(Luận văn thạc sĩ) 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

§ång Quúnh 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

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I. Rationale

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II. Aims of the study

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III. Methods of the study

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IV. Scope of the study

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V. Design of the study

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Part II. Development

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Chapter I. Literature review

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I.1. An overview of ESP

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I.1.1. Definition of ESP

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I.1.2. Types of ESP

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I.1.3. Characteristics of ESP

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I.2. Material adaptation

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I.2.1. Definition of material adaptation

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I.2.2. Purposes of material adaptation

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I.2.3. Techniques of material adaptation for teaching reading

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I.2.3.1. Adaptation as addition

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I.2.3.2. Adaptation as change

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I.3. An overview of reading

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I.3.1. Definition of reading and reading comprehension

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I.3.2. Classification of reading

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I.3.2.1. According to manner

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I.3.2.1.1. Reading aloud

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I.3.2.1.2. Silent reading

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I.3.2.2. According to purposes

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I.3.2.2.1. Skimming

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I.3.2.2.2. Scanning

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I.3.2.2.3. Intensive reading

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I.3.2.2.4. Extensive reading

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I.4. Concluding remarks
Chapter II. The study
II.1. Situational analysis

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II.1.1. ESP teaching and learning situation at HPMU

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II.1.2. The material description

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II.1.3. The course objective

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II.2. Research methodology

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II.2.1. Subjects of the study

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II.2.1.1. The teachers

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II.2.1.2. The students

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II.2.2. Data collection instrument

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II.2.2.1. Questionnaires

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II.2.2.2. Follow-up class observation

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II.3. Procedures

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II.4. Data analysis

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II.4.1. Questionnaires

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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


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textbook

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II.4.1.3. Needed topics perceived by the students

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II.4.1.4. Students‟ attitudes towards pre-reading activities

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II.4.1.4.1. The frequency of using extra pre-reading activities
designed by the teachers (responded by the students)
II.4.1.4.2. Students‟ attitudes towards given pre-reading activities

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II.4.1.5. The post-reading activities used by the teachers

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II.4.1.6. The necessity of adapting the reading tasks in the ESP materials

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II.4.1.7. The students‟ and teachers‟ difficulties in learning and teaching
medical reading (respectively)

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II.4.1.8. The students‟ expectations from the teachers and reading
activities employed by the teachers to help their students
overcome difficulties

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II.4.2. Follow-up class observation

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II.5. Concluding remarks

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Chapter III. some suggested techniques of adapting reading
tasks for the third-year students at hai phong
medical university

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III.1. Replacing

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III.2. Supplementing

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III.3. Extending

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Part III. Conclusion

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1. Summary of the study

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2. Limitations of the study

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3. Suggestions for further study

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References