Common Challenges in Academic Writing of English-Majored Seniorsat Tay Do University

The thesis “Common challenges in academic writing of English-majored seniors at Tay Do University” was conducted to examine the difficulties that seniors majoring in English often meet in academic writing. As a part of the study, 78 English majored seniors in the 3 classes of English 14A, 14B, 14C and 7 English teachers at Tay Do University have been selected as the participants. In this study, an interview with three extended statements for teachers,three extended statements for students, and a questionnaire with 25 closed statements for students are used as instruments to collect the data. The results of the study pointed out some common errors about grammar, vocabulary, organization, punctuation, and background knowledge in academic writing faced by English majored seniors at Tay Do University. It is hoped that this research can be helpful for both the English-majored seniors at Tay Do University to realize their common errors in the process of improving and developing their writing skills.