PROTOTYPE LESSONS ON DEVELOPING TEXTUAL SKILLS OF FIRST YEAR COLLEGE STUDENTS OF THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

Abstract

The primary focus of the study was to assess the textual skills of first year college students of Thai Nguyen University System in order to provide  prototype lessons to develop students’ textual performance. The descriptive method of research with survey questionnaires and a teacher-made test were used in the study. Respondents of the study were the 326 first year basic English language students from selected universities in Thai Nguyen and 66 English teachers. The students’ demographic profiles were gathered and analyzed. The students’ answers to the teacher-made test on textual performance served as the source of the quantitative data that were analyzed statistically. Further, the hypotheses that there is no significant relationship between the students' textual skills performance in English and each of the profile variables, and there are no significant differences between the students' textual performance in English and the teachers' assessment scores were tested. The data gathered were analyzed using frequency distribution, percentage, weighted mean, standard deviation, and independent t-test. From the findings and conclusions, the study recommended that the prototype lessons may be presented to school administrators for their review and suggestions; that improvement of the designed prototype lessons should be made; and further studies may be conducted along this line in universities.