The use of reading strategies when reading ESP
by 4
th
-year English-majored students at the
People’s Security Academy

Nguyễn Khả Thanh Tùng Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ
Luận văn ThS. Chuyên ngành: English teaching methodology; Mã số: 60 14 10
Người hướng dẫn: Hoang Thi Xuan Hoa, M.A
Năm bảo vệ: 2013 Keywords: Tiếng Anh; Phương pháp giảng dạy; Ngôn ngữ; Kỹ năng đọc hiểu

Content
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Rationale
English has been widely used in many areas such as politics, economics, tourism,
telecommunication, culture, science and technology. In the current context of global integration,
English which has become more and more important is not only a means of but also a key to accessing
the latest scientific and technological achievements. Therefore, it is necessary for many Vietnamese
students to have a good command of English to satisfy the growing demands in a developing country
like Vietnam.
Internationally, teaching English has changed tremendously over the last few decades.
More significantly, the traditional teacher-centered approach has been replaced with the learner-
center one, which reflects a desire to explore ways of making responsive to learner’s need and
interest and allowing learners to play a more active and participatory role in the day-to-day
teaching and learning processes. Therefore, no longer does the teacher act as the centre of all

year English-majored students at the PSA.
In order to achieve the above the aim of the study, the following major research question
was addressed:
What are the reading strategies employed by fourth-year English-majored students at the
People’s Security Academy?
3. Significance of the study
The study is the first one to be carried out in the field of reading strategies research at the
PSA. It helps give a detailed description of reading strategies used by fourth-year English-
majored students at the PSA. More importantly, the findings of their reading strategies can help
teachers to understand more about their students and they can serve as the foundation for some
recommendations on how to improve the students' reading proficiency. They are also an
important basis for reading strategies based instruction to be implemented in the future.
4. Method of the study
In order to achieve the aim mentioned above, the present study utilized survey research
with two instruments the questionnaire for 35 fourth-year English-majored students of class
AV41 and interviews for 4 teachers to collect data on the students’ reading strategies.
The questionnaire designed as a means to make the researcher’s evaluation more
objective was developed and given to 35 fourth-year English-majored students of class AV41.
The interviews were conducted among four teachers who have been teaching reading for
4
th
-year English-majored students to obtain their perceptions, comments and evaluation toward
the matter under investigation.
After the data was analyzed and discussed, some conclusions were drawn, and some
suggestions were raised in the thesis.
5. Scope of the study
The present study investigated “the use of reading strategies when reading ESP by 4
th
-
year English-majored students at the People’s Security Academy”. The study of learning

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