The effects of task based language teaching on efl learners reading comprehension achievements at huynh thuc khang high school master of tesol

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BARIA-VUNGTAU UNIVERSITY THE EFFECTS OF TASK-BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING ON EFL LEARNERS’ READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENTS AT HUYNH THUC KHANG HIGH SCHOOL - Student’s name: BUI THI THUY HA Student’s code : 18110089 Class : MTESOL18K3 Instructor’s name: DUONG MY THAM, Ph.D Ba Ria-Vung Tau, 03/ 2022 i Statement of Original Authorship I certify that this thesis, “The effects of Task-based Language Teaching on EFL learners’ reading comprehension achievements at Huynh Thuc Khang high school”, is my own work Except where reference is made in the text of the thesis, this thesis contains no material previously published or written by another person Signature: _ Date: _ i Acknowledgements Firstly, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to my advisor, Dr Duong My Tham, for providing me with academic guidance and constructive feedback during the writing of this thesis Without her support and encouragement, this work would not have been completed Next, I would like to thank the principal and the English teachers at Huynh Thuc Khang High School where I did my research They gave me a lot of time during the data collection process, and they also encouraged me to complete my research My gratitude also extends to my students They participated fully in the experimental lessons, answered the questionnaires, and completed the reading comprehension tests Finally, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my family and friends, who have always been by my side to encourage and be a great source of encouragement and motivation to help me complete this thesis ii Abstract The aims of this study were to examine if Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) improved high school students’ reading comprehension as well as to investigate the students' attitudes toward the use of TBLT in the TBLT-based reading class The participants in this study were equally divided into two groups: an experimental group and a control group The participants for this study were 70 tenth grade students at Huynh Thuc Khang high school Each group consisted of 35 students Reading comprehension tests (i.e., pre-test and post-test) and a closed-ended questionnaire were used to collect data The data were analyzed by using the independent samples t-test and paired samples t-test in SPSS 20 Also, the descriptive statistics was run to calculate mean and standard deviation It was found that there was a significant difference between the two groups (i.e., p=0.00