7 colaborative writing in vietnamese secondary schools

Writing tends to be a neglected area in English language teaching at secondary schools in Vietnam. Among the reasons behind this trend lies an assumption that a good piece of writing is composed of grammatically correct sentences. Most hours of English instruction in Vietnamese schools, therefore, put a great emphasis on teaching abstract rules and fixed patterns. Such a structurally based approach to writing certainly plays a role in developing students’ language knowledge. However, learning to write should...

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