1.2.1 IN TERMS OF VOCABULARY NEARLY THE SAME NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS (...

3. - (LUẬN VĂN THẠC SĨ) AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE DIFFICULTIES OF LEARNING READING ENGLISH FOR ESP OF STUDENTS OF FINANCE AND BANKING ON HUI NGHE AN CAMPUS 3. - (LUẬN VĂN THẠC SĨ) AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE DIFFICULTIES OF LEARNING READING ENGLISH FOR ESP OF STUDENTS OF FINANCE AND BANKING ON HUI NGHE AN CAMPUS
(LUẬN VĂN THẠC SĨ) AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE DIFFICULTIES OF LEARNING READING ENGLISH FOR ESP OF STUDENTS OF FINANCE AND BANKING ON HUI NGHE AN CAMPUS

3.1.2.1 In terms of vocabulary

Nearly the same number of respondents ( 74 % and 98 % respectively) considered that

understanding Finance and Banking vocabulary and terminology and memorizing them

was difficult. This was probably due to inadequacy of professional knowledge and

infrequency of applying those banking terms in students‟ daily communication.

However, these two items showed how important banking terms were in reading for

Finance and Banking and how much difficulty they caused to students. The two

following items investigated students‟ skills in guessing meaning of unknown words.

Clues for guessing meanings of those words might come from context or their word-

formation. Again, the data showed nearly the same figures. 94 % and 80 % respectively

were stuck in item 4.c and item 4.d. This partially reflected students‟ reading

comprehension as well as their ability of lexicology and semantics. This proved that not

only lacking professional knowledge, respondents in this study were rather weak in

general English practice skills.