Teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards the piloted textbook english 10: the case of Nghia Hung upper secondary school, Nam Dinh city

• Main Author: Hoàng, Thị Cúc
• Other Authors: Hoàng, Thị Xuân Hoa
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Tiếng Anh > Dạy và học; Tiếng Anh > Sách giáo khoa; English language; English language > Study and teaching
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/54427
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

The textbook is an useful tool for teaching and learning second language and one of the most important components of any educational environment that lead to success or failure of the teaching and learning language. This is especially true a Nghia Hung A Upper Secondary School where English teachers and students use the piloted textbook English 10 in the course. Also, the role of the teachers’ and students’ attitudes affects teaching and learning second language. According to Karahan (2007), “positive language attitudes let learner has positive orientation towards learning English” (p.84). Gardner, Masgoret, Tennant & Mihic (2004) claim that attitudes influence language learning. As such, attitudes play a crucial role in language learning because they would influence students’ and teachers’ failure or success in their teaching and learning. Gardner and Lambert (1972) in their studies give evidence that positive attitudes toward language enhance proficiency. It is also believed that positive attitudes alleviate language learning whereas negative attitudes act as s psychological barrier against it. This study is therefore conducted with the hope to investigate the teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards the piloted textbook English 10. The study was conducted with 2 teachers and 80 students at 10T1 and 10T2-Nghia Hung A Upper Secondary School. The data was collected through interviews, observations and questionnaires to find out the attitudes of teachers and students towards the piloted textbook. The findings reveal that most of teachers and students have positive attitudes towards the topic and contents, the vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation, the physical appearance and the social cultural contexts of the piloted textbook, they have however negative attitudes towards the language contents. The findings also show that the teachers’ and students’ positive attitudes, knowledge and background are necessary components affecting to the teaching and learning the piloted textbook English 10.