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VIET NAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES ĐÀO THỊ MINH HƢƠNG

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FIRST- YEAR NGHE AN
COLLEGE STUDENTS’MOTIVATION TO READ AND THEIR USE
OF READING STRATEGIES

Mối liên hệ giữa động lực đọc của sinh viên năm thứ nhất
Cao Đẳng Nghệ An vơí phƣơng pháp đọc của họ.

MINOR THESIS
Field : English Teaching Methodology
Code: 60.14.10
Field : English Teaching Methodology
Code: 60.14.10
Supervisor: Phạm Minh Hiền, M.A

HANOI, 2010 5

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Declaration i
Acknowledgements ii
Abstract iii
Table of contents iv
List of tables and figures vii
List of abbreviations ……………………………………………………………………viii
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Rationales of the study 1
1.2. The aims of the study 2
1.3. Research questions 2
1.4. Scope of the study 3
1.5. Methods of the study 3
1.6. Significance of the study 3
1.7. Design of the study 3
CHAPTER 2: LITERATUREREVIEW 4
2.1 Introduction
2.2. An overview of motivation 4

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY 19
3.1. Introduction 19
3.2. Setting of the study 19
3.3. Participants 19
3.4. Instruments data collection 20
3.5. Data collection procedures 20
3.5.1 Demographic information 20
3.5. 2. Analytical procedures 21
CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS, DISCUSSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 23
4.1. Introduction 23
4.2. Findings and discussions. 23 7

4.2.1. Results from teacher‟s survey questionnaire (see Appendix 2) 23
4.2.1.1 Teacher„s personal information 23
4.2.1.2 Teacher‟s opinions towards students‟ motivation 23
4.2.2. Results from students‟ survey motivation 27
4.2.2.1. Types of students‟ motivation in learning reading 27
4.2.2.2. Factors affecting students‟ motivation in learning reading 28
4.2.3. Results of the relationship between motivation and reading strategies: 28
4.3. Recommendations 30
4.3.1 The teachers 30
4.3.1.1. Improving the teacher‟s roles 30
4.3.1.2. “Top ten” principles for teaching reading(Adapting by Ray Williams) 32
4.3.1.3.Basic principles of motivation exist that are applicable to learning in any
situation (Adapting by Matthew Weller, Los Angeles Business Journal, March 14,
2005): 34
4.3.2. The students 35