Challenges encountered by ATC Students in reading skill II at Baking Academy.pdfChallenges encountered by ATC Students in reading skill II at Baking Academy.pdfChallenges encountered by ATC Students in reading skill II at Baking Academy.pdfChallenges encountered by ATC Students in reading skill II at Baking Academy.pdf
BANKING ACADEMY OF VIETNAM FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES GRADUATION THESIS CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED BY ATC STUDENTS IN READING SKILL II AT BAKING ACADEMY Supervisor : M.A Tran Thi Thu Thuy Student name : Nguyen Thanh Ha Class : K20 ATCC Faculty : Foreign Languages Student code : 20A7510051 Hanoi 2021 Tai ngay!!! Ban co the xoa dong chu nay!!! 17014125809171000000 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINITY I declare that this dissertation entitled “CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED BY ATC STUDENTS IN READING SKILL II AT BAKING ACADEMY” is the result of my original research work The research is based on my reading and understanding of original texts, and it had not been published anywhere The other books, articles, websites, which I have made use of are stated in the reference of this paper For the present thesis, which I’m submitting to Banking Academy of Vietnam, has not been submitted to any other universities Author Nguyen Thanh Ha i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Throughout the writing of this dissertation I have received a great deal of support and assistance First and foremost, I would like to express my sincere gratitude towards the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Banking Academy for giving me the opportunity to research I also would like to express my deep and sincere gratitude my supervisor, Professor Tran Thi Thu Thuy, whose expertise was invaluable in for not only in formulating the whole research but also in formulating my writing foundation Your insightful feedback pushed me to sharpen my thinking and brought my works to be better Words cannot describe enough my gratitude for your teaching, guidance, encouragement throughout my college years In addition, I would like to thank to my parents and my younger brother for giving me motivation and strength Finally, I may not have completed this study without the support from my friend, Hung, who provided helpful discussions and happy distractions to rest my mind outside of my research Author Nguyen Thanh Ha ii TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study 1.2 Objectives of the study 1.3 Research questions 1.4 Significance of the study 1.5 Scope and limitation of the study 1.6 Structure of the study CHAPTER 2: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Definition of Reading Skill 2.2 Types of reading 2.3 Reading Techniques 2.4 Reading tasks 10 2.5 Factors relating to difficulties in learning Reading Skill II 13 2.6 Previous studies 20 CHAPTER – RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 23 3.1 Locale of the study 23 3.2 Research design 23 3.3 Data gathering procedure 24 3.4 Population and Sample description 24 3.5 Research instrument 25 3.6 Statistical treatment 25 3.7 Validity and Reliability 26 CHAPTER - DATA ANALYSIS 27 4.1 ATC students’ difficulties in working with reading types 27 4.2 ATC students’ difficulties in applying reading techniques 28 4.3 ATC students’ difficulties in practicing reading tasks 29 4.4 ATC students' difficulties with vocabulary 31 4.5 ATC students’ difficulties with reading materials 32 4.6 Other factors contributing to ATC students’ reading difficulties 33 CHAPTER FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS 35 iii 5.1.1 ATC students’ difficulties with types of reading 35 5.1.2 ATC students’ difficulties with reading techniques 35 5.1.3 ATC students’ difficulties with doing reading tasks 36 5.1.4 ATC students’ difficulties with types of reading 37 5.1.5 Other factors contributing to ATC students’ reading difficulties 37 5.1 Top three major and least difficulties of ATC students in Reading Skill II 38 CHAPTER 6: RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS 40 6.1 Summary of findings 40 6.2 Recommendations 40 6.3 Conclusion 41 REFERENCES 42 APPENDICES 50 iv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS WORD’S MEANING ACRONYMS English-majored students at the Faculty of Foreign Languages at Banking ATC Academy of Vietnam v LIST OF FIGURES Chart 4.1 ATC students’ difficulties in working with reading types Chart 4.2 ATC students’ difficulties in applying reading techniques Chart 4.3 ATC students’ difficulties in practicing reading tasks Chart 4.4 ATC students' difficulties with vocabulary Chart 4.5 ATC students’ difficulties with reading materials Chart 4.6 Other factors contributing to ATC students’ reading difficulties vi ABSTRACT Title: CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED BY ATC STUDENTS IN READING II AT BAKING ACADEMY Author: Nguyen Thanh Ha, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Banking Academy of Vietnam Advisor: MA Tran Thi Thu Thuy, Deputy of Division of General English Key words: reading, reading difficulties, EFL, English-majored, ATC, reading skill, vocabulary Abstract: English plays a crucial role in modern world nowadays Being proficient in English may help individuals to stand out from others in the labor force Reading is one of the four skills that students need to be proficient in order to achieve that goal However, during Reading Skill II course, some students reveals reading difficulties and poor performance Hence, the purpose of this study is to figure out those difficulties and offer some suggestions to lessen the problems A questionnaire survey was conducted among eighty English-majored students in order to collect data serving for the purpose of this study The findings showed that the major difficulties among English-majored students were vocabulary and pressure of time when doing reading tasks CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Among different languages are being taught in Vietnam, English is considered to be more popular than the others and thus, it has a prominent status English language can be seen in every corner of Vietnam There are Vietnamese newspaper in English, even documents, television programs and so on Hence, English proficiency is considered as an important tool to help individual to gain competitiveness in life, job, work (Hoang, 2019) Since there is a growing demand for learning English among EFL learners in order to meet the working requirements, English has been taught in many schools and universities It went from being as subject, to non-major, then major At Banking Academy, realizing the importance of English in Banking and Finance sector, the students at the Faculty of Foreign Languages (ATC students) are required to be proficient for four language skills including: reading, writing, speaking, listening Being proficient of four English skills are of importance for the students to become compete in the labor market What students can absorb from reading can also be used in writing, speaking and listening practice as well Therefore, it is really important for the students to be equipped with Reading Skill in order to comprehend the documents more efficiently As a result, reading skill courses are compulsory for all ATC students Despite the fact that all of the ATC students have experienced the clear instructions in reading skill II class, their performance in class and in tests are still under expectation In order to have a broad overview and deep understandings on the difficulties that ATC students have encountered, the study “Challenges that ATC students encountered while studying Reading Skill II’ would be conducted to figure out common difficulties and from the findings, some suggestions could be proposed to lessen those difficulties 1.2 Objectives of the study The aim of the research is to identify the major problems that ATC students have faced when studying Reading Skill II Therefore, some recommendations should be proposed to reduce these difficulties The findings of the research hopefully would be useful for teachers, and students at the Faculty of the Foreign Languages to identify the problems and figure out the suitable methods to avoid those difficulties 1.3 Research questions This study aims at finding out the difficulties that ATC students have encountered when studying Reading Skill II The research question is addressed in this study as follows: What are the ATC students’ difficulties when studying Reading Skill II? 1.4 Significance of the study From the findings of the study, ATC students and teachers could have better awareness about the reading problems They would also consider the method suggested to reduce their difficulties Hopefully, this research shall be useful for policy makers, teachers, professors when designing the teaching curriculum for the students The study would show some problems of the ATC students in English, specifically in Reading Skill II with hope to raise their awareness and effort to overcome these difficulties Also, from realizing the problems that they have in Reading Skill II course, the students can take up effective methods for better performance Another significance of the study is the findings which may be useful for ATC teachers to understand the student’s difficulties in Reading Skill II As a result, they would be inspired to design and give lessons to deal with the problems among the students based on the findings of the study 1.5 Scope and limitation of the study The study was conducted among ATC students who had completed Reading Skill II course to figure out the difficulties that they have faced when studying Therefore, the focus was placed on clarifying their problems A survey was carried out to