THE EFFECTS OF WEBQUESTS IN TEACHING READING ON READING ABILITY OF STUDENTS AT A UNIVERSITY IN THE MEKONG DELTA REGION

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The purpose of the study was to evaluate to what extent WebQuests-based teaching affects the reading ability of non-English major students. It was hypothesized that the participants’ reading ability would be enhanced through the implementation of WebQuests in teaching reading in the classroom. There were 40 non-English major freshmen at Tay Do University attending this experimental study with one group design. The instruments used in the study were reading pretest, reading posttest and the questionnaire on students’ perceptions in WebQuests-based teaching of English reading. After the reading pretest, participants received WebQuests-based reading course in classroom in ten weeks. During the program, participants were asked to complete their tasks in groups by accessing to the WebQuests available designed by the teacher. At the end of the study, participants took the posttest and completed the questionnaire. The data from tests and questionnaire were statistically analyzed by SPSS English version 16.0 package. The results suggested that WebQuests-based teaching of reading needs to be considered in order to help students in developing their reading ability.

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