i THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines THE COMPETENCIES AND PERFORMANCE OF ENGLISH TEACHERS AND FIRST YEAR STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDE: BASIS FOR A PROPOSED INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN A Dissertation Presented to The Faculty of Graduate School Batangas State University Batangas City, Philippines In partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Major in English By Nguyen Thi Dieu Ha (Bella) December, 2014 i THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF CONTENTS i LIST OF TABLES iii LIST OF FIGURES v CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM Introduction Scope, limitation and delimitation of the study 10 Significance of the study 11 II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES 13 Conceptual literature 13 English language Instruction 13 English Language Instruction 35 Related Studies 75 Theoretical Framework 102 Conceptual Framework 107 Hypothesis of the study 109 Definition of Terms 109 i THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF CONTENTS i LIST OF TABLES iii LIST OF FIGURES v CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM Introduction Scope, limitation and delimitation of the study 10 Significance of the study 11 II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES 13 Conceptual literature 13 English language Instruction 13 English Language Instruction 35 Related Studies 75 Theoretical Framework 102 Conceptual Framework 107 Hypothesis of the study 109 Definition of Terms 109 i THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF CONTENTS i LIST OF TABLES iii LIST OF FIGURES v CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM Introduction Scope, limitation and delimitation of the study 10 Significance of the study 11 II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES 13 Conceptual literature 13 English language Instruction 13 English Language Instruction 35 Related Studies 75 Theoretical Framework 102 Conceptual Framework 107 Hypothesis of the study 109 Definition of Terms 109 i THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF CONTENTS i LIST OF TABLES iii LIST OF FIGURES v CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM Introduction Scope, limitation and delimitation of the study 10 Significance of the study 11 II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES 13 Conceptual literature 13 English language Instruction 13 English Language Instruction 35 Related Studies 75 Theoretical Framework 102 Conceptual Framework 107 Hypothesis of the study 109 Definition of Terms 109 i THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF CONTENTS i LIST OF TABLES iii LIST OF FIGURES v CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM Introduction Scope, limitation and delimitation of the study 10 Significance of the study 11 II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES 13 Conceptual literature 13 English language Instruction 13 English Language Instruction 35 Related Studies 75 Theoretical Framework 102 Conceptual Framework 107 Hypothesis of the study 109 Definition of Terms 109 i THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF CONTENTS i LIST OF TABLES iii LIST OF FIGURES v CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM Introduction Scope, limitation and delimitation of the study 10 Significance of the study 11 II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES 13 Conceptual literature 13 English language Instruction 13 English Language Instruction 35 Related Studies 75 Theoretical Framework 102 Conceptual Framework 107 Hypothesis of the study 109 Definition of Terms 109 i THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF CONTENTS i LIST OF TABLES iii LIST OF FIGURES v CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM Introduction Scope, limitation and delimitation of the study 10 Significance of the study 11 II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES 13 Conceptual literature 13 English language Instruction 13 English Language Instruction 35 Related Studies 75 Theoretical Framework 102 Conceptual Framework 107 Hypothesis of the study 109 Definition of Terms 109 i THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF CONTENTS i LIST OF TABLES iii LIST OF FIGURES v CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM Introduction Scope, limitation and delimitation of the study 10 Significance of the study 11 II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES 13 Conceptual literature 13 English language Instruction 13 English Language Instruction 35 Related Studies 75 Theoretical Framework 102 Conceptual Framework 107 Hypothesis of the study 109 Definition of Terms 109 i THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF CONTENTS i LIST OF TABLES iii LIST OF FIGURES v CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM Introduction Scope, limitation and delimitation of the study 10 Significance of the study 11 II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES 13 Conceptual literature 13 English language Instruction 13 English Language Instruction 35 Related Studies 75 Theoretical Framework 102 Conceptual Framework 107 Hypothesis of the study 109 Definition of Terms 109 188 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines ii THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines III METHODOLOGY 111 Research Design 111 Subject of the study 112 Data gathering instrument 113 Data gathering procedure 113 Statistical treatment of data 114 IV PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA 115 V SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 160 Summary 160 Findings 162 Conclusions 167 Recommendations 169 BIBLIOGRAPHY 170 APPENDIX 176 CURRICULUM VITAE 191 ii THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines III METHODOLOGY 111 Research Design 111 Subject of the study 112 Data gathering instrument 113 Data gathering procedure 113 Statistical treatment of data 114 IV PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA 115 V SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 160 Summary 160 Findings 162 Conclusions 167 Recommendations 169 BIBLIOGRAPHY 170 APPENDIX 176 CURRICULUM VITAE 191 ii THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines III METHODOLOGY 111 Research Design 111 Subject of the study 112 Data gathering instrument 113 Data gathering procedure 113 Statistical treatment of data 114 IV PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA 115 V SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 160 Summary 160 Findings 162 Conclusions 167 Recommendations 169 BIBLIOGRAPHY 170 APPENDIX 176 CURRICULUM VITAE 191 192 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines Appendix E Photographs of the Study Sites College of Information Technology College of Education 193 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines College of Sciences College of Agriculture and Forestry 194 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines College of Economics and Business Administration 195 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines Appendix F Photographs of the Approval Test Administration of the Head of Colleges College of Information Technology College of Education 196 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines College of Economics and Business Administration College of Sciences 197 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines College of Agriculture and Forestry 198 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines Appendix G Photographs of the Student Respondents College of Information Technology College of Sciences 199 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines College of Economics and Business Administration College of Education 200 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines College of Agriculture and Forestry 201 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Nguyen Thi Dieu Ha Hoang Van Thu Street, Thai nguyen City, Vietnam Mobile phone: 0947 988 798 Email: dieuha268@gmail.com PERSONAL INFORMATION Date of birth : 26/8/1982 Birth place : Thai Nguyen city, Vietnam Age : 32 Nationality : Vietnamese Religion : No Sex : Female Civil status : Divorced Children’s names : Do Quang Minh EDUCATION BACKGROUND 2008 – 2010 : Master of Applied Linguistic Major in English La Trobe University 2000- 2008 : Bachelor of Arts 202 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines Major in English language Teaching Thai Nguyen University, Thai Nguyen province WORK EXPERIENCE 2009 – now: Lecturer at Faculty of Foreign Languages, Thai Nguyen University 2004 - 2008: Lecturer at College of Sciences, Thai Nguyen University ... 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