UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE FOREIGN TRADE UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS HO CHI MINH CITY CAMPUS

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END-MODULE ASSIGNMENT

Module: CAREER PLANNING

FOR EXAMINERS ONLY

Student: Hoa Ho Dong Dong Grade (in number):

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Student ID: 1805025122
Grade (in words):
Cohort: K57BF-A ………………..
Semester: II Examiner 1
Academic year: 2020-2021 (Signature & Fullname)
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Headteacher: Nguyen Thi Minh Ha
Examiner 2
Submission date: (Signature & Fullname)
Student’s signature: ………………..

Ho Chi Minh City, 2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Table of Contents ............................................................................................................1

I. DESCRIPTION..............................................................................................................2
II. FEELINGS – EVALUATION – ANALYSIS – CONCLUSION .................................3
II.1. FEELINGS.................................................................................................................3
II.2. EVALUATION..........................................................................................................4
II.3 ANALYSIS.................................................................................................................4
II.4 CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................6
III. ACTION PLAN...........................................................................................................7
I. Description

Learning English nowadays is not an option if you want to comfortably fit in

and enjoy the globalized era we live in. I use English every day, and I simply can’t
imagine not being able to speak it. The truth is, however, that English and I have
not always gotten along. In fact, things were quite tough at the beginning.
I struggled a lot, but I had a vision. A clear vision of myself speaking
English in the future. That vision never faltered. Like a climber, who doesn’t see
the peak of the mountain but knows it is there, still wrapped in the clouds, and all
he needs to do is keep going.
Today, I would like to talk about my English-learning struggles, how I
persevered past them, and what I have learned from the process. I’ll also tell you
how you can benefit from all this, too. Susan, my English teacher, could not believe
her ears.
I had just pronounced the word “enough” as “inaug”. I had been learning
English for almost two years in middle school, but despite my efforts, I was still
having a hard time with it. The English lessons I had at school didn’t help much. In
fact, I dare say they were probably the biggest source of my frustration. I felt
somehow betrayed by them. By the whole schooling process, really. School was
supposed to be the place where I would learn stuff, right? But it wasn’t. I had a
teacher who spoke English with a very thick Italian accent, and his classes were a
relentless series of boring texts to read and useless grammar patterns to drill. I felt
like I was going around in circles and not learning much. My pronunciation was
atrocious, the tenses confused me, and phrasal verbs gave me a headache.
Despite all this, there was a silver lining. Even though English frustrated me
to no end, the idea of learning it still excited me. I wanted to learn and be like an
American. And I fantasized about having an American girlfriend. I couldn’t see my
future, then, but somehow I knew it would someday become a reality.
II. Feelings – Evaluation – Analysis – Conclusion

1. Feelings

It’s a moment that’s familiar to most of us in higher education. The end of the
semester has come, the final papers are in, grades are posted, and I failed my college
composition class.

To my credit, I take responsibility for my failure. I know that I procrastinated

on the final paper, missed the deadline, and despite my constant reminders, I failed the
class due to her own negligence. My mother has threatened to pull me out of school if
I fail a class.  I am afraid that this might mean the end of college for me when I has
just gotten started.

I all fail. Maybe I haven’t failed a class, but at some point in our lives, I all fail
in some way. It’s part of being human, and for these young adults, it’s an inevitable
part of the reality I face in a world where bankruptcy, foreclosure, lay-offs, and
divorce happen even to responsible, hard-working adults with college degrees.  

Failure is an emotional experience.  When I reflect on my own failures, feelings

of guilt, anger, sorrow, and regret come to the surface. This same emotional turbulence
is common for our students.  In some cases, I see it when it spills out in angry
outbursts or tears, but more often than not, students hide it from us out of fear of
appearing weak or experiencing further rejection. I still felt sad and guilty and angry
with myself.

Many in academia would see that admission as an act of self-sabotage.  As

educators, we are supposed to be unemotional and unflappable as we transmit
information and promote critical thinking.  However, I believe ignoring the emotional
existence of my students is a betrayal of their essential humanity.  As Palmer states in
his recent book The Heart of Higher Education: A Call to Renewal, “Show me a
classroom ‘devoid of feelings’ and I will show you a classroom in which feelings have
been driven underground, where they will do more harm than good to the educational
process.”
2. Evaluation

Everybody know that language is a tool for communication between people.

Language is a very important means of communication. It is very difficult to think of a
society without language. I sharpens people's thoughts and guides and controls their
entire activity. English is not the language with the largest number of native or ‘first’
language speakers, it has become lingua franca. A lingua franca can be defined as a
language widely adopted for communication between two speakers whose native
language are different from each other’s and where one or both speakers are using it as
a ‘second’ language. In learning language, the student have to master in English
though learning. It is one of the most important things for human beings since they
were born and for the rest of their life. Moreover, learning have to begin since they
were child, so they will think that learning is an interesting factor for their life.
Ironically, there are still very limited of students who were able to communicate in
English, although they have been studying English for about twelve years. This
phenomenon is not only just felt right now, but it has happened in the days preceding
the time of some of the people were very enthusiastic to learn their mother tongue and
reject foreign language.

3. Analysis

There are two factors that influence student learning difficulties that is internal
factors of students includes psycho-physical disorders or lack of ability of students
such as emotion and attitude, and external factors of students covers all circumstances
and conditions surrounding environment that does not support student learning
activities such as family, community, school environment.

a. School factor
School is a formal educational institution that systematically implement
guidance, teaching, and training programs in order to help students to be able to
develop their potential, whether related to moral, intellectual, emotional and social. A
conducive school environment, whether physical, social, or psychological environment
can foster and develop the motive to work properly and productively. For that can be
considered and made the best physical environment possible, such as room cleanliness,
class facilities, layout and so forth. There are also school indicators that should be
considered and important that can affect in student learning, among others: the
condition of school environment, infrastructure, Way of presenting the teacher, school
order, the relationship between teachers and students and so forth. From the results of
our research, there are some indicators that are not appropriate. If we look in terms of
conditions, environment or facilities infrastructure, MTs.Nurul falah is good enough
but there are some classes or rooms that must be improved for the convenience of
students in learning, especially learning English. Because of what we see and what we
studied there is a classroom that does not have window glass so it prevents students
from learning because students feel uncomfortable, feel noisy and disturbed when
learning starts. An English teacher also stated that the lack of tools or school learning
media that can be used when learning so that the lack of interest of students in learning
English. There are also some students said the lack of encouragement from the English
language teachers themselves and classmates. Like the teacher does not require
students to speak English when learning English takes place. There is not even a
reprimand from a teacher if students do not use English in the classroom when English
learning takes place.

b. Family factor
The family is the immediate environment of the students. as experts have
pointed out that Parents are the first and foremost teachers of the family for the
children. Parents are fully responsible for the care of their children since they are born
and are fully responsible for the characterization of their children's character.
Therefore the family becomes one of the factors that affect the habits of students.
Some family indicators that can affect student learning include: parents teach children
to learn and make homework regularly, parents help children's difficulties in learning,
motivate children to study diligently, facilitate children's learning activities at home
and others. Based on the above indicator, our research findings indicate that there are
some indicators that are not in accordance with the reality so that the students' learning
difficulties, especially learning English. The family environment of MTs.Nurul Falah
students that we studied 80% came from Sundanese customs. And the language they
use in everyday is the Sundanese language. Therefore the family affects the habits of
students in communicating, including communicating English. Some students we
 studied also stated that the lack of tutoring from parents, especially learning English,
the lack of familiarity with the family to speak English. Even they claim 85% of their
parents do not understand English. Therefore, students find it difficult to learn English
because they feel no encouragement, instruction, or even assistance from their family
environment or their own parents.

c. Environmental factor
The environment is important and should be considered. The social
environment can be affect to the children process of learning. As well as the family
environment of the children is in a Sundanese language environment so there is no in
communicating in English. The influence of friends on the spirit of learning was very
less.

4. Conclusion
Based on the above description I can conclude the difficulty factor in learning
English not only fo me but also for all students:
 The need to use unique media in the process of learning in the classroom, the
importance of discipline, environment and facilities in school infrastructure.
Encouragement from teachers and friends at school.
 The importance of encouragement and attention of parents and families for
children. The importance of family motivation and parents for children.
 The importance of a good social environment for children. Because not all
associations can get us into a positive path. Because the social environment
becomes one of the factors that can hamper one's learning process
 III. Action Plan
No Action Step Time Resources/Materials Person Reponsible

1 Continue grade at the Bedforshire Academic - Resource - Academic

University Year 2020- teacher committee
2021

2 Have extra courses in learning English Academic - Resource - Parents/

exam Year 2020- teacher Guardians
2021 - Academic
committee

3 Education Guidance about English Academic - Resource - Parents/

Year 2020- teacher/ Guardians
2021 Guidance - Academic
teacher committee

4 More training towards independence Academic

and daily living skillls Year 2020-
- Live in a dormitory outside the 2021 - Dormitory - Parents/
university outside the Guardians
school
- Learn to take good care of personal - Material for - Parents/
hygiene hygiene care Guardians
- Train to talk with natives - Material for - Parents/
natives Guardians

5 Obtain part-time work to improve Everyday - Material for - Parents/

communication with natives works Guardians