A study on the use of communicative activities to improve ESP reading skills for civil engineering students at university of civil engineering

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES VŨ THỊ THẢO A STUDY ON THE USE OF COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE ESP READING SKILLS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING (Nghiên cứu việc sử dụng hoạt động giao tiếp giúp phát triển kỹ đọc tiếng Anh chuyên ngành cho sinh viên Trường Đại học Xây dựng) M.A Minor Programme Thesis Field: English Methodology Code: 601410 HÀ NỘI – 2010 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES VŨ THỊ THẢO A STUDY ON THE USE OF COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE ESP READING SKILLS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING (Nghiên cứu việc sử dụng hoạt động giao tiếp giúp phát triển kỹ đọc tiếng Anh chuyên ngành cho sinh viên Trường Đại học Xây dựng) M.A Minor Programme Thesis Field: English Methodology Code: 601410 Supervisor: Prof Dr Hoàng Văn Vân HÀ NỘI – 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION Acknowledgement Abstract Table of content Abbreviations Lists of Charts and Tables PART I: INTRODUCTION Rationale Aims of the study Significance of the Study Scope of the Study Research questions Methods of the study Design of the study PART II: DEVELOPMENT Chapter 1: Theoretical Background 1.1 What is reading? 1.2 Role of reading 1.3 Reading skills 1.4 What is reading comprehension? 1.5 Reading in ESP teaching and learning 1.5.1 Definition of ESP? 1.5.2 Reading skills in ESP 1.5.3 Teaching reading ESP 1.5.3.1 The roles of reading students 1.5.3.2 The roles of reading teachers 10 1.5.3.3 The reading material’s roles 12 1.5.4 Approaches to teaching Reading skills 13 1.5.5 Principles of teaching reading 13 1.6 Theoretical background of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) 14 1.6.1 Introduction and definition of CLT 14 1.6.2 Basic features of communicative approach 14 1.6.3 Definition of communicative activities 15 1.6.4 Using of communicative activities in ESP reading skills 17 1.6.4.1 Using communicative activities in the class 17 1.6.4.2 Special features of Civil Engineering texts 18 1.6.4.3 Information-gap activity and Information-transfer activity 20 Chapter 2: The Quasi-experiment 22 2.1 Background to the study 22 2.1.1 Introduction of the University of Civil Engineering 23 2.1.2 The teachers 23 2.1.3 The ESP students 24 2.1.4 The course book 24 2.2 The quasi-experiment 25 2.2.1 Organization 25 2.2.1.1 The subjects 25 2.2.1.2 The teachers 25 2.2.1.3 Main testing instruments: Pre-test and post-test 25 2.2.2 Realization Stage 26 2.2.3 Summary of the quasi-experimental process 30 Chapter 3: Data Analysis, Results and Discussions 31 3.1 Interpretation of result stage 31 3.1.1 Classroom observation results 31 3.1.2 The post-test results 32 PART III: CONCLUSION Summaries 39 Suggestions 40 Limitations and suggestions for further research 42 REFERENCES APPENDICES Appendix 1: The post-test Appendix 2: The post-test Appendix 3: The post-test Thank you for evaluating AnyBizSoft PDF Merger! To remove this page, please register your program! Go to Purchase Now>> AnyBizSoft PDF Merger  Merge multiple PDF files into one  Select page range of PDF to merge  Select specific page(s) to merge  Extract page(s) from different PDF files and merge into one ...VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES VŨ THỊ THẢO A STUDY ON THE USE OF COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE ESP READING. .. ESP reading skills 17 1.6.4.1 Using communicative activities in the class 17 1.6.4.2 Special features of Civil Engineering texts 18 1.6.4.3 Information-gap activity and Information-transfer... Introduction and definition of CLT 14 1.6.2 Basic features of communicative approach 14 1.6.3 Definition of communicative activities 15 1.6.4 Using of communicative activities