The main purpose of this report is to show the problem in writing skills. The report focuses primarily on difficult issue when the students in English k2012 at Ca Mau community college. I think to practice writing skills are good for them, they should enhance the vocabulary and grammatical structures that sentence. Because this factor is important for basic written English skill of students in future. Nowadays, the translators and the teachers are requiring English in writing skill good. You need to understand the importance. That is an important point in our work, but English writing skill is also a weak point of many students in English K2012. So, the students should have the appropriate solution and writing English skill must be trained regularly. Therefore, they also need the support of the teachers and schools.
CA MAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING THE SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE ENGLISH WRITING SKILL IN ENGLISH K2012 AT CA MAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT: TRAN AI LAM STUDENT’S CODE: CK1203A021 SUPERVISOR: Mrs. HO HONG LIEN Ca Mau, May 30 th 2015 1 NHẬN XÉT CỦA GIÁO VIÊN HƯỚNG DẪN Chữ ký của giáo viên hướng dẫn 2 Abstract The main purpose of this report is to show the problem in writing skills. The report focuses primarily on difficult issue when the students in English k2012 at Ca Mau community college. I think to practice writing skills are good for them, they should enhance the vocabulary and grammatical structures that sentence. Because this factor is important for basic written English skill of students in future. Nowadays, the translators and the teachers are requiring English in writing skill good. You need to understand the importance. That is an important point in our work, but English writing skill is also a weak point of many students in English K2012. So, the students should have the appropriate solution and writing English skill must be trained regularly. Therefore, they also need the support of the teachers and schools. 3 Table of Contents Abstract i Table of Contents ii List of Tables iv List of abbreviations v Chapter one. Introduction 1 1.1. Background to study 1 1.2. Statement of purpose 1 1.3. Scope of study 1 1.4. Research questions 2 1.5. Significance 2 Chapter two. Literature Review 3 Chapter three. Methodology 4 3.1. Overview of the questionnaires 4 3.1.1. Questionnaires construction 4 3.1.2. Participants 4 3.1.3. Purpose 4 3.1.4. Time and location 5 3.1.5. Data collection procedure 5 3.2. Interviews 5 3.2.1. Interview construction 5 3.2.2. Participants 5 3.2.3. Purpose 6 3.2.4. Interview produce 6 Chapter four. Results and discussion 7 4.1. Results 7 4.1.1. Questionnaires 7 4.1.2. Interviews 8 4 4.1.2.1. The attitude of students 8 4.1.2.2. The quality of writing subject 8 4.1.2.3. The advantages and disadvantages 8 4.1.2.4. Solutions 9 4.2. Discussion 9 4.2.1. The quality of studying writing in English k2012 at CMCC 9 4.2.2. The attitude of students in writing 10 4.2.3. The advantages in writing 10 4.2.4. The disadvantages in writing 10 4.2.5. The solutions 10 Chapter five. Conclusion 11 References 12 Appendices 13 Interview. 15 5 List of tables 1. Tables: Overview of studying writing skill at CMCC 8 2. Tables: Result on the score table of writing III 10 6 List of abbreviations Ca Mau Community College………………………………………… CMCC 7 Chapter one Introduction 1.1. Background to study Nowadays, English has been the most popular language in the world. It is the primary language used in international communication relations. The language which is the most common use on international Word Wide Web is also English. In universities and colleges in the world, English language is used as the forced subject. Besides, the students can have opportunities for a good job in many countries. In Vietnam, Party and State have encouraged studying English to schools from primary to university levels like compulsory language. I am a student of class English K2012. The during 3 years of study. I find that students’ ability of writing was weak. So, It is also the reason why that I chose this topic: "The solutions to improve English writing skill in English K2012 at Ca Mau Community College (CMCC)”. 1.2. Statement of purpose I do this research to investigate in education status and written English in English K2012 at CMCC. Based on that study, I will give a number of measures to improve the quality of English education at CMCC. 1.3. Scope of study The problems of students in English K2012 at CMCC are in the presentation 8 1.4. Research questions What are difficulties of students in learning writing skill? The solutions to improve the disadvantages of writing skill? 1.5. Significance People will see the current situation when students learn writing skills. In teaching process, teaching staff and students can seek the weak and strong points of students. After that, they will improve their weak points and rise their strong ones. 9 Chapter two Literature Review In this part, I am going to show some research and opinions on writing skill in the same fields, such as: In Elements of style, William Struck Jr. said that: “A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts” In addition, I am concerned line of William Stunk Jr.: “This requires not that the write make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell”. In Writing topic sentences, Dorothy Turner also said that: “…You should be careful to include one in most of your major paragraphs. Although topic sentences may appear anywhere in a paragraph, in academic essays they often appear at the beginning. It might be helpful to think of a topic sentence as working in two directions simultaneously. It relates the paragraph to the essay's thesis, and thereby acts as a signpost for the argument of the paper as a whole, but it also defines the scope of the paragraph itself”. In writing skill, grammar is an important form, if you are bad at grammar, you can not write well and maybe wrong. It also is concerned. In addition, students should develop their writing as well as grammar skill in the studying activities. The quality of lessons can be increased if students and teachers can improve their writing in the teaching process as well as studying process. In short, I see 3 main problems which can affect our writing, include: grammar, vocabulary and materials. And, sometimes we should notice our practice writing exactly and ask our teachers or friends about writing. 10 [...]... the score table of writing III Over the table above, we can see that the marks of students in English K2012 at CMCC in writing skill were not good So, the quality was affected 16 4.2.2 The attitude of students in writing The teachers said that the students don’t have good attitudes in studying writing It is important that also can affect to the students’ quality in this skill 4.2.3 The advantages in. .. students in English K2012 at CMCC 3.1.3 Purpose The purpose of the questionnaires is to investigate the advantages and the disadvantages of students Besides, during my study process, I made solutions in solving the difficult in studying writing skill at CMCC 11 3.1.4 Time and location Time: on 23rd of April to 28th April 2015 The location: in English K2012 at CMCC 3.1.5 Data collection procedure Data collected... choosing a, b, c The content is focused on learning writing skills in English at CMCC The advantages, disadvantages while students studied in writing skill in question 8 and 9 Question 10, the content is written about the solutions for the disadvantages in studying writing skills in English at CMCC Question 11 is the personal information of students 3.1.2 Participants The questionnaire was sent to 20/54... [11] Zinsser, William On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Non-Fiction 19 Appendices I Questionnaires: 1 How do you think about the quality of students in studying writing at CMCC? a Good b Normal c Bad 2 Please tell me the students’ attitude in studying writing skill? a Good b Normal c Bad 3 According to you, the class size can affect to the quality in studying this subject? a Yes b No (can... advantages in writing In studying writing skill, the students always receive the support from their English teachers such as Mr Chuong, Mr Nguyen, Mrs Lien They are very enthusiasm They help their students overcome the problems In addition, the materials are popular on TV, on the internet,… So, the students can research easily Finally, the facilities are good 4.2.4 The disadvantages in writing The students... problems in studying process themselves They are: the students are lacking experiences in writing, not practicing often, and the students are lacking basis skills such as: how to use grammar, sentences structures, besides, they can not read or refer materials 4.2.5 The solutions I want to repeat the solutions that I got in the parts above Firstly, each student must try themselves In addition, the students... in writing well that is easy But, the importance that the students should practice more usually Our writing skill is good; we can find a good job in future In addition, it is also important for students as well as a translator 18 References [1] Avery, Heather Thinking it Through: A Practical Guide to Academic Essay Writing [2] Bazerman, Charles The Informed Writer: Using Sources in the Disciplines [3]... about solutions First, the students must try themselves Second, the best is practicing more often Finally, they must read a lot (not only in books, at school but also in real life) 4.2 Discussion In this part, I will get my opinions in the following lines: 4.2.1 The quality of studying writing in English K2012 at CMCC Most of the students in English K2012 can not write well They did not use grammar... that, they will be synthesized and use data collected in study First, the questionnaires were sent to 20/57 students in English K2012 at CMCC on 23rd to 25th April 2015 On 26th to 28th April 2015, I received the answer from 20 the students All of the data will research into Microsoft Word 2007 to analyze the data 3.2 Interviews 3.2.1 Interview construction The interview focuses on the students and the. .. not attend to their class, they are less and lazy practicing writing, reading books or materials on internet and others sources… they are noisy in class -They are very worried about asking their teachers or friend when they met some problems in this subject 14 They also responded question 10 They gave some solutions to improve or solve the disadvantages that they met: - First, they always practice writing . CA MAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING THE SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE ENGLISH WRITING SKILL IN ENGLISH K2012 AT CA MAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT: TRAN AI. problem in writing skills. The report focuses primarily on difficult issue when the students in English k2012 at Ca Mau community college. I think to practice writing skills are good for them, they should. English K2012 at Ca Mau Community College (CMCC) ”. 1.2. Statement of purpose I do this research to investigate in education status and written English in English K2012 at CMCC. Based on that study,