components of attitude: cognitive, affective and conative. The researchers hope that the findings drawn out from this study would serve as useful suggestions for course designers to consider integrating more idioms teaching into their English for foreign/second language learners courses. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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