SOME INFLUENCES OF VIETNAMESE WRITING HABITS ON ENGLISH ACADEMIC WRITING BY STUDENTS AT VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

  • Phan Thị Ngọc Lệ

Abstract

The article analyses some informaland non-academic expressions in 150 academic essays by Vietnamese students from three universities of Vietnam National University (VNU) namely University of Natural Sciences, University
of Social Sciences and Humanities, and University of Languages and International Studies and then discusses the major causes and reasons of the situation. It can be seen from the findings that students’ essays did not meet the standard of formal
and academic writing style in English. The main reasons for this finding can be attributed to the influences of Vietnamese writing habits and the different thinking styles of people who belong to one culture and write in another language. Based on
this explanation, some suggestions and implications have also been proposed to improvethe quality of academic writing by Vietnamese students. It is hoped that Vietnamese learners can find the best ways for their English learning in general and for their writing skill in particular.
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Published
2015-05-18
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