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There is no doubt that writing is the necessary skill in our daily life. We use
good at writing in English helps them a lot in using vocabulary and grammar
improve other skills such as speaking or listening... Thus, being good at writing is
Although students acknowledge the importance of writing skill, many students still
get difficulty in learning how to write or acquiring this critical skill, due to the
Dao Son Tay high school. I found that whenever coming to writing lesson, my
students become sleepy, boring, yawning and looking at their watch. Usually, it
just happens when I let them write a paragraph. If I give them doing some exercise
practices like multiple choice tasks, rewriting sentence, they will be willing to do.
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More precisely, they good at structure, grammar but they do not know enough
words to express their feeling. In writing, a good and wide range of vocabulary is
be able to choose the best word to describe. The more quality words you use, the
more quality writing you have. It also means that whenever learning any words,
students need to learn not only the word but also how to use them accurately.
Playing vocabulary games is one of the activities which help students more active
Research question
The present study extends previous research to study the lack of vocabulary in
vocabulary in writing?
To achieve the goal, I would like to use qualitative research by observing how
students will react to this method for learning vocabulary. Then, I would like to
find out whether there will be any problems or unexpected situation which can
happen during the process. Besides observing method, I will use two kind of
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interviewing: individual and group interviews to find more information that I can
not see in the class e.g. some stories behind a student‟s experiences. However, each
kind of the interview will have their own advantages. When I have a group
interview, I can discover or explore of new ideas, concepts. In addition, I will have
an overview about the result in using games to improve students „writing. More
importantly, I will avoid “pleasing the interviewer” effects which might be happen
on some students. On the other hand, getting individual interview will help me
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