VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, DANOL UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES. NGUYEN THI KIM OANH USING SUPPLEMENTARY READING MATERIALS TO DEVELOP VOCABULARY FOR FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS AT THE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND FOREIGN RELATION ECONOMY, HANOL (Siz dung tai liệu đọc hiểu bễ trợ để phát triễn tử vựng cho sinh viên năm thứ nhất tại trưởng Trung Cap Công nghệ và Kinh tế đối ngoại, Hà Nội) MLA. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Ficld: Enplish Teaching Methodology Code: 60149111 Hanoi— 2015 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, MANOT UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES NGUYEN TIT KIM OANIT USING SUPPLEMENTARY READING MATERIALS TO DEVELOP VOCABUT.ARY FOR FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS AT THE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND FOREIGN RELATION ECONOMY, ITANOT (Sử đụng tài liệu đọc hiểu bố trợ để phát triễn từ vựng cho sinh viên. năm thứ nhất tại trường Trung Cấp Công nghệ và Kinh tế đối ngoại, Hà Nội) MLA.
MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60 140 111 Supervisor: Assoc. Kiéu Thị Thu Hương Hanoi — 2015 DECLARATION I certify that this minor thesis entided “Using supplementary reading materials to develop vocabulary for first-year students at the College of Technology and Forcign Relation Economy, Hanoi”, which is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts, is the study of my own research and that the substance of this thesis has not, wholly or in part, been submitted for a degree to any other universities or institutions Hanoi, March 2015 Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh 3. Disenssions af rescarch questions 3. Students’ attitudes towards current vocabulary leamring.2, Students’ perceptions of supplementary reading matcriaÌs.
các nh HH TH crerrreiiireeei 2.1, Suggestions for selecting the supplementary reading materials 2. Suggestions for teaching vocqblary. Linitations of the sindy 4, Suggestions for futher studies REFERENCES APPENDICES APPENDIX 1: QUESTIONNAIRE I APPENDIN 2: BANG CAU HOI DIEU TRA il APPENDIX 3: QUESTIONNAIRE II TH APPENDIX 4; BANG CAU HOI DIBU TRA.sssiescsssssseesesnesnseieeiae VÀ APPENDIX 5: SUPPLEMENTARY READING MATERIALS. VIIT viii ‘TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONäB. LIST OF TABLES PART A: INTRODUCTION. ~ Rationale for the stuủy. Aims of the study Research questions.
ad Scope of the study 2. Significance of the study. ta eszarolt mefhodology. 3 a Design of the study.
~ PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 1. English vocabularyin EFL/ESL teaching and Ieaing 1. LL, Definitions of vocabulary’. Role of vocabulary in FL/ESL teaching and learning 1.
Components of vocabulary taught in class. Approaches to vocabulary learning 1. Incidental and intentional vocabulary leaming. Implicit and cxplicit vocabulary learning.
Vocabulary development and reading comprehension vi 1. Relaionship betsvcen vocabulary and reađĩng,. Supplemcntary rcading matcrials.1, Definitions of supplementary materials 1. Criteria for selecting appropriate supplementary materials.
CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 2.3, Description of materials. Course book “New Headway Elementary” 2. First-year students” syllabus 2.3, Supplementary reading materials.4, Application of the supplementary reading program 2. Data collection instrumenis.
Data collecion prooedues. Summary CILAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS Ra8 3. Data analysis hèm8 3. Sluderis’ attitudes towards current voeabulary learning, làoĐ 3.
Students’ attitudes towards supplementary reading materials `Pa 3. Data collected fiom classroom observations. Disenssions af rescarch questions 3. Students’ attitudes towards current vocabulary leamring.2, Students’ perceptions of supplementary reading matcriaÌs.
các nh HH TH crerrreiiireeei 2.1, Suggestions for selecting the supplementary reading materials 2. Suggestions for teaching vocqblary. Linitations of the sindy 4, Suggestions for futher studies REFERENCES APPENDICES APPENDIX 1: QUESTIONNAIRE I APPENDIN 2: BANG CAU HOI DIEU TRA il APPENDIX 3: QUESTIONNAIRE II TH APPENDIX 4; BANG CAU HOI DIBU TRA.sssiescsssssseesesnesnseieeiae VÀ APPENDIX 5: SUPPLEMENTARY READING MATERIALS. VIIT viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First, 1 would like to express my deepest gratefillness to Assoc.
Kiểu Thi Thu Huong, my supervisor, who has piven me great help with this study. Without her experienced guidance, valuable suggestions and dutiful supervision, my study would be far from finished. Next, my thanks are due to the lecturers and the statf of the Faculty of Pest- Graduate Studies at University of Languages and Intemational Studies — Vietnam National University for their usefull lectures, careful guidance and enthusiasm, which fostered and nurtured my love of leaming and doing research. | take this opportunity to thank the teachers and students at the College of Technology and Foreign Relation Ticonomy for their support and kind assistance during my study I am also grateful to Assoc.
L8 Van Canh who has sent me documents and helped me to develop ideas for the study, Great acknowledgement is made to all authors of the books and the articles listed in the references whose ideas have inspired and stimnlated my thinking and my writing of this study Last bul nol least, my thanks go le my family memibers and my best friends whose support and comtinual cncouragement have been indispensable for the fulfillment of this challenging study. Hanoi, March 2015 Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh ABSTRACT In arder to broaden students” vocabulary, the researcher has planned to use supplementary reading materials in line with the core material. This study aims at developing vocabulary for first-year students at the College of Technology and Foreign Relation Beonomy through supplementary reading materials. TLis Imased on @ SuTVey Te arch 1o obtain its objectives.
The subjects of the study are 85 first- year studonts al the clementary level in the aaderric year o[ 2014-2013, and three classes have been observed. The data have been collected from two main sources two sets of questionnaires and class observations. The results of the study show that there have been improvement in students’ vocabulary knowledge after students took part in the program. Therefore, it is necessary for teachers to use the supplementary reading materials besides the core material.
However, they should pay attention to the sclection of suitable reading texts plus vouahiary-onhancerent oxcreises and additional vocabulary cxcreiscs so as to develop students’ vocabulary. Disenssions af rescarch questions 3. Students’ attitudes towards current vocabulary leamring.2, Students’ perceptions of supplementary reading matcriaÌs. các nh HH TH crerrreiiireeei 2.1, Suggestions for selecting the supplementary reading materials 2.
Suggestions for teaching vocqblary. Linitations of the sindy 4, Suggestions for futher studies REFERENCES APPENDICES APPENDIX 1: QUESTIONNAIRE I APPENDIN 2: BANG CAU HOI DIEU TRA il APPENDIX 3: QUESTIONNAIRE II TH APPENDIX 4; BANG CAU HOI DIBU TRA.sssiescsssssseesesnesnseieeiae VÀ APPENDIX 5: SUPPLEMENTARY READING MATERIALS. VIIT viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First, 1 would like to express my deepest gratefillness to Assoc. Kiểu Thi Thu Huong, my supervisor, who has piven me great help with this study.
Without her experienced guidance, valuable suggestions and dutiful supervision, my study would be far from finished. Next, my thanks are due to the lecturers and the statf of the Faculty of Pest- Graduate Studies at University of Languages and Intemational Studies — Vietnam National University for their usefull lectures, careful guidance and enthusiasm, which fostered and nurtured my love of leaming and doing research. | take this opportunity to thank the teachers and students at the College of Technology and Foreign Relation Ticonomy for their support and kind assistance during my study I am also grateful to Assoc. L8 Van Canh who has sent me documents and helped me to develop ideas for the study, Great acknowledgement is made to all authors of the books and the articles listed in the references whose ideas have inspired and stimnlated my thinking and my writing of this study Last bul nol least, my thanks go le my family memibers and my best friends whose support and comtinual cncouragement have been indispensable for the fulfillment of this challenging study.
Hanoi, March 2015 Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh ‘TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONäB. LIST OF TABLES PART A: INTRODUCTION. ~ Rationale for the stuủy.
Aims of the study Research questions. ad Scope of the study 2. Significance of the study. ta eszarolt mefhodology.
3 a Design of the study. ~ PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 1. English vocabularyin EFL/ESL teaching and Ieaing 1. LL, Definitions of vocabulary’.
Role of vocabulary in FL/ESL teaching and learning 1. Components of vocabulary taught in class. Approaches to vocabulary learning 1. Incidental and intentional vocabulary leaming.
Implicit and cxplicit vocabulary learning. Vocabulary development and reading comprehension vi ‘TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONäB. LIST OF TABLES PART A: INTRODUCTION.
~ Rationale for the stuủy. Aims of the study Research questions. ad Scope of the study 2. Significance of the study.
ta eszarolt mefhodology. 3 a Design of the study. ~ PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 1. English vocabularyin EFL/ESL teaching and Ieaing 1.
LL, Definitions of vocabulary’. Role of vocabulary in FL/ESL teaching and learning 1. Components of vocabulary taught in class. Approaches to vocabulary learning 1.
Incidental and intentional vocabulary leaming. Implicit and cxplicit vocabulary learning. Vocabulary development and reading comprehension vi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS - CTFRE: College ofTechnology and Foreign Relation Economy - L2: Second Language - EFI: English as a Foreign Language - ESL: English as a Secund Language - SRP: Supplementary Reading Program ‘TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONäB.
LIST OF TABLES PART A: INTRODUCTION. ~ Rationale for the stuủy. Aims of the study Research questions. ad Scope of the study 2.
Significance of the study. ta eszarolt mefhodology. 3 a Design of the study. ~ PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 1.
English vocabularyin EFL/ESL teaching and Ieaing 1. LL, Definitions of vocabulary’. Role of vocabulary in FL/ESL teaching and learning 1. Components of vocabulary taught in class.
Approaches to vocabulary learning 1. Incidental and intentional vocabulary leaming. Implicit and cxplicit vocabulary learning. Vocabulary development and reading comprehension vi 1.
Relaionship betsvcen vocabulary and reađĩng,. Supplemcntary rcading matcrials.1, Definitions of supplementary materials 1. Criteria for selecting appropriate supplementary materials. CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 2.3, Description of materials.
Course book “New Headway Elementary” 2. First-year students” syllabus 2.3, Supplementary reading materials.4, Application of the supplementary reading program 2. Data collection instrumenis. Data collecion prooedues.
Summary CILAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS Ra8 3. Data analysis hèm8 3. Sluderis’ attitudes towards current voeabulary learning, làoĐ 3. Students’ attitudes towards supplementary reading materials `Pa 3.
Data collected fiom classroom observations. vi ABSTRACT In arder to broaden students” vocabulary, the researcher has planned to use supplementary reading materials in line with the core material. This study aims at developing vocabulary for first-year students at the College of Technology and Foreign Relation Beonomy through supplementary reading materials. TLis Imased on @ SuTVey Te arch 1o obtain its objectives.
The subjects of the study are 85 first- year studonts al the clementary level in the aaderric year o[ 2014-2013, and three classes have been observed. The data have been collected from two main sources two sets of questionnaires and class observations. The results of the study show that there have been improvement in students’ vocabulary knowledge after students took part in the program. Therefore, it is necessary for teachers to use the supplementary reading materials besides the core material.
However, they should pay attention to the sclection of suitable reading texts plus vouahiary-onhancerent oxcreises and additional vocabulary cxcreiscs so as to develop students’ vocabulary. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS - CTFRE: College ofTechnology and Foreign Relation Economy - L2: Second Language - EFI: English as a Foreign Language - ESL: English as a Secund Language - SRP: Supplementary Reading Program LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS - CTFRE: College ofTechnology and Foreign Relation Economy - L2: Second Language - EFI: English as a Foreign Language - ESL: English as a Secund Language - SRP: Supplementary Reading Program 1. Relaionship betsvcen vocabulary and reađĩng,. Supplemcntary rcading matcrials.1, Definitions of supplementary materials 1.
Criteria for selecting appropriate supplementary materials. CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 2.3, Description of materials. Course book “New Headway Elementary” 2. First-year students” syllabus 2.3, Supplementary reading materials.4, Application of the supplementary reading program 2.
Data collection instrumenis. Data collecion prooedues. Summary CILAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS Ra8 3. Data analysis hèm8 3.
Sluderis’ attitudes towards current voeabulary learning, làoĐ 3.