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an action research on the effects of pre - writing activities on the grade
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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
COLLEGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
POST GRADUATE DEPARTMENT
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NGUYỄN PHƯƠNG NGỌC



AN ACTION RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTS OF
PRE - WRITING ACTIVITIES ON THE GRADE – 11 NON – MAJOR ENGLISH STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION IN WRITING AT NGUYEN BINH KHIEM HIGH SCHOOL HANOI



nghiên cứu thực nghiệm về ảnh hưởng của các hoạt động trước khi viết tới việc tăng cường hứng thú trong kỹ năng viết cho học sinh lớp 11 không chuyên trường THPT Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm, Hà Nội



A MINOR M.A THESIS

Field : METHODOLOGY
Code : 601410
Supervisor : TRẦN THỊ MẠNH, M.A





Ha Noi - 2008



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This thesis could not have been completed without the help, encouragement and support of a number of people who all deserve my sincere gratitude and appreciation.

First of all, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Mrs. TRAN THI MANH, my respectful supervisor, who has given me the great help to my study.
I am also very grateful to my colleagues at English Department of Nguyen Binh Khiem High School, Hanoi, who have been willing to answer my questions and have given me invaluable advice and suggestions on the research of how pre – writing activities affect to students’ writing performance and on the completion of my research.
I also owe my sincere thanks to all of the students of the classes 11CT1, 11CH, of Nguyen Binh Khiem High School, who have been the enthusiastic participants in my action research. Without them, my action research could not been completed and successful.
I would like to send my thanks to my lecturers, my friends and my classmates for their sincere comments and criticism
In the end, I would like to show my big gratitude to my beloved people, my husband and my parents, who have constantly inspired and encouraged me to overcome difficulties to complete this study.
Finally, a special word of thanks goes to my readers for their interest and commemnts on this study.

Hanoi, August 15th, 2008
Nguyen Phuong Ngoc






ABSTRACT

When teaching writing skill to the 11th non – major English students at Nguyen Binh Khiem High School the author of this research found out that pre – writing stages are very important in teaching writing and it also has significant effects on the students’ writing performance. If students do not prepare well enough, they can not write well, they can not even write anything in their notebooks.
The aims of carrying out this action research were twofold: (1) to investigate the current situation of the teaching writing and learning writing of the grade 11th non – major students at Nguyen Binh Khiem High School in common and the teachers’ attitudes toward the pre – writing activities in a writing lesson in particular; (2) to find out how pre – writing stages affect students’ writing performance. The Action Research consists of three main stages: Pre – Improvement stage, Trying – out stage and Post – Improvement Stage. In the first stage, some lessons were observed to illustrate the problem and then a survey was conducted to get ideas from students. After that the causes of the problem was found out by consulting with colleagues, trainers and reading professional books/ journals for ideas and suggestions. In the second stage, strategies were designed for improvement. During this stage, all things happened in the class were recorded. In the last stage, the Try- out was evaluated by observing a lesson (Focusing on students’ improvement in a writing lesson at the end of the Try – out stage) that illustrates the changes that have been made. Then the teacher reflected on the reasons for those changes. Next, the researcher carried out a survey to get comments and opinions from students. In the end, the researcher gave comments and conclusions about the study.











TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Acknowledgements i
Abstract ii
Table of contents iii
Abbreviations vi

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
I. Rationale 1
II. Research questions