MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY MASTER’S THESIS OF TESOL THE EFFECTS OF “SCHEMATA BUILDING” ON IMPROVING GRADE 10 STUDENTS’ READING SKILLS AT DA TONG HIGH SCHOOL BY HOANG[.]
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY MASTER’S THESIS OF TESOL THE EFFECTS OF “SCHEMATA-BUILDING” ON IMPROVING GRADE 10 STUDENTS’ READING SKILLS AT DA TONG HIGH SCHOOL BY HOANG THI THU Student’s code: 18110099 Supervised by Assoc Prof Dr PHAM VU PHI HO BA RIA VUNG TAU, 2022 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY - MASTER’S THESIS OF TESOL THE EFFECTS OF “SCHEMATA-BUILDING” ON IMPROVING GRADE 10 STUDENTS’ READING SKILLS AT DA TONG HIGH SCHOOL BY HOANG THI THU Student’s code: 18110099 Supervised by Assoc Prof Dr PHAM VU PHI HO BA RIA VUNG TAU, 2022 The thesis entitled THE EFFECTS OF “SCHEMATA-BUILDING” ON IMPROVING GRADE 10 STUDENTS’ READING SKILLS AT DA TONG HIGH SCHOOL was successfully defended and approved on September 18th, 2022 at Ba Ria Vung Tau University Academic supervisor: Assoc.Prof.Dr PHAM VU PHI HO Examination committee Assoc.Prof.Dr NGUYEN HUU DUC…………Chair Ph.D BUI THI KIM LOAN……………………Reader Ph.D NGUYEN XUAN HONG……………….Reader Ph.D NGUYEN HUU THE……………………Member Ph.D DINH LU GIANG………………………Secretary member On behalf of the Examination Committee Chair (full name, title, signature) Assoc.Prof.Dr.NGUYEN HUU DUC i MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY BA RIA VUNG TAU, April 2022 MASTER’S THESIS REPORT Student name: Hoang Thi Thu Date of birth: 19/08/1991 ThaiMajor: MTESOL Sex: Female Place of birth: Pho Yen, Bac Student code: 18110099 I- Thesis title: The effects of “schemata-building” on improving grade 10 students’ reading skills at Da Tong high school II- Objectives and contents: The present study was carried out with the aim to explore effects of schemata- building on improving grade 10 students’ reading comprehension skills at Da Tong high school and their attitudes towards the adoption of schemata building activities in learning reading skills This study adopted quasiexperimental research, which consisted of an experimental group and a control group The experimental group was taught with the adoption of schemata building activities; whilst the control group was not taught through schemata building activities The researcher used the quasi- experimental design with the aim to explore the effects of using schemata building activities in reading comprehension A pretest and a posttest were used in the experimental group and the control group A quantitative research was used in the study Moreover, the study employed qualitative research method The researcher wanted to combine quantitative method and qualitative method to clarify the objectives of the research The qualitative part of the study was used to crosscheck with quantitative data about the students’ perceptions towards the improvement of schemata building ii activities in reading comprehension In the scope of the present research, the qualitative data collected from interview was implemented after the quantitative data collected from the pretest and the posttest on the purpose of fostering the understanding and the interpretation of the results III- Starting date: August 1, 2020 IV- Completing date: December 15, 2021 V- Academic supervisor: Assoc Prof Dr PHAM VU PHI HO iii CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY I certify my authorship of the Master’s Thesis submitted today entitled: “The effects of “schemata-building” on improving grade 10 students’ reading skills at Da Tong high school” Ba Ria Vung Tau, 2022 Signature iv RETENTION AND USE OF THE THESIS I accept the requirements of the University relating to the retention and use of theses deposited in the Library I agree that the original of my thesis deposited in the Library should be accessible for purposes of study and research, in accordance with the normal conditions established by the Librarian for the care, loan or reproduction of theses v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This thesis is a report of a research that could not have been accomplished withoutthe help and support of many people First and foremost, I would like to express my sincere appreciation and deep gratitude to my supervisor, Assoc Prof Dr Pham Vu Phi Ho, for his advice, critical questions, valuable suggestions, detailed comments, and hands-on experience His enthusiasm and great care will always be remembered Second, special thanks are also forwarded to all of my teachers who have taught and guided me with useful knowledge and experience during the M.A course Third, I would like to extend my appreciation to the Principal of Da Tong high school – Mr Cao Xuan Thai, the Head of English group – Ms Dong Gur K’ Dan, Ms K’Trinh for their permission and support during the data collection process Fourth, a big thank goes to the student participants at Da Tong high school who have been willing to fulfill the study’s tests and involve in the interview This thesis would not be possible without their kindness and willingness Finally, I would like to express my greatest love and gratitude to my beloved husband who inspired me to take this M.A course, my beloved father and mothers, who always give me love and care, and my little son, who has been my greatest motivationduring my M.A course My dream of fulfilling this academic goal in life would have been impossible without my beloved people vi ABSTRACT This study aimed at exploring effects of schemata-building on improving grade 10 students’ reading comprehension skills at Da Tong high school and their attitudes towards the adoption of schemata building activities in learning reading skills This study adopted quasi-experimental research, which consisted of an experimental group and a control group The experimental group was taught with the adoption of schemata building activities; whilst the control group was not taught through schemata building activities The researcher used the quasiexperimental design with the aim to explore the effects of using schemata building activities in reading comprehension A pretest and a posttest were used in the experimental group and the control group A quantitative research was used in the study Moreover, the study employed qualitative research method The researcher wanted to combine quantitative method and qualitative method to clarify the objectives of the research The results of the study have indicated that students can enhance their reading comprehension through using schemata building activities This utterance was proved by the better performance in the post-test of the experiment group than the performance of the control group In other words, after treating with schemata building activities, students’ reading comprehension has been improved Moreover, the participants who are treated with schemata building activities surely know the ways to build schemata building activities on reading comprehension They also recognized the importance of schematabuilding activities on their improvement of reading learning Furthermore, they believed that using schemata building activities could help them comprehending texts better vii TABLE OF CONTENTS CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY iv RETENTION AND USE OF THE THESIS v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vi ABSTRACT vii LIST OF TABLE xi LIST OF FIGURES xii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study 1.2 Research aims and objectives 1.3 Research questions 1.4 Significance of the study 1.5 Scope of the study 1.6 Organization of the thesis CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Reading comprehension skills 2.1.1 Definition of reading comprehension skills 2.1.2 Models of reading process 2.1.3 Strategies for reading 10 2.2 “Schemata-building” activities 13 2.2.1 Definitions and characteristics of “schemata”/ background knowledge 13 2.2.2 Types of “schemata”/background knowledge 15 2.2.3 The positive effects of “schemata-building” activities in reading class 17 2.3 Theories of cognitive learning 21 viii ... of schemata- building on improving grade 10 students? ?? reading comprehension skills at Da Tong high school and their attitudes towards the adoption of schemata building activities in learning reading. .. authorship of the Master’s Thesis submitted today entitled: ? ?The effects of ? ?schemata- building? ?? on improving grade 10 students? ?? reading skills at Da Tong high school? ?? Ba Ria Vung Tau, 2022 Signature...MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY - MASTER’S THESIS OF TESOL THE EFFECTS OF ? ?SCHEMATA- BUILDING? ?? ON IMPROVING GRADE 10 STUDENTS? ?? READING SKILLS AT DA TONG HIGH SCHOOL