Adapting reading tasks of ESP materials for the third-year students at Haiphong Medical University

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES Đồng Quỳnh Trang Adapting reading tasks of ESP materials for t

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES

Đồng Quỳnh Trang

Adapting reading tasks of ESP materials for the third-year

students at HaiPhong Medical University

Điều chỉnh những 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

Đồng Quỳnh Trang

Adapting reading tasks of ESP materials for the third-year

students at HaiPhong Medical University

Điều chỉnh những 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

I Rationale 1

I.2.3 Techniques of material adaptation for teaching reading 10

I.3.1 Definition of reading and reading comprehension 13

II.1.1 ESP teaching and learning situation at HPMU 18

II.4.1.1 Evaluation of the effectiveness of reading tasks in the ESP materials 23 II.4.1.2 The attitudes and evaluation of the reading texts in the current

textbook 24 II.4.1.3 Needed topics perceived by the students 26 II.4.1.4 Students‟ attitudes towards pre-reading activities 26 II.4.1.4.1 The frequency of using extra pre-reading activities

designed by the teachers (responded by the students) 26 II.4.1.4.2 Students‟ attitudes towards given pre-reading activities 27 II.4.1.5 The post-reading activities used by the teachers 28 II.4.1.6 The necessity of adapting the reading tasks in the ESP materials 29 II.4.1.7 The students‟ and teachers‟ difficulties in learning and teaching

II.4.1.8 The students‟ expectations from the teachers and reading

activities employed by the teachers to help their students

Chapter III some suggested techniques of adapting reading

tasks for the third-year students at hai phong

References