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THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

LE THI QUYNH YEN

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITIES ON

STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH READING SKILLS

AT BACH DANG HIGH SCHOOL

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M.A THESIS

(APPLICATION ORIENTATION)

THAI NGUYEN – 2019

Field:

Code:

Supervisor:

English Linguistics

8220201

Dr. Nguyen Thi Mai Huong

Dr. Nguyen Thi Que

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STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP

This is to certify that the thesis entitled “The Effectiveness of

Communicative Activities on Students’ Performance in English Reading Skills

at Bach Dang high school” has been written by me and the work in it has not

previously been submitted for a degree. In addition, I also certify that all information

sources and literature have been indicated in the thesis.

Thai Nguyen, June 2019

Le Thi Quynh Yen

Approved by SUPERVISORS

Supervisor 1: Dr. Nguyen Thi Mai Huong

Supervisor 2: Dr. Nguyen Thi Que

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DEDICATION

To my parents who taught me to be more patient,

My siblings,

My husband, Nguyen Huu Tuyen

My son, Nguyen Hai Tung

My son, Nguyen Thai Son

And my friends

For their endless support

And being my constant sources of inspiration.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

During the process of carrying out this study, I have received a large amount

of contribution and support from many people.

First, I would like to express the deepest gratitude to my supervisors, Dr.

Nguyen Thi Mai Huong and Dr. Nguyen Thi Que, for their invaluable

encouragement and useful advice during the whole process of this master thesis.

Without his help, this paper could not have been completed.

Next, I am thankful to all my lecturers as well as staff at School of Foreign

Languages, Thai Nguyen University for their great supports and suggestions.

Also, I am grateful to the teachers of English and the students at Bach Dang

high school for their immense help and participation.

Finally, my special thanks go to my beloved family and friends for their love,

care and support during my MA course, especially on the completion of this thesis.

Thai Nguyen, July 2019

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ABSTRACT

The goal of this study attempted to test for the effectiveness of

Communicative activities in teaching English reading for the course book English

grade 11 by MOET. The respondents of the study were 30 matched pair students who

were studying at grade 11 at Bach Dang high school, Quang Yen district, Quang

Ninh Province during their second semester of the academic school year 2018-2019.

The experiment was conducted in 8 class-hours for the class within two months. The

t-test for dependent or correlated samples was applied to determine the significance

of the differences between the means of the control group and experimental group.

The result proved that Communicative Approach is more effective in improving

students’ competence in English than the traditional method. As a consequence, it is

recommended that teachers of English take into serious consideration all the

conditions to apply these innovative approaches as well as combine harmoniously

different methods in their teaching so that they could facilitate the students’ learning

to reach their utmost acquisition of the language.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preliminaries Page

TITLE PAGE ………………………………………………………… i

APPROVAL SHEET………………………………………………… ii

DEDICATION. ………………………………………………………. iii

ACKNOWLEDGMENT …………………………………………….. iv

ABSTRACT. …………………………………………………………. v

TABLE OF CONTENTS...…………………………………………… vi

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS................................................................ viii

LIST OF TABLES. …………………………………………………… ix

LIST OF FIGURES. ………………………………………………….. x

LIST OF APPENDICES…..………………………………………….. xi

Chapter Page

1. INTRODUCTION 1

1.1. Introduction……………. ……...……..………………………… 1

1.2. Aims of the study.....………………….………………………… 2

1.3. Scope of the study…….……………………………………….. 3

1.4. Significance of the study…………..………………………........ 3

1.5. Definition of terms.………………………………………….… 3

1.6. Outline of the study………………………………………….… 4

2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND STUDIES 6

2.1. Communicative Language Teaching Approach………………… 6

2.2. Communicative Competence…....……………………………... 8

2.3. Methodology Framework of Communicative Activities............... 9

2.4. Groupwork as a Communicative Activity in teaching Reading… 10

2.5. Roles of Teachers and Students in CLT….……….…………….. 13

2.6. Studies on CLT and Teaching Reading Comprehension………. 15

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2.7. Concluding remarks…………………………………………….. 17

3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 18

3.1.Research Design.…...……………………….…………………… 18

3.2. Participants…………………………………………................... 18

3.3. Data Collection Instrument.……………………………………. 19

3.4. Data Collection Procedure..…………………………………… 19

3.5. Data Analytical Method………………………………………… 20

4. PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF

DATA 22

4.1. Comparison of Data of the Pre-test Scores of the Control and

Experimental Groups…..……………………………………………. 22

4.2. Comparison of Data of the Post-test Scores of the Control and

Experimental Groups………………………………………………… 25

4.3. Comparison of Data of the Pre-test and Post-test Scores of the

Control Group (Using the Traditional Method)…………………….. 28

4.4. Comparison of Data of the Pre-test and Post-test Scores of the

Experimental Group (using the Communicative Language Teaching).. 31

4.5. Comparison of the Mean Gain Scores of the two groups……… 34

5. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND

RECOMMENDATIONS 38

5.1. Summary……….….….…………………………….................... 38

5.2. Findings….....…………….….…………………………………. 39

5.3. Conclusions…………………………………………….............. 40

5.4. Recommendations………………………...………….................. 41

REFERENCES 42

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

Abbreviation Full word

MOET: Ministry of Education and Training

CLT: Communicative Language Teaching

NFLP: The National Foreign Language Project

EFL: English Foreign Language