The relationship between first year nghe an college students motivation to read and their use of reading strategies

1 VIET NAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES - ĐÀO THỊ MINH HƢƠNG THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FIRST- YEAR NGHE AN COLLEGE STUDENTS’MOTIVATION TO READ AND THEIR USE OF READING STRATEGIES Mối liên hệ động lực đọc sinh viên năm thứ Cao Đẳng Nghệ An vơí phƣơng pháp đọc họ MINOR THESIS Field : English Teaching Methodology Code: 60.14.10 HANOI, 2010 VIET NAM NATIONAL UNIV ERSITY, HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES - ĐÀO THỊ MINH HƢƠNG THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FIRST- YEAR NGHE AN COLLEGE STUDENTS’MOTIVATION TO READ AND THEIR USE OF READING STRATEGIES Mối liên hệ động lực đọc sinh viên năm thứ Cao Đẳng Nghệ An vơí phƣơng pháp đọc họ MINOR THESIS Field : English Teaching Methodology Code: 60.14.10 Supervisor: Phạm Minh Hiền, M.A HANOI, 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration i Acknowledgements ii iii Abstract Table of contents iv List of tables and figures vii List of abbreviations ……………………………………………………………………viii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Rationales of the study 1.2 The aims of the study 1.3 Research questions 1.4 Scope of the study 1.5 Methods of the study 1.6 Significance of the study 1.7 Design of the study CHAPTER 2: LITERATUREREVIEW 2.1 Introduction 2.2 An overview of motivation 2.2.1 Definitions of motivation 2.2.2 The role of motivation in second language learning 2.2.3 Types of motivation 2.2.3.1 Integrative vs instrumental motivation 2.2.3.2 Intrinsic vs Extrinsic motivation 2.3 An overview of the nature of reading 2.3.1 Definitions of reading 2.3.2 Types of reading 2.3.3 Factors affecting students‟ motivation in the learning enviroment 2.3.3.1 Parental influences 2.3.3.2 The teacher 2.3.3.3 The reading texts 2.3.3.4 Feedback 2.4 Motivation in reading 2.4.1 The importance of motivation in reading 2.4.2 The role of the teacher and the students in teaching and learning Reading 2.4.2.1 The role of the teacher 2.4.2.2 The role of the students 2.5 Reading Comprehension Strategies 2.5.1 What is a Teaching Strategy? 2.5.2 Nature of Reading Comprehension Strategies 2.5.2.1 Key Features, Communicative Competence as the Major Goal and Greater Self-Direction for Readers 2.5.2.2 Other Features of the Nature of Reading Comprehension Strategies 2.6 The relationship between Motivation and the use of reading strategies CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Setting of the study 3.3 Participants 3.4 Instruments data collection 3.5 Data collection procedures 3.5.1 Demographic information 3.5 Analytical procedures CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS, DISCUSSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Findings and discussions 7 4.2.1 Results from teacher‟s survey questionnaire (see Appendix 2) 4.2.1.1 Teacher„s personal information 4.2.1.2 Teacher‟s opinions towards students‟ motivation 4.2.2 Results from students‟ survey motivation 4.2.2.1 Types of students‟ motivation in learning reading 4.2.2.2 Factors affecting students‟ motivation in learning reading 4.2.3 Results of the relationship between motivation and reading strategies: 4.3 Recommendations 4.3.1 The teachers 4.3.1.1 Improving the teacher‟s roles 4.3.1.2 “Top ten” principles for teaching reading(Adapting by Ray Williams) 4.3.1.3.Basic principles of motivation exist that are applicable to learning in any situation (Adapting by Matthew Weller, Los Angeles Business Journal, March 14, 2005): 4.3.2 The students 4.3.2.1 The role of reading skill to the students‟ learning English and future career 4.3.2.2 The role of reading materials to the motivation for learning reading skill 4.3.2.3 The students‟comments on their current reading lessons CHAPTER : CONCLUSION 5.1 Conclusions 5.2 Limitations and suggestions for further study REFERENCES APPENDIXES Appendix 1: Survey questionnaire for teachers Appendix 2: Survey questionnaire for students ... 2.4 Motivation in reading 2.4.1 The importance of motivation in reading 2.4.2 The role of the teacher and the students in teaching and learning Reading 2.4.2.1 The role of the. .. the Major Goal and Greater Self-Direction for Readers 2.5.2.2 Other Features of the Nature of Reading Comprehension Strategies 2.6 The relationship between Motivation and the use of reading. .. UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES - ĐÀO THỊ MINH HƢƠNG THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FIRST- YEAR NGHE AN COLLEGE STUDENTS? ? ?MOTIVATION TO READ AND THEIR