TABLE OF CONTENT

 Declaration

 Acknowledgements

 Table of content

Chapter I: Introduction 1

1.1 Rationale: 1

1.2 Aims of the study: 2

1.3 Scope of the study: 2

1.4 Method of the study: 3

1.5 Design of the study: 3

Chapter II: Literature review 4

2.1 Reading Comprehension: 4

2.1.1 Definition of Reading: 4

2.1.2 Definition of Reading Comprehension: 5

2.1.3 The importance of Reading Comprehension: 6

2.1.4 Types of reading and Reading rates: 8

2.1. 5 Reading comprehension strategies: 10

2.1.6 Effective reading and proficient readers: 12

2.2 Unfamiliar words: 15

2.2.1 Definition of word: 15

2.2.2 Definition of unfamiliar words: 17

2.2.3 Difficulties made by unfamiliar words in reading comprehension: 18

2.3 Some strategies for dealing with unfamiliar words in reading comprehension: 19

2.3.1 Ignoring the unfamiliar words: 19

2.3.1.1 Skimming skill: 19

2.3.1.2 Scanning skill: 21

2.3.2 Recalling the word’s meaning by pronunciation: 21

2.3.3 Guessing the word’s meaning: 24

2.3.3.1 Analyzing structural formation: 24

2.3.3.2 Making use of context clues: 28

2.3.4 Looking the unfamiliar words up in the dictionary: 30

2.3.4.1 Way to choose a good dictionary: 30

2.3.4.2 Way to use the dictionary quickly and effectively: 31

2.4 Summary: 32

Chapter III: The study 33

3.1 Survey on ways senior students use to deal with unfamiliar words in reading comprehension: 33

3.1.1 The subjects: 33

3.1.2 Data collection: 33

3.1.3 Exercise description: 33

3.1.4 Questionaire description: 35

3.2 The result of survey: 35

3.3 Summary: 40

Chapter IV: The finding and discussion 41

Chapter V: Conclusion 45