Collection of research reports best university in 2008 honored the author: 5. Vietnamese Vu Thi Huong, Writing in groups to improve writing skills for students of English Language at Vinh (English English) language is a western branch of the German language group in the Indo-European), were imported to England through the languages of many peoples conquered in the 6th century. Transmitted throughout the English colonialism in the boom period of the British Empire, from the British Isles through Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, the United States and some English becomes "sub-language" most important and increasingly more people learn. | TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC VINH TẠP CHÍ KHQA HỌC TẬP XXXVII số 4B-2008 THE USE OF GROUP WRITING IN IMPROVING THE WRITING SKILL OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH AT VINH UNIVERSITY VŨ THỊ VIỆT HƯƠNG a Abstract. Group writing is an innovative approach to teaching writing in EFL classrooms in Vietnam. This method inspired the students motivation in learning writing skill at Vinh University. The purpose of this paper is to find out how far group writing can make a significant difference in teaching second language of Vietnamese Universities. We present some crucial views regarding group writing in an effort to highlight the pros and cons of group writing. And we also make some effective suggestions about Stechniques and procedures in order to help students improve their writing skill. I. INTRODUCTION Of the four skills namely Reading Writing Speaking and Listening Writing is widely considered as the most difficult and the last skill to be acquired both by non- native and native speakers. Unlike other skills it requires a great deal of conscious application of rules patience knowledge and practice. As a main and compulsory subject at the tertiary level writing remains to be problematic not only for learners but also for teachers. On the one hand the learners have to grapple with the distinctive features of English from Vietnamese in discourse rhetoric style grammar and vocabulary on the other hand the teachers face numerous difficulties such as lack of good methods of teaching writing and lack of motivation of learners. This study is primarily intended to find out whether group writing can be used to improve the writing skills of EFL students at Vinh University. This question includes the issues namely Procedure Correction and Evaluation of Group Writing. The answer to the research paper is sought through the information supplied by teachers and students to the questionnaires and through class observations made in three classes of Intermediate level. II. BACKGROUND Group work
