Adapting reading tasks of ESP materials for the third year students at haiphong medical university

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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES
AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES

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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


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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: Nguyn Bng, M.A

Hanoi, 2010


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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


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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


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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
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Summary of the study

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Limitations of the study

3.

Suggestions for further study

References