An investigation into factors causing the 10th students’ anxiety in English reading comprehension classes at Tam Đảo high school

• Main Author: Triệu, Thị Hoài Thu
• Other Authors: Ngô, Hữu Hoàng
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: University of Languages and International Studies 2017
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/40392
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

The purpose of this study aimed at finding the sources of the students‟ English reading anxiety at Tam Dao high school, Vinh Phuc. The study has been conducted in the form of survey research with the informants of 70 students in grade 10 were taken as the subjects. The main instruments employed for the data collection were survey questionnaires for the students of the school. Besides, to back up the validity of the collected data from questionnaires, semi-structuredinterviews were conducted to 5 randomly selected students who have already done the survey questionnaires.The results of this study have shown that the 10thform students often have anxiety with the reading text factors, the personal factors and time constraint. As a result of the study, some suggestions for dealing with reading anxiety were proposed to reduce their reading anxiety and helps students to obtain desirable results in learning reading. Finally, it is hoped that the results of this study could be of much benefit for developing teaching and learning reading English at Tam Dao high school, Vinh Phuc.