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VIETNAM ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES GRADUATE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES NGUYỄN HOÀNG PHI USING MIND MAPS TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ READING SKILLS AT DONG NAI TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY MA THESIS IN ENGLISH[.]
VIETNAM ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES GRADUATE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES NGUYỄN HOÀNG PHI USING MIND-MAPS TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ READING SKILLS AT DONG NAI TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY MA THESIS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE HANOI, 2019 n VIETNAM ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES GRADUATE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES NGUYỄN HOÀNG PHI USING MIND-MAPS TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ READING SKILLS AT DONG NAI TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY Field: English Language Code: 8220201 Supervisor: Bùi Thị Thục Quyên, Ph.D HANOI, 2019 n DECLARATION BY AUTHOR I certify this thesis entitled “USING MIND MAPS TO IMPROVE THE STUDENT’S READING SKILLS AT DONG NAI TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY” is my own study All statements in this thesis which are not my own will be shown in the list of references Author’s signature Nguyễn Hoàng Phi APPROVED BY Suppervisor Bùi Thị Thục Quyên, Ph.D Date: …………………………… i n ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to express my deepest thanks to my supervisor, Bùi Thị Thục Quyên, Ph.D who gave me precious guidance, assistance and encouragement during the time of conducting this study I also want to express my sincere thanks to all my students at Dong Nai Technology University for their contribution in completion this research Finally, I would like to express my thanks to my beloved family for supporting me during the time of my study ii n TABLE OF CONTENTS Page DECLARATION BY AUTHOR i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii TABLE OF CONTENTS iii ABSTRACT v LIST OF TABLES .vi LIST OF FIGURES .vii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Rationale of the study 1.2 Aims of the study .3 1.3 Research questions 1.4 Scope of the study 1.5 Significance of the study 1.6 Research Methods 1.7 Structure of the study .5 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Theoretical review 2.1.1 Reading 2.1.2 Reading skills .9 2.1.3 The mind map technique 13 2.2 Previous studies 18 2.3 Chapter summary 20 CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY 22 3.1 The research settings 22 3.2 Research Design 22 iii n 3.3 Population and Sample 3.4 3.5 3.6 Data collection instruments 24 3.4.1 Test 24 3.4.2 Questionnaire 25 Data analysis procedures 25 3.5.1 The analysis of test 25 3.5.2 The analysis of questionnaire 26 Chapter summary 26 CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS 4.1 23 27 Data analysis of Test 27 4.1.1 Data description 27 4.1.2 Data Analysis 34 4.2 Analysis of Questionnaire 39 4.3 Discussion 59 4.4 Chapter summary 60 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION 62 5.1 Recapitulation 62 5.1 Concluding Remarks 62 5.3 Implications 63 5.4 Limitations and suggestions for further studies 63 REFERENCES 65 Appendix 1: Questionnaire I Appendix 2: PRE-TEST and POST-TEST V Pre-test V Post – test Appendix 3: Lesson Plans iv n VIII XI ABSTRACT This is an experimental research about reading skills at Dong Nai Technology University Its objective are to find out students’ perception about reading and mind maps as well as find out whether mind maps can help students in improving their reading skills or not The data were collected through test and questionnaire The test included pre-test and post-test were delivered before and after the experimental teaching for both control class and experimental class The questionnaire was delivered only to experimental class before and after the treatment The results of this study showed that mind maps technique really helps in improving the students’ reading skills v n LIST OF TABLES Table 4.1.1.1: The results of pre-test score .29 Table 4.1.1.2: The results of post-test score 31 Table 4.1.1.3: The results of gained score 34 Table 4.1.2.1: The t-test of Pre-test .345 Table 4.1.2.2: The t-test of Post-test .347 Table 4.1.2.3: The t-test of Gained scores 348 vi n LIST OF FIGURES Figure 4.2.1.1: Reading habit before the experimental teaching 39 Figure 4.2.1.2: Reading habit after the experimental teaching Error! Bookmark not defined Figure 4.2.2.1: Student’s excitement before the treatment 41 Figure 4.2.2.2: Student’s excitement after the treatmentError! Bookmark not defined Figure 4.2.3.1: Reading’s importance before the experimental teaching .42 Figure 4.2.3.2: Reading’s importance after the experimental teaching Error! Bookmark not defined Figure 4.2.4.1: Getting main idea before the treatment 44 Figure 4.2.4.2: Getting main idea after the treatment Error! Bookmark not defined.5 Figure 4.2.5.1: Comprehension ability before the treatment 45 Figure 4.2.5.2: Comprehension ability after the treatment Error! Bookmark not defined Figure 4.2.6.1: Reviewing the material habit before the treatment .47 Figure 4.2.6.2: Reviewing the material habit after the treatment 48 Figure 4.2.7.1: Before applying Mind maps 48 Figure 4.2.7.1: After applying Mind maps 49 vii n Figure 4.2.8.1: Color and images effectiveness before the treatment 50 Figure 4.2.8.2: Color and images effectiveness after the treatment 51 Figure 4.2.9.1: Information organizing before the experimental teaching 51 Figure 4.2.9.1: Information organizing after the experimental teaching Error! Bookmark not defined Figure 4.2.10.1: Vocabulary improvement before the experimental teaching 53 Figure 4.2.10.2: Vocabulary improvement after the experimental teaching Error! Bookmark not defined Figure 4.2.11.1: Saving time opinion before the treatment 54 Figure 4.2.11.2: Saving time opinion after the treatmentError! Bookmark not defined Figure 4.2.12.1: Getting genaral idea ability before the treatment .56 Figure 4.2.12.2: Getting genaral idea ability after the treatment Error! Bookmark not defined Figure 4.2.13.1: Confident feeling before the experimental teaching 58 Figure 4.2.13.2: Confident feeling after the experimental teaching Error! Bookmark not defined.9 viii n ... for the following questions: To some extend does the mind maps technique improve the reading skills of students at Dong Nai Technology University? What are the attitudes of the students toward reading. .. and mind maps technique? 1.4 Scope of the study The focus of this study is on using mind maps to improve the students’ reading skills at Dong Nai Technology University After teaching at this university. .. DECLARATION BY AUTHOR I certify this thesis entitled ? ?USING MIND MAPS TO IMPROVE THE STUDENT’S READING SKILLS AT DONG NAI TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY? ?? is my own study All statements in this thesis