Open AccessAN INVESTIGATION INTO VIETNAMESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ REFLECTIONS ON USING EVALUATIVE LANGUAGE IN ENGLISH PARAGRAPHS
Author(s) -
Trần Văn Phước
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
xã hội và nhân văn
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2615-9724
pISSN - 2588-1213
DOI - 10.26459/hueuni-jssh.v128i6b.5435
Subject(s) - vietnamese , paragraph , judgement , psychology , affect (linguistics) , mathematics education , pedagogy , linguistics , computer science , world wide web , communication , philosophy , political science , law
The article aims at understanding Vietnamese high school students’ capacity in writing English evaluative paragraphs about three given topics about the internet, the favorite movie and the teacher. Using 3- topic paragraph writing tests and a 15-item questionnaire given to 40 participants as instruments for data collection, the findings were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. The result showed that although the students did not prepare carefully for evaluative writing in terms of knowledge and practice, they could produce evaluative paragraphs using chiefly words and mental and behavioral sentences for affect, judgement and appreciation to the entities in three topics. Their suggestions to themselves and teachers, if being seriously concerned by teachers, surely help them overcome difficulties and improve their writing in the future, even when they enter the university.