A study on punctuation errors in writing of first year English majors at HPU

... background including the theory of academic writing, paragraph, and punctuation. - Chapter 2: Punctuation errors of first year English majors at HPU deals with the punctuation errors of first year English ... actually make punctuation mistakes, which urges me to choose a study on punctuation errors of first year English majors at HaiPhong Private University as my graduation paper. 13 2. Aims ... Definition A paragraph is a basic unit of organization in writing in which a group of related sentences develop one main idea. A paragraph can be as short as a sentence or as long as ten sentences....

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... presentation skills, students, teacher(s) and institutionshould make greater efforts in learning and teaching oral communication skills. On the part of the second -year majors, for example, in order ... was the main instrument employed for the collection of data. The research revealsthat the students’ low language proficiency including unclear pronunciation, their bad voicequality, lack of ... HaiDeclarationI declare that this thesis is my own work and has not been submitted in any form foranother degree or diploma at any university or other institution of tertiary education.Information...

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