GRAMMATICAL CHALLENGES IN WRITTEN ENGLISH: A STUDY OF COMMON ERRORS AMONG VIETNAMESE LEARNERS

Abstract

This research delves into the typical grammatical mistakes made by Vietnamese students when writing in English, with the goal of revealing the particular linguistic difficulties they encounter. Carried out with 57 first-year students with diverse majors at a university in Vietnam, the study examines various levels of English skills, spanning from novice to expert. Participants finished a written grammar assessment to test their grasp of important grammatical elements such as verb tenses, article usage, prepositions, plural forms, subject-verb agreement, and sentence structure. Through both quantitative and qualitative analyses, the research found common mistake trends, with particular struggles seen in maintaining verb tense and using prepositions. These results emphasize the ongoing difficulties Vietnamese learners have with grammar, offering important insights that can help develop specific teaching methods to enhance English language grammatical skills.