Foreign language teaching in recent years is very much concerned
with the concepts of authenticity and relevance to students' needs
and interests. Using newspapers in foreign language classes is one
way of working towards the development of an authentic
environment and promoting the language learning process.
For EFL students in the Institute of International Relations (IIR)
newspapers are not simply an important source of learning
material, but an important source of information.
Vietnamese EFL students who learn to read English newspapers,
however, constantly encounter difficulties in comprehension.
This study report attempts to identify the common areas of
comprehension difficulty for Vietnamese learners, when confronted
with newspapers.
To achieve this aim, the study first reviews schema theory in order
to establish the factors which affect the reading process. It also
examines studies on news reporting style in English.
Attempts have also been made in the contrastive study of the
differences in reporting styles of international news in English and
Vietnamese to investigate what might cause difficulties for
Vietnamese readers.
Accordingly, the study considers implications for teaching
newspaper reading to Vietnamese EFL students at intermediate
level, who have not practised this before.
Finally, the study also suggests further areas of research in using
newspapers in a foreign language class.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219377 |
| Date | January 1990 |
| Creators | Tam, Nguyen Thi Bao, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Education |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Nguyen Thi Bao Tam |
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