English Major- Graduation thesis

1. The difficulties of major first-year students
at Faculty of Foreign, Hung Yen University
of Technology and Education in rewriting
English sentences.
By: Nguyen Thi Nhan
Supervisor: Pham Thi Duong, MA

2. Presentation Outline
1. Rationale
2. Aims of the study
3. Scope of the study
4. Research questions
5. Methods of the study
6. Results of the study
7. Suggestions
8. Conclusion
9. Limitations of the study
10.Suggestions for further study

3. 1. RATIONALE
Important position of English and the
rewriting English sentences.
Teaching and learning the rewriting
English sentences at UTEHY still have
many difficulties due to lack of effective
methods.

4. 2. AIMS OF THE STUDY
+ To find the factors causing the
difficulties in the rewriting English
sentence exercises of the major first year
students at Faculty of Foreign
Languages, UTEHY.
+ To improve the inspiration of the major
first year students in rewriting English
sentences.

5. +To recommend practical suggestions for
improving rewriting English sentences
of the major first year students at Faculty
of Foreign Languages, UTEHY.
2. AIMS OF THE STUDY

6. 3. SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The major first-year students at
Faculty of Hung Yen University of
Technology and Education

7. 4. RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1. What are the difficulties in rewriting English
sentences of the first-year English major
students at Faculty of Faculty of Foreign
Languages, UTEHY ?
2. What are students’ inspiration towards
rewriting English sentence exercises at
Faculty of Faculty of Foreign Languages,
UTEHY?
3. How to motivate for students in rewriting
English sentence lessons at Faculty of
Faculty of Foreign Languages, UTEHY?

8. 5. METHODS OF THE STUDY
Quantitative and
qualitative
methods
Survey
questionnaire
Interview

9. SUBJECTS
77 major first-year students from the
Faculty of Faculty of Foreign Languages
at UTEHY (77 students for
questionnaires and 5 students answer the
interview questions)
 5 teachers of English at the Department
of Foreign Language , UTEHY

10. DATA COLLECTION
INSTRUMENTS
Two types of instruments:
1. The questionnaires: 14 questions, 77
major first-year students
2. Interview questions: 4 opened questions

11. 6. THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY
 Research question 1: What are the
difficulties in rewriting English sentences of
the major first-year English students at
Faculty of Foreign Languages ?
The most of students are lack of the grammar
structures and vocabulary.(Table 5)
The main mistakes in students’ rewriting English
sentences are grammar and structures. (Table 6)

12. The major first-year students are quite lazy in
practicing at home. (Chart 5)
The most of first-year students at always
depend on their teachers. (Chart 6)
Enriching grammar and learning English
vocabruary structures is three activities which
students agree most to improve rewriting
English sentences. (Chart 7)
6. THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY

13.  Research question 2: What are major first year
students’ inspiration towards rewriting English
sentence exercises Faculty of Foreign Languages,
UTEHY?
The rewriting English sentences is a difficult skill but not very
difficult.(Chart 1 )
(The rewriting English sentences is important. (Table 2)
 The Effective Academic Writing 1 textbook
is quite suitable. (Chart 3)
6. THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY

14. 7. RECOMMENTDATIONS FOR
IMPROVING REWRITING ENGLISH
SENTENCES
Enhancing vocabulary
Improving grammar
Practicing rewriting in english daily
Use self-correction regularly
Peer-correction
Advices from teachers

15. 8. CONCLUSION
 The study obtains its objectives.
- Covering the theories related to the study
- Finding out the answers for three research
questions

16. 9.LIMITTATIONS OF THE
STUDY
Limited time, lack of sources, the
researcher’s ability
A small number of students at Faculty of
Faculty of Foreign Languages, UTEHY.

17. 10. SUGGESTIONS FOR
FURTHER STUDY
Focusing on the difficulties of first-year
students at Faculty of Foreign Languages,
UTEHY in rewriting English sentences.
Bridging the gap between learners’ learning
needs and teachers’ expectations is worth
taking into account.

18. Thanks for your attention!

19. Chart 1: Students’ assessment on the
difficulties in rewriting English sentences
22%
56%
19%
3%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Very Difficult Difficult Normal Easy Very Easy

20. Table 2: Studentsand lecturers’ opinions
on the importance of rewriting English
sentences
Level of
importanc
e
Very
importance
Importance Normal Not
importance
No.1 Rate No.1 Rate No.1 Rate No.1 Rate
Students 24 31% 40 52% 9 12% 4 5%
Lecturers 1 20% 4 80% 0 0% 0 0%

21. Chart 3: Lecturers and students’
opinions about the suitableness of The
Effective Academic Writing 1 textbook
10%
74%
45%
Students
80%
20%
Lecturers
Very suitable
Suitable
Normal
Not suitable

22. Table 5: Students’ difficulties in rewriting English
sentences.
No. Difficulties Students Percentage
1 Limited vocabulary 47 61%
2 Lack of structures 56 72%
3 Poor ideas 36 46%
4 Illogical ideas organization 45 58%
5 Spelling mistakes 33 42%
6 Grammatical mistakes 45 58%
7 Others:… 47 61%

23. Table 6: Students’ basic mistakes
No Mistakes
Very
often
Often Sometimes Rarely Never
1 Grammar and
structures
19 Ss
(25%)
29Ss
(37%)
24Ss
(31%)
3 Ss
(4%)
2 Ss
(3%)
2 Spelling 27 Ss
(35%)
21Ss
(27%)
24Ss
(31%)
3 Ss
(4%)
2 Ss
(3%)
3 Lack of logical
thinking
22 Ss
(29%)
22Ss
(29%)
29Ss
(38%)
4 Ss
(5%)
1 Ss
(1%)
4 Lack of vocabulary 18Ss
(23%)
23Ss
(30%)
32Ss
(42%)
3 Ss
(4%)
2 Ss
(3%)

24. Chart 5: The frequency degree of students’ and their
teachers’ advice at practicing rewriting English
sentences at home
80%
20%
Teachers
30%
43%
16%
6%
5% Once a week
Twice times a week
Three times a week
Four times a week
Everyday
Others
Students

25. Chart 6: Students’ techniques after rewriting
English sentences and their teachers’ advice
16%
11%
40%
7%
3%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
Reading again to
find out mistakes
and correct it
yourself
Asking your
friends in class to
correct for you
Asking your
teachers to
correct for you
Do nothing Others

26. Chart 7: Students’ opinions and teachers’ advice
about the activities for improving rewriting
English sentences.
73%
62%
79%
56%
44%
38
100%
80%
60% 60%
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Enriching
vocabulary
Enlarging
your grammar
Learning
English
structures
Writing
everyday
Writing diary Others
Students
Teachers