PHÁT TRIỂN VỐN TỪ VỰNG CHO SINH VIÊN NĂM 3 – KHOA CƠ ĐIỆN – ĐIỆN TỬ, TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC LẠC HỒNG

EXTENSIVE READING IN SUPPORT FOR VOCABULARY IMPROVEMENT FOR THIRD-YEAR STUDENTS OF MECHATRONICS – ELECTRONICS FACULTY, LAC HONG UNIVERSITY

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This study aims to unearth whether extensive reading can help university students on the development of
vocabulary. Two research groups - the experimental group who has read more materials chosen by the researchers apart from
in-class readings (95 minutes for class activities and 40 minutes for extensive reading) over the period of 10 weeks and the
control group who has absorbed classroom activities only - involved in the experiment. The results, which were collected
from three methods of test, observation and interview to evaluate the vocabulary gains of the participants, showed that an
improvement on vocabulary of the both groups was found but the experimental group performed their use of vocabulary
range in reading, writing, and speaking better than that in the control group.