This document outlines the background, aims, objectives, and research questions for a study investigating the English consonant cluster problems encountered by first year students at the University of Foreign Language Studies in Danang, Vietnam. The study aims to identify the specific problems students face with English consonant clusters and examine the causes of these difficulties in order to suggest solutions to help students improve their pronunciation. Three research questions are posed relating to the problems students encounter, the causes of difficulties, and potential solutions. The document also provides examples of references for a book and journal article in APA style.
This document outlines the background, aims, objectives, and research questions for a study investigating the English consonant cluster problems encountered by first year students at the University of Foreign Language Studies in Danang, Vietnam. The study aims to identify the specific problems students face with English consonant clusters and examine the causes of these difficulties in order to suggest solutions to help students improve their pronunciation. Three research questions are posed relating to the problems students encounter, the causes of difficulties, and potential solutions. The document also provides examples of references for a book and journal article in APA style.
This document outlines the background, aims, objectives, and research questions for a study investigating the English consonant cluster problems encountered by first year students at the University of Foreign Language Studies in Danang, Vietnam. The study aims to identify the specific problems students face with English consonant clusters and examine the causes of these difficulties in order to suggest solutions to help students improve their pronunciation. Three research questions are posed relating to the problems students encounter, the causes of difficulties, and potential solutions. The document also provides examples of references for a book and journal article in APA style.
This document outlines the background, aims, objectives, and research questions for a study investigating the English consonant cluster problems encountered by first year students at the University of Foreign Language Studies in Danang, Vietnam. The study aims to identify the specific problems students face with English consonant clusters and examine the causes of these difficulties in order to suggest solutions to help students improve their pronunciation. Three research questions are posed relating to the problems students encounter, the causes of difficulties, and potential solutions. The document also provides examples of references for a book and journal article in APA style.
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I.
You have identified the problem of your study as mentioned below:
The English consonant cluster problems encountered by 1st year students
1) Write the title for the research with the topic/problem of study:
2) Write the aims and objectives of the study for this research
3) Write the research questions for this research (at least 3 questions)
1) Title:
An investigation into the English consonant cluster problems encountered by
1st year students at University of Foreign Language Studies – University of Danang.
2) Aims
This study aims to investigate the English consonant cluster problems encountered by 1st year students at University of Foreign Language Studies – University of Danang in order to provide some possible solutions to help them improve their pronunciation with English consonant clusters.
Objectives
- To investigate the English consonant cluster problems encountered by 1st
year students at University of Foreign Language Studies – University of Danang.
- to examine the causes of difficulties in The English consonant cluster
pronunciation encountered by 1st year students at University of Foreign Language Studies – University of Danang.
- to suggest some possible solutions for 1st year students at University of
Foreign Language Studies – University of Danang to improve their pronunciation with English consonant clusters.
3) Research Questions - what are the problems of the English consonant cluster encountered by 1st year students at University of Foreign Language Studies – University of Danang?
- what are the causes of difficulties in The English consonant cluster
pronunciation encountered by 1st year students at University of Foreign Language Studies – University of Danang?
- what are some suggested solutions for 1st year students at University of Foreign Language Studies – University of Danang to improve their pronunciation with English consonant clusters? II.
III. IV. Write the details of the following sources in order in a list of references
1. For a book:
Name of author: Paul Nation
Year of publication: 2001
Title of publication: Learning vocabulary in another language
Place of publication: Cambridge
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Nation, P. (2001). Learning vocabulary in another language. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
2. For a journal article:
Name of author: Fatma Demiray Akbulut
Year of publication: 2017
Title of publication: Effects of morphological awareness on second language
vocabulary knowledge
Title of journal: Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies
Volume number: 13
Issue number: 1
Page number: 10-26
Akbulut, F.D.(2007). Effects of morphological awareness on second language
vocabulary knowledge. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 13(1),10-26.
V. Read the abstract of the article below and answer the following questions
Malay ESL Students’ Difficulties in Using English Prepositions Loi Chek Kim, Songyut Akkakoson, Abstract The study attempts to undertake an error analysis of prepositions employed in the written work of Form 4 Malay ESL (English as a Second Language) students in Malaysia. The error analysis was undertaken using Richards’s (1974) framework of intralingual and interlingual errors and Bennett’s (1975) framework in identifying prepositional concepts found in the sample. The study first identified common prepositional errors in the written texts of 150 student participants. It then measured the relative intensities of these errors and found out possible causes for the occurrences of these errors. In this study, one significant finding is that [...].
1. What is the research aim of this study?
the research aim of this study is to undertake an error analysis of prepositions
employed in the written work of Form 4 Malay ESL (English as a Second Language) students in Malaysia.
2. What is the population of the study? /sample
the population of the study is students in Malaysia.
2. What are the instruments ( công cụ) for the data analysis to identify the errors? using Richards’s (1974) framework and Bennett’s (1975) framework
