tailieunhanh - The correlation between the factors affects to the students’ performance in reading english for information technology of the selected sophomore students at college of information and communication technology - Thai Nguyen university

Reading is a great way for people to gain knowledge at any ages. In order to improve the communicative skills indirectly through reading comprehension, readers must have reading comprehension skills to read academic materials. From the analysis of the English for Information Technology (IT) teaching and learning reality and challenges at Thai Nguyen University of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the article analyzes or discusses the factors affecting to selected sophomore students’ performance in reading English for IT and the relationship between the factors at Thai Nguyen University of ICT, academic year 2010 – 2011 and proposes a number of suggestions to teach and learn ESP effectively. | Nguyễn Thùy Linh Tạp chí KHOA HỌC & CÔNG NGHỆ 91(03): 47 - 51 THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE FACTORS AFFECTS TO THE STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN READING ENGLISH FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OF THE SELECTED SOPHOMORE STUDENTS AT COLLEGE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY - THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Nguyen Thuy Linh* College of Information and Communication Technology – TNU SUMMARY Reading is a great way for people to gain knowledge at any ages. In order to improve the communicative skills indirectly through reading comprehension, readers must have reading comprehension skills to read academic materials. From the analysis of the English for Information Technology (IT) teaching and learning reality and challenges at Thai Nguyen University of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the article analyzes or discusses the factors affecting to selected sophomore students’ performance in reading English for IT and the relationship between the factors at Thai Nguyen University of ICT, academic year 2010 – 2011 and proposes a number of suggestions to teach and learn ESP effectively. Key words: English reading skill, English for Information Technology, factors, significant correlation, College of Information and Communication Technology - Thai Nguyen University. INTRODUCTION* Sheila [6] stated that reading is the key that unlocks the door in the world of enlightenment and enjoyment. Learning to read is one of the most important accomplishments that can be achieved during ones formal schooling. Reading therefore should become indispensable to people because if they do not learn reading especially in their younger years, they will surely find difficulty in facing today’s challenging and complex society. The reading education of English Language Learners (ELL) has become one of the most important issues in all of educational policy and practice. In the English classroom, special emphasis has been given to the teaching of reading, since the purpose of most Vietnamese .