Luận văn the challenges in teaching and learning writing skill with the textbook english 11 basic stream at tinh gia 5 high school thanh hoa

‘The last chapter concentrates on the data analysis, study findings and some suggestions to help the grade-11 students and teachers at Tinh Gia 5 high school overcome the challenges in

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOT UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAT, STUDIES

FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES

HOANG THI MAI HUONG

CIIALLENGES IN TEACIHNG AND LEARNING WRITING SKILL WITH THE TEXTBOOK ENGLISH 11 ( BASIC SEREAM) AT TINH

GIA 5 HIGH SCHOOL, THANH HOA PROVINCE

(NHỮNG KHÓ KHĂN TRONG VIỆC DẠY VÀ HỌC KỸ NĂNG VIET

THEO SACH TIENG ANH 11 (HE CO BAN) DOI VOI GIAO VIÊN VÀ

TIỌC SINH TRƯỜNG TIPT TINTI GIA 5, TENII THANIIIIOA)

NOR PROGRAMME THESIS

English Teaching Methodology

60 14 10

Hanoi, 2013

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOT UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES

HOANG THI MAI HUONG

CIIALLENGES IN TEACIHNG AND LEARNING WRITING SKILL WITH THE TEXTBOOK ENGLISH 11 ( BASIC STREAM) AT TINH

GIA 5 HIGH SCHOOL, THANH HOA PROVINCE

(NHỮNG KHÓ KHĂN TRONG VIỆC DẠY VÀ HỌC KỸ NĂNG VIET

THEO SACH TIENG ANH 11 (HE CO BAN) DOI VOI GIAO VIÊN VÀ

TIỌC SINH TRƯỜNG TIPT TINTI GIA 5, TENII THANIIIIOA)

NOR PROGRAMME THESIS

Field: English Teaching Methodology

Supervisor: Dé Ba Quy, MEd

Hanoi, 2013

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

1 REL: English ng a foreign language

2 BSL: English as a second language

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The introduction part prescuts the rationale, aims and objectives, rescarch questions and scope of the study, and design of the study

The lilerature review chapler vonccplualizes the framework of the study through the discussions of writing,

The study gives the specific details of school and the new ‘Tieng Anh 11°

textbook Besides, a general description of method is presented in this chapter

‘The last chapter concentrates on the data analysis, study findings and some suggestions to help the grade-11 students and teachers at Tinh Gia 5 high school

overcome the challenges in teaching and learning of the writing skill with the new

“Tieng Anh 11’ textbook

The conclusion part at the end gives a conclusion, imitation and suggestions for further research,

1, Rationale of the study

sa Auns and objectives of the study

3 Rœscarch questions

4, The scope of the study

5 Design of the study

PART I: DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 1: LITERATURE REVIEW

1 DeBnitions of writing: cào cà co

t9 Roles of writing

3 Approaches to the teaching of writing

3.1 Controlled-to-Free Approach:

3.2 The Froo-Writing Approach:

3.3 The Paragraph-Patlern Approach:

3.4 The Grammar-Syntax- Organization Approach

3.5 The Communicative Approach,

3.6.1 Product Approach

3.6.2 Process Approach

4 Whal makes wriling difficult to acquire?

CHAPTER 2: THE CONTEXT OF THE STUDY

2.1 The context ; Tih Gia 5 high school

2.2 The new ‘Tieng Arh 11? texthook

CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS AND STUDY FINDINGS

3.1 Teacher’s survey questionnaires

3.2, Students’ survey questionnaires

3.3 Class observation

3.4.1 Poor facilities and large size classes

3.4.2 Teachers’ and students’ inappropriate attirudes towards the writing

skill

3.4.3 Unsuitable tasks in the textbook

3.4.4 Students” poor linguistic competence

(basic stream) at Tinh Gia § high school, Thanh Hoa province” in hope that the findings and solutions mentioned in this study will make a significant contribution

lo improve the teaching and learning of the writiry skill al Tinh Gia 5 high school

as well as those at other high schools

2 Aims of the study

‘The primary purpose of this study is to explore the teaching and learning of the writing skill by teachers and prade-1] students at Tinh Gia 5 high school It focuses

on finding out the challenges in leaching and learning the writing skill in dhe new

"Tieng Anh 11’ textbook at this school

The second purpose is to propose some suggestions to deal with teachers’ and students’ challenges and assis them to teaching as well as learning writing more effectively

3 Research questions of the study

This study attempts lo seck (he answers Lo the following questions:

1 What are the challenges of teachers and eleventh-grade students at Tỉnh Gia

5 high school in teaching and leaning the writing skill in the new “Tieng Anh 11’ textbook?”

What should be done to help teachers and grade-11students at Tỉnh Gia 5

high school overcame their challenges?

4, Scope of the study

This minor thesis is comducted at Tih Gia 5 high school im order to recognize difficulties in teaching and learning writing skills of both the teachers and the 11”

form students Factors causing such challenges are then found out To go ahead, the

thesis also offers some suggestions to better the current contoxt

5 Design of the study

including lilorature review, the sludy, dala analysis and study [indings, Par C —

Conclusion

(basic stream) at Tinh Gia § high school, Thanh Hoa province” in hope that the findings and solutions mentioned in this study will make a significant contribution

lo improve the teaching and learning of the writiry skill al Tinh Gia 5 high school

as well as those at other high schools

2 Aims of the study

‘The primary purpose of this study is to explore the teaching and learning of the writing skill by teachers and prade-1] students at Tinh Gia 5 high school It focuses

on finding out the challenges in leaching and learning the writing skill in dhe new

"Tieng Anh 11’ textbook at this school

The second purpose is to propose some suggestions to deal with teachers’ and students’ challenges and assis them to teaching as well as learning writing more effectively

3 Research questions of the study

This study attempts lo seck (he answers Lo the following questions:

1 What are the challenges of teachers and eleventh-grade students at Tỉnh Gia

5 high school in teaching and leaning the writing skill in the new “Tieng Anh 11’ textbook?”

What should be done to help teachers and grade-11students at Tỉnh Gia 5

high school overcame their challenges?

4, Scope of the study

This minor thesis is comducted at Tih Gia 5 high school im order to recognize difficulties in teaching and learning writing skills of both the teachers and the 11”

form students Factors causing such challenges are then found out To go ahead, the

thesis also offers some suggestions to better the current contoxt

5 Design of the study

including lilorature review, the sludy, dala analysis and study [indings, Par C —

Conclusion

3.4.5 Students” lack of background knowledge

3 4.6 Passive leaming style

3.4.7 Teachers’ difficulties

3.5 Suggcsted solutions to overcome the challenges

3.5.1 Raising the students’ awareness of the importance of the writing

3.5.2 Improving students’ linguistic competence

3 5.3 Make the work arrangement effective

3.5.4 Making writing lesson vivid and interesting

3.5.5 Providing effective correction wark

3.5.6 Assigning more practical writing tasks

3.5.7 Creating a positive and supportive learning atmosphere

PART UL: CONCLUSION

1 Conclusion

2 Limitations of the study

3 Suggestions for further research,

REFERENCES

APPENDIX

Survey questionnaire (for students)

Survey questionnaire (for studeris)

Lists of classroom observations

LIST OF TABLES AND CHARTS

Table I: The differences between the process writing and the product writing

Table 2: Checklist of writing tasks in the new “Tieng Anh 11° textbook

Table 3: The purposes of teaching writing

“Table 4: Teachers’ general thoughts of the writing lesson

Table 5: Problems in teaching writing

Table 6: Students’ actions in the writing lesson

Table 7: Factors influence students’ participant and interests

Table 8: Evaluation of forms of writing texts in the textbook

Table 9: Activities to allract studenis to the lessor

Table 10: Activities to improve students’ writing skill

‘Table 11 : Purposes of learning writing skill

Table 12 Problems in learning writing

Table 13 Activities 1o make lesson more interesting:

‘Table 14: Activities after writing

Chart 1; The importance of wriling skill

Chart 2: The capability of using English of the students ?

Chart 3: Teachers’ general thought of the tasks in textbook

Chart 4° Students’ fecling of the writing skill

Chart 5: Students’ general thought of the writing tasks in the textbook

Chart 6; Students’ frequency in completing the tasks in textbook

Chart 7: Teachers’ frequency of giving suggestions before writing

Chart 8: Mistakes in students’ pieces of writing

3.6.1 Product Approach

3.6.2 Process Approach

4 Whal makes wriling difficult to acquire?

CHAPTER 2: THE CONTEXT OF THE STUDY

2.1 The context ; Tih Gia 5 high school

2.2 The new ‘Tieng Arh 11? texthook

CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS AND STUDY FINDINGS

3.1 Teacher’s survey questionnaires

3.2, Students’ survey questionnaires

3.3 Class observation

3.4.1 Poor facilities and large size classes

3.4.2 Teachers’ and students’ inappropriate attirudes towards the writing

skill

3.4.3 Unsuitable tasks in the textbook

3.4.4 Students” poor linguistic competence

3.6.1 Product Approach

3.6.2 Process Approach

4 Whal makes wriling difficult to acquire?

CHAPTER 2: THE CONTEXT OF THE STUDY

2.1 The context ; Tih Gia 5 high school

2.2 The new ‘Tieng Arh 11? texthook

CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS AND STUDY FINDINGS

3.1 Teacher’s survey questionnaires

3.2, Students’ survey questionnaires

3.3 Class observation

3.4.1 Poor facilities and large size classes

3.4.2 Teachers’ and students’ inappropriate attirudes towards the writing

skill

3.4.3 Unsuitable tasks in the textbook

3.4.4 Students” poor linguistic competence

PART I: INTRODUCTION

This very first part of the thesis is to introduce the rationale for the study, the

aims and objectives of the study as well as the rescarch questious which the study was to carry out to find out (he answers It alse presents the scope of the study as

well as the design of the study

1 Rationale of the study

Nowadays, as learning a second language is paid more and more special attention to, there has been a growing tendency towards the cmphmsis on communicative competence in language teaching and teaming, Writing, therefore,

is regarded as a productive skill which provides students with opporlumties to pul all the language elements they have learnt into practice and to show communicative competence effectively

However, in fact, writing is not often as important to many students as other

skills such as reading and speaking and it tends to get rather neglected in many Vietnamese language classes

Furthermore, writing itself is a very complex and difficult skill to acquire

Therefore, Leaching sludents to write well is one of the mosl challenges trí

education In studying the teaching writing skill process at Tinh Gia 5 high school, T have been found that there are a lot of difficulties in teaching and learning English, especially the writing skill Among four language skills, taught in English, writing can be seen as the most boring and hardest one ‘thus, teaching and leaning writing

xkill aL Tĩnh Gia 5 high

hool is”! paid atlerdion, even that some teachers liad Lo

out down this skill lessons Facing up this problem, so many questions about teaching and leaming writmg skill always concem me a lot: “What problems might the students face wher learning skill? What should be done Lo help them overcome

those problems? How should we teach each form of written text so that the students can learn it effectively? ete ” I, therefore decided to do the research on

“Challenges in teaching and learning writing skill with the textbook Fnglish 11

(basic stream) at Tinh Gia § high school, Thanh Hoa province” in hope that the findings and solutions mentioned in this study will make a significant contribution

lo improve the teaching and learning of the writiry skill al Tinh Gia 5 high school

as well as those at other high schools

2 Aims of the study

‘The primary purpose of this study is to explore the teaching and learning of the writing skill by teachers and prade-1] students at Tinh Gia 5 high school It focuses

on finding out the challenges in leaching and learning the writing skill in dhe new

"Tieng Anh 11’ textbook at this school

The second purpose is to propose some suggestions to deal with teachers’ and students’ challenges and assis them to teaching as well as learning writing more effectively

3 Research questions of the study

This study attempts lo seck (he answers Lo the following questions:

1 What are the challenges of teachers and eleventh-grade students at Tỉnh Gia

5 high school in teaching and leaning the writing skill in the new “Tieng Anh 11’ textbook?”

What should be done to help teachers and grade-11students at Tỉnh Gia 5

high school overcame their challenges?

4, Scope of the study

This minor thesis is comducted at Tih Gia 5 high school im order to recognize difficulties in teaching and learning writing skills of both the teachers and the 11”

form students Factors causing such challenges are then found out To go ahead, the

thesis also offers some suggestions to better the current contoxt

5 Design of the study

including lilorature review, the sludy, dala analysis and study [indings, Par C —

Conclusion

The introduction part prescuts the rationale, aims and objectives, rescarch questions and scope of the study, and design of the study

The lilerature review chapler vonccplualizes the framework of the study through the discussions of writing,

The study gives the specific details of school and the new ‘Tieng Anh 11°

textbook Besides, a general description of method is presented in this chapter

‘The last chapter concentrates on the data analysis, study findings and some suggestions to help the grade-11 students and teachers at Tinh Gia 5 high school

overcome the challenges in teaching and learning of the writing skill with the new

“Tieng Anh 11’ textbook

The conclusion part at the end gives a conclusion, imitation and suggestions for further research,

PART I: INTRODUCTION

This very first part of the thesis is to introduce the rationale for the study, the

aims and objectives of the study as well as the rescarch questious which the study was to carry out to find out (he answers It alse presents the scope of the study as

well as the design of the study

1 Rationale of the study

Nowadays, as learning a second language is paid more and more special attention to, there has been a growing tendency towards the cmphmsis on communicative competence in language teaching and teaming, Writing, therefore,

is regarded as a productive skill which provides students with opporlumties to pul all the language elements they have learnt into practice and to show communicative competence effectively

However, in fact, writing is not often as important to many students as other

skills such as reading and speaking and it tends to get rather neglected in many Vietnamese language classes

Furthermore, writing itself is a very complex and difficult skill to acquire

Therefore, Leaching sludents to write well is one of the mosl challenges trí

education In studying the teaching writing skill process at Tinh Gia 5 high school, T have been found that there are a lot of difficulties in teaching and learning English, especially the writing skill Among four language skills, taught in English, writing can be seen as the most boring and hardest one ‘thus, teaching and leaning writing

xkill aL Tĩnh Gia 5 high

hool is”! paid atlerdion, even that some teachers liad Lo

out down this skill lessons Facing up this problem, so many questions about teaching and leaming writmg skill always concem me a lot: “What problems might the students face wher learning skill? What should be done Lo help them overcome

those problems? How should we teach each form of written text so that the students can learn it effectively? ete ” I, therefore decided to do the research on

“Challenges in teaching and learning writing skill with the textbook Fnglish 11

PART I: INTRODUCTION

This very first part of the thesis is to introduce the rationale for the study, the

aims and objectives of the study as well as the rescarch questious which the study was to carry out to find out (he answers It alse presents the scope of the study as

well as the design of the study

1 Rationale of the study

Nowadays, as learning a second language is paid more and more special attention to, there has been a growing tendency towards the cmphmsis on communicative competence in language teaching and teaming, Writing, therefore,

is regarded as a productive skill which provides students with opporlumties to pul all the language elements they have learnt into practice and to show communicative competence effectively

However, in fact, writing is not often as important to many students as other

skills such as reading and speaking and it tends to get rather neglected in many Vietnamese language classes

Furthermore, writing itself is a very complex and difficult skill to acquire

Therefore, Leaching sludents to write well is one of the mosl challenges trí

education In studying the teaching writing skill process at Tinh Gia 5 high school, T have been found that there are a lot of difficulties in teaching and learning English, especially the writing skill Among four language skills, taught in English, writing can be seen as the most boring and hardest one ‘thus, teaching and leaning writing

xkill aL Tĩnh Gia 5 high

hool is”! paid atlerdion, even that some teachers liad Lo

out down this skill lessons Facing up this problem, so many questions about teaching and leaming writmg skill always concem me a lot: “What problems might the students face wher learning skill? What should be done Lo help them overcome

those problems? How should we teach each form of written text so that the students can learn it effectively? ete ” I, therefore decided to do the research on

“Challenges in teaching and learning writing skill with the textbook Fnglish 11

LIST OF TABLES AND CHARTS

Table I: The differences between the process writing and the product writing

Table 2: Checklist of writing tasks in the new “Tieng Anh 11° textbook

Table 3: The purposes of teaching writing

“Table 4: Teachers’ general thoughts of the writing lesson

Table 5: Problems in teaching writing

Table 6: Students’ actions in the writing lesson

Table 7: Factors influence students’ participant and interests

Table 8: Evaluation of forms of writing texts in the textbook

Table 9: Activities to allract studenis to the lessor

Table 10: Activities to improve students’ writing skill

‘Table 11 : Purposes of learning writing skill

Table 12 Problems in learning writing

Table 13 Activities 1o make lesson more interesting:

‘Table 14: Activities after writing

Chart 1; The importance of wriling skill

Chart 2: The capability of using English of the students ?

Chart 3: Teachers’ general thought of the tasks in textbook

Chart 4° Students’ fecling of the writing skill

Chart 5: Students’ general thought of the writing tasks in the textbook

Chart 6; Students’ frequency in completing the tasks in textbook

Chart 7: Teachers’ frequency of giving suggestions before writing

Chart 8: Mistakes in students’ pieces of writing

LIST OF TABLES AND CHARTS

Table I: The differences between the process writing and the product writing

Table 2: Checklist of writing tasks in the new “Tieng Anh 11° textbook

Table 3: The purposes of teaching writing

“Table 4: Teachers’ general thoughts of the writing lesson

Table 5: Problems in teaching writing

Table 6: Students’ actions in the writing lesson

Table 7: Factors influence students’ participant and interests

Table 8: Evaluation of forms of writing texts in the textbook

Table 9: Activities to allract studenis to the lessor

Table 10: Activities to improve students’ writing skill

‘Table 11 : Purposes of learning writing skill

Table 12 Problems in learning writing

Table 13 Activities 1o make lesson more interesting:

‘Table 14: Activities after writing

Chart 1; The importance of wriling skill

Chart 2: The capability of using English of the students ?

Chart 3: Teachers’ general thought of the tasks in textbook

Chart 4° Students’ fecling of the writing skill

Chart 5: Students’ general thought of the writing tasks in the textbook

Chart 6; Students’ frequency in completing the tasks in textbook

Chart 7: Teachers’ frequency of giving suggestions before writing

Chart 8: Mistakes in students’ pieces of writing

1, Rationale of the study

sa Auns and objectives of the study

3 Rœscarch questions

4, The scope of the study

5 Design of the study

PART I: DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 1: LITERATURE REVIEW

1 DeBnitions of writing: cào cà co

t9 Roles of writing

3 Approaches to the teaching of writing

3.1 Controlled-to-Free Approach:

3.2 The Froo-Writing Approach:

3.3 The Paragraph-Patlern Approach:

3.4 The Grammar-Syntax- Organization Approach

3.5 The Communicative Approach,

1, Rationale of the study

sa Auns and objectives of the study

3 Rœscarch questions

4, The scope of the study

5 Design of the study

PART I: DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 1: LITERATURE REVIEW

1 DeBnitions of writing: cào cà co

t9 Roles of writing

3 Approaches to the teaching of writing

3.1 Controlled-to-Free Approach:

3.2 The Froo-Writing Approach:

3.3 The Paragraph-Patlern Approach:

3.4 The Grammar-Syntax- Organization Approach

3.5 The Communicative Approach,

3.6.1 Product Approach

3.6.2 Process Approach

4 Whal makes wriling difficult to acquire?

CHAPTER 2: THE CONTEXT OF THE STUDY

2.1 The context ; Tih Gia 5 high school

2.2 The new ‘Tieng Arh 11? texthook

CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS AND STUDY FINDINGS

3.1 Teacher’s survey questionnaires

3.2, Students’ survey questionnaires

3.3 Class observation

3.4.1 Poor facilities and large size classes

3.4.2 Teachers’ and students’ inappropriate attirudes towards the writing

skill

3.4.3 Unsuitable tasks in the textbook

3.4.4 Students” poor linguistic competence

The introduction part prescuts the rationale, aims and objectives, rescarch questions and scope of the study, and design of the study

The lilerature review chapler vonccplualizes the framework of the study through the discussions of writing,

The study gives the specific details of school and the new ‘Tieng Anh 11°

textbook Besides, a general description of method is presented in this chapter

‘The last chapter concentrates on the data analysis, study findings and some suggestions to help the grade-11 students and teachers at Tinh Gia 5 high school

overcome the challenges in teaching and learning of the writing skill with the new

“Tieng Anh 11’ textbook

The conclusion part at the end gives a conclusion, imitation and suggestions for further research,

1, Rationale of the study

sa Auns and objectives of the study

3 Rœscarch questions

4, The scope of the study

5 Design of the study

PART I: DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 1: LITERATURE REVIEW

1 DeBnitions of writing: cào cà co

t9 Roles of writing

3 Approaches to the teaching of writing

3.1 Controlled-to-Free Approach:

3.2 The Froo-Writing Approach:

3.3 The Paragraph-Patlern Approach:

3.4 The Grammar-Syntax- Organization Approach

3.5 The Communicative Approach,

The introduction part prescuts the rationale, aims and objectives, rescarch questions and scope of the study, and design of the study

The lilerature review chapler vonccplualizes the framework of the study through the discussions of writing,

The study gives the specific details of school and the new ‘Tieng Anh 11°

textbook Besides, a general description of method is presented in this chapter

‘The last chapter concentrates on the data analysis, study findings and some suggestions to help the grade-11 students and teachers at Tinh Gia 5 high school

overcome the challenges in teaching and learning of the writing skill with the new

“Tieng Anh 11’ textbook

The conclusion part at the end gives a conclusion, imitation and suggestions for further research,

3.4.5 Students” lack of background knowledge

3 4.6 Passive leaming style

3.4.7 Teachers’ difficulties

3.5 Suggcsted solutions to overcome the challenges

3.5.1 Raising the students’ awareness of the importance of the writing

3.5.2 Improving students’ linguistic competence

3 5.3 Make the work arrangement effective

3.5.4 Making writing lesson vivid and interesting

3.5.5 Providing effective correction wark

3.5.6 Assigning more practical writing tasks

3.5.7 Creating a positive and supportive learning atmosphere

PART UL: CONCLUSION

1 Conclusion

2 Limitations of the study

3 Suggestions for further research,

REFERENCES

APPENDIX

Survey questionnaire (for students)

Survey questionnaire (for studeris)

Lists of classroom observations

1, Rationale of the study

sa Auns and objectives of the study

3 Rœscarch questions

4, The scope of the study

5 Design of the study

PART I: DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 1: LITERATURE REVIEW

1 DeBnitions of writing: cào cà co

t9 Roles of writing

3 Approaches to the teaching of writing

3.1 Controlled-to-Free Approach:

3.2 The Froo-Writing Approach:

3.3 The Paragraph-Patlern Approach:

3.4 The Grammar-Syntax- Organization Approach

3.5 The Communicative Approach,

3.4.5 Students” lack of background knowledge

3 4.6 Passive leaming style

3.4.7 Teachers’ difficulties

3.5 Suggcsted solutions to overcome the challenges

3.5.1 Raising the students’ awareness of the importance of the writing

3.5.2 Improving students’ linguistic competence

3 5.3 Make the work arrangement effective

3.5.4 Making writing lesson vivid and interesting

3.5.5 Providing effective correction wark

3.5.6 Assigning more practical writing tasks

3.5.7 Creating a positive and supportive learning atmosphere

PART UL: CONCLUSION

1 Conclusion

2 Limitations of the study

3 Suggestions for further research,

REFERENCES

APPENDIX

Survey questionnaire (for students)

Survey questionnaire (for studeris)

Lists of classroom observations

The introduction part prescuts the rationale, aims and objectives, rescarch questions and scope of the study, and design of the study

The lilerature review chapler vonccplualizes the framework of the study through the discussions of writing,

The study gives the specific details of school and the new ‘Tieng Anh 11°

textbook Besides, a general description of method is presented in this chapter

‘The last chapter concentrates on the data analysis, study findings and some suggestions to help the grade-11 students and teachers at Tinh Gia 5 high school

overcome the challenges in teaching and learning of the writing skill with the new

“Tieng Anh 11’ textbook

The conclusion part at the end gives a conclusion, imitation and suggestions for further research,

(basic stream) at Tinh Gia § high school, Thanh Hoa province” in hope that the findings and solutions mentioned in this study will make a significant contribution

lo improve the teaching and learning of the writiry skill al Tinh Gia 5 high school

as well as those at other high schools

2 Aims of the study

‘The primary purpose of this study is to explore the teaching and learning of the writing skill by teachers and prade-1] students at Tinh Gia 5 high school It focuses

on finding out the challenges in leaching and learning the writing skill in dhe new

"Tieng Anh 11’ textbook at this school

The second purpose is to propose some suggestions to deal with teachers’ and students’ challenges and assis them to teaching as well as learning writing more effectively

3 Research questions of the study

This study attempts lo seck (he answers Lo the following questions:

1 What are the challenges of teachers and eleventh-grade students at Tỉnh Gia

5 high school in teaching and leaning the writing skill in the new “Tieng Anh 11’ textbook?”

What should be done to help teachers and grade-11students at Tỉnh Gia 5

high school overcame their challenges?

4, Scope of the study

This minor thesis is comducted at Tih Gia 5 high school im order to recognize difficulties in teaching and learning writing skills of both the teachers and the 11”

form students Factors causing such challenges are then found out To go ahead, the

thesis also offers some suggestions to better the current contoxt

5 Design of the study

including lilorature review, the sludy, dala analysis and study [indings, Par C —

Conclusion

PART I: INTRODUCTION

This very first part of the thesis is to introduce the rationale for the study, the

aims and objectives of the study as well as the rescarch questious which the study was to carry out to find out (he answers It alse presents the scope of the study as

well as the design of the study

1 Rationale of the study

Nowadays, as learning a second language is paid more and more special attention to, there has been a growing tendency towards the cmphmsis on communicative competence in language teaching and teaming, Writing, therefore,

is regarded as a productive skill which provides students with opporlumties to pul all the language elements they have learnt into practice and to show communicative competence effectively

However, in fact, writing is not often as important to many students as other

skills such as reading and speaking and it tends to get rather neglected in many Vietnamese language classes

Furthermore, writing itself is a very complex and difficult skill to acquire

Therefore, Leaching sludents to write well is one of the mosl challenges trí

education In studying the teaching writing skill process at Tinh Gia 5 high school, T have been found that there are a lot of difficulties in teaching and learning English, especially the writing skill Among four language skills, taught in English, writing can be seen as the most boring and hardest one ‘thus, teaching and leaning writing

xkill aL Tĩnh Gia 5 high

hool is”! paid atlerdion, even that some teachers liad Lo

out down this skill lessons Facing up this problem, so many questions about teaching and leaming writmg skill always concem me a lot: “What problems might the students face wher learning skill? What should be done Lo help them overcome

those problems? How should we teach each form of written text so that the students can learn it effectively? ete ” I, therefore decided to do the research on

“Challenges in teaching and learning writing skill with the textbook Fnglish 11

1, Rationale of the study

sa Auns and objectives of the study

3 Rœscarch questions

4, The scope of the study

5 Design of the study

PART I: DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 1: LITERATURE REVIEW

1 DeBnitions of writing: cào cà co

t9 Roles of writing

3 Approaches to the teaching of writing

3.1 Controlled-to-Free Approach:

3.2 The Froo-Writing Approach:

3.3 The Paragraph-Patlern Approach:

3.4 The Grammar-Syntax- Organization Approach

3.5 The Communicative Approach,

3.4.5 Students” lack of background knowledge

3 4.6 Passive leaming style

3.4.7 Teachers’ difficulties

3.5 Suggcsted solutions to overcome the challenges

3.5.1 Raising the students’ awareness of the importance of the writing

3.5.2 Improving students’ linguistic competence

3 5.3 Make the work arrangement effective

3.5.4 Making writing lesson vivid and interesting

3.5.5 Providing effective correction wark

3.5.6 Assigning more practical writing tasks

3.5.7 Creating a positive and supportive learning atmosphere

PART UL: CONCLUSION

1 Conclusion

2 Limitations of the study

3 Suggestions for further research,

REFERENCES

APPENDIX

Survey questionnaire (for students)

Survey questionnaire (for studeris)

Lists of classroom observations

3.6.1 Product Approach

3.6.2 Process Approach

4 Whal makes wriling difficult to acquire?

CHAPTER 2: THE CONTEXT OF THE STUDY

2.1 The context ; Tih Gia 5 high school

2.2 The new ‘Tieng Arh 11? texthook

CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS AND STUDY FINDINGS

3.1 Teacher’s survey questionnaires

3.2, Students’ survey questionnaires

3.3 Class observation

3.4.1 Poor facilities and large size classes

3.4.2 Teachers’ and students’ inappropriate attirudes towards the writing

skill

3.4.3 Unsuitable tasks in the textbook

3.4.4 Students” poor linguistic competence

The introduction part prescuts the rationale, aims and objectives, rescarch questions and scope of the study, and design of the study

The lilerature review chapler vonccplualizes the framework of the study through the discussions of writing,

The study gives the specific details of school and the new ‘Tieng Anh 11°

textbook Besides, a general description of method is presented in this chapter

‘The last chapter concentrates on the data analysis, study findings and some suggestions to help the grade-11 students and teachers at Tinh Gia 5 high school

overcome the challenges in teaching and learning of the writing skill with the new

“Tieng Anh 11’ textbook

The conclusion part at the end gives a conclusion, imitation and suggestions for further research,

(basic stream) at Tinh Gia § high school, Thanh Hoa province” in hope that the findings and solutions mentioned in this study will make a significant contribution

lo improve the teaching and learning of the writiry skill al Tinh Gia 5 high school

as well as those at other high schools

2 Aims of the study

‘The primary purpose of this study is to explore the teaching and learning of the writing skill by teachers and prade-1] students at Tinh Gia 5 high school It focuses

on finding out the challenges in leaching and learning the writing skill in dhe new

"Tieng Anh 11’ textbook at this school

The second purpose is to propose some suggestions to deal with teachers’ and students’ challenges and assis them to teaching as well as learning writing more effectively

3 Research questions of the study

This study attempts lo seck (he answers Lo the following questions:

1 What are the challenges of teachers and eleventh-grade students at Tỉnh Gia

5 high school in teaching and leaning the writing skill in the new “Tieng Anh 11’ textbook?”

What should be done to help teachers and grade-11students at Tỉnh Gia 5

high school overcame their challenges?

4, Scope of the study

This minor thesis is comducted at Tih Gia 5 high school im order to recognize difficulties in teaching and learning writing skills of both the teachers and the 11”

form students Factors causing such challenges are then found out To go ahead, the

thesis also offers some suggestions to better the current contoxt

5 Design of the study

including lilorature review, the sludy, dala analysis and study [indings, Par C —

Conclusion

LIST OF TABLES AND CHARTS

Table I: The differences between the process writing and the product writing

Table 2: Checklist of writing tasks in the new “Tieng Anh 11° textbook

Table 3: The purposes of teaching writing

“Table 4: Teachers’ general thoughts of the writing lesson

Table 5: Problems in teaching writing

Table 6: Students’ actions in the writing lesson

Table 7: Factors influence students’ participant and interests

Table 8: Evaluation of forms of writing texts in the textbook

Table 9: Activities to allract studenis to the lessor

Table 10: Activities to improve students’ writing skill

‘Table 11 : Purposes of learning writing skill

Table 12 Problems in learning writing

Table 13 Activities 1o make lesson more interesting:

‘Table 14: Activities after writing

Chart 1; The importance of wriling skill

Chart 2: The capability of using English of the students ?

Chart 3: Teachers’ general thought of the tasks in textbook

Chart 4° Students’ fecling of the writing skill

Chart 5: Students’ general thought of the writing tasks in the textbook

Chart 6; Students’ frequency in completing the tasks in textbook

Chart 7: Teachers’ frequency of giving suggestions before writing

Chart 8: Mistakes in students’ pieces of writing