BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC QUẢN LÝ VÀ CÔNG NGHỆ HẢI PHÒNG ------------------------------- KHÓA LUẬN TỐT NGHIỆP NGÀNH : NGÔN NGỮ ANH - ANH Sinh viên : ĐINH KIM CÚC Giảng viên hướng dẫn: ThS. PHAN THỊ MAI HƯƠNG HẢI PHÒNG 10– 2020 BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC QUẢN LÝ VÀ CÔNG NGHỆ HẢI PHÒNG ----------------------------------- A STUDY ON TECHNICQUE TO IMPROVE READING COMPREHENSION FOR FIRST-YEAR ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT HAI PHONG TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY THROUGH EXTENSIVE READING ACTIVITY. KHÓA LUẬN TỐT NGHIỆP ĐẠI HỌC HỆ CHÍNH QUY NGÀNH: NGÔN NGỮ ANH - ANH Sinh viên : ĐINH KIM CÚC Giảng viên hướng dẫn: ThS. PHAN THỊ MAI HƯƠNG HẢI PHÒNG 10 – 2020 BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC QUẢN LÝ VÀ CÔNG NGHỆ HẢI PHÒNG -------------------------------------- NHIỆM VỤ ĐỀ TÀI TỐT NGHIỆP Sinh viên: Đinh Kim Cúc Mã SV: 1612751016 Lớp : NA 2001 Ngành : Ngôn ngữ Anh - Anh Tên đề tài: A study on technique to improve reading comprehension for first- year English major students at Hai Phong Technology and Management University through extensive reading activity.
NHIỆM VỤ ĐỀ TÀI 1. Nội dung và các yêu cầu cần giải quyết trong nhiệm vụ đề tài tốt nghiệp …………………………………………………………………………………. Các tài liệu, số liệu cần thiết …………………………………………………………………………………. Địa điểm thực tập tốt nghiệp ………………………………………………………………………………….
CÁN BỘ HƯỚNG DẪN ĐỀ TÀI TỐT NGHIỆP Họ và tên : Học hàm, học vị : Cơ quan công tác : Trường Đại học Quản lý và Công nghệ Hải Phòng Nội dung hướng dẫn: Đề tài tốt nghiệp được giao ngày …. năm 2020 Yêu cầu phải hoàn thành xong trước ngày …. năm 2020 Đã nhận nhiệm vụ ĐTTN Đã giao nhiệm vụ ĐTTN Sinh viên Giảng viên hướng dẫn Hải Phòng, ngày ….năm 2020 TRƯỞNG KHOA CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM Độc lập - Tự do - Hạnh phúc PHIẾU NHẬN XÉT CỦA GIẢNG VIÊN HƯỚNG DẪN TỐT NGHIỆP Họ và tên giảng viên:. Họ và tên sinh viên:.
Nội dung hướng dẫn:. Tinh thần thái độ của sinh viên trong quá trình làm đề tài tốt nghiệp. Đánh giá chất lượng của đồ án/khóa luận (so với nội dung yêu cầu đã đề ra trong nhiệm vụ Đ.N trên các mặt lý luận, thực tiễn, tính toán số liệu…). Ý kiến của giảng viên hướng dẫn tốt nghiệp Được bảo vệ Không được bảo vệ Điểm hướng dẫn Hải Phòng, ngày … tháng … năm.
Giảng viên hướng dẫn (Ký và ghi rõ họ tên) QC20-B18 CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM Độc lập - Tự do - Hạnh phúc PHIẾU NHẬN XÉT CỦA GIẢNG VIÊN CHẤM PHẢN BIỆN Họ và tên giảng viên:. Họ và tên sinh viên:. Đề tài tốt nghiệp:. Phần nhận xét của giáo viên chấm phản biện.
Những mặt còn hạn chế. Ý kiến của giảng viênchấm phản biện Được bảo vệ Không được bảo vệ Điểm phản biện Hải Phòng, ngày … tháng … năm. QC20-B19 Giảng viênchấm phản biện (Ký và ghi rõ họ tên) ABSTRACT This study aims at investigating the role of extensive reading in enhancing the students’ reading comprehension for first – year English major students at Hai Phong Technology and Management University. As it is known, strong reading literacy is a crucial skill that has to be mastered by students to upgrade their knowledge, intellectuality, and reading skill itself.
Unfortunately, students only have short time to read, and the reading material is not interesting when they are studying in the classroom applying intensive reading, so this condition caused students to have low ability in reading. Extensive reading is chosen since it is believed as appropriate method to solve students' problem in reading. It is applied outside the classroom that allowed students to read as much as possible what they like with the purpose having a great reading atmosphere consistently. Furthermore, this paper will explain challenges faced by students in reading, appropriate reading materials, the definition of extensive reading,and the implementation of extensive reading.
This kind of method is also supported by many experts whose studies showed the effectiveness of extensive reading for the students. Then, it is expected that students can easily increase their reading ability as well as possible by applying this method. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS During the process of doing this study, I have received useful help from my teachers, my friends and my family. First of all, I wish to acknowledge my deep gratitude to my supervisor, Mrs.Phan Thi Mai Huong, who has help me much in choosing the title of this study and critical feedback throughout the research, without which my research could not been completed.
My sincere thanks are also sent to all the teachers of English department at Hai Phong Technology and Management University for their lectures in which the knowledge has help me accomplish this task. I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to first – year English major students at Hai Phong Technology and Management University for their participation and assistance without which this study could not have been successful. Last but not least, I am really in debt to my family and my friends for their all useful help and great encouragement during the time I has done this paper. Student Cuc Dinh Kim Cuc TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT ACKNOWLEDMENT CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION .2 Aim of the study.4 Scope of study.6 Organization of the study.
3 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW .1 THE NATURE OF READING COMPREHENSION.1 Definition of reading.2 Types of reading.3 Models of reading .5 Challenges Faced by Students in Reading Comprehension.6 Cognitive factors that effect reading comprehension.1 The importance of extensive reading. Characteristics of extensive reading.3 Improving reading comprehension through extensive reading. 20 CHAPTER 3: CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS .2 Data collection instrument.3 Procedures of data collection.4 Data analysis and Findings. 35 CHAPTER 4: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS.1 Summary of the study.
Limitations of the study. Suggestions for the further study.1 Related of study. In language learning, there are mainly four skills which are writing, speaking, reading, and listening. Writing and speaking are the productive skills while reading and listening are the receptive ones.
The more students listen, the more they speak well. The more students read, the more they write well. Reading is a very critical skill; it is one of the most important skills for learning. Reading is necessary in improving learning skills and it is the best way to have students deal with the content.
If students read a lot, they will acquire new and large vocabularies. Many learners do not like to read because they do not have much vocabulary knowledge or due to the lack of fluency. They do not realize that they can improve the reading skill. Developing the reading skill is very important because it enables students to increase their level of understanding and concentration.
Teachers should spotlight on the reading skill and encourage students to read more. If learners develop good reading skill, it will be very helpful to their future. There is a difference between reading and reading comprehension, the aim of reading is understanding texts; students as they read need to construct meaning. Extensive reading is a type of reading in which students read large enjoyable materials that makes students acquire many vocabularies which facilitate the comprehension.
Extensive reading also supports students’ fluency and it promotes a reading habit. All in all, this study revealed that extensive reading is an effective way to improve language skills.2 Aim of the study. Reading is a very essential skill. Unfortunately, most of the students fail to comprehend written materials because they do not have much vocabulary knowledge due to the lack of reading.
Many people find it difficult to understand texts, so they find that reading is a hard and a boring activity, some learners avoid reading.Therefore, the aim of this study is to show the importance of extensive reading in developing the for first – year English major students’ reading comprehension skill and to help students achieve good understanding of a written material. The study set out to seek answers to the following research questions: 1. What are the Challenges Faced by Students in Reading ? 2. What is the role of extensive reading in enhancing the students’ reading comprehension? 3.
How can extensive reading influence the students’ reading comprehension? 4. What extent does extensive reading improve the reading skill? 1.4 Scope of study. This study will take place at Hai Phong Technlogy and Managament University.It involves first year major students of English. So, I am going to choose randomly a sample of students to investigate the use of extensive reading in order to increase students’ reading comprehension.
This research is conducted through the descriptive method, by using questionnaires for students in order to know opinions concerning the importance 2 of extensive reading in enriching the students with much vocabulary; therefore facilitating the reading comprehension process.6 Organization of the study. The thesis is divided into five chapters: • Chapter1: includes the rationale, the subjective, the research questions, the scope, the method and the design of the study. • Chapter 2: briefly covers the theories relating to the reading comprehension and extensive reading. • Chapter 3: presents the research methodology and my findings of the subject of through the questionnaire and interviews.
• Chapter 4: The last chapter are some recommendations and suggestions to improve reading comprehension for first-year english major students at Hai Phong Technology and Management University through extensive reading activity. 3 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW Introduction Reading is the key to any door of knowledge; it gives access to information and enriches our minds with new experience. Reading is an essential skill in learning any subject matter .So, students should develop the reading skill because there is a great relationship between reading and academic success. Most of the information students learn is through reading.
Extensive reading is the food of the mind, it is one of the means to gain knowledge, and it enables the reader to contact directly with human knowledge. Extensive reading is one of the means of learning because it enriches our knowledge with new experiences. There are many and different sources of information such as the radio, the television, the internet …however, books remain the best way of conveying knowledge and information. This chapter will investigate the reading skill and the reading comprehension process, in addition to the models of reading, this chapter includes the cognitive factors that effect reading comprehension as well as the important of extensive reading and how to improve reading comprehension through extensive reading.1 THE NATURE OF READING COMPREHENSION.1 Definition of reading.
Students can read everywhere and at any time, reading is an individual process, learners should always search for ways to develop the reading process because it helps students learn new knowledge. There are many definitions of reading. For example, Oxford Dictionary (2008) defines reading as “ a way in which something is understood” so reading means making things clear with no misunderstanding ,whereas Carrel 4 (1985.145)states that “reading is getting meaning from printed or written message” which means that the reader should decode the message and interpret the meaning of the written passage. Another definition of reading was proposed by Rumelhart (1977.5) who claims that “reading involves the reader, the text “.
The reader is the first important factor in the reading process, the reader should have 7 the ability to relate the new information with his existing knowledge, then Rumelhart passed to the text ,students read a verity of texts such as leisure texts, factual texts and instructional texts……each type of text has its own features. The interaction between the reader and the text must result in comprehension.