VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI

UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

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END_OF_TERM ASSIGNMENT

MODULE: ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING METHODOLOGY

This course is assessed through an assignment which you must complete individually. Here is
the assignment: Write a research proposal of at least 3000 words about a topic related to
English Language Teaching Methodology. You can refer to the assessment criteria (see
appendix 1) your tutor will use when marking your assignment. You can also use this as a
checklist when you write your assignment. The assignment guidelines are also provided below
(see appendix 2).
Please submit
• The hard copy of your assignment to the Head Office of the Faculty of Post-graduate
studies (Room 102, building A3) by the deadline provided by your lecturer. All the
submissions need to be sent to the class monitor first, and then to the Head Office;
• The soft copy to Canvas platform as your lecturer instructed.
Appendix 1:

CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT

Criteria Mark
1 The proposal consists of sections as specified in the guidelines, ____/1
and they are presented in accordance with the guidelines
2 The proposal presents comprehensive and relevant ____/3
literature review
3 The proposal formulates clear research questions ____/2
 4 The proposal adopts suitable research ____/2
approach(es)/design(s)/method(s)
5 The paper’s citations and references conform to the ____/1
guidelines
6 The paper demonstrates good use of language ____/1
Total ____/10

Appendix 2:

PROPOSAL GUIDELINES

Your proposal should include the following:

1. TITLE
• Your title should give a clear indication of your proposed research approach or key
question

2. BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE

You should include:
• the background and issues of your proposed research
• identify your area of interest
• a short literature review
• a summary of key debates and developments in the field

3. RESEARCH QUESTION(S)
You should formulate these clearly, giving an explanation as to what problems and issues
are to be explored and why they are worth exploring

4. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
You should provide an outline of:
 • the theoretical resources to be drawn on
• the research design/ research approach
• the research methods/ instruments appropriate for the proposed research
• a discussion of advantages as well as limits of your chosen research
design/approaches and methods

5. PLAN OF WORK & TIME SCHEDULE

You should include an outline of the various stages and corresponding time lines for
developing and implementing the research, including writing up your research report.

6. BIBLIOGRAPHY
You should include:
• a list of references to key articles and texts discussed within your research
proposal
• a selection of sources appropriate to the proposed research

Appendices (if any)

OTHER GUIDELINES
1. Page 1: Cover page;

2. Page 2: Table of Contents;

3. Length: The main text (excluding Appendices and References) should not be fewer than
3,000 words.

4. The assignment is printed on A4 paper with recommended fonts (size): Times New
Roman (13).

5. Photos to illustrate: informed consent/ permission from the person(s) in the photos or
from their guardians (in case of minors – under 16 years of age) must be obtained in
order to use their photos in the thesis.

6. Referencing system: APA 7th edition

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Referencing with APA 7th Style – Brief Guide

For more information refer to the AUT Library referencing guide http://aut.ac.nz.libguides.com/APA7th and the APA 7th Manual.
Reference Types In-text Reference List
Book & ebook with DOI (Ewert et al., 2014) Ewert, E.W., Mitten, D.S., & Overholt, J.R. (2014). Natural environments and human health. CAB
or International. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781845939199.0000
according to Ewert et al. (2014)
Include the DOI using the format https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxx
Book & ebook without DOI, (Foxall, 2018) Foxall, G. R. (2018). Context and cognition in consumer psychology: How perception and emotion
or guide action. Routledge.
ebook without DOI from According to Foxall (2018)
Use the copyright date. For more than one publisher, list all publishers in the order that they appear,
research databases
separated by a semicolon. Do not include the database name or URL.
Article with DOI from (Washington, 2014) Washington, E. T. (2014). An overview of cyberbully in higher education. Adult Learning, 26(1), 21–27.
research databases or https://doi.org/10.1177/1045159514558412
Washington (2014) stated that
For DOI, use the format https://doi.org/xxxxxx
Article without DOI: (Moody, 2019) Moody, M. S. (2019). If instructional coaching really works, why isn't it working? Educational
From research databases, or Leadership, 77(3), 30–35.
or Moody (2019)
Do not include the database name or URL for articles from most academic research databases.
From a Print journal
Open access journal article (Dayton, 2019) Dayton, K. J. (2019). Tangled arms: Modernizing and unifying the arm-of-the-state doctrine. The
without DOI or University of Chicago Law Review, 86(6), 1497–1737. https://bit.ly/2SkWwcy
Dayton (2019)
Include the URL for articles without a DOI and with a nondatabase URL, e.g. free online journal articles.
Webpage, no date, (Athletics New Zealand, n.d.) Athletics New Zealand. (n.d.). Form a new club. http://www.athletics.org.nz/Clubs/Starting-a-New-Club
or
When the author and site name are the same, omit the site name.
Athletics New Zealand (n.d.)
Webpage, with a date (Monaghan, 2019) Monaghan, E. (2019, December 10). 5 reasons modern slavery at sea is still possible in 2019.
or Greenpeace. https://bit.ly/2PIXjqc
Monaghan (2019)
If the page you are citing includes a last updated date, use that date. Include the name of the website
in the reference.
YouTube video or other (MSNBC, 2020) MSNBC. (2020, January 7). Julián Castro endorses Elizabeth Warren [Video].
streaming video or YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk2Tzc8H5po
MSNBC (2020)
Conference paper … act of curation works with unique set of factors (Mason & Mason, I., & Missingham, R. (2019, October 21–25). Research libraries, data curation, and
Missingham, 2019) workflows [Paper presentation]. eResearch Australasia Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
or https://bit.ly/2RGcFdn
… according to Mason and Missingham (2019)
After the title, include a label in square brackets that matches the description of the presentation e.g.
[paper presentation]. Create a short URL using https://bitly.com
Author In- text Reference List
One author … (Pilger, 2006) Pilger, J. (2006). Freedom next time. Bantam.
or
Pilger (2006) stated that …
Two authors (Shaw & Eichbaum, 2008) Shaw, R., & Eichbaum, C. (2008). Public policy in New Zealand: Institutions, processes and
or outcomes. Pearson Education.
Shaw and Eichbaum (2008) …
List both authors.

3 or more authors, up to 20 (Watson et al., 2019) Watson, S., Gunasekaran, G., Gedye, M., van Roy, Y., Ross, M., Longdin, L., & Brown, L. (2003). Law of
authors or business organisations (4th ed.). Palatine Press.
Watson et al. (2019) stated that …
List all authors up to and including 20. The last author’s surname is preceded by an ampersand (&).
List the first author followed by et al.
21 or more authors (Loannidis et al., 2016) Loannidis, N. M., Rothstein, J. H., Pejaver, V., Middha, S., McDonnell, S., Baheti, S. Musolf, A., Li, Q.,
or Holzinger, E., Karyadi, D., Cannon-Albright, L., Teerlink, C. C., Stanford, J. L., Isaacs, W. B., Xu,
Loannidis et al. (2016) stated …. J.,Cooney, K., Lange, E., Schleutker, J., Carpten, J. D., … Weiver, S. (2016). Revel: An ensemble
method for predicting the pathogenicity of rare missense variants. American Journal of Human
List the first author followed by et al.
Genetics, 99(4), 877–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.08.016

List the first 19 authors, then insert three dots (ellipsis …) and add the last author’s name.

Group (corporate) author First citation: New Zealand Health Information Service. (2003). Report on maternity: Maternal and new-born
with abbreviation (New Zealand Health Information Service [NZHIS], 2003). inequalities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Otago University Press.
Subsequent: (NZHIS, 2003) …
Do not include an abbreviation for a group author in a reference list entry.
Use the full name throughout in your in-text references if
there is no formal abbreviation of the group author.
Author … showed in the study (Seidenberg & McClelland, 1990, as Coltheart, M., Curtis, B. Atkins, P., & Haller, M. (1993). Models of reading aloud: Dual-route and
in secondary citations cited in Coltheart et al., 1993) parallel-distributed-processing approaches. Psychological Review, 100, 589–608.
or
Enter the reference list for the source you have read (secondary source).
Seidenberg & McClelland (1990, as cited in Coltheart et al.,
1993) showed …
Include the original work and the date, and the citation for
the source where you found the information.

Author of a chapter in an … (Easton, 2008) Easton, B. (2008). Does poverty affect health? In K. Dew & A. Matheson (Eds.), Understanding health
edited book or inequalities in Aotearoa New Zealand (pp. 97–106). Otago University Press.
according to Easton (2008)
Include a DOI after the publisher, if available.

AUT Library, Feb 2020

 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES

ASSIGNMENT ON PSYCHOLOGY FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING

Title of the Project

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Academic Year: 2021 – 2022