STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP I hereby acknowledge that this study is mine. The information reported in this paper is the result of my own work, except where due reference is made. The thesis has not been accepted for any degree and is not concurrently submitted to any candidature for any other degree or diploma. Hue, June 2011 Author Nguyen Thi Lan Phuong i Acknowledgements First, I am indebted to my supervisor, Dr.
Phan Van Hoa, for his professional guidance and support. Without his help, this thesis could not reach this present standard. Second, I am very grateful and thankful to the English Staff of HUCFL for their valuable suggestions in approving the initial proposal for this thesis, for their guidance and help with valuable evaluation and encouragements. Third, I would like to express my sincere thanks to the English Staff in Ninh Chau high school and Dao Duy Tu high school for their helps during the time I carried out this study.
Last, but not least, I wish to express my deep thanks to my mother, siblings and friends for all their support during the time I was conducting this project. ii Table of contents Pages TABLE OF CONTENTS…………………………….…………………………1 LIST OF TABLE.6 LIST OF CHARTS. Organization of the thesis .14 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW. Theories of English writing skill.
English writing skill. Product-oriented writing. Process-oriented writing. The process of composing.
The process of communicating. The process of improving .4 Top-down and bottom-up approaches. Assessment and Evaluation in writing. The teaching and learning of English writing skill.
The teaching of English writing skill. The sense of purpose. The sense of audience. The sense of direction.
The learning of English writing skill. Definitions, types, functions of charts and graphs in EFL writing. Definitions of charts and graphs. Types of charts and graphs in language education.
Functions of graphs in the teaching and learning of English writing skill. Techniques in the teaching and learning of chart and graph description. Features and language. Comparison and contrast.
Frame and language. Graph writing activities and tasks. Difficulties for graph application in EFL writing classes. Syllabus and curriculum constraints.
Time and psychology challenges. Technical and theoretical knowledge. Previous studies on the use of charts and graphs for English education .52 CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY AND PROCEDURES. Data collection methods.
Sample lesson plans .56 CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION. Functions of graphs in teaching and learning English writing skill. Teachers' and students' perceptions on using graphs for writing skill. Teachers' and students' attitudes towards graph writing.
Teachers' attitudes towards graph writing. Students' attitudes towards graph writing. Attitudes towards teaching and learning graph description. Teachers' attitudes towards teaching graph description.
Students' attitudes towards learning graph description. Teachers' and students' practice. Students' abilities and teachers' activities in graph writing. Students' abilities to graph description.
Writing activities or tasks in teaching graph description. Teachers' and students' reality. Feedback and error correction. Teachers' feedback giving and error correction.
Students' response to feedback giving and error correction. The effects of graph writing on EFL classes. Teachers' motivation provision. Teachers' and students' difficulties.
Teachers' difficulties in using graphs for teaching writing. Students' difficulties in using charts and graphs for learning writing. Teachers' and students' suggestions. 87 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS.
Summary of the findings. The functions of Cs&Gs in teaching and learning the English writing skill .Teachers' perceptions and practices in teaching English writing with Cs&Gs. Students' perceptions and practices in learning English writing with Cs&Gs. Possible solutions for better use of Cs&Gs to improve students' English.
Implications and recommendations. For teachers and students. For future researchers.