VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOL UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND EVTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES —ealliso-— VŨ THỊ THU GIANG THE EFFECTS OF AN EXTENSIVE READING PROGRAM ON THE SECOND YEAR NON-ENGLISH MAJORS’ VOCABULARY ACQUISITION AT HA HOA TIEN UNIVERSITY Ảnh hướng của chương trình đọc rộng đối rới khã năng phát triển từ vựng của sinh viên năm thứ bai không chuyên ngữ trường Đại học Hà Hua Tiên M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Core: 60140111 Hanoi, 2014 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOL UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND EVTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES —ealliso-— VŨ TH] THU GIANG ‘THE EFF S OF AN EXTENSIVE READING PROGRAM ON THE SECOND YEAR NON-ENGLISI MAJORS’ VOCABULARY ACQUISITION AT HA HOA TIEN UNIVERSITY Ảnh hướng của chương trình đọc rộng đối với kha nãng phát triển từ vựng của sinh viên năm thử hai không chuyên ngữ trường Đại học Hà Hoa Tiên M. MINOR PROGRAMME TIIESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 Supervisor: PROF. Hanoi, 2014 DECLARATION To the best of my knowledge and belief, this minor thesis contains no materials which has previously been submitted and accepted for any other degree at any university.
The thesis is my own work and bascd on my own rescarch. It is submitted to Faculty of Graduate Studies, ULIS, Hanoi for Degree of Master in ESOL and has not been published anywhere Hanoi, August 2014 v0 THI THU GIANG: LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS EFL; English as a foreign language ESI. English as a socond language ER: Extensive reading ERP: ixtensive reading program ii ABSTRACT Ha Hoa Tien University first implements the extensive reading program to improve students’ vocabulary acquisition in March, 2014. This calls for the need to access the program to orcate a better path for the program in the funuc.
Therefore, the study is conducted to evaluate the efifectiveness of the extensive reading program on the second year non-English majors” vocabulary acquisition. In this case study, the dala are collected by a vocabulary test and a survey questionnaire for students. The results show that the program has the effectiveness on the second year non-English major students” vocabulary acquisition at ila [loa ‘lien University. llowever, there is still room for improvement in icrms of facilities, environment, teaching methods for sludtenls? oxlensive reading.
Based on the findings, the thesis suggests some recommendations to promote the maximum effectiveness of the for students” long-term benefits in leaming inglish in general and in acquiring vocabulary in particular, ii ABSTRACT Ha Hoa Tien University first implements the extensive reading program to improve students’ vocabulary acquisition in March, 2014. This calls for the need to access the program to orcate a better path for the program in the funuc. Therefore, the study is conducted to evaluate the efifectiveness of the extensive reading program on the second year non-English majors” vocabulary acquisition. In this case study, the dala are collected by a vocabulary test and a survey questionnaire for students.
The results show that the program has the effectiveness on the second year non-English major students” vocabulary acquisition at ila [loa ‘lien University. llowever, there is still room for improvement in icrms of facilities, environment, teaching methods for sludtenls? oxlensive reading. Based on the findings, the thesis suggests some recommendations to promote the maximum effectiveness of the for students” long-term benefits in leaming inglish in general and in acquiring vocabulary in particular, PART A: INTRODUCTION This chapter pres: =nfs a brief of the rationale, the aims of (he siuđy, the research question, and the scope of the study, the research methods, and the design of the study to give reader an overview of the study 1. Rationale Vocabulary is an important component of overall communicative competence.
It links all language skills as listening, speaking, teading, and writing together and helps communication smoothly. Accordmg to Hatch (1983.74), “when our first goal is communication, when we have little of new language at our command, it is lexicon that is crucial. The words will make basic cormmuivation possible". In decd, many students share the view that they have lots of difficulties im leaning English because of lack of ocatndary.
ior exaraple, many students have fairly good knowledge of grammar, but they arc hardly able lo express themselves properly with lack of vocabulary. Therefore, 'vooabrdary learning and improving become cantral to students” language acquisition, In the case of Ha Hoa ‘tien University, where | am teaching English, students also have a Jot of difficulties in learning English because of their limited vooubulary. An inapproprialc word choice and lack of voeabulary prevent students fiom expressing their ideas properly. ‘this increasing demand for improving students’ vocabulary leads to an extensive reading program emticd oul at Ha Hoa ticn Universily.
With an extensive reading program (ERP), the teachers here supplied more reading materials with more interesting topics and easier words to learners. That can enconrage them in learning vocabulary and develop their vocatnilary acquisition. For the long time, extensive reading has been studied and developed in many language aspects through research done by Krashen (1982), Lewis é& Ifill (1992), Cho & Krashen (1994: 662-667), (Huckin, 1999: 182-193), Pigada (2006: 1-28). These rescarches have shown that extensive reading program has positive affects on language leamers, Seeing the benefits of LIP in language learning, the educators have applied the program in teaching English in Vietnam for the past few years.
Towever, there has been no research conducted ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to extend my special thanks to all the following people for having helped me complete this minor thesis First and foremost, I am deeply grateful for all the help of Prof Nguyen Hoa, my supervisor. Without his extremely tremendous support, ultra-careful revision as well as thoroughly critical comments in a raully intensive periad of time, my thesis could not have ‘been finalized. In addition, my gratitude is reserved for ali my colleagues and students at Ha Hoa ‘Tien Universily for their valuable information, assistance and cooperation. Last but not least, I am thankful to all of the members in my family, my husband, my sen, and all of my dear ftiends who gave me so much encouragement and support in carrying put this rescarch paper.
Data collertinn pruceiures 2. Questionnaire survey procedure 2. Concluding remarks CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION. Total test scores 3.
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Appenilix 1 : Vocabulary Test Appendix2: The extcnsive ren đỉng program quesfionnaire. Appendix 3: Lists of Graded Readers.c co ànhanhhHhHeoeưec Appentlix 4: Reading Lesson Appenii: &: A sample story -Appendix 7. A samaple of reflecTion sory. PART A: INTRODUCTION This chapter pres: =nfs a brief of the rationale, the aims of (he siuđy, the research question, and the scope of the study, the research methods, and the design of the study to give reader an overview of the study 1.
Rationale Vocabulary is an important component of overall communicative competence. It links all language skills as listening, speaking, teading, and writing together and helps communication smoothly. Accordmg to Hatch (1983.74), “when our first goal is communication, when we have little of new language at our command, it is lexicon that is crucial. The words will make basic cormmuivation possible".
In decd, many students share the view that they have lots of difficulties im leaning English because of lack of ocatndary. ior exaraple, many students have fairly good knowledge of grammar, but they arc hardly able lo express themselves properly with lack of vocabulary. Therefore, 'vooabrdary learning and improving become cantral to students” language acquisition, In the case of Ha Hoa ‘tien University, where | am teaching English, students also have a Jot of difficulties in learning English because of their limited vooubulary. An inapproprialc word choice and lack of voeabulary prevent students fiom expressing their ideas properly.
‘this increasing demand for improving students’ vocabulary leads to an extensive reading program emticd oul at Ha Hoa ticn Universily. With an extensive reading program (ERP), the teachers here supplied more reading materials with more interesting topics and easier words to learners. That can enconrage them in learning vocabulary and develop their vocatnilary acquisition. For the long time, extensive reading has been studied and developed in many language aspects through research done by Krashen (1982), Lewis é& Ifill (1992), Cho & Krashen (1994: 662-667), (Huckin, 1999: 182-193), Pigada (2006: 1-28).
These rescarches have shown that extensive reading program has positive affects on language leamers, Seeing the benefits of LIP in language learning, the educators have applied the program in teaching English in Vietnam for the past few years. Towever, there has been no research conducted PART A: INTRODUCTION This chapter pres: =nfs a brief of the rationale, the aims of (he siuđy, the research question, and the scope of the study, the research methods, and the design of the study to give reader an overview of the study 1. Rationale Vocabulary is an important component of overall communicative competence. It links all language skills as listening, speaking, teading, and writing together and helps communication smoothly.
Accordmg to Hatch (1983.74), “when our first goal is communication, when we have little of new language at our command, it is lexicon that is crucial. The words will make basic cormmuivation possible". In decd, many students share the view that they have lots of difficulties im leaning English because of lack of ocatndary. ior exaraple, many students have fairly good knowledge of grammar, but they arc hardly able lo express themselves properly with lack of vocabulary.
Therefore, 'vooabrdary learning and improving become cantral to students” language acquisition, In the case of Ha Hoa ‘tien University, where | am teaching English, students also have a Jot of difficulties in learning English because of their limited vooubulary. An inapproprialc word choice and lack of voeabulary prevent students fiom expressing their ideas properly. ‘this increasing demand for improving students’ vocabulary leads to an extensive reading program emticd oul at Ha Hoa ticn Universily. With an extensive reading program (ERP), the teachers here supplied more reading materials with more interesting topics and easier words to learners.
That can enconrage them in learning vocabulary and develop their vocatnilary acquisition. For the long time, extensive reading has been studied and developed in many language aspects through research done by Krashen (1982), Lewis é& Ifill (1992), Cho & Krashen (1994: 662-667), (Huckin, 1999: 182-193), Pigada (2006: 1-28). These rescarches have shown that extensive reading program has positive affects on language leamers, Seeing the benefits of LIP in language learning, the educators have applied the program in teaching English in Vietnam for the past few years. Towever, there has been no research conducted PART A: INTRODUCTION This chapter pres: =nfs a brief of the rationale, the aims of (he siuđy, the research question, and the scope of the study, the research methods, and the design of the study to give reader an overview of the study 1.
Rationale Vocabulary is an important component of overall communicative competence. It links all language skills as listening, speaking, teading, and writing together and helps communication smoothly. Accordmg to Hatch (1983.74), “when our first goal is communication, when we have little of new language at our command, it is lexicon that is crucial. The words will make basic cormmuivation possible".
In decd, many students share the view that they have lots of difficulties im leaning English because of lack of ocatndary. ior exaraple, many students have fairly good knowledge of grammar, but they arc hardly able lo express themselves properly with lack of vocabulary.