A Study On Activities To Improve In Service Students Reading Skills At Tay Nguyen University

TAY NGUYEN UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES STUDIES ----------- THE OUTLINE OF GRADUATION ASSIGNMENT TITLE: A STUDY ON ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE IN-SERVICE STUDENTS’ READING SKILLS AT TAY NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Name: Nguyễn Công Đoàn Student code: 20702521 Class: English language K20 Supervisor: Hoàng Thị Xuân Dak Lak, May 2022 1 A STUDY ON ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE IN-SERVICE STUDENTS’ READING SKILLS AT TAY NGUYEN UNIVERSITY CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Statement of the problem Learners must practice four basic skills in order to use English fluently: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. English reading comprehension skills, in particular, are one of the fundamental skills that are emphasized in the process of teaching foreign languages. To develop English reading skills, students must engage in extensive and consistent reading practice with a variety of forms and contents. Although English reading skills do not have to be learned in a short time to be able to read and understand, but it takes time to study and practice reading regularly, in order to improve this skill, everyone also needs to practice. practice reading skills at each level from low to high gradually to collect and upgrade vocabulary, sentences, and vocabulary by topic. To be able to read and understand a long document, text, or newspaper, learners will have to spend a few years studying continuously to improve reading skills, memorize vocabulary, master sentence structures and can be translated through easy reading with little use of dictionaries. In fact, there are still many limitations in learning and using foreign languages for in-service students at the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Tay Nguyen University, especially in English reading skills. One of the reasons for these limitations is that inservice students' vocabulary is too limited, particularly their knowledge of the history, country, people, and culture of English-speaking countries. Grammar knowledge among in-service students remains limited, and understanding of the nature and application of contextual grammar is frequently muddled. In-service students are also affected by their mother tongue, which leads to misunderstanding and misuse of English; the ability to perceive abstract thinking is still limited..., causing difficulties 2