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MINISTRY OF JUSTICE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HANOI LAW UNIVERSITY LE THANH TRUNG 443009 LEGAL ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS’ SELF- ASSESSMENT OF ENGLISH WRITING SKILLS AND USE OF WRITING STRATEGIES AT HANOI LAW UNIVERSITY Hanoi — 2023 MINISTRY OF JUSTICE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HANOI LAW UNIVERSITY LE THANH TRUNG 443009 LEGAL ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS' SELF- ASSESSMENT OF ENGLISH WRITING SKILLS AND USE OF WRITING STRATEGIES AT HANOI LAW UNIVERSITY Major: Legal English GRADUATION THESIS Supervisor Vu Van Tuan, Ph.D Hanoi — 2023 il STUDENT DECLARATION I hereby state that I: Le Thanh Trung — ID 443009, being a candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts accept the requirements of the University relating to the retention and use of Bachelor's Graduation Paper deposited in the library In terms of these conditions, I agree that the origin of my paper deposited in the library should be accessible for the purposes of study and research, in accordance with the normal conditions established by the librarian for the care, loan or reproduction of the paper Supervisor’s confirmation April 21", 2023 Researcher’s signature Vu Van Tuan, Ph.D Le Thanh Trung ill ACKNOWLEDGMENT A thesis is never successfully completed in isolation I received help, encouragement, critique, consolation and from many people who deserve acknowledgement The researcher is greatly indebted to the invaluable assistance and support of the following generous and talented people who have made an otherwise abstract, complex and random thoughts come into shape that this work is right now, wishes to express his sincere gratitude to all those who helped him in the completion of this humble research work which he hopes to give as his contribution to the efforts of teachers to provide excellence in the completion of his research They are legion but because of limited space only few are named here while the most are treasured more in his memory and his heart I would like to heartily express my deepest appreciation and gratitude to my supervisor, Dr Vu Van Tuan, for his incomparable wisdom, willing and unparallel expertise giving the author the needed guidance in the completion of the study; I would love to thank all of the lecturers from the Faculty of Legal Foreign Languages, Hanoi Law University who have provided him with invaluable sources of knowledge and instructions during his study at this Institution; I also wish to thank the members of the thesis defence committees who were generous with their expertise and precious time Their pieces of advice, insightful criticisms, and patient encouragement aided the writing of this dissertation in innumerable ways; IV I offer my sincerest thanks to student participants who have enthusiastically participated in the study Their participation is greatly important to the completion of the research; Last but not least, I must express my sincere gratitude to my family and friends whose supports have been a great significance to the success of my thesis; And to all those who in one way or another made this work reach its fruition, the researcher is especially blessed to have had them all ABSTRACT English writing proficiency is a crucial aspect of academic and professional success, and understanding students' self-assessment and writing strategies can help instructors develop effective teaching practices This study aimed to examine the self-assessment of English writing skills and use of English writing strategies by legal English major students at Hanoi Law University The study employed a quantitative approach to gather data from 54 legal English major students who were in the course of 46 at Hanoi Law University in the second term of the academic year 2022- 2023 thanks to the utilization of Google form The researcher-made instrument — 5-Likert scale survey questionnaire - was constructed based on the criteria set by Dornyei and Taguchi (2010) with the confidence level of Cronbach’s alpha (a = 0.76 — 0.95) of fairly high internal consistency The findings indicate that while students possess moderate confidence in their writing skills, they face challenges in writing with an academic style and tone, developing and supporting their thesis statement, and using citation format Despite this, students perceive confidence in writing accurate summaries and paraphrases, choosing suitable academic research topics, revising their own writing, taking notes on readings, and brainstorming ideas Students commonly rely on bilingual and English- English dictionaries, grammar books, and extensive preparation prior to writing The findings would server as the useful reference for those who are concerned about how to benefit most English writing strategies vl TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ill Declaration by author IV Acknowledgements VI Abstract vill Table of contents List of tables ¬ORNC List of abbreviations PART 1 INTRODUCTION 17 1 Rationale 18 2 Aims and Objectives of the Study 18 2.1 Aims of the study 2.2 Objectives of the study 3 Research Questions 4 Scope of the Study 5 Significance of the Study 6 Methodology 7 Structure of the Study PART IT DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1 LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 Assessment and forms of assessments 1.2 Self-assessment and its role in English teaching and learning 1.3 Writing strategies 1.4 The relationship between self-assessment and writing strategies 1.5 Summary CHAPTER 2 METHODOLOGY 2.1 Research design vi 2.2 Research Question Restated 18 2.3 Participants 19 2.4 Research instruments 19 2.5 Procedures of data collection 20 2.6 Data collection and analysis 20 2.7 Summary BÀI CHAPTER 3 RESULTS AND DICUSSION 22 3.1 Demographic information of the respondents %2) 3.2 The analysis of self-assessment of English writing skills and use of writing strategies 3.3 The analysis of table writing strategies 28 3.4 The analysis of learning strategies 35 PART III CONCLUSION 40 CHAPTER 4 CONCLUSION 40 4.1 Summary of the main findings 40 4.2 Implications 41 4.3 Limitations and suggestions for further research 42 4.3.1 Limitations 42 4.3.2 Suggestions 42 REFERENCES 44 APPENDIX Questionnaire vill LIST OE TABLES Page 22 Table 1 Demographic profile of the respondents 25 Table 2 Self-Assessment ofEnglish Writing Skills 30 Table 3 Use ofLearning Strategies 37 Table 4 General Learning Strategies 1X LIST OF ABREVIATIONS HLU : Hanoi Law University LLB : Language learning beliefs EFL : English as a foreign language DSA : Dynamic Self-Assessment SRQ : Self-Reporting Questionnaire MLA : Modern Language Association FL : Foreign Language SL : Second Language ELT : English Language Teaching