... Department at Hong Duc University in Thanh Hoa province The research focused on the problem of inactiveness in group discussion in pre-writing stage of essay- writing practice lessons Design of the ... The action research was carried out to solve following problem: Students’ inactiveness in pre-writing group discussion of an essay- writing practice lesson at Hong Duc University” OBSERVING A LESSON ... in education focuses on the three related stages of action: “1 Initiating action, such as, adopting a text, choosing an alternative assessment strategy Monitoring and adjusting, such as, seeing...