TABLES OF CONTENTS

Statement of authorship i

Acknowledgements ii

Abstract---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- iii

Table of contents------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1

CHAPTER ONE                INTRODUCTION----------------------------------------------------- 3

1.1       Background of the study---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3

1.2       Aims of the study----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3

1.3       The significance of the study----------------------------------------------------------------- 4

CHAPTER TWO            LITERATURE REVIEW----------------------------------------------- 5

2.1       Definition of reading------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5

2.2       The importance of reading-------------------------------------------------------------------- 5

2.3       Some reading skills--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5

2.3.1 Skimming------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5

2.3.2 Scanning-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6

2.3.3 Inferring-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6

2.3.4 Guessing the meaning from context-------------------------------------------------------- 6

2.3.5 Answering comprehension question-------------------------------------------------------- 6

2.4       Factors influence the progress of reading in language learning---------------------------- 7

2.4.1 Reader variables------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7

2.4.2 Text topic and content----------------------------------------------------------------------- 8

CHAPTER THREE          THE METHODOLOGY---------------------------------------------- 9

3.1   Researcher--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9

3.2   Research questions------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9

3.3       Subject----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9

3.4       Setting----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9

3.5       Data collection instruments------------------------------------------------------------------ 9

3.5.1 Textbook analysis-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10

3.5.2 Questionnaire------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10

3.5.3 Observation--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12

3.6       Data collection procedure------------------------------------------------------------------ 13

3.6.1 Textbook analysis procedure-------------------------------------------------------------- 13

3.6.2 Questionnaires procedure----------------------------------------------------------------- 13

3.6.3 Observation procedure--------------------------------------------------------------------- 13

CHAPTER FOUR      RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS----------------------------------------- 14

4.1       Results--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14

4.1.1 Results of textbook analysis--------------------------------------------------------------- 14

4.1.2 Results of questionnaires------------------------------------------------------------------ 19

4.1.3 Results of observation--------------------------------------------------------------------- 35

4.2       Discussions---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40

4.2.1 Research question (1)---------------------------------------------------------------------- 40

4.2.2 Research question (2)---------------------------------------------------------------------- 41

CHAPTER FIVE              CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS----------------- 42

5.1       Conclusions---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42

5.2       Recommendations--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42

5.2.1 For the textbook---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42

5.2.2 For teachers--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43

5.2.3 For students--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 PAGEREF _Toc227926470 \h 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003200320037003900320036003400370030000000

5.3       Limitations of the study--------------------------------------------------------------------- 49

REFERENCES------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51

APPENDIXES-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52

Appendix 1a------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 52

Appendix 1b------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 55

Appendix 2------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58

Appendix 3------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6