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?
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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