SOME METHODS FOR TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS IN GENERAL ENGLISH MODULES FOR FIRST-YEAR NON-LANGUAGE MAJOR STUDENTS AT HAI PHONG UNIVERSITY

Abstract

In teaching language skills, reading is one of the basic skills that is very emphasized. Reading is an effective way for students to master and consolidate language knowledge, richen vocabulary as well as deepen their understanding of the style and the use of the language they are learning. Reading plays a very important role in developing  language skills in general and reading comprehensipon in particular.  First-year students in general and non-language students in particular need to become familiar with effective reading comprehension skills to serve their studies, research and career applications. In fact, first-year non-language major students at Hai Phong University have very little knowledge and skills in reading and understanding English texts. Most of them have just left high school, and their English reading and comprehension skills are practiced through simple reading passages in textbooks. Furthermore, the time to practice English reading comprehension skills of high school students is very little.  It normally takes up one-eighth of the total time for a unit. Hopefully, with some methods of teaching reading comprehension skills mentioned in this article, it will help first-year non-language major students master reading comprehension skills, on that basis they can improve their own learning efficiency.