tailieunhanh - The study: Enhancing the effects of English Teaching by classroom eye contact at Dong Thap University

The study aims to: investigate what is the reality of using eye contact in English teaching at Dong Thap University; raise the awareness of the importance of using nonverbal communication, especially eye contact in teaching English; give suggestions for improvement. | i STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP I certify that the work presented in this research report has been performed and interpreted solely by myself. I confirm that this work is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement of the Degree and has not been submitted elsewhere in any other form for the fulfillment of any other degree or qualification. Dong Thap April 2012 Nguyen Cong Danh ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS During the process of carrying out the study I have received a large amount of contribution and support from many people. First I would like to send my wholehearted thanks to Dean and all the lectures of the Foreign Languages Department of Dong Thap University who gave me a chance to study the thesis. Second I would like to express my greatest and sincerest appreciation to Mr. Nguyen Van Tam my supervisor for his precious pieces of advice guidance and support inn the pursuance of this study. Finally yet importantly I am grateful to Mr. Pham Van Tac and Ms. Tran Thi Hien who did allow me to carry out my observation and to other teachers of English and all the students in the Department of Foreign Languages for what they have done to help me finish the study. iii ABSTRACT The study is conducted to investigate what is the reality of using classroom eye contact in English teaching and to raise students awareness of the importance of nonverbal language especially eye contact. The questionnaire for teachers and for students was delivered to seek essential information about the current use of classroom eye contact and the teachers of English and students attitudes toward the technique. The observation was also later carried out at two classes to collect relevant data. Then the data obtained from the above tools was analyzed including table charts pie charts and discussions. The results show that most of the teachers of English have awareness to use classroom eye contact and the students seem to be more excited joining the teachers activities. Some other teachers however