1 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES §ång Quúnh Trang Adapting reading tasks of ESP materials for the third-year students at HaiPhong Medical University Điều chỉnh nhiệm vụ đọc hiểu theo tài liệu tiếng Anh chuyên ngành cho sinh viên năm thứ ba tr-ờng Đại học Y Hải Phòng m.a minor thesis Field: English Methodology Code: 60 14 10 Hanoi, 2010 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES §ång Quúnh Trang Adapting reading tasks of ESP materials for the third-year students at HaiPhong Medical University Điều chỉnh nhiệm vụ đọc hiểu theo tài liệu tiếng Anh chuyên ngành cho sinh viên năm thứ ba tr-ờng Đại học Y Hải Phòng M.A.MINOR THESIS Field: English Methodology Code: 60 14 10 Supervisor: Nguyễn Bàng, M.A Hanoi, 2010 Table of Contents Declarations Acknowledgement Abstract Table of contents List of abbreviation List of figures, charts and tables Part I Introduction I Rationale II Aims of the study III Methods of the study IV Scope of the study V Design of the study Part II Development Chapter I Literature review I.1 An overview of ESP I.1.1 Definition of ESP I.1.2 Types of ESP I.1.3 Characteristics of ESP I.2 Material adaptation I.2.1 Definition of material adaptation I.2.2 Purposes of material adaptation I.2.3 Techniques of material adaptation for teaching reading I.2.3.1 Adaptation as addition I.2.3.2 Adaptation as change I.3 An overview of reading I.3.1 Definition of reading and reading comprehension I.3.2 Classification of reading I.3.2.1 According to manner I.3.2.1.1 Reading aloud I.3.2.1.2 Silent reading I.3.2.2 According to purposes I.3.2.2.1 Skimming I.3.2.2.2 Scanning I.3.2.2.3 Intensive reading I.3.2.2.4 Extensive reading I.4 Concluding remarks Chapter II The study II.1 Situational analysis II.1.1 ESP teaching and learning situation at HPMU II.1.2 The material description II.1.3 The course objective II.2 Research methodology II.2.1 Subjects of the study II.2.1.1 The teachers II.2.1.2 The students II.2.2 Data collection instrument II.2.2.1 Questionnaires II.2.2.2 Follow-up class observation II.3 Procedures II.4 Data analysis II.4.1 Questionnaires II.4.1.1 Evaluation of the effectiveness of reading tasks in the ESP materials II.4.1.2 The attitudes and evaluation of the reading texts in the current textbook II.4.1.3 Needed topics perceived by the students II.4.1.4 Students‟ attitudes towards pre-reading activ II.4.1.4.1 The frequency of using extra pre-read designed by the teachers (responded II.4.1.4.2 Students‟ attitudes towards given pre II.4.1.5 The post-reading activities used by the teach II.4.1.6 The necessity of adapting the reading tasks in II.4.1.7 The students‟ and teachers‟ difficulties in lea medical reading (respectively) II.4.1.8 The students‟ expectations from the teachers activities employed by the teachers to help t overcome difficulties II.4.2 Follow-up class observation II.5 Concluding remarks Chapter III some suggested techniques of adapting reading tasks for the third-year students at hai phon medical university III.1 Replacing III.2 Supplementing III.3 Extending Part III Conclusion Summary of the study Limitations of the study Suggestions for further study References ... VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES §ång Quúnh Trang Adapting reading tasks of ESP materials for the third- year students. .. effectiveness of reading tasks in the ESP materials II.4.1.2 The attitudes and evaluation of the reading texts in the current textbook II.4.1.3 Needed topics perceived by the students II.4.1.4 Students? ?? attitudes... Characteristics of ESP I.2 Material adaptation I.2.1 Definition of material adaptation I.2.2 Purposes of material adaptation I.2.3 Techniques of material adaptation for teaching reading I.2.3.1 Adaptation