The study was conducted with two aims. Firstly, the study is expected to find out students‟ attitudes towards pre-writing activities. Added to this, it aims to explore the effects of pre-writing activities on the 12th graders‟ learning of paragraph writing. | VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES NGUYỄN THỊ NHUNG THE EFFECTS OF PRE-WRITING ACTIVITIES ON THE 12th GRADERS LEARNING OF PARAGRAPH WRITING - AN ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT AT YEN LAC HIGH SCHOOL VINH PHUC Ảnh hưởng của những hoạt động trước khi viết lên việc học viết đoạn văn của học sinh lớp 12 - Một nghiên cứu hành động tại trường THPT Yên Lạc Vĩnh Phúc PROGRAMME THESIS Field English Teaching Methodology Code 60140111 HANOI 2016 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES NGUYỄN THỊ NHUNG THE EFFECTS OF PRE-WRITING ACTIVITIES ON THE 12th GRADERS LEARNING OF PARAGRAPH WRITING - AN ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT AT YEN LAC HIGH SCHOOL VINH PHUC Ảnh hưởng của những hoạt động trước khi viết lên việc học viết đoạn văn của học sinh lớp 12 - Một nghiên cứu hành động tại trường THPT Yên Lạc Vĩnh Phúc PROGRAMME THESIS Field English Teaching Methodology Code 60140111 Supervisor Assoc. Prof. Nguyễn Văn Trào HANOI 2016 DECLARATION I Nguyen Thi Nhung hereby declare that the thesis entitled The effects of pre-writing activities on the 12th graders learning of paragraph writing - An action research project at Yen Lac High School Vinh Phuc is the result of my own research for the Degree of Master of Education at University of Foreign Language and International Studies Vietnam National University Hanoi. I confirm that this thesis has not been submitted for any other degrees. Hanoi 2016 Nguyễn Th Nhung i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my gratitude to all those who have given me great assistance in the completion of my research work. First and foremost I would like to express my sincere thanks to my supervisor Associate Professor Nguyen Van Trao for his enormous help precious advice his careful guidance comments enthusiasm and especially sympathy throughout the whole research process. Second my gratitude goes
