VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES
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HOÀNG THỊ QUỲNH NGÂN DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ READING PROFICIENCY THROUGH
EXTENSIVE READING IN AN IELTS PREPARATION COURSE - A CASE OF
THE 3
rd
YEAR ENGLISH MAJORS AT HANOI UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRY
(Phát triển khả năng đọc thông qua đọc mở rộng cho một khóa học tiền
IELTS - Nghiên cứu trường hợp sinh viên năm thứ 3 chuyên ngữ trường
Đại học Công Nghiệp Hà Nội )

M.A. Minor Programme Thesis

Field: English Methodology
Code: 60 14 10
Hanoi – 2010


Hanoi – 2010
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Declaration i
Acknowledgements ii
Abstract iii
Table of contents iv
List of Abbreviations vii
List of figures, charts and tables viii
Part I. INTRODUCTION 1
1. Rationale 1
2. Aims of the study 2
3. Significance of the study 2
4. Research questions 3
5. Scope of the study 3
6. Methods of the study 3
7. Design of the study 4
Part II. DEVELOPMENT 5
Chapter I: LITERATURE REVIEW 5
1.1. Definition of reading comprehension in a Second Language 5
1.2. Intensive Reading and Extensive Reading 6
1.2.1. Intensive Reading 6
1.2.2. Extensive Reading 7
1.3 IELTS reading test 10
1.3.1. IELTS tests 10
1.3.2. IELTS reading module 11

Chapter IV: IMPLICATIONS 31
4.1. Research implications 31
4.2. Suggestions on the implementation of extensive reading in pre-IELTS class 32
4.2.1. Grouping and instructing 33
4.2.2. Preparations and Presentation procedures…………………………… 35
Part III. CONCLUSIONS 37
1. Conclusions 37 vi

2. Limitations of the study 37
3. Recommendation for further research 38
REFERENCES 39
APPENDICES I
Appendix 1: The pretest I
Appendix 2: The post test………………………………………………………………… VIII
Appendix 3: Answer to the pretest and Answer to the posttest………………… …… XIV
Appendix 4: The students’ results in the pre-test, post – test and gain….………………….XV
Appendix 5: The post- program questionnaire………………………………………… XVI
Appendix 5: Sample Reading………………………………………………………… …XVII
Appendix 6: Sample
Report… ……………………………………………………… XVIII
Appendix 7: Sample Reflection………………………………………………… ……… XIX

had just followed the traditional reading program. All the participants were third year English
major students at Hanoi University of Industry. To make the findings more persuasive, the
results of the questionnaire that followed the extensive reading program revealed the students’
opinions on the difficulties they have to deal with, their attitudes towards extensive reading in
the pre-IELTS course and their suggestions for more effective extensive reading in pre-IELTS
course. The results of this study support the conclusion that the extensive reading program is
beneficial to students and has positive effects on students’ reading proficiency in pre-IELTS
course and recommend the broad application of the extensive reading approach of similar
programs in the future.
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