Reading performance and reading interests of college freshman students of thai nguyen university basis for supplementary integrative reading materials

i THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines READING PERFORMANCE AND READING INTERESTS OF COLLEGE FRESHMAN STUDENTS OF THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY: BASIS FOR SUPPLEMENTARY INTEGRATIVE READING MATERIALS A Dissertation Presented to The Faculty of Graduate School Batangas State University Batangas City, Philippines In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy Major in English By: DINH THI HUONG (LILAC) i THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines ABSTRACT Title : READING PERFORMANCE AND READING INTERESTS OF COLLEGE FRESHMAN STUDENTS OF THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY: BASIS FOR SUPPLEMENTARY INTEGRATIVE READING MATERIALS Author : Dinh Thi Huong (Lilac) Course : Doctor of Philosophy Major : English Year : 2015 Adviser : Dr AMADA BANAAG Summary The study looked into the reading performance and reading interests of College Freshmen of Thai Nguyen University as basis for developing college supplementary integrative reading materials Reading materials on music, literature, food and health, sports and games and science were the main concerns in assessing students’ interest on the mentioned materials A total of 400 college freshmen were included in the survey conducted in College of Education, College of Agriculture & Forestry, College of Information Technology, College of Science and College of Economics & Business ii THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines Administration The study tested the following hypothesis that there is no significant relationship between demographic profile and level of reading performance of students and there is no significant relationship between reading performance and reading interests of students To gather the needed data, reading test was administered and a researcher-made questionnaire were utilized Content validity was established by submitting the instrument to the adviser for the comments and suggestions and to the experts in the field The data generated by the test and the questionnaire were analyzed using percentage, weighted mean, chi-square test and Pearson-r Findings of the study revealed that in terms of gender, one hundred forty-nine of the student respondents are males, while two hundred fifty-one are females As to type of school graduated from, seventy-nine are from private schools, while three hundred twenty-one are from public schools In terms of living accommodation, one hundred thirty-seven owned their accommodation, while two hundred sixty-three are only renting their places In terms of family income, ninety-six come from high earners, while one hundred forty-three are with their families who fall under average earners Meanwhile, one hundred sixty-one of the students come from low earner families In terms of educational qualification of parents, one hundred one of the respondents’ mother obtained college degree; two hundred eighty-eight finished high school iii THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines diploma; while eleven respondents reported that their mothers only completed the elementary curriculum On the other hand, one hundred thirty of the respondents’ father obtained college degree; two hundred sixty-six finished high school diploma; while four respondents reported that their fathers only completed the elementary curriculum Moreover, in the students’ reading performance in English, one hundred forty of the respondents fall under average reading performance followed by moderately good gotten by one hundred fifteen of the respondents Meanwhile, only six fall under good reading performance Overall mean performance indicates that the students fall under average reading performance In the relationship between demographic profile and reading performance of the students, the computed p-value for type of school graduated from shows that there is a significant relationship on reading performance However, the computed value of gender; living accommodation; family income; educational qualification of father; and mother which are all greater than 0.05, indicate that reading demographic profile has no significant relationship on the reading performance of the students In addition, the reading interests of students relates music, musical reviews got the highest weighted mean with verbal interpretation of interesting This was followed by The Life Story of iv THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines Beethoven with a weighted mean verbally interpreted as interesting However, The Birth of a New Tenor obtained the lowest weighted mean with less interesting verbal interpretation In terms of literature, Diaries of Famous People in Vietnam is interesting as compared to Historical Novels which according to the respondents was less interesting In terms of food and health, health journals got the highest weighted mean with less interesting verbal interpretation It was followed by Fitness and Wellness Magazines Lastly, the Recipe Books obtained the lowest weighted mean In terms of sports and games, basketball Tips got the highest weighted mean; followed by Journals of Great Athletes and sharing on the last rank are Biographies of Football Stars and Sports Reviews In terms of science, Issue on Ebola Virus got the highest weighted mean, followed by Discoveries on Space and Astronomy and lastly, Reading on Stem Cell Therapy In the relationship between reading performance and reading interests, the computed p-value for music; literature; food and health; sports and game; and science which are all greater than 0.05, indicate that reading interest has no significant relationship on the reading performance of the students v THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines Therefore, reading performance is not affected by students’ reading interest The study therefore recommends that literary works and musical reading materials, as mostly appreciated by the respondents to aid their reading performance, must be enhanced Integrative simple musical literary pieces may be given to students together with a follow-up study giving emphasis on other factors aside from the reading interest which could improve reading performance such as language difficulty, level of fluency and reading rate Supplementary reading materials are hereby proposed for implementation vi THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines ACKNOWLEDGMENT The writer extends her sincerest thanks and appreciations to those people who in one way or another have helped make this piece of work a reality Dr Dang Kim Vui, President of Thai Nguyen University, for establishing the international cooperation relationship between BSU and TNU Dr Hoang Bich Thao, Director for International Training Center, for his assistance and for supporting the researcher a chance to gain professional growth through completion of this study The Panel of Examiners, for their honest and meaningful comments and recommendation to go on with this research work Dr Amada Banaag, her adviser and mentor, who drained all her effort and her best during the entire preparation and revision of this study To the Rectors of the University, for his permission to conduct the research at Thai Nguyen Universities To the students who served as her respondents for their assistance and collaboration in providing information necessary for the completion of the study To her family and her children, for inspiring her to fulfill her dream To her ever dearest friends, and relatives who in one way or another, gave her encouragement and remarkable support D.T.H vii THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines APPROVAL SHEET This dissertation entitled READING PERFORMANCE AND READING INTERESTS OF COLLEGE FRESHMAN STUDENTS OF THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY: BASIS FOR SUPPLEMENTARY INTEGRATIVE READING MATERIALS prepared and submitted by DINH THI HUONG in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy major in English has been examined and is recommended for Oral Examination viii THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT i ACKNOWLEDGMENT vi APPROVAL SHEET vii TABLE OF CONTENTS viii LIST OF TABLES x CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM Introduction Statement of the Problem Scope, Delimitations and Limitations of the Study Significance of the Study II REVIEW OF LITERATURE Conceptual Literature 10 Research Literature 25 Synthesis 31 Theoretical Framework 34 Conceptual Framework 36 Hypothesis 38 III RESEARCH METHOD AND PROCEDURE Research Environment 40 ix THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines Research Design 42 Subjects of the Study 43 Data Gathering Instrument 45 Data Gathering Procedure 47 Statistical Treatment of Data 48 IV PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA V SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Summary 139 Findings 141 Conclusions 144 Recommendations 145 BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDIX A Questionaire for student 156 B Letter Of request To Conduct Study 170 C Documentation for dry-run 175 E Photographs of the Research Sites 176 F Photographs of the Approval Test Administration 177 G Photographs of the Student Respondents 178 CURRICULUM VITAE 168 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines d None of the above _27 The plants which are more abundant on earth are the a Plants that reproduce by the stem b Branches class b Plants that reproduce by seeds d Conifers _28 Male and female cones are found on a Separate branches of another tree b Separate branches of the same tree c Same branches of the same tree d Same branches of the other tree G How a bee informs other bee depends on distance Suppose a bee discovers food at a distance of less than one hundred meters from the hive, the bee returns to hive and perform a round dance on the inside wall of the hive The bee circles first in one direction and then in the other Soon other bees leave the hive, return shortly and perform the dance Later, almost all the bees are aware of the distance to the food The round dance must mean, “there is food somewhere within a radius of one hundred meters.” _29 How a bee informs others depend on a Distance b Sound c Light D A and B _30 Which of the following statement is true 169 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines a The round dance is useless b The round dance is for courtship c The round dance means food is near d The round dance is important Answer: 11 21 12 22 13 23 14 24 15 25 16 26 17 27 18 28 19 29 10 20 30 Thank you for participating! 170 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines Appendix B Letter of Requests 171 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines 172 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines 173 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines 174 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines 175 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines Appendix C Documentation for dry-run in Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry Teachers’ questionnaire validation Dry run of students’ test questionnaire 176 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines Appendix E Photographs of the Research Sites University of Agriculture and Forestry (UAF) University of Education (UE) University of Economic and Business Administration University of Sciences College of Information Technology 177 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines Appendix F Photographs of the Approval Test Administration of the Head of Colleges College of Information Technology College of Education ] College of Economics and Business Administration College of Sciences College of Agriculture and Forestry 178 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines Appendix G Photographs of the Student Respondents College of Information Technology 179 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines College of Sciences College of Economics and Business Administration College of Education 180 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines College of Agriculture and Forestry 181 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines CURRICULUM VITAE DINH THI HUONG Viet Yen, Bac Giang Mobile no 0989 122622 E-mail add: dinhhuong.lilac@gmail.com PERSONAL INFORMATION Date of Birth : August 22nd , 1981 Place of Birth : Bac Giang Province, Viet Nam Age : 33 Nationality : Vietnamese Religion : None Sex : Female Civil Status : Married Children’s names : Ngo Ngoc Linh Dan, Ngo Dinh Thien EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 1986-1991 : Tu Lan Elementary School, Bac Giang province 1996-1999 : Viet Yen High School, Bac Giang province 1999-2003 : Bachelor of Arts Major in English Thai Nguyen University 2007- 2009 : Master of Arts in English Laguna State Polytechnic University, 182 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Republic of the Philippines WORK EXPERIENCE 2003-2008: Teacher of Basic Knowledge Department of Viet Bac Arts and Culture College 2008-2014: Vice – Dean of Basic Knowledge Department of Viet Bac Arts and Culture College May, 2014 – now: Teacher of Centre of Foreign Languages of Ha Noi University of Home Affairs ... into the reading performance and reading interests of College Freshmen of Thai Nguyen University as basis for developing college supplementary integrative reading materials Reading materials. .. profile and level of reading performance of students and there is no significant relationship between reading performance and reading interests of students To gather the needed data, reading. .. of reading performance and reading interests of college freshman students and the output is the proposed integrative reading materials 37 THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam