BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC QUẢN LÝ VÀ CÔNG NGHỆ HẢI PHÒNG ------------------------------- ISO 9001:2015 KHÓA LUẬN TỐT NGHIỆP NGÀNH : NGÔN NGỮ ANH – ANH Sinh viên : Bùi Thị Minh Ngọc Giảng viên hướng dẫn: Th.S Nguyễn Thị Thu Hương HẢI PHÒNG 07– 2020 BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC QUẢN LÝ VÀ CÔNG NGHỆ HẢI PHÒNG ----------------------------------- A STUDY ON COMMON GRMMATICAL ERRORS IN ESSAYS WRITTEN BY THIRD YEAR ENGLISH MAJOR AT HAI PHONG TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY KHÓA LUẬN TỐT NGHIỆP ĐẠI HỌC HỆ CHÍNH QUY NGÀNH: NGÔN NGỮ ANH - ANH : Bùi Thị Minh Ngọc Sinh viên Giảng viên hướng dẫn: Th.s Nguyễn Thị Thu Hương HẢI PHÒNG 07 – 2020 BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC QUẢN LÝ VÀ CÔNG NGHỆ HẢI PHÒNG -------------------------------------- NHIỆM VỤ ĐỀ TÀI TỐT NGHIỆP Sinh viên: Bùi Thị Minh Ngọc Mã SV: 1612753031 Lớp : NA2001 Ngành : Ngôn ngữ Anh Tên đề tài: A study on common grmmatical errors in essays written by third year english major at Hai Phong Technology Management University NHIỆM VỤ ĐỀ TÀI 1. Nội dung và các yêu cầu cần giải quyết trong nhiệm vụ đề tài tốt nghiệp …………………………………………………………………………………. Các tài liệu, số liệu cần thiết …………………………………………………………………………………. Địa điểm thực tập tốt nghiệp ………………………………………………………………………………….
CÁN BỘ HƯỚNG DẪN ĐỀ TÀI TỐT NGHIỆP Họ và tên : Nguyễn Thị Thu Hương Học hàm, học vị : Thạc sỹ Cơ quan công tác : Trường Đại học Quản lý và Công nghệ Hải Phòng Nội dung hướng dẫn: A study on common grmmatical errors in essays written bythird year english major at Hai Phong Technology Management University Đề tài tốt nghiệp được giao ngày 30 tháng 03 năm 2020 Yêu cầu phải hoàn thành xong trước ngày 30 tháng 06 năm 2020 Đã nhận nhiệm vụ ĐTTN Đã giao nhiệm vụ ĐTTN Sinh viên Giảng viên hướng dẫn Hải Phòng, ngày 01 tháng 07 năm 2020 HIỆU TRƯỞNG CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM Độc lập - Tự do - Hạnh phúc PHIẾU NHẬN XÉT CỦA GIẢNG VIÊN HƯỚNG DẪN TỐT NGHIỆP Họ và tên giảng viên:. Họ và tên sinh viên:. Nội dung hướng dẫn:. Tinh thần thái độ của sinh viên trong quá trình làm đề tài tốt nghiệp.
Đánh giá chất lượng của đồ án/khóa luận (so với nội dung yêu cầu đã đề ra trong nhiệm vụ Đ.N trên các mặt lý luận, thực tiễn, tính toán số liệu…). Ý kiến của giảng viên hướng dẫn tốt nghiệp Được bảo vệ Không được bảo vệ Điểm hướng dẫn Hải Phòng, ngày … tháng … năm. Giảng viên hướng dẫn (Ký và ghi rõ họ tên) QC20-B18 CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM Độc lập - Tự do - Hạnh phúc PHIẾU NHẬN XÉT CỦA GIẢNG VIÊN CHẤM PHẢN BIỆN Họ và tên giảng viên:. Họ và tên sinh viên:.
Đề tài tốt nghiệp:. Phần nhận xét của giáo viên chấm phản biện. Những mặt còn hạn chế. Ý kiến của giảng viênchấm phản biện Được bảo vệ Không được bảo vệ Điểm phản biện Hải Phòng, ngày … tháng … năm.
Giảng viênchấm phản biện (Ký và ghi rõ họ tên) QC20-B19 TABLE OF CONTENT Page CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1 1. Aims of the study 1 1. Scope of the study 2 1. Methods of the study 2 1.
Significance of the study 2 1. Design of the study 2 CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW 4 2. Theoretical backgrounds of writing 4 2. The definition of writing skill 4 2.
Problems in Writing 6 2. Theoretical backgrounds of academic essay writing 6 2. The definition of an academic essay 6 2. Classifications of academic essay 6 2.
Organization of an academic essay 8 2. Characteristics of an academic essay 10 2. Problems in academic essay writing 11 2.Theoretical backgrounds of errors in writing 13 2. Definition of errors 13 2.
Significance of errors 13 2. Types of errors 14 2. Causes of errors 15 2. Analysis of composition errors 16 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY 19 3.
Sample and sampling 19 3. Data analysis 21 CHAPTER IV: DATA ANALYSIS, FINDINGS AND SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS 22 4. Data analysis and findings 22 4. Grammatical errors in essays 24 4.
Suggested solutions for students 33 4. Suggested solutions for teachers 33 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION 34 5. Summary of major findings and discussion 34 5. Suggestions for further studies 34 REFERENCES 35 APPENDIX 1 36 ACKNOWLEDGMENT During the process of doing this graduation paper, I have received many necessary assistances, precious ideas and timely encouragements from my teachers, family and friends.
This paper could not have been completed without the help, encouragement and support from a number of people who deserve my sincerest gratitude and appreciation. First of all, I would like to take this opportunity to show my sincere thanks to all my teachers at the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Hai Phong Management and Technology University who have handed me basic knowledge to complete this study. Secondly, I wish to express gratitude to my supervisor – Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thu Huong, the English teacher of Faculty of Foreign Language, who has always been willing to give me valuable advices and suggestions in order that I can complete this study successfully.
Thirdly, I am equally indebted to my classmates for their suggestions and encouragements in the process of my study. Last but not least, my particular thanks are given to my parents for their encouragement and support which played an important role in my graduation paper. Hai Phong,June 20th 2020 Student Bui Thi Minh Ngoc CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale Nowadays, English is used in a majority of countries in the world, as it is chosen to be one of the most important languages for international communication.
It has become a compulsory subject in almost schools, colleges and universities. However, it is not easy to study English well. English major students at Hai Phong Management and Technology University are in this situation. They find it difficult to learn English with all skills especially writing skill.
A majority of HPU third year students said that they lacked suitable strategies for composing and had no set of procedures for essay writing. They might sometimes write good papers which did not follow the instructor’s assignment. Sometimes, they wrote poorly organized papers and failed to select a topic. The most important difficult was that they made a lot of grammatical errors in their writings.
From that situation, the researcher chose the topic “common grammatical errors in essays written by third year English majors at Hai Phong Management and Technology University” for the graduation paper. With the findings of the research, I hope that I can help students overcome their problems in order to have better writings. Aims of the study This research is carried out to investigate the essays written by the 3rd year students of foreign language department at Hai Phong Management and Technology University The aims of this study are set out as follows: To examine the written essays by the third year English major students, focusing on the grammatical errors in their writing. To suggest solutions to help students minimize their problems.
Research Questions The study is carried out in order to find the answers to two research questions: 1. What are common grammatical errors in guided essays and student – developed essays written by third – year English students? 1 2. What are the differences between the frequency of common grammatical errors in guided essays and student-developed essays? 3. What are suggested solutions to help students avoid their grammatical errors? 1.
Scope of the study The study focuses on finding out the most common grammatical errors made by the third-year English major students when they write compositions and it is limited only to eleven categories of the grammatical errors. Method of study In seeking answers to the research questions, survey questionnaire, class observation, interview are chosen to obtain relevant information of the study. That is all remarks, considerations, and conclusions are made largely based on the analysis of the statistic data collected though the questionnaire survey. Class observation and interview are carried out as the supplementary to the survey questionnaire.
Moreover, forty four essays written by the third year English majors are collected for analyzing their grammatical errors. Significance of the study The study is significant for the following reasons: The result of the study will be benefit for English teachers to implement suitable strategies in teaching writing essays. It will help students avoid some grammatical errors in essay writing and improve their language ability. Design of study My graduation includes four parts as following: Chapter I: Introduction is the introduction of my study including rationale, aims of the study, research question, scope of the study, methods of study, significance of the study and design of the study.
Chapter II: Literature review supplies the readers with the theoretical background including the theory of academic writing skill, essay writing, and errors in writing. 2 Chapter III: This chapter presents the methodology used in the study. It describes subjects, instruments to carry out the research, the way to collect and analyze data. Chapter IV: The chapter provides analysis of data collected, shows findings and gives recommendations Chapter V: Conclusion offers the summary of the findings and discussion and gives some suggestions for further studies.
3 CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW 2. Theoretical backgrounds of writing 2. The definition of writing skill There are several opinions about the definition of writing that have been given by the educators. “Writing is a learned skill” (Ur, 1988).
Writing is a skill which can be learned by anyone by practice intensively because writing is not an automatic skill. Writing can be seen as an “act of forming graphic symbols that is letters or the combination of letters (Byrne, 1988). Simply, writing is like “making marks on the flat surface of some kinds.” In fact, writing, however, is a far more complicated process than the production of graphic symbols. It is “a process of transformation the material discovered by research inspiration, accident, trial and error, or whatever into a message with a definite meaning…writing is a process of deliberate decision” ( Lannon, 1989:9) At a high level, writing is defined as a complex process which involves a number of separate skills “from the basics of handwriting and spelling to the subtler nuances of tone and organization”.
Therefore, the essence of writing is choice and writing is also considered the means to communicate in a way that is “profound, or funny, or provocative, or highly persuasive” (Veit, Gould & Clifford, 2001). From another view of writing, Murray (1978:29) and Perl (1979: 43) defined writing as “a creative discovery procedure characterized by the dynamic interplay of content and language: the use of language to explore beyond the known content”. Writing process Writing is a complex combination of skills which is best taught by breaking down the process. The writing process involves a series of steps to follow in producing a finished piece of writing.
Educators have found that by focusing on the process of writing, almost everyone learns to write successfully. By breaking down writing step-by-step, the mystery is removed and writer’s block is reduced. According to Alice and Patricia ( 2006), the writing process includes five stages: 4 Brainstorming: Before writing, information is gathered. Then, a writer brainstorm ideas and vocabulary related to the topic.
Creating an outline: the writer choose the ideas used in his or her essay, cluster ideas into logical parts. This may be in the form of a chart, a web, or a list of main ideas. An outline and a plan for the paper are made. Write a first draft: This stage is to expand an outline into a draft by rewriting your notes into full sentences.