tailieunhanh - Enhancing the use of inversion structures in academic writing for English majors at Thai Nguyen University of Education

Inversion is one of the factors contributing to the structure and grammar variety of a piece of academic writing; however, as can be seen from the results academic writing tests at Thai Nguyen University of Education (TUE), English majors rarely employ different inversion structures. | ENHANCING THE USE OF INVERSION STRUCTURES IN ACADEMIC WRITING FOR ENGLISH MAJORS AT THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION Tran Thi Yen Thai Nguyen University of Education Received 16 07 2018 Revised 26 08 2018 Accepted 30 08 2018 Abstract Inversion is one of the factors contributing to the structure and grammar variety of a piece of academic writing however as can be seen from the results academic writing tests at Thai Nguyen University of Education TUE English majors rarely employ different inversion structures. This research therefore was conducted to investigate the current situation of using inversion structures among English majors at TUE to discover the common difficulties related to inversion structures that students have to find out the causes of those difficulties as well as to give some suggestions to solve the problems. A mixed-method research design both qualitative and quantitative was carried out involving 5 English lecturers and 103 third-year and fourth-year English majors of TUE. The data were collected via a test on inversion structures writing analysis and questionnaires. The results of the research reveal that English majors at TUE do not employ a variety of inversion structures in their academic writing. Keywords Academic writing grammar inversion inversion structures 1. Introduction At tertiary education academic writing has always been essential for English majors. Learners wishing to do different academic writings have to achieve a mastery of concepts and content of their subject area. Besides the need to write efficiently and properly is the requirement for any students majoring in English. As can be seen from the results of academic writing tests at Thai Nguyen University of Education TUE most of English majors at TUE have great problems in writing English - the learners have a lot of difficulties in using English grammar and structures properly of which using inversion is one essential issue. In fact if students use simple sentences .