3.Research design.

3.1. Population and Sample:

The research will be done thanks to undergraduate English-majored students in
Danang University of Foreign Languages.
From the total number of sophomores in the English faculty, select 40 people. We will
choose using stratified random sampling.
3.2. Data collection:
3.2.1. Instrument:
In this study, questionnaires will be instrumented for study to collect data. The
questionnaire comprises 20 questions, & 4 parts.
+ Part 1 consists of 6 questions (Question 1-6) to collect personal information of
participants.
+ Part 2 consists of 4 questions (Question 7-10) with 5 response options: Strongly agree
(SA), Agree (A), Neither agree nor disagree, Disagree (D), Strongly disagree (SD), and 1
question (Question 11) with semantic differential scales: Important & Not important to collect
students' difficulties in using academic vocabulary for IELTS writing task 2.
+ Part 3 consists of 1 question (Question 12) to collect the reasons.
+ Part 4 consists of 8 questions (Question 13-20) to collect solutions of participants.
3.2.2. Collecting data:
Questionnaires will be conducted online with google forms, we will spread the link to
students through Facebook and Zalo. Participants will be required to complete all 30
questions 5 days from the day questionnaire is delivered.
3.3. Reliability and validity
3.3.1. Reliability.
To check the reliability of a questionnaire item, we will give the same questionnaire to the
same group of respondents at two different time points. After that, compare the responses at
the two time points if the results of the test are consistent or not.
3.3.2. Validity.
To ensure the validity of the study, we will discuss with two friends who understand our
topic and go through our questionnaire to ensure their accuracy.