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