MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY -------- ∞0∞-------- TRAN TU TRINH THE EFFECT OF EXTENSIVE READING ON READING PERFORMANCE AND VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT AT TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY Major: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Major code: 8 14 01 11 MASTER THESIS MASTER OF ARTS IN TESOL Supervisor: Assoc. PHAM VU PHI HO, Ph. HO CHI MINH CITY, 2021 Tai Lieu Chat Luong TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC MỞ CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM THÀNH PHỐ HỒ CHÍ MINH Độc lập – Tự do – Hạnh phúc KHOA ĐÀO TẠO SAU ĐẠI HỌC GIẤY XÁC NHẬN Tôi tên là: Trần Tú Trinh Ngày sinh: 27/08/1993 Nơi sinh: Bạc Liêu Chuyên ngành: TESOL Mã học viên: 1781401110039 Tôi đồng ý cung cấp toàn văn thông tin luận văn tốt nghiệp hợp lệ về bản quyền cho Thư viện trường đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh. Thư viện trường đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh sẽ kết nối toàn văn thông tin luận văn tốt nghiệp vào hệ thống thông tin khoa học của Sở Khoa học và Công nghệ Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.
Ký tên (Ghi rõ họ và tên) Trần Tú Trinh CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM Độc lập – Tự do – Hạnh phúc Ý KIẾN CHO PHÉP BẢO VỆ LUẬN VĂN THẠC SĨ CỦA GIẢNG VIÊN HƯỚNG DẪN Giảng viên hướng dẫn: PGS. PHẠM VŨ PHI HỔ Học viên thực hiện: TRẦN TÚ TRINH Lớp: MTESOL017A Ngày sinh: 27/08/1993 Nơi sinh: Bạc Liêu Tên đề tài: The Effect of Extensive Reading on Reading Performance and Vocabulary Development at Ton Duc Thang University Ý kiến của giáo viên hướng dẫn về việc cho phép học viên được bảo vệ luận văn trước Hội đồng:. Học viên Trần Tú Trinh rất nghiêm túc trong việc học và nghiên cứu. Em Trinh rất chủ động trong việc Nghiên cứu, biết tìm tòi học hỏi, và rất có tiềm năng.
Luận văn của em Trinh rất tốt và đạt yêu cầu để bảo vệ Tốt nghiệp bằng Thạc sỹ. Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, ngày 6 tháng 9 năm 2021 Người nhận xét PGS. Phạm Vũ Phi Hổ i STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP I certify that this thesis entitled “The effect of extensive reading on reading performance and vocabulary development at Ton Duc Thang University” is my own work. I hereby declare that I am the sole author for this work.
Except where reference is made in the texts of the thesis, this thesis does not contain materials published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a thesis by which I have qualified for or been awarded another degree or diploma. No other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the main text of the thesis. This thesis has not been submitted for any degree or diploma in any other tertiary institution. Ho Chi Minh City, September, 2021 Tran Tu Trinh ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Firstly, I would like to show my gratitude towards Assoc.
Pham Vu Phi Ho, Ph., my thesis instructor, for giving me valuable advice and guidance in the process of conducting my thesis. Moreover, I would like to thank him for being patient and enthusiastic to answer my inquiries. Secondly, I would like to say thank you to the center for offering me the opportunities to conduct the research and the students involved in the study for their cooperation. Without them, I would not have completed my study.
Furthermore, I would like to thank my friends for encouraging and supporting me during the process of doing research. Last but not least, I would send big thanks to my mother for encouraging and motivating me to complete my research. iii ABSTRACT This study investigates the effects of extensive reading on EFL students’ reading proficiency, vocabulary acquisition and students’s attitude towards reading at Ton Duc Thang University. The study was conducted over a period of 10 weeks, employing a quasi- experimenatal research design.
There were a total of 58 participants, assigned in two groups: control group (CG) (n = 30) and experimental group (EG) (n = 28). While the control group received intensive reading instruction, the experimental group received intensive reading in class and extensive reading as a supplementary reading activity outside the classroom. The extensive reading program was conducted by encouraging students to read the materials taken from Oxford Bookworm Library. Pre-test, post-test, reading diary and semi-structured interview were employed as research instruments to collect data qualitatively and quantitatively.
The data was then entered into IBM SPSS Statistics 20. The findings of the study revealed that the experimental group showed a significantly higher performance in reading proficiency, vocabulary and reading attitude. Some recommendations on how to implement extensive reading were raised at the last chapter for further research. iv ABSTRACT (VIETNAMESE VERSION) Nghiên cứu này nhằm khám phá sự ảnh hưởng của phương pháp đọc mở rộng đối với khả năng đọc, từ vựng và thái độ của sinh viên Tôn Đức Thắng đối với việc đọc.
Nghiên cứu được thực hiện trong 10 tuần, sử dụng phương pháp nghiên cứu thực nghiệm. Có tổng cộng 58 sinh viên tham gia nghiên cứu, được chia làm 2 nhóm: nhóm kiểm soát (CG) (n=30) và nhóm thực nghiệm (EG) (n=28). Trong khi nhóm kiểm soát học theo phương pháp đọc chuyên sâu, nhóm thực nghiệm học theo hướng đọc chuyên sâu kết hợp đọc mở rộng. Việc đọc mở rộng được thực hiện ngoài giờ học.
Chương trình đọc mở rộng được thực hiện bằng cách khuyến khích sinh viên đọc tài liệu được lấy từ Oxford Bookworm Library. Các bài kiểm tra đánh giá trước và sau thực nghiệm, nhật ký đọc, và phỏng vấn bán cấu trúc được sử dụng làm công cụ nghiên cứu thu thập dữ liệu theo hướng định tính và định lượng. Dữ liệu sẽ được phân tích bằng phần mềm SPSS phiên bản 20. Kết quả của nghiên cứu cho thấy nhóm thực nghiệm có thành tích đọc và từ vựng cao hơn đáng kể so với với nhóm kiểm soát.
Nhóm thực nghiệm cũng có thái độ tích cực đối với việc đọc. Một số đề xuất về cách thực hiện phương pháp đọc mở rộng được nêu ra ở chương cuối, nhằm phục vụ các nghiên cứu sau này. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS CG: Control Group EFL: English as a Foreign Language EG: Experiemental Group ER: Extensive Reading ESL: English as a Second Language FL: Foreign Language L2: Second Language PET: Preliminary English Test SD: Standard Deviation Sig.: Significance level SPSS: Statistical Package for the Social Sciences LIST OF TABLES Table 3. Differences between CG and EG.
Summary of participants’ information. Learning topics for the course. Procedure of the study. Group Statistics on the reading pre-test of the control and experimental group………………………………………………………………….
Independent sample t-test on the reading pre-test of the control and experimental group. Paired samples statistics of reading pre- and post-test score of CG. Paired samples t-test of the reading pre-test and post-test score of the control group. Paired Samples Statistics of the reading pre-test and post-test scores of the experimental group.
Paired samples t-test of the reading pre-test and post-test scores of the experimental group. Group Statistics on reading post-test of the control and experimental group. Independent sample t-test on the reading post-test of the control and experimental group. Group Statistics on the vocabulary pre-test of the control and experimental group.
Independent samples t-test on the vocabulary pre-test of the control and experimental group. Paired Samples Statistics of the vocabulary pre-test and post-test scores of the control group. Paired Samples Test of the vocabulary pre-test and post-test scores of the control group. Paired Samples Statistics of the vocabulary pre-test and post-test scores of the experimental group.
Paired Samples Test of the vocabulary pre-test and post-test scores of the experimental group. Group Statistics on the vocabulary post-test of the control and experimental group. Independent Samples t-test of the vocabulary post-test in the control and experimental group. The average number of books students read per week.
The frequency of book reading in 10 weeks. Number of books read by 10 interviewees. General attitude towards ER. Attitudes on ER topics.
The extent of confidence after ER. Attitudes towards future reading. Benefits of ER. Benefits of writing a diary.
Benefits of reading aloud. Benefits of group discussion. Difficulties in reading stories in English .101 TABLE OF CONTENTS STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP. iv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.v LIST OF TABLES.
vi TABLE OF CONTENTS. viii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .1 Background of the study .2 Statement of the problem .3 Purposes of the study .5 Hypothesis of the study .6 The significance of the study .7 Scope of the study .8 Overview of thesis chapter .6 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW. Definition of reading skill. Reading strategies use.
Reading training activities. The relationship between self-efficacy, reading strategies, motivation and reading achievement. Definitions of ER. Ten Principles for teaching ER.
Purposes and benefits of extensive reading. Limitations of extensive reading. Principles for including ER in language learning program. Theoretical framework of vocabulary.
Definition of Vocabulary. Issues in Vocabulary Acquisition. Types of vocabulary learning. Principles for constructing effective vocabulary learning tasks.
Definition of Graded Readers. Reasons for using graded readers. Treatment Material: Graded Readers. The measurement instruments.
Reading pre- and post-test. Vocabulary pre- and post-test. The in-depth interview. Data collection procedure.
Data analytical framework. Research question 1: What is the effect of extensive reading on students’ reading performance?. Research question 2: What are the students’ attitude towards ER?. 66 CHAPTER 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION.
Reading performance of control and experimental group. Comparing the scores of control and experimental group in the reading pre- test. Comparing the scores of pre-test and post-test in the control group. Comparing the scores of pre-test and post-test in the experimental group.
Comparing the scores of post-test between the control and experimental group. Vocabulary performance of the control and experimental group. Comparing the scores of control and experimental group in the vocabulary pre-test. Comparing the scores of vocabulary pre-test and post-test in the control group.
Comparing the scores of pre-test and post-test in the experimental group. Comparing the scores of control and experimental group in the vocabulary post-test. Interview on students’ attitude towards ER. Students’ general attitude towards ER.
Benefits of ER and ER activity. Difficulties in reading stories in English. Discussion of the findings. The effect of ER on students’ reading performance.
Students’ attitude towards ER .106 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS. Suggestions for further research.119 APPENDIX 1: READING PRE-TEST. READING POST-TEST .129 APPENDIX 3: VOCABULARY PRE-TEST .138 APPENDIX 4: VOCABULARY POST-TEST .140 APPENDIX 5: SAMPLE OF READING TASKS OF THE CONTROL GROUP OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM .142 APPENDIX 6: SAMPLE OF VOCABULARY TASKS OF THE CONTROL GROUP OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM .143 APPENDIX 7: GRADED READERS .144 APPENDIX 8: SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEW .146 APPENDIX 9: READING PRE-TEST RESULT .147 APPENDIX 10: READING POST-TEST RESULT .149 APPENDIX 11: VOCABULARY PRE-TEST RESULT.151 APPENDIX 12: VOCABULARY POST-TEST RESULT .153 APPENDIX 13: INTERVIEW – TRANSCRIPT (VIETNAMESE VERSION) 155 APPENDIX 14: INTERVIEW – TRANSCRIPT (ENGLISH VERSION) .165 APPENDIX 15: READING DIARY TEMPLATE .174 APPENDIX 16: SAMPLE OF READING DIARY .175 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION This chapter consists of the background of the study and statements of the problems that lead to the implementation of the research. In addition, research purpose, research questions, hypothesis and significance of the study are presented.
The chapter also provides the scope of the study and the overview of the whole thesis.