The correlation between the factors affects to the students' performance in reading english for information technology of the selected sophomore students at college of information and communication technology - Thai Nguyen university

Reading is a great way for people to gain knowledge at any ages. In order to improve the communicative skills indirectly through reading comprehension, readers must have reading comprehension skills to read academic materials. From the analysis of the English for Information Technology (IT) teaching and learning reality and challenges at Thai Nguyen University of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the article analyzes or discusses the factors affecting to selected sophomore students’ performance in reading English for IT and the relationship between the factors at Thai Nguyen University of ICT, academic year 2010 – 2011 and proposes a number of suggestions to teach and learn ESP effectively.
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The correlation between the factors affects to the students’ performance in reading english for information technology of the selected sophomore students at college of information and communication technology - Thai Nguyen universityNguyễn Thùy LinhTạp chí KHOA HỌC & CÔNG NGHỆ91(03): 47 - 51THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE FACTORS AFFECTSTO THE STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN READING ENGLISHFOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OF THE SELECTED SOPHOMORESTUDENTS AT COLLEGE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY - THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITYNguyen Thuy Linh*College of Information and Communication Technology – TNUSUMMARYReading is a great way for people to gain knowledge at any ages. In order to improve thecommunicative skills indirectly through reading comprehension, readers must have readingcomprehension skills to read academic materials. From the analysis of the English forInformation Technology (IT) teaching and learning reality and challenges at Thai NguyenUniversity of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the article analyzes ordiscusses the factors affecting to selected sophomore students’ performance in reading English forIT and the relationship between the factors at Thai Nguyen University of ICT, academic year 2010– 2011 and proposes a number of suggestions to teach and learn ESP effectively.Key words: English reading skill, English for Information Technology, factors, significantcorrelation, College of Information and Communication Technology - Thai Nguyen University.INTRODUCTION*Sheila [6] stated that reading is the key thatunlocks the door in the world ofenlightenment and enjoyment. Learning toread is one of the most importantaccomplishments that can be achieved duringones formal schooling. Reading thereforeshould become indispensable to peoplebecause if they do not learn reading especiallyin their younger years, they will surely finddifficulty in facing today’s challenging andcomplex society.The reading education of English LanguageLearners (ELL) has become one of the mostimportant issues in all of educational policyand practice. In the English classroom, specialemphasis has been given to the teaching ofreading, since the purpose of mostVietnamese learners learning English is toread texts in their special fields. Thus, toachieve the goal of mastering the content ofthe text and complete the enclosed tasks in thereading requirement, the learners shouldenhance their reading abilities. It is often verydifficult for the teachers of the foreign*Tel: 0988 939755language to successfully help their learnersduring the course of reading. It is obvious thatreading is given the most important skill forthe students of the Thai Nguyen University ofICT. Although English is not their major,most of them realized the importance ofEnglish, especially reading skill in futurework when they will have to explore andexploit various materials.In English for Specific Purposes (ESP), it isassumed [3] that the students are learning touse English as a study tool or researchlanguage. At the University level, readingcomprehension, therefore, plays a central role.This is particularly true in countries, wherethe medium of instruction is the mothertongue, but many essential textbooks andjournal articles are available in English. Andreading, thus, has been generally recognizedas an essential skill to be taught with thepurpose of improving the students’ readingskills but also of familiarizing them withspecializing English language use in the fields(in business, in Information technology or inmedicine, etc.) in terms of vocabulary,terminologies, etc. That means, after readingclasses in universities, students are supposedto be able to interpret texts of their47Số hóa bởi Trung tâm Học liệu – Đại học Thái Nguyênhttp://www.lrc-tnu.edu.vnNguyễn Thùy LinhTạp chí KHOA HỌC & CÔNG NGHỆspecializing subjects in order to getinformation for their further studies in themost appropriate and effective way.Being a teacher of ESP, the researcher hasalways been aware of the importance ofdeveloping reading comprehension skill forstudents. She always thinks about thestudents’ real needs and difficulties, and howto overcome them. In this study, theresearcher will focus on the readingcomprehension skills of the second yearstudents at Thai Nguyen University of ICT tofind out the learners’ problems andresolutions to improve the students’ readingabilities. It is hoped that this study may offerto the learners of Thai Nguyen University ofICT the ways to improve their Englishcomprehension skills in general, and for ESPin particularSUBJECTS AND METHODOLOGYThis study is a descriptive survey that dealswith the predictors of students’ performancein reading ESP. The respondents of the studywere limited to 60 sophomore students atThai Nguyen University of ICT during thefourth Semester, Academic Year 2010– 2011.Descriptive ...