Reading comprehension competence of efl learners and techniques to teach learn cultural words

• Main Author: Pham, Thi Thanh Thuy
• Other Authors: Kỷ yếu hội thảo quốc tế Các vấn đề mới trong khoa học Giáo dục: tiếp cận liên ngành và xuyên ngành (Proceedings of International conference New issues in educational sciences: Inter-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches) : Hà Nội, tháng 6 năm 2019
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội 2020
• Subjects: Năng lực đọc hiểu; Phương pháp dạy học; Từ vựng văn hóa; Đọc hiểu; Giáo dục học
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/95071
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Among four skills of English, reading is somehow hard to handle well for learners. One problem to hinder their positive achievements in reading comprehension is difficult vocabulary. Cultural words are of this vocabulary range. Within her brief research, the writer analyzes students’ reading comprehension competence at Hanoi National University of Education and recommends possible techniques to teach and learn cultural words in the textbook New English File (preintermediate) for students’ enhancement in reading tasks. Students’ interviews and statistics of their reading results are used as methods for the study. After that, data are collected; findings are specifically discussed for final conclusion.