12 Part I: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW Introduction The focus of this study is lo design an ESP reading syllabus for the 3° year students of EIR at DAV who wish to gain flu
Trang 1COLLEGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES
hk
NGUYEN THI THUY HANG
AN INVESTIGATION INTO LINGUISTIC BASES OF
DESIGNING AN ESP READING SYLLABUS FOR 3®° YEAR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
AT DIPLOMATIC ACADEMY OF VIETNAM
NGHIÊN CỨU GỠ SỞ NGÔN NGỮ CỦA VIỆC THIẾT KẺ
CHƯƠNG TRÌNH TIỀNG ANH CHUYÊN NGÀNH CHO SINH VIÊN TIẾNG ANH QUAN HE QUỐC TẾ NĂM THỨ 3 HỌC
VIÊN NGOẠI GIAO VIỆT NAM
MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS
FIELD: METHODOLOGY FIELD CODE: 601410
SUPERVISOR: Ass.Prof.Dr.TRAN HUU MANH
HANOI - 2009
Trang 26 The study is comprised of ttuce parts
Part If: DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 1; LITERATURE REVIEW
1.2.1 Discourse and text
1.2.2 Discowsse propcitics of intemational news
1.3.3 Principles of ESP course design
1.4, Approaches to language syllabus design
Trang 31.4.2, Approaches to language syllabus design
1.4.2.1 The structural approach
1.4.2.2 The stuattional approach
1.4.23 The notional/functional approach
CHAPTER 2: THE STUDY
2.1 ESP teaching and learning at Diplomatic Academy of Vietuam (DAV)
2.2 The ESP teachers
2.5.L Needs perceived by the teachers of English
2.5.1 Needs perceived by the third-year students of Vaculty of Lnglish
2.6 Summary
CHAPTER 3, DESIGNING AN APPROPRIATE ESP READING
SYLLABUS FOR 3% YEAR STUDENTS OF EIR
3.L Objectives
3.2Time allotment for the sytlabus
3.3 Scqueneing the content and the tasks in the syllabus
3.3.1 Topics in the syllabus
3.3.2, Reading skills and learning tasks
3.4 Suggestions for implementation of the proposed syllabus
3 Limitations of the thesis
4, Suggestions for further study
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Part I: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW Introduction
The focus of this study is lo design an ESP reading syllabus for the 3° year students of EIR at DAV who wish to gain fluency in reading and understanding English texts dealing
ues, external
wilh international affairs such as inter-relations among counties, global
policies and political opinions toward other countries Therefore, international news on papers is mainly chosen as reading practice texts for intensive English courses at DAV
Within this framework, Ihis chapler deals with some concupts which sol background for the study An ovarview of discourse properties of intemational news, a comparison of discourse properties of international news in Linglish and Vistnamese; an overview of ESP; approaches to language syllabus design and an overview of reading will be given 1.1 An overview of discourse propertics of international news
1.1.1 News
1.1.1.1 What is news?
The notion of news is ambiguous In everyday usage, we usually have the general notion
of news, meaning “new information”, as we find in such sentences as “I have good news for you”, Apparently, the notion of news we arc dealing with is different fiom the notion
of news, which involves the media, When asking: “Have you read the news?” or “Did
you watch the news? we refer to news as an item on newspapers or a television program
Here are some definitions oC news fem dictionaries:
vews iy new information about something that has happened recently or reports of
recent events”
(Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 7” impression 2005)
“News is
- Areport about recent everis
Trang 5According to them, text (discourse): can be defined in the simplest way perhaps by saying
that if ts language that is functional { j So any instance of living language that is playing some part in a context of situation, we shall call a text It may he either spoken ov written or indeed in other medium of expression that we like to think of
(Halliday and Hasan 1989:10)
® Asa navigation device: It is possible to say that the headline is the bridge leading readers to the fill story It puts the first impression on the readers and encourages them to read for more information
1.1.1.2.2.2, Date, time of releasing the mews
‘The news content may change as soon as the news is posted Identifying the time and
ccordingly very important and bere
news is always clearly asscrtcd Sometimes readers can refer to the reporters to find out
more about the news
1.1.1.2.2.4 The lead
The international news leads offen start with location where the events take place One important factor of news is proximity An event will be more important if it is related to
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According to them, text (discourse): can be defined in the simplest way perhaps by saying
that if ts language that is functional { j So any instance of living language that is playing some part in a context of situation, we shall call a text It may he either spoken ov written or indeed in other medium of expression that we like to think of
(Halliday and Hasan 1989:10)
® Asa navigation device: It is possible to say that the headline is the bridge leading readers to the fill story It puts the first impression on the readers and encourages them to read for more information
1.1.1.2.2.2, Date, time of releasing the mews
‘The news content may change as soon as the news is posted Identifying the time and
ccordingly very important and bere
news is always clearly asscrtcd Sometimes readers can refer to the reporters to find out
more about the news
1.1.1.2.2.4 The lead
The international news leads offen start with location where the events take place One important factor of news is proximity An event will be more important if it is related to
Trang 7Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam English for Titernational Relations English for Seicnee and Technology
English for Business and Economics
English for Social Studies Association of Southeast Asian Nations European Union
United Nations
Asia Pacific Econornic Cooperation
Trang 8Part I: INTRODUCTION
1 Rationale
Nowadays, ths FSP arca proves lo be in groal demand for a global community of poople speaking different languages, where a good coramand of English can help to contribute 10 professional as well as personal development of each individual earner, People with good Eugtish proficiency ar extensively needed in mmmy areas, such ax business, banking, tourism, electronics, telecommmunications, international relations, etc, ESP therefore has become really necessary and an indispensable branch in English language leaching in Vietnam lo movl the growing demand for professional communication
‘As we know, there are two patties involved in the implementation of any syllabus program teachers and leamers Basically, if the syllabus is to be designed realistically, its contents must be coherent with the needs and expectations of the clients Additionally, the contents should be technically, physically, and mentally conceivable and able to be unplemented within the time allotted in the curriculum ‘hese requirements, when designing the ESP syllabus, in fiel are still chellonges for Vietnamese FSP leachars,
Students learning ESP in Vietnam rarely have opportunities to use English in communication outside the classroom, ‘They mainly have access fo popular documents written in English through reading Honee, skills in reading English texts arc maturally of special importance in teaching and learning ESP, which is not an exception for the ESP
teaching at Vietnam Academy of Diplomacy (DAV)
The main objectives of ESP cours
knowledge relevant to their field and skills up to the expectation of the future
employment Since the establishment of the Section of inglish for Intemational Relations
(EIR) in 2006 which is under the Faculty of English, no available couse books arc approptiate for these target students
is aimed al providing the sludsnis with linguistic
Accordingly, designing an TSP reading syllabus for the third year stndents has been an urgent task for the development of ESP teaching at learning at DAV
2, Aims and Objectives
‘The study majorly aims at designing an appropriate USP reading syllabus for students of FIR al DAV To achicve Uhis aim, there are three specific objectives as follows:
Trang 9Part I: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW Introduction
The focus of this study is lo design an ESP reading syllabus for the 3° year students of EIR at DAV who wish to gain fluency in reading and understanding English texts dealing
ues, external
wilh international affairs such as inter-relations among counties, global
policies and political opinions toward other countries Therefore, international news on papers is mainly chosen as reading practice texts for intensive English courses at DAV
Within this framework, Ihis chapler deals with some concupts which sol background for the study An ovarview of discourse properties of intemational news, a comparison of discourse properties of international news in Linglish and Vistnamese; an overview of ESP; approaches to language syllabus design and an overview of reading will be given 1.1 An overview of discourse propertics of international news
1.1.1 News
1.1.1.1 What is news?
The notion of news is ambiguous In everyday usage, we usually have the general notion
of news, meaning “new information”, as we find in such sentences as “I have good news for you”, Apparently, the notion of news we arc dealing with is different fiom the notion
of news, which involves the media, When asking: “Have you read the news?” or “Did
you watch the news? we refer to news as an item on newspapers or a television program
Here are some definitions oC news fem dictionaries:
vews iy new information about something that has happened recently or reports of
recent events”
(Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 7” impression 2005)
“News is
- Areport about recent everis
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Part I: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW Introduction
The focus of this study is lo design an ESP reading syllabus for the 3° year students of EIR at DAV who wish to gain fluency in reading and understanding English texts dealing
ues, external
wilh international affairs such as inter-relations among counties, global
policies and political opinions toward other countries Therefore, international news on papers is mainly chosen as reading practice texts for intensive English courses at DAV
Within this framework, Ihis chapler deals with some concupts which sol background for the study An ovarview of discourse properties of intemational news, a comparison of discourse properties of international news in Linglish and Vistnamese; an overview of ESP; approaches to language syllabus design and an overview of reading will be given 1.1 An overview of discourse propertics of international news
1.1.1 News
1.1.1.1 What is news?
The notion of news is ambiguous In everyday usage, we usually have the general notion
of news, meaning “new information”, as we find in such sentences as “I have good news for you”, Apparently, the notion of news we arc dealing with is different fiom the notion
of news, which involves the media, When asking: “Have you read the news?” or “Did
you watch the news? we refer to news as an item on newspapers or a television program
Here are some definitions oC news fem dictionaries:
vews iy new information about something that has happened recently or reports of
recent events”
(Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 7” impression 2005)
“News is
- Areport about recent everis
Trang 11- To develop a theoretical framework to design an appropriate syllabus for students
of KIR at Vietnam Academy of Diplomacy, taking into account the reality of ESP
loaching and learning as walt as ESP learners at DAY
- To conduct a Needs Analysis to idenlify the students’ learning situations and the learning needs perceived by the ESP teachers, the third-year students of EIR at DAV
- To design a proposed ESP reading syllabus based on the analysis of the data collected
3 Research Questions
‘The following research questions were raised in order to attain the above-mentioned aims and objectives of the study:
1 What are the reading needs of the ESP students of ETR at DAV?
2 ‘What should be included in the syitabus?
‘The answers to these questions are to develop an appropriate ESP reading syllabus for the students of im DAV Marcover, basing on the testis of the Toscarch quostions, some recommendations for designing an appropiate ESP reading syllabus for the students of
LIK at DAV, will be made to improve the quality of the ESP teaching and leaming at
DAY
4, Scope of the Study
Within its scope, this research paper mainly focuses on designing an BSP reading course book far students of FIR at DAY Its major objocis arc subject teachers, the teachers of ESP, and the third-year students of EIR at DAV
5, Research methodology
Both qualitative and quantitative incthods arc employed in this study, The quantitative method, which is used to collect data by questionnaires, aims at exploring the needs of the students, their expectations and opinions abont the ESP comrse The questionnaires are administered to the third year student population studying ESP, teachers of ESP, as well as subject teachers of EIR at DAV The tackling methods are statistic, analytical and synthetical, Also, the qualitative methods is used as the supporting method to collect information for the study through the discussion with collcaguss and students
6, The study is comprised of three parts
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- Information which was nol known before.”
(Globe Modern Dictionary, 4" impression 2003)
Ina nutshell, the notion of news implies three aspects of news:
«New information about events, things or persons
* Aprogram type (IV or radio) in which news items are presented
* A news report, Le., a discourse on means of media in which new information is given
We concerned mostly with the third concept, in which news is considered a type of discourse published on newspapers
With this aspect of news, there is a famous cliché among joumulists: when a dog bites man, it’s not news; when man bites dog, that’s news In other words, 10 readers want to read about ordinary events
1.1.1.2 International news
Intemational news refers to news which focuses on international issues, which involve:
© Inter-relations among countries: official visits, economie cooperation, political
negotiations
« _ Global issues: climate change, peace, conflict, international security
* Extemal policies and political opinions towards other countries
1.1.2, Discourse
1.1.2.1 Discourse and text
The word discourse is used differently in different subject areas therefore; it is not an
easy term to define
Brown and Yule (1983) define text as “the verbal record of communication act” and
discourse as “the language in use”
Widdowson (1984:24) reckons that “discourse is a communicative process by means of
interaction Its situational autcome is a change in a state of affairs: information is conveyed, invention is made clear, tis linguistic product is text”
‘There is another approach developed by Halliday and Hasan (1976), who use discourse in
Trang 13Part I is an “Introduction” which presents the rationale, aims and objectives, research questions, scope of the study, research questions, research methodology, as well as design
of th
indy,
Part [is the “Development” which consists of
- Chapter I, “Literature Review” reviews such the relevant theories as prominent Tingnisti
- Chapter LIL presents some recommendations for “designing an LSP reading syllabus for students at the TIR at DAV”
Part OI is the “Conclusion” which offers a summary of the study, limitations and suggestions for firrther research
Trang 14Part [is the “Development” which consists of
- Chapter I, “Literature Review” reviews such the relevant theories as prominent Tingnisti
- Chapter LIL presents some recommendations for “designing an LSP reading syllabus for students at the TIR at DAV”
Part OI is the “Conclusion” which offers a summary of the study, limitations and suggestions for firrther research
Trang 15Part I: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW Introduction
The focus of this study is lo design an ESP reading syllabus for the 3° year students of EIR at DAV who wish to gain fluency in reading and understanding English texts dealing
ues, external
wilh international affairs such as inter-relations among counties, global
policies and political opinions toward other countries Therefore, international news on papers is mainly chosen as reading practice texts for intensive English courses at DAV
Within this framework, Ihis chapler deals with some concupts which sol background for the study An ovarview of discourse properties of intemational news, a comparison of discourse properties of international news in Linglish and Vistnamese; an overview of ESP; approaches to language syllabus design and an overview of reading will be given 1.1 An overview of discourse propertics of international news
1.1.1 News
1.1.1.1 What is news?
The notion of news is ambiguous In everyday usage, we usually have the general notion
of news, meaning “new information”, as we find in such sentences as “I have good news for you”, Apparently, the notion of news we arc dealing with is different fiom the notion
of news, which involves the media, When asking: “Have you read the news?” or “Did
you watch the news? we refer to news as an item on newspapers or a television program
Here are some definitions oC news fem dictionaries:
vews iy new information about something that has happened recently or reports of
recent events”
(Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 7” impression 2005)
“News is
- Areport about recent everis
Trang 1613
- Information which was nol known before.”
(Globe Modern Dictionary, 4" impression 2003)
Ina nutshell, the notion of news implies three aspects of news:
«New information about events, things or persons
* Aprogram type (IV or radio) in which news items are presented
* A news report, Le., a discourse on means of media in which new information is given
We concerned mostly with the third concept, in which news is considered a type of discourse published on newspapers
With this aspect of news, there is a famous cliché among joumulists: when a dog bites man, it’s not news; when man bites dog, that’s news In other words, 10 readers want to read about ordinary events
1.1.1.2 International news
Intemational news refers to news which focuses on international issues, which involve:
© Inter-relations among countries: official visits, economie cooperation, political
negotiations
« _ Global issues: climate change, peace, conflict, international security
* Extemal policies and political opinions towards other countries
1.1.2, Discourse
1.1.2.1 Discourse and text
The word discourse is used differently in different subject areas therefore; it is not an
easy term to define
Brown and Yule (1983) define text as “the verbal record of communication act” and
discourse as “the language in use”
Widdowson (1984:24) reckons that “discourse is a communicative process by means of
interaction Its situational autcome is a change in a state of affairs: information is conveyed, invention is made clear, tis linguistic product is text”
‘There is another approach developed by Halliday and Hasan (1976), who use discourse in
Trang 17Part I: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW Introduction
The focus of this study is lo design an ESP reading syllabus for the 3° year students of EIR at DAV who wish to gain fluency in reading and understanding English texts dealing
ues, external
wilh international affairs such as inter-relations among counties, global
policies and political opinions toward other countries Therefore, international news on papers is mainly chosen as reading practice texts for intensive English courses at DAV
Within this framework, Ihis chapler deals with some concupts which sol background for the study An ovarview of discourse properties of intemational news, a comparison of discourse properties of international news in Linglish and Vistnamese; an overview of ESP; approaches to language syllabus design and an overview of reading will be given 1.1 An overview of discourse propertics of international news
1.1.1 News
1.1.1.1 What is news?
The notion of news is ambiguous In everyday usage, we usually have the general notion
of news, meaning “new information”, as we find in such sentences as “I have good news for you”, Apparently, the notion of news we arc dealing with is different fiom the notion
of news, which involves the media, When asking: “Have you read the news?” or “Did
you watch the news? we refer to news as an item on newspapers or a television program
Here are some definitions oC news fem dictionaries:
vews iy new information about something that has happened recently or reports of
recent events”
(Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 7” impression 2005)
“News is
- Areport about recent everis
Trang 18Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam English for Titernational Relations English for Seicnee and Technology
English for Business and Economics
English for Social Studies Association of Southeast Asian Nations European Union
United Nations
Asia Pacific Econornic Cooperation
Trang 19- To develop a theoretical framework to design an appropriate syllabus for students
of KIR at Vietnam Academy of Diplomacy, taking into account the reality of ESP
loaching and learning as walt as ESP learners at DAY
- To conduct a Needs Analysis to idenlify the students’ learning situations and the learning needs perceived by the ESP teachers, the third-year students of EIR at DAV
- To design a proposed ESP reading syllabus based on the analysis of the data collected
3 Research Questions
‘The following research questions were raised in order to attain the above-mentioned aims and objectives of the study:
1 What are the reading needs of the ESP students of ETR at DAV?
2 ‘What should be included in the syitabus?
‘The answers to these questions are to develop an appropriate ESP reading syllabus for the students of im DAV Marcover, basing on the testis of the Toscarch quostions, some recommendations for designing an appropiate ESP reading syllabus for the students of
LIK at DAV, will be made to improve the quality of the ESP teaching and leaming at
DAY
4, Scope of the Study
Within its scope, this research paper mainly focuses on designing an BSP reading course book far students of FIR at DAY Its major objocis arc subject teachers, the teachers of ESP, and the third-year students of EIR at DAV
5, Research methodology
Both qualitative and quantitative incthods arc employed in this study, The quantitative method, which is used to collect data by questionnaires, aims at exploring the needs of the students, their expectations and opinions abont the ESP comrse The questionnaires are administered to the third year student population studying ESP, teachers of ESP, as well as subject teachers of EIR at DAV The tackling methods are statistic, analytical and synthetical, Also, the qualitative methods is used as the supporting method to collect information for the study through the discussion with collcaguss and students
6, The study is comprised of three parts
Trang 20Part [is the “Development” which consists of
- Chapter I, “Literature Review” reviews such the relevant theories as prominent Tingnisti
- Chapter LIL presents some recommendations for “designing an LSP reading syllabus for students at the TIR at DAV”
Part OI is the “Conclusion” which offers a summary of the study, limitations and suggestions for firrther research
Trang 21- Information which was nol known before.”
(Globe Modern Dictionary, 4" impression 2003)
Ina nutshell, the notion of news implies three aspects of news:
«New information about events, things or persons
* Aprogram type (IV or radio) in which news items are presented
* A news report, Le., a discourse on means of media in which new information is given
We concerned mostly with the third concept, in which news is considered a type of discourse published on newspapers
With this aspect of news, there is a famous cliché among joumulists: when a dog bites man, it’s not news; when man bites dog, that’s news In other words, 10 readers want to read about ordinary events
1.1.1.2 International news
Intemational news refers to news which focuses on international issues, which involve:
© Inter-relations among countries: official visits, economie cooperation, political
negotiations
« _ Global issues: climate change, peace, conflict, international security
* Extemal policies and political opinions towards other countries
1.1.2, Discourse
1.1.2.1 Discourse and text
The word discourse is used differently in different subject areas therefore; it is not an
easy term to define
Brown and Yule (1983) define text as “the verbal record of communication act” and
discourse as “the language in use”
Widdowson (1984:24) reckons that “discourse is a communicative process by means of
interaction Its situational autcome is a change in a state of affairs: information is conveyed, invention is made clear, tis linguistic product is text”
‘There is another approach developed by Halliday and Hasan (1976), who use discourse in
Trang 224
According to them, text (discourse): can be defined in the simplest way perhaps by saying
that if ts language that is functional { j So any instance of living language that is playing some part in a context of situation, we shall call a text It may he either spoken ov written or indeed in other medium of expression that we like to think of
(Halliday and Hasan 1989:10)
® Asa navigation device: It is possible to say that the headline is the bridge leading readers to the fill story It puts the first impression on the readers and encourages them to read for more information
1.1.1.2.2.2, Date, time of releasing the mews
‘The news content may change as soon as the news is posted Identifying the time and
ccordingly very important and bere
news is always clearly asscrtcd Sometimes readers can refer to the reporters to find out
more about the news
1.1.1.2.2.4 The lead
The international news leads offen start with location where the events take place One important factor of news is proximity An event will be more important if it is related to
Trang 23- To develop a theoretical framework to design an appropriate syllabus for students
of KIR at Vietnam Academy of Diplomacy, taking into account the reality of ESP
loaching and learning as walt as ESP learners at DAY
- To conduct a Needs Analysis to idenlify the students’ learning situations and the learning needs perceived by the ESP teachers, the third-year students of EIR at DAV
- To design a proposed ESP reading syllabus based on the analysis of the data collected
3 Research Questions
‘The following research questions were raised in order to attain the above-mentioned aims and objectives of the study:
1 What are the reading needs of the ESP students of ETR at DAV?
2 ‘What should be included in the syitabus?
‘The answers to these questions are to develop an appropriate ESP reading syllabus for the students of im DAV Marcover, basing on the testis of the Toscarch quostions, some recommendations for designing an appropiate ESP reading syllabus for the students of
LIK at DAV, will be made to improve the quality of the ESP teaching and leaming at
DAY
4, Scope of the Study
Within its scope, this research paper mainly focuses on designing an BSP reading course book far students of FIR at DAY Its major objocis arc subject teachers, the teachers of ESP, and the third-year students of EIR at DAV
5, Research methodology
Both qualitative and quantitative incthods arc employed in this study, The quantitative method, which is used to collect data by questionnaires, aims at exploring the needs of the students, their expectations and opinions abont the ESP comrse The questionnaires are administered to the third year student population studying ESP, teachers of ESP, as well as subject teachers of EIR at DAV The tackling methods are statistic, analytical and synthetical, Also, the qualitative methods is used as the supporting method to collect information for the study through the discussion with collcaguss and students
6, The study is comprised of three parts
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- To develop a theoretical framework to design an appropriate syllabus for students
of KIR at Vietnam Academy of Diplomacy, taking into account the reality of ESP
loaching and learning as walt as ESP learners at DAY
- To conduct a Needs Analysis to idenlify the students’ learning situations and the learning needs perceived by the ESP teachers, the third-year students of EIR at DAV
- To design a proposed ESP reading syllabus based on the analysis of the data collected
3 Research Questions
‘The following research questions were raised in order to attain the above-mentioned aims and objectives of the study:
1 What are the reading needs of the ESP students of ETR at DAV?
2 ‘What should be included in the syitabus?
‘The answers to these questions are to develop an appropriate ESP reading syllabus for the students of im DAV Marcover, basing on the testis of the Toscarch quostions, some recommendations for designing an appropiate ESP reading syllabus for the students of
LIK at DAV, will be made to improve the quality of the ESP teaching and leaming at
DAY
4, Scope of the Study
Within its scope, this research paper mainly focuses on designing an BSP reading course book far students of FIR at DAY Its major objocis arc subject teachers, the teachers of ESP, and the third-year students of EIR at DAV
5, Research methodology
Both qualitative and quantitative incthods arc employed in this study, The quantitative method, which is used to collect data by questionnaires, aims at exploring the needs of the students, their expectations and opinions abont the ESP comrse The questionnaires are administered to the third year student population studying ESP, teachers of ESP, as well as subject teachers of EIR at DAV The tackling methods are statistic, analytical and synthetical, Also, the qualitative methods is used as the supporting method to collect information for the study through the discussion with collcaguss and students
6, The study is comprised of three parts
Trang 25Nowadays, ths FSP arca proves lo be in groal demand for a global community of poople speaking different languages, where a good coramand of English can help to contribute 10 professional as well as personal development of each individual earner, People with good Eugtish proficiency ar extensively needed in mmmy areas, such ax business, banking, tourism, electronics, telecommmunications, international relations, etc, ESP therefore has become really necessary and an indispensable branch in English language leaching in Vietnam lo movl the growing demand for professional communication
‘As we know, there are two patties involved in the implementation of any syllabus program teachers and leamers Basically, if the syllabus is to be designed realistically, its contents must be coherent with the needs and expectations of the clients Additionally, the contents should be technically, physically, and mentally conceivable and able to be unplemented within the time allotted in the curriculum ‘hese requirements, when designing the ESP syllabus, in fiel are still chellonges for Vietnamese FSP leachars,
Students learning ESP in Vietnam rarely have opportunities to use English in communication outside the classroom, ‘They mainly have access fo popular documents written in English through reading Honee, skills in reading English texts arc maturally of special importance in teaching and learning ESP, which is not an exception for the ESP
teaching at Vietnam Academy of Diplomacy (DAV)
The main objectives of ESP cours
knowledge relevant to their field and skills up to the expectation of the future
employment Since the establishment of the Section of inglish for Intemational Relations
(EIR) in 2006 which is under the Faculty of English, no available couse books arc approptiate for these target students
is aimed al providing the sludsnis with linguistic
Accordingly, designing an TSP reading syllabus for the third year stndents has been an urgent task for the development of ESP teaching at learning at DAV
2, Aims and Objectives
‘The study majorly aims at designing an appropriate USP reading syllabus for students of FIR al DAV To achicve Uhis aim, there are three specific objectives as follows:
Trang 26Part I: INTRODUCTION
1 Rationale
Nowadays, ths FSP arca proves lo be in groal demand for a global community of poople speaking different languages, where a good coramand of English can help to contribute 10 professional as well as personal development of each individual earner, People with good Eugtish proficiency ar extensively needed in mmmy areas, such ax business, banking, tourism, electronics, telecommmunications, international relations, etc, ESP therefore has become really necessary and an indispensable branch in English language leaching in Vietnam lo movl the growing demand for professional communication
‘As we know, there are two patties involved in the implementation of any syllabus program teachers and leamers Basically, if the syllabus is to be designed realistically, its contents must be coherent with the needs and expectations of the clients Additionally, the contents should be technically, physically, and mentally conceivable and able to be unplemented within the time allotted in the curriculum ‘hese requirements, when designing the ESP syllabus, in fiel are still chellonges for Vietnamese FSP leachars,
Students learning ESP in Vietnam rarely have opportunities to use English in communication outside the classroom, ‘They mainly have access fo popular documents written in English through reading Honee, skills in reading English texts arc maturally of special importance in teaching and learning ESP, which is not an exception for the ESP
teaching at Vietnam Academy of Diplomacy (DAV)
The main objectives of ESP cours
knowledge relevant to their field and skills up to the expectation of the future
employment Since the establishment of the Section of inglish for Intemational Relations
(EIR) in 2006 which is under the Faculty of English, no available couse books arc approptiate for these target students
is aimed al providing the sludsnis with linguistic
Accordingly, designing an TSP reading syllabus for the third year stndents has been an urgent task for the development of ESP teaching at learning at DAV
2, Aims and Objectives
‘The study majorly aims at designing an appropriate USP reading syllabus for students of FIR al DAV To achicve Uhis aim, there are three specific objectives as follows:
Trang 27Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam English for Titernational Relations English for Seicnee and Technology
English for Business and Economics
English for Social Studies Association of Southeast Asian Nations European Union
United Nations
Asia Pacific Econornic Cooperation
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- To develop a theoretical framework to design an appropriate syllabus for students
of KIR at Vietnam Academy of Diplomacy, taking into account the reality of ESP
loaching and learning as walt as ESP learners at DAY
- To conduct a Needs Analysis to idenlify the students’ learning situations and the learning needs perceived by the ESP teachers, the third-year students of EIR at DAV
- To design a proposed ESP reading syllabus based on the analysis of the data collected
3 Research Questions
‘The following research questions were raised in order to attain the above-mentioned aims and objectives of the study:
1 What are the reading needs of the ESP students of ETR at DAV?
2 ‘What should be included in the syitabus?
‘The answers to these questions are to develop an appropriate ESP reading syllabus for the students of im DAV Marcover, basing on the testis of the Toscarch quostions, some recommendations for designing an appropiate ESP reading syllabus for the students of
LIK at DAV, will be made to improve the quality of the ESP teaching and leaming at
DAY
4, Scope of the Study
Within its scope, this research paper mainly focuses on designing an BSP reading course book far students of FIR at DAY Its major objocis arc subject teachers, the teachers of ESP, and the third-year students of EIR at DAV
5, Research methodology
Both qualitative and quantitative incthods arc employed in this study, The quantitative method, which is used to collect data by questionnaires, aims at exploring the needs of the students, their expectations and opinions abont the ESP comrse The questionnaires are administered to the third year student population studying ESP, teachers of ESP, as well as subject teachers of EIR at DAV The tackling methods are statistic, analytical and synthetical, Also, the qualitative methods is used as the supporting method to collect information for the study through the discussion with collcaguss and students
6, The study is comprised of three parts
Trang 29Part I: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW Introduction
The focus of this study is lo design an ESP reading syllabus for the 3° year students of EIR at DAV who wish to gain fluency in reading and understanding English texts dealing
ues, external
wilh international affairs such as inter-relations among counties, global
policies and political opinions toward other countries Therefore, international news on papers is mainly chosen as reading practice texts for intensive English courses at DAV
Within this framework, Ihis chapler deals with some concupts which sol background for the study An ovarview of discourse properties of intemational news, a comparison of discourse properties of international news in Linglish and Vistnamese; an overview of ESP; approaches to language syllabus design and an overview of reading will be given 1.1 An overview of discourse propertics of international news
1.1.1 News
1.1.1.1 What is news?
The notion of news is ambiguous In everyday usage, we usually have the general notion
of news, meaning “new information”, as we find in such sentences as “I have good news for you”, Apparently, the notion of news we arc dealing with is different fiom the notion
of news, which involves the media, When asking: “Have you read the news?” or “Did
you watch the news? we refer to news as an item on newspapers or a television program
Here are some definitions oC news fem dictionaries:
vews iy new information about something that has happened recently or reports of
recent events”
(Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 7” impression 2005)
“News is
- Areport about recent everis
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According to them, text (discourse): can be defined in the simplest way perhaps by saying
that if ts language that is functional { j So any instance of living language that is playing some part in a context of situation, we shall call a text It may he either spoken ov written or indeed in other medium of expression that we like to think of
(Halliday and Hasan 1989:10)
® Asa navigation device: It is possible to say that the headline is the bridge leading readers to the fill story It puts the first impression on the readers and encourages them to read for more information
1.1.1.2.2.2, Date, time of releasing the mews
‘The news content may change as soon as the news is posted Identifying the time and
ccordingly very important and bere
news is always clearly asscrtcd Sometimes readers can refer to the reporters to find out
more about the news
1.1.1.2.2.4 The lead
The international news leads offen start with location where the events take place One important factor of news is proximity An event will be more important if it is related to
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(Globe Modern Dictionary, 4" impression 2003)
Ina nutshell, the notion of news implies three aspects of news:
«New information about events, things or persons
* Aprogram type (IV or radio) in which news items are presented
* A news report, Le., a discourse on means of media in which new information is given
We concerned mostly with the third concept, in which news is considered a type of discourse published on newspapers
With this aspect of news, there is a famous cliché among joumulists: when a dog bites man, it’s not news; when man bites dog, that’s news In other words, 10 readers want to read about ordinary events
1.1.1.2 International news
Intemational news refers to news which focuses on international issues, which involve:
© Inter-relations among countries: official visits, economie cooperation, political
negotiations
« _ Global issues: climate change, peace, conflict, international security
* Extemal policies and political opinions towards other countries
1.1.2, Discourse
1.1.2.1 Discourse and text
The word discourse is used differently in different subject areas therefore; it is not an
easy term to define
Brown and Yule (1983) define text as “the verbal record of communication act” and
discourse as “the language in use”
Widdowson (1984:24) reckons that “discourse is a communicative process by means of
interaction Its situational autcome is a change in a state of affairs: information is conveyed, invention is made clear, tis linguistic product is text”
‘There is another approach developed by Halliday and Hasan (1976), who use discourse in
Trang 32Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam English for Titernational Relations English for Seicnee and Technology
English for Business and Economics
English for Social Studies Association of Southeast Asian Nations European Union
United Nations
Asia Pacific Econornic Cooperation
Trang 33- To develop a theoretical framework to design an appropriate syllabus for students
of KIR at Vietnam Academy of Diplomacy, taking into account the reality of ESP
loaching and learning as walt as ESP learners at DAY
- To conduct a Needs Analysis to idenlify the students’ learning situations and the learning needs perceived by the ESP teachers, the third-year students of EIR at DAV
- To design a proposed ESP reading syllabus based on the analysis of the data collected
3 Research Questions
‘The following research questions were raised in order to attain the above-mentioned aims and objectives of the study:
1 What are the reading needs of the ESP students of ETR at DAV?
2 ‘What should be included in the syitabus?
‘The answers to these questions are to develop an appropriate ESP reading syllabus for the students of im DAV Marcover, basing on the testis of the Toscarch quostions, some recommendations for designing an appropiate ESP reading syllabus for the students of
LIK at DAV, will be made to improve the quality of the ESP teaching and leaming at
DAY
4, Scope of the Study
Within its scope, this research paper mainly focuses on designing an BSP reading course book far students of FIR at DAY Its major objocis arc subject teachers, the teachers of ESP, and the third-year students of EIR at DAV
5, Research methodology
Both qualitative and quantitative incthods arc employed in this study, The quantitative method, which is used to collect data by questionnaires, aims at exploring the needs of the students, their expectations and opinions abont the ESP comrse The questionnaires are administered to the third year student population studying ESP, teachers of ESP, as well as subject teachers of EIR at DAV The tackling methods are statistic, analytical and synthetical, Also, the qualitative methods is used as the supporting method to collect information for the study through the discussion with collcaguss and students
6, The study is comprised of three parts
Trang 34Part [is the “Development” which consists of
- Chapter I, “Literature Review” reviews such the relevant theories as prominent Tingnisti
- Chapter LIL presents some recommendations for “designing an LSP reading syllabus for students at the TIR at DAV”
Part OI is the “Conclusion” which offers a summary of the study, limitations and suggestions for firrther research
Trang 35Nowadays, ths FSP arca proves lo be in groal demand for a global community of poople speaking different languages, where a good coramand of English can help to contribute 10 professional as well as personal development of each individual earner, People with good Eugtish proficiency ar extensively needed in mmmy areas, such ax business, banking, tourism, electronics, telecommmunications, international relations, etc, ESP therefore has become really necessary and an indispensable branch in English language leaching in Vietnam lo movl the growing demand for professional communication
‘As we know, there are two patties involved in the implementation of any syllabus program teachers and leamers Basically, if the syllabus is to be designed realistically, its contents must be coherent with the needs and expectations of the clients Additionally, the contents should be technically, physically, and mentally conceivable and able to be unplemented within the time allotted in the curriculum ‘hese requirements, when designing the ESP syllabus, in fiel are still chellonges for Vietnamese FSP leachars,
Students learning ESP in Vietnam rarely have opportunities to use English in communication outside the classroom, ‘They mainly have access fo popular documents written in English through reading Honee, skills in reading English texts arc maturally of special importance in teaching and learning ESP, which is not an exception for the ESP
teaching at Vietnam Academy of Diplomacy (DAV)
The main objectives of ESP cours
knowledge relevant to their field and skills up to the expectation of the future
employment Since the establishment of the Section of inglish for Intemational Relations
(EIR) in 2006 which is under the Faculty of English, no available couse books arc approptiate for these target students
is aimed al providing the sludsnis with linguistic
Accordingly, designing an TSP reading syllabus for the third year stndents has been an urgent task for the development of ESP teaching at learning at DAV
2, Aims and Objectives
‘The study majorly aims at designing an appropriate USP reading syllabus for students of FIR al DAV To achicve Uhis aim, there are three specific objectives as follows:
Trang 36Part I: INTRODUCTION
1 Rationale
Nowadays, ths FSP arca proves lo be in groal demand for a global community of poople speaking different languages, where a good coramand of English can help to contribute 10 professional as well as personal development of each individual earner, People with good Eugtish proficiency ar extensively needed in mmmy areas, such ax business, banking, tourism, electronics, telecommmunications, international relations, etc, ESP therefore has become really necessary and an indispensable branch in English language leaching in Vietnam lo movl the growing demand for professional communication
‘As we know, there are two patties involved in the implementation of any syllabus program teachers and leamers Basically, if the syllabus is to be designed realistically, its contents must be coherent with the needs and expectations of the clients Additionally, the contents should be technically, physically, and mentally conceivable and able to be unplemented within the time allotted in the curriculum ‘hese requirements, when designing the ESP syllabus, in fiel are still chellonges for Vietnamese FSP leachars,
Students learning ESP in Vietnam rarely have opportunities to use English in communication outside the classroom, ‘They mainly have access fo popular documents written in English through reading Honee, skills in reading English texts arc maturally of special importance in teaching and learning ESP, which is not an exception for the ESP
teaching at Vietnam Academy of Diplomacy (DAV)
The main objectives of ESP cours
knowledge relevant to their field and skills up to the expectation of the future
employment Since the establishment of the Section of inglish for Intemational Relations
(EIR) in 2006 which is under the Faculty of English, no available couse books arc approptiate for these target students
is aimed al providing the sludsnis with linguistic
Accordingly, designing an TSP reading syllabus for the third year stndents has been an urgent task for the development of ESP teaching at learning at DAV
2, Aims and Objectives
‘The study majorly aims at designing an appropriate USP reading syllabus for students of FIR al DAV To achicve Uhis aim, there are three specific objectives as follows:
Trang 37Nowadays, ths FSP arca proves lo be in groal demand for a global community of poople speaking different languages, where a good coramand of English can help to contribute 10 professional as well as personal development of each individual earner, People with good Eugtish proficiency ar extensively needed in mmmy areas, such ax business, banking, tourism, electronics, telecommmunications, international relations, etc, ESP therefore has become really necessary and an indispensable branch in English language leaching in Vietnam lo movl the growing demand for professional communication
‘As we know, there are two patties involved in the implementation of any syllabus program teachers and leamers Basically, if the syllabus is to be designed realistically, its contents must be coherent with the needs and expectations of the clients Additionally, the contents should be technically, physically, and mentally conceivable and able to be unplemented within the time allotted in the curriculum ‘hese requirements, when designing the ESP syllabus, in fiel are still chellonges for Vietnamese FSP leachars,
Students learning ESP in Vietnam rarely have opportunities to use English in communication outside the classroom, ‘They mainly have access fo popular documents written in English through reading Honee, skills in reading English texts arc maturally of special importance in teaching and learning ESP, which is not an exception for the ESP
teaching at Vietnam Academy of Diplomacy (DAV)
The main objectives of ESP cours
knowledge relevant to their field and skills up to the expectation of the future
employment Since the establishment of the Section of inglish for Intemational Relations
(EIR) in 2006 which is under the Faculty of English, no available couse books arc approptiate for these target students
is aimed al providing the sludsnis with linguistic
Accordingly, designing an TSP reading syllabus for the third year stndents has been an urgent task for the development of ESP teaching at learning at DAV
2, Aims and Objectives
‘The study majorly aims at designing an appropriate USP reading syllabus for students of FIR al DAV To achicve Uhis aim, there are three specific objectives as follows: