Using short stories to motivate intermediate efl learners in essay writing at vietnam centre point

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY - NGUYEN TRUONG GIANG USING SHORT STORIES TO MOTIVATE INTERMEDIATE EFL LEARNERS IN ESSAY WRITING AT VIETNAM CENTRE POINT Major: English Language Course code: 8220201 HO CHI MINH CITY, SEPTEMBER 2020 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY - USING SHORT STORIES TO MOTIVATE INTERMEDIATE EFL LEARNERS IN ESSAY WRITING AT VIETNAM CENTRE POINT Submitted to the Faculty of English Language in partial fulfillment of the Master’s degree in English Language Course code: 8220201 By NGUYEN TRUONG GIANG Supervised by LE THI THANH, Ph.D HO CHI MINH CITY, SEPTEMBER 2020 The thesis entitled: USING SHORT STORIES TO MOTIVATE INTERMEDIATE EFL LEARNERS IN ESSAY WRITING AT VIETNAM CENTRE POINT was successfully defended and approved on ……………… at Hochiminh City University of Technology (HUTECH) Academic supervisor: LÊ THỊ THANH, Ph.D Examination Committee Nguyễn Thị Kiều Thu, Ph.D Chair Trần Quốc Thao, Ph.D Reader Đinh Văn Sơn, Ph.D Reader Nguyễn Đăng Nguyên, Ph.D Member Lê Văn Tuyên, Ph.D Secretary Member On behalf of the Examination Committee Chair i HCMC UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE HCMC, SEPTEMBER 2020 MASTER’S THESIS REPORT Student name: NGUYỄN TRƯỜNG GIANG Sex: Male Date of birth: 06/11/1989 Place of birth: Dong Thap Major: English Language Student code: 1841900038 I- Thesis title: USING SHORT STORIES TO MOTIVATE INTERMEDIATE EFL LEARNERS IN ESSAY WRITING AT VIETNAM CENTRE POINT II- Objectives and contents: This study aims at investigating using short stories to motivate intermediate EFL leaners in essay writing at Vietnam Centre Point The specific objectives of this study are as follows: • To find out the attitudes of the EFL learners towards using short stories • To identify the practicality of short stories in motivating writing essays of intermediate learners The study was conducted at Vietnam Centre Point The participants of this study were 45 EFL learners in to different classes at the level of Intermediate in Vietnam Centre Point The data was gathered by a questionnaire and semi-structured interview The results were analysed in terms of means, standard deviations and content analysis This study also informs the discussions of the results and some valuable implications for learners, teachers as well as administrators ii III- Starting date: 30/03/2020 IV- Completing date: 20/09/2020 V- Academic supervisor: LÊ THỊ THANH, Ph.D ACADEMIC SUPERVISOR FACULTY DEAN (full name, signature) (full name, signature) iii CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY I certify my authorship of the Master’s Thesis submitted today entitled: USING SHORT STORIES TO MOTIVATE INTERMEDIATE EFL LEARNERS IN ESSAY WRITING AT VIETNAM CENTRE POINT In terms of the statement of requirements for Theses in Master’s programs issued by the Higher Degree Committee of Faculty of English Language, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology Ho Chi Minh City, September 2020 NGUYEN TRUONG GIANG iv RETENTION AND USE OF THE THESIS I hereby state that I, NGUYEN TRUONG GIANG, being a candidate for the degree of Master of Arts (English Language) accept the requirements of the University relating to the retention and use of Master’s Theses deposited in the Library In terms of these conditions, I agree that the original of my Master’s Thesis deposited in the Library should be accessible for purposes of study and research, in accordance with the normal conditions established by the Librarian for the care, loan, and reproduction for theses Ho Chi Minh City, September 2020 Signature…………………………… NGUYEN TRUONG GIANG v ACKNOWLEDGEMENT In preparing and writing this thesis, I have benefited greatly from the support of many lecturers, teachers, friends and learners First and foremost, I would first like to express my deepest gratitude to Dr Le Thi Thanh, my supervisor, for her patience, guidance, insightful advice, and constant encouragement through the whole research process Under any circumstances, she always gives me her warm support and dedication She has been a wonderful mentor and I feel grateful for having such a wonderful instructor Without her support and guidance, this thesis would never have been completed Second, I would also like to show my profound gratitude to all the lecturers of the Institute for Postgraduate and the Department of English Language in HUTECH for their tirelessly devoting time and efforts to enrich, broaden and deepen my knowledge over the past two years Third, I would like to send my gratefulness to some of the enthusiastic teachers and learners from Vietnam Centre Point who helped me to provide and collect valuable data for the questionnaire and interview My work could not be done without the participation of teachers and learners at this centre Plus, I would like to thank the management board of Vietnam Centre Point for allowing me to conduct this study I also would like to send my sincere thanks to one academic staff who was very dedicated to helping me disseminate the questionnaires, which was really significant for achieving the required sample vi ABSTRACT Literature is one of the biggest sources of materials in teaching language, especially in teaching English Therefore, it is expected to conduct a study to investigate using short stories to motivate intermediate EFL learners in essay writing at Vietnam Centre Point More specifically, this study concerned in 45 intermediate leaners who were studying at Vietnam Centre Point, the researcher’s workplace, from March to September 2020 This study adopted a sequential mixed method approach to data collection and analysis Both quantitative and qualitative data were gathered from the questionnaire and semi-structured interviews, and then were analyzed by SPSS 20.0 to discover the results of the research The findings expressed that attitudes of the learners (containing affective, behavioral and cognitive components) and factors motivating them (consisting of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation) in their essay writing through using short stories mostly had positive outcomes The result of the research also demonstrated most of the participants felt that using short stories helped them to write more effectively while they had a higher concentration when reading short stories and collected many useful words and phrases for their essay writing Concerning motivation toward the learners, the learners had great enjoyment of experiencing the storyline, and they could decline several mistakes in writing Due to the findings of the study, recommendations for the learners, teachers, and administrators may use appropriate activities for the learners, using literary works for example, in order to create better teaching language method It is expected the study will devote to the existing knowledge relevant to the field of study, references for learners, teachers and researchers who desire to study the learning and teaching of essay writing, or the use of short stories Keywords: writing, short stories, motivation, attitude, essay vii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Master’s thesis report ii Certificate of originality iv Retention and use of the thesis v Acknowledgements vi Abstract vii Table of contents viii List of tables xiii List of figures xiv List of abbreviations and symbols xv CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study 1.2 Statement of the problem 1.3 Aims and objectives 1.4 Research questions 1.5 Scope of the study 1.6 Significance of the study 1.7 Definition of key terms viii Bạn có tìm thêm nhiều từ cụm từ có ích cho việc viết luận, từ truyện ngắn cho hay khơng? Bạn có muốn sử từ cụm từ cho viết không? Tại sao? Những học từ câu truyện ngắn có giúp cho bạn phát triển tư phản biện việc viết hay không? Tại bạn nghĩ vậy? B NHỮNG NHÂN TẠO ĐỘNG LỰC CHO CÁC HỌC VIÊN EFL TRONG VIỆC VIẾT VĂN LUẬN THƠNG QUA CÁC TRUYỆN NGẮN Bạn có cảm thấy thoải mái sử dụng truyện ngắn để phát triển kỹ viết lớp hay không? Tại sao? Bạn có nghĩ nội dung trải nghiệm từ câu truyện đưa giúp ích cho bạn không kỹ viết mà cho việc khác hay khơng? Tại sao? Bạn giảm thiểu lỗi văn viết sau sử dụng truyện ngắn hay không? Những lỗi (chấm câu, cách dung từ, mạch lạc, ngữ pháp, văn phong…)? Những nhân tố môi trường lớp mà bạn thấy thích giáo viên sử dụng hoạt động với truyện ngắn? (giáo viên, bạn bè, câu truyện, hoạt động…) CÁM ƠN SỰ HỢP TÁC CỦA CÁC EM! 108 APPENDIX E THE LEARNERS’ INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT (English Version) S1: Learner 1, S2: Learner 2, S3: Learner 3, S4: Learner 4, S5: Learner A LEARNERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS USING ENGLISH SHORT STORIES IN ENHANCING WRITING ESSAYS QUESTIONS RESPONSES Do you think reading S1: In my opinion, reading short stories would help me write short stories will help you more attractive essay contents as I have a wider vocabulary and write more effectively? In know how to apply them correctly in each specific context What ways? S2: I think I can write more effectively since short stories contains the topics in my writing, and helps me have clear ideas for my writing Besides, it helps me memorize my own experience to write more easily Furthermore, the texts provide me more vocabulary for me to apply in my writing effectively S3: I think that reading short stories helps me in writing skill due to its structures, sentences, lexis, etc The writer is usually a person who has high knowledge at English, therefore, I can learn many things from their stories to upgrade my vocabulary, structure and also grammar S4: I can write more effectively because short stories have lots of useful vocabulary for me to learn Likewise, English short stories have many good structures, coherent writing styles, and cohesive devices which help me write better S5: Short stories clearly helps me write better First, they give me more vocabulary and structures to use in writing Second, they are good evidences to support my ideas in my writing Finally, I can practice to focus more on writing without being distracted 109 Do you have higher concentration when reading short stories for writing essays? Why? S1: Reading short stories for writing essays requires higher concentration than usual reading because I have to read slowly and pay closer attention to every small details of the story which would be missed easily if not careful S2: Yes, I have higher concentration because I must focus on the texts in order to understand the messages and lessons of them, which helps me develop my essay writing deeply S3: I have higher concentration when I read short stories for writing essays but just in some cases such as when I not have anything else to but reading short stories and also I am not being disturbed by someone else around me and may be when I find my interest in those stories S4: I find reading short stories helps me concentrate more It is because I must focus on selecting useful and necessary words, as well as ideas to use for my essay writing S5: Reading short stories frequently helps me upgrade my concentration, and patience, which helps my writing a lot because I have to focus on memorizing vocabulary and ideas Do you collect many useful words or phrases for your essay writing from the given short stories? Do you prefer using them in your writing? Why? S1: when I read these stories, I have the chance to learn new words or phrases, I also pay attention to the way an author uses grammars, forms sentence and how to apply these into specific contexts After that I can use them in my own writing as a “direct quote” which helps my writing feel much more convinced S2: Through the given short stories, I could learn and collect many new words and phrases which are useful for my essay writing I really want to apply them into my writing since they are reliable and suitable for my writing’s topics S3: I usually collect many useful words and phrases given in short stories and I prefer using them for my essays due to my purpose for reading stories Reading stories support me to widen my knowledge and those things assist me to enhance my writing skill considerably S4: I usually look for new words with higher level through English short stories to use in my writing The words I find by 110 my own help me memorize longer, and I could use the much more effective than the normal given words in the text books S5: I collect a lot of new words and phrases from the short stories There are many notable adjectives, verbs and nouns in those stories, and they are extremely useful in my writing The short stories help me to broaden various synonym or higherlevel words to write better, and to get higher writing scores Do the lessons in the short stories help you upgrade your critical thinking in writing? Why you think so? S1: By learning the stories, we are learning the way an author thinks and views the situation, from that point of view, we can reflect back to our own way of thinking and enrich our life experiences S2: The lessons in short stories are helpful for my critical thinking It is because there are a lot of topics which have many ideas I have never experience, and the lessons help me to draw the pictures about those in my writing S3: Those lessons in short stories might help me upgrade my critical thinking but just in case that those lessons are not in my knowledge and those things help me widen my horizon Normally, the writers own a considerable knowledge about life and they live long enough to understand much more than me so I think that they might help me to increase my critical thinking S4: I think I can upgrade my critical thinking from the short stories It is because they usually contain familiar contents and messages to the readers, and I can imagine the lessons as the clues for my writing S5: Short stories often have the endings which drive the readers to think and infer more In that process, the readers assume another hypothesis of the ending if the story line is different from the origin This will help me to develop my critical thinking, and to critique my own writing B FACTORS MOTIVATING EFL LEARNERS IN ESSAY WRITING THROUGH SHORT STORIES 111 QUESTIONS RESPONSES Do you feel relaxed when using short stories for essay writing in the class? Why? S1: I feel good when using short stories for essay writing in the class, because I have a resource to use as reference to my own writing, in this case, it is the short story; and I just need to follow closely to the story content S2: I feel really relaxed when reading short stories in my class because I can discover a lot of new things and enjoy new stories S3: Since I have never done this before and to me, this is a brand new experience and I love something new, therefore, I would love to use all knowledge that I got from reading stories for my essays and I feel relaxed when I doing this because it supports me to enhance my skill and please my purpose which is better at writing S4: I feel rather relaxed and comfortable in using short stories for my writing in the class It is because I can forget the stress of writing and focus on the story-line, and the story is very exciting S5: Using short stories help me to experience new things which normal classes cannot do, so I feel very relaxed and comfortable in my writing class It also provides my class more effective interaction, and it is funny Using short stories in writing class is a great and creative idea, to me Do you think the ideas and the experience in the given short stories are useful for you (in your writing and others)? Why? S1: As mentioned above, through the short stories, we actually learn the viewpoints, ideas and experiences of the author, and it will helps enrich my essay contents if I infuse these ideas correctly into my own essay S2: I find that beside practicing in writing, short stories also help me develop my lifestyle or build better characteristics in my heart through the valuable lessons of them S3: Those ideas and experience in short stories are extremely useful for my writing and also speaking skills because it helps me to widen my mind, get more knowledge for my viewpoints, theoretical points and those things make my critical thinking upgraded 112 S4: Beside writing skills, short stories also support my speaking skills the closer lessons from the stories I learn, the more effectively I can speak to the listeners S5: The contents, lessons and experience in the given short stories surely not only help me enhance my writing skills but also provide me the real lessons for me to apply in my own life For example, how to treat the others in the right and heartful ways Can you decrease your mistakes in your writing after using short stories? What kinds of mistakes (punctuations, word use, coherence, grammar, etc)? S1: After studying short stories, I greatly improve my word choice and writing styles as I adopt these from the authors of the stories S2: I gradually decrease my mistakes in writing because the short stories I read have coherent ideas, appropriate grammar, and abundant vocabulary Through them, I can compare and recognize my mistakes in writing so that I can write much better S3: I can decrease my mistakes, but it is not considerable due to the number of stories I have read It might be too low and I have not met my mistakes so much that I could recognize that I need to fix that mistake But it does help me to fix my word use and also writing style S4: My mistakes in grammar structures, coherence of writing is decreasing thank to reading short stories I want to read more to learn the ways of using vocabulary, punctuations and writing styles form them so that I can decrease my mistakes much more S5: The mistakes in word using, grammar and writing style are decreasing after I read short stories It is because the short stories are reliable models for me to learn and contrast my writing, and I can recognize my common mistakes in writing Furthermore, I expect to decrease my mistakes in using verbs, articles and prepositions from the short stories What factors of the S1: I like to make an interactive role-play for these short stories environment in the class when learning in class you like when teacher used short stories S2: I like the atmosphere of my class during reading short 113 activities? (e.g teacher, stories, in which everyone read short stories quietly and I had a friends, stories, activities, chance of focusing on comprehend them and brainstorming my writing style, etc) ideas Likewise, after reading the short stories, my teachers supported me to understand clearly the lessons, and to have more useful ideas for my writing S3: When teacher used short stories’ activities, I like the ways the teacher imparted his speech and the type of stories he chose for me to read and also I like the air because it was cool and therefore, my mind was being comfortable to get more knowledge S4: To me, teacher is the generator for me to have the excitement in using short stories for my writing I expect my teacher will integrate more short stories in my class so that I can have more chances of reading interesting stories and understand my topics of writing clearly S5: The best factor helping me motivated in using short stories in my writing class was my teacher He fascinatingly introduced the general content of the stories Without his support, my friends and I could not highly focus on the short stories 114 APPENDIX F THE LEARNERS’ ESSAYS QUESTION 1: The developing world has seen more tendency of people who judge the others through appearance Do you think appearance is everything in the society? What makes a person physically and mentally beautiful? ESSAY Nowadays, some people like judging the others through visual aspects, which makes the judged ones depressed However, this is not a criterion to evaluate a human because a beautiful conception should be based on their personality and life-style Naturally, appearance is an aspect that we cannot be chosen from the birth Some may be beautiful, but some are not Each person possesses various features In fact, we just need good behavior, warm heart to treat the others If our out-look is not perfect, we could improve in the future Besides that, the personality is extremely hard to change To be beautiful, personality is one of the most important factors to evaluate a person Whether people are pretty or ugly, rich or poor, a kind heart is more appreciated From a truly heartful personality, the person could be recognized stably from his family, his friends and the others from the society In conclusion, each person has different characteristics, but many people still judge the others through appearance However, we should not try to prove we are beautiful people, instead we should develop our inner personality morally ESSAY In the last few years, a lot of changes have been made due to the world development, one of which is the appearance in people’s eyes It seems that it has become a criterion 115 to critique a person, but it is not the most important standard of all This essay will discuss about what builds up physical and mental beauty of human Regarding the outside beauty, a person is considered to be beautiful when he has a good-looking face and nice out-fit Moreover, fashion is an indispensable factor for external beauty It cannot be denied that fashion contributes a lot to the beauty of human beings A person wearing nice out-fit usually looks more attractive than ones who hold normal clothes Therefore, a person at least has to be well-groomed, be trim and tidy to create a good impression towards the others On the other hand, inner beauty refers to the personality of a person A human considered to be internal beautiful is usually kind, generous, and he always shows his respect to people around him Furthermore, people not only have good qualities like honesty, confidence, but also empathy and consistency When our family members or our friends are in need, the willing of support from a kind person is much more essential than a beautiful one In conclusion, physical beauty is one of the criteria to evaluate a person, but it is not the supreme factor A person is perfect is he possesses a good individual qualities which could help the others heartfully ESSAY As the world moves on with development among which reside the materials as well as fabrics and patterns that makes great and desirable humanoid exterior, more and more people tend to make judgement over others via only the outer shell Essential though the outer shell may seem, beauty resides within the deepest and purest part of a person as there is always more than meet the eye People’s sight would meet the appearance in a sense of common before getting to know what the other are made of; therefore, they would somehow just pay attention to the overall look provided that it proves to be pretty according to them and they end up eyeballing it as if the look was everything However, look can be deceiving and possibly a shelter for a meaningless context since meretriciousness has a reputation of luring people into an awe Then they go on neglecting the other factors that define a being such as personalities, behaviour, moralism, capabilities and true potential and there is no standard or regulation that put them in the shade and grey of the look; for 116 instance, Miss Universe will get none of her fair share of title if she lets her beauty take all the credit and leave other factors in the dusty oblivion As quoted, there is always more than meet the eye since beauty takes infinite form and it can be found physically and mentally in a person Only when the-beyond-outer-shell parts are looked into and understood, can other be able to appreciate his or her true beauty Such parts has a lot to with one’s heart, mind and soul or in the other words “context” The context should be meaningful, ambitious, filled with interest awaiting discoveries and interaction and not a meaningless, ambiguous core within the shell Also, the context reads that the mind is beautiful, containing intelligence that address the look, the heart is pounding to be domain of feelings and the soul is harmoniously shaping all of that In conclusion, outlook is everything in its own right but resides in harmony along with other factors that define a person in society Furthermore, look does not define beauty but things work the other way around, and the context within the outer shell should be able to help address the look of one person ESSAY In these days, judging the others through their appearances can be seen as a trend since the world is developed From my perspective, this essay will be about the answer regarding whether or not appearance was a criterion to assess a person as well as factors that make a human internally and externally beautiful Appearance can be seen as an element to judge a person Firstly, the way how people dress reflects their personalities as well as how they take care of themselves In detail, when a person dresses nicely, it shows that he is a clean-limbed man worthy of attention Secondly, appearance can somehow present someone’s perception through how suitably they dress or put on make-up for each event To become a person who is internally and externally beautiful, it mostly depends on considerable factors In order to possess internal beauty, people should honestly carry out their good characteristics such as humanity, morality, positivity, etc Moreover, not only should people own internal beauty but they also have to know how to take care of themselves so as to demonstrate their external beauty 117 In conclusion, appearance has been considered as an important element to evaluate a person However, it is not the supreme standard since individual values are in the heart of human beings ESSAY This society is considered as its development and nowadays there are more people who judge the others through their physical appearance Personally, I think a person’s externality is one of many necessary criteria to evaluate that person but that is not the most important thing Significantly, negative judgement should not be made to criticize people Firstly, many groups of people in society who are mostly teenagers tend to judge the others through their looks, especially their figure’s deficiency That leads to the current situation is body-shaming which is a hot-debated topic in the education environment Consequently, autism is popularly seen in youth community For instance, a young person can be body-shamed by two most common factors: acne and weight Secondly, in a fashion society such as nowadays, people cannot avoid being criticized by those who considered themselves trendy that they are old-fashioned Becoming a fashion lover like fashionista or sneakerhead is a common part of the society However, those who wear hypebeast and walking around judging people is unacceptable Evaluating someone through their outfit is to consider if that outfit is gentle, neat and for the right purposes Internal and external beauty is very important in the society To be beautiful internally means to have a lenient heart and empathy Moreover, internal beauty is important beyond looks However, external beauty is also important as well as internal beauty because it is the attractive figure that brings notices to people In my point of view, internal and external beauty are both vital because those are the factors to attract people’s attention and bring people closer together Overall, physical appearance is just one of many criterions to evaluate a person but not the most important Therefore, people should consider many other factors such as personality before judging a man 118 QUESTION 2: Many people say the gap between rich and poor people wider, as rich people become richer and poor people grow poorer What problems could this situation cause and what measures can be done to address those problems? ESSAY During the century of economic-based society, the gap between the poor and the rich is far from collapsing Therefore, the difference among these two classes have created several problems This essay would like to discuss via the problems and provide certain solutions In terms of the consequences caused by this phenomenon, one of them should be discussed is the importance of lacking or possessing a high amount of money Firstly, due to being the most essential element nowadays, money has various ways to impact one’s life, the danger of it being able to interfere into the assessment of a human, raise the status of those who are rich Secondly, people with fortune could easily gain benefits from investment, as well as passive income, which increases the competitiveness of the business market, making it more difficult for the proletarians to start up Finally, as the gap becomes stronger, the troubles to keep up a good life become more and more challenging for the people who not have many goods However, despite the stated problems above, there are several approaches that could be taken to reduce the destruction of these issues First and foremost, proletarians should be given opportunities to start their own business Not only this action could help increase the amount of assets of the owner, but it also helps grow the nation’s economy, since the more business the more taxes Secondly, discrimination toward both the rich and the poor should also be eliminated, as without the money, everyone are originally equally only human Finally, in order to prevent people from committing crime to earn a living, jobs, along with equity and justice, are required to be performed seriously 119 In conclusion, to better reduce the gap of the rich and the poor would involve the efforts of a whole society Despite the urge to conduct further critical actions, it is more important to make people think and act positively toward any problem ESSAY It is believed that the gap between the rich and the poor becomes widened since the rich get wealthier while the poor find it more challenging to for a living This happening inequality results in several consequences, and this essay will discuss about solutions should be made to this hot debated issue To begin with, the poor not have opportunies to develop in a comprehensive environment like the rich, resulting in not having enough knowledge and skills to be hired for a well-paid job The jobs they work for could not provide them a good amount of money to live by; hence, dept would be made and they can not get rid of poverty Moreover, poverty is listed as one of the main factors that leads to crimes People might commit crimes to earn more money in order to have a more comfortable life Also the gap between two levels of society makes the GDP of the country decrease To tackle this problem, firstly, as regards government, they should provide financial supports as well as education to people who are under troubles with money and job, poor students, etc Secondly, more charity and donation should be made to assist people to have better living standards People should take responsibility in reducing poverty of an country To sum up, the gap between the rich and the poor should be concerned about Poor people should be able to have access to education to eliminate poverty Government should take some actions to this problem to make the country prosper ESSAY Many people think that the line that separates the rich and the poor people is growing Personally, the range between wealthy and poor people result in international’s financial problems and crime rate in society which could be address by government support and local charitable events 120 On the one hand, this issue could lead to many problems Firstly, the majority of reason why people become poorer could be unemployment Many graduates meet difficulties in finding jobs, which would make them then unable to earn money Therefore, they might commit crimes such as pickpocket or go robbing to afford their standard of living This would lead to the endanger of local security and increase crime rate Secondly, the imbalance between the poor and the rich would slow down the productivity of the country Thus, it would occur decreasing in that country’s development which may lead to poor national security Hence, civil wars could be done and enemies from outside could easily intrude On the other hand, various solutions for this problem can be listed One of the solutions is that government should provide support by carried out the organizations that concentrate in supplying food and medical care for those poor people Secondly, local charitable communities should be developed and volunteering classes should be opened for helping local poor people and raising children who have poor economic conditions Moreover, local businesses should employ poor people who have productive ability; Therefore, they could not only take advantage of opportunities from abundant human resources available but also support the poors to gain their achievement by their own talent In conclusion, the gap between poor and rich people could not be easy to solved However, the governments should put their hands to assist the poor and encourage the rich to share the balance to the society ESSAY It is believed that the distance between the rich and the poor is getting further, the reason of it is rich people getting richer and poor people continue to be poorer This is a serious problem, thus we will go further to explain and how could be solved that reason According to some people, the gap between rich and poor people is getting wider Firstly, the actual problem could be the lack of education of the poor because they not have enough money to afford it Moreover, some might that they not get any economic support from their government Secondly is the rich, they could got some innate talents from their parents and receive the properties from their family Furthermore, they also get fully-educated and learn at good schools 121 Regarding the reason why poor and rich people become wider, the first thing that we could is encourage government and the rich to spend a small amount of money helping the poverty family that they could improve their economy In addition, they should lower school’s tuition which are suitable for every families and raise charity to help the poor To sum up, although the distance between rich and poor people getting further because of family economy but we could possibility to make it near through raising a charity and suggest government and the rich to support the poor From these above solutions could help the poor out of poverty and they can improve their own household income ESSAY Some opinions say that as further of the distance between the wealthy and the poor, as rich people grow richer meanwhile poor people have more poverty There are two main reasons of this issue, and this essay will present that reasons include its solutions First of all, there is the gap between the way earning and spending money of rich people and the poor The wealthy people possess the better finance and minimize the consumed money On the other side, the spent money of the poor may equal, or even overweight their own To solve this problem, the government should teach all citizens how to earn and spend money in most efficiency way not only by education but also by mass media Secondly, there is different legacy which children in wealthy families and in poor families receive While rich families have a tendency to have one to two kids, the poor usually have at least four children per house; it leads to the different property of each children in rich and poor families Moreover, the patrimony of children in wealthy families receive are more value than the one in poor families, the worst is the poor children even would get the debt of their parents instead of the property It leads to the wider gap between rich and poor people To closer the distance, the government have the supply the finance for poor families and the education for poor kids To sum up, presently, the distance between the poor and rich is wider because of the different legacy and the way earning and consuming money To solve this issue, the government should support the poor about education and finance 122