VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES
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NGUYEN THI KIEU GIANG

STUDENTS’ EVALUATION OF ESP COURSEBOOK
IN FACULTY OF GEOGRAPHY,
HANOI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION

(Đánh giá của sinh viên đối với giáo trình tiếng Anh chuyên ngành
giảng dạy tại Khoa Địa lý - Trường ĐH Sư phạm Hà Nội) M. A MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS FIELD: METHODOLOGY
CODE: 601410 HANOI - 2010
ESP M.A Thesis
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LIST OF CHARTS, FUGURES, AND TABLES

Chart 3.1: Learners’ attitude towards skill development
Chart 3.2: Learners’ attitude towards the usefulness of exercises in skill development
Chart 3.3: Learners’ fulfillment of exercises and activities
Chart 3.4: Learners’ attitude towards the necessity of an ESP course
Chart 3.5: Learners’ expectations in terms of the the time allocation for ESP course
Chart 3.6: Learners’ expectations of additional topics
Chart 3.7: Learners’ preference in terms of additional topics of the coursebook

Figure 1.1: Stages in the ESP process
Figure 1.2: The material evaluation process
Figure 1.3: A preliminary framework for materials analysis and action

Table 3.1: Learners’ ranking of their purposes of learning ESP
Table 3.2: Learners’ needs met by the ESP coursebook
Table 3.3: Learners’ attitude towards the content of the ESP coursebook
Table 3.4: Learners’ evaluation on time allocation for ESP
Table 3.5: Learners’ attitude towards vocabulary and grammar
Table 3.6: Learners’ attitude towards exercises and follow-up activities
Table 3.7: Learners’ preference for types of exercises and activities

1.4. Research questions ……………………………………………………………2
1.5. Method of the study 2
1.6. Composition of the thesis 2
PART II: DEVELOPMENT 3
CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 3
1.1. Approaches to ESP……………………….……………………………………….3
1.1.1. Learner-centeredness in ESP……………………………………………………3
1.1.2. Learner-centeredness vs. learning-centeredness in ESP……………………… 3
1.2. Coursebook evaluation 5
1.2.1. Definition of coursebook evaluation 5
1.2.2. Purposes of coursebook evaluation 6
1.2.3. Types of coursebook evaluation 6
1.2.4. Coursebook evaluation in ESP 8
1.2.5. Rationales of students’ evaluation 9
1.2.6. Models for evaluation 10
1.2.7. Criteria for evaluation 12
1.3. Conclusion 12
CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY 13
2.1. The context of the study 13
2.1.1. The course 13
2.1.2. The coursebook 13
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2.1.3. The ESP teachers 14
2.1.4. The students 14
2.2. The methodology 15
2.2.1. Participants 15