USING THE "SCAFFOLDING" METHOD TO RECOVER DIFFICULTIES IN THE ENGLISH READING COMPREHENSION TO NON - LANGUAGE SPECIFIED STUDENTS

USING THE "SCAFFOLDING" METHOD TO RECOVER DIFFICULTIES IN THE ENGLISH READING COMPREHENSION TO NON - LANGUAGE SPECIFIED STUDENTS

NGUYEN THI HIEN LUONG hienluong.nguyen87@yahoo.com Vinh University
Summary: 
In the process of teaching English to non-language specified students, students reviewed reading comprehension as a challenging skill and easy to discourage learners. This situation promotes the research on students’ difficulties in this skill and. The article addresses the difficulties of non-language specified students in skill of reading comprehension; then suggests ways to use the "scaffolding" method in teaching the English reading comprehension to non-language specified students. Specifically, the author conducted a survey of 126 non-language specified students at Vinh University in terms of difficulties related to vocabulary, grammar, text structure, background knowledge and reading comprehension strategies.
Keywords: 
students
English
scaffolding
reading comprehension
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