http://tainguyenso.vnu.edu.vn/jspui/handle/123456789/8910 Sun, 17 May 2026 23:02:29 GMT 2026-05-17T23:02:29Z http://tainguyenso.vnu.edu.vn/jspui/handle/123456789/12815 Title: Reading strategies to improve reading comprehension of students at Thai Nguyen College of Economics and Technology Authors: Nguyễn, Thị Lập; Supervisor : M.A. Đinh, Hải Yến Abstract: It is obvious that learning strategies make a great contribution to the success of language teaching and learning. As for language reading comprehension, reading strategies have been considered essential means to enhance students’ reading comprehension and help them overcome comprehension failures. Within this regard, the thesis was carried out to investigate the reading strategies with the hope that it would help improve students’ ability of reading comprehension in English at Thai Nguyen College of Economics and Technology.The data collection instruments used in this study were tests and questionnaires. 30 first year non - English majors specializing in Economics and Business Management were tested and interviewed in order to examine how efficiently the reading strategies, which were suggested by O’Malley and Chamot (1990), were used in reading classes. Results have showed that most of the given reading strategies including metacognitive, cognitive, and social/affective strategies were efficiently implemented in reading classes. However, a small number of the reading strategies with limited results were desired to be practiced more. Based on the findings, the thesis suggests some recommendations on learning and teaching reading methods in order to make the reading strategies more effective in future English classrooms. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://tainguyenso.vnu.edu.vn/jspui/handle/123456789/12815 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://tainguyenso.vnu.edu.vn/jspui/handle/123456789/12814 Title: A study on applying group discussion approach to enhanse speaking skills of English for the first year students at An Duong Vocational Middle School Authors: Tống, Thị Hoàng Hạnh; Supervisor : M.A. Dương, Thị Thực Abstract: ABSTRACT This study was carried out to investigate students’ and teachers’ attitudes towards applying group discussion to promote speaking English in the class of non-major English intermediate students of An Duong Vocational School. The study was designed to answer the two following questions: 1. How will the group discussion (GD) model under the cooperative learning instruction in the EFL classroom help the teacher– researcher to enhance the first year students at An Duong Vocational School to speak English? 2. What can the researcher learn from implementing the GD model under the cooperative learning instruction to improve EFL teaching speaking skill for the students of An Duong Vocational School? A detailed questionnaire was used as the measuring instrument. Data for the study is gathered by the survey questionnaires. 100 copies of survey questionnaires are delivered to the students to learn about their opinions toward applying group discussion approaches in speaking class. And 7 other copies are also distributed to teachers of English to find out the difficulties and achievements when using group discussion to enhance their students’ English speaking in the English class at the same time. The findings show that students are interested in speaking English in group discussion because they can feel confident to communicate and share the ideas in groups. And the findings also indicate some problems teachers of English meet in using group discussion besides the advantages it brings about. All of them are presented in the main part of the study. Basing on such findings, some practical recommendations for the students, the teachers and the administrators at An Duong Vocational School were proposed to develop students’ ability to communicate successfully. It is hoped that this thesis will help the other teachers of English be aware the usefulness of group discussion techniques and apply it in their English-speaking teaching. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://tainguyenso.vnu.edu.vn/jspui/handle/123456789/12814 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z