The impacts of online newspapers and magazines on English majors’ writing skills
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Writing plays an important role not only in academics but also in life. Investigating the impact of reading online newspapers and magazines on writing skills is essential at a rural university in the Mekong Delta, South of Vietnam. This research experiment, conducted over eight weeks, involved ten English majors from this institution's Faculty of Foreign Languages. The findings showed that all participants agreed that their writing skills improved when they applied this mode. However, they encountered several difficulties with English vocabulary and grammar, finding suitable newspapers for their level, and selecting ideas for their essays.
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English majors, online newspapers and magazines, writing skills.
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Amelia, R., & Muthim, A. (2021). Newspapers effect on students’ writing achievement across English proficiency levels. JOALL (Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literature), 6(1), 97-108. https://doi.org/10.33369/joall.v6i1.13305.
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Barkova, L. (2011). Challenges and rewards of teaching a newspaper class. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2(15), 71-74.
Do, M. H. (2014). Improving Vietnamese students’ English essay writing at Dong Thap University. (2014). Asian Journal of Education and E-Learning, 2(5). https://ajouronline.com/index.php/AJEEL/article/view/1720.
Elahi, A. (2020). An investigation of English writing difficulties and challenges faced by English major undergraduates at Bangladesh Army International University of Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.5539/ells.v2n3p134.
Eldydamouny, R. A. (2022). Using newspaper-based activities to enhance secondary stage students' EFL writing skills and their motivation towards writing. https://doi.org/10.21608/maed.2022.257124.
Fareed, M., Ashraf, A., & Bilal, M. (2016). ESL learners’ writing skills: Problems, factors and suggestions. Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 4, 81-92. https://doi.org/10.20547/jess0421604201.
Lancouchova, B. (2006). Using magazines and newspapers in ELT with
interpersonal and intrapersonal types of students. Published Bachelor
Work. Czech Republic: Undergraduate Study of Brno.
Le, T. N. A. (2019). EFL teachers’ and students’ perceptions and practices regarding learner autonomy: An exploratory study at a Vietnamese university in the Mekong delta. [Doctoral dissertation, Hue University, Vietnam].
Le, T. T., & Le, K. L. (2018). Improving students’ writing skill through the school online newspaper at a public university in Vietnam. International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 6(2), 47-52. doi:https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijels.v.6n.2p.47.
Nguyen, M. A. (2024). Leveraging ChatGPT for enhancing English writing skills and critical thinking in university freshmen. Journal of Knowledge Learning and Science Technology ISSN: 2959-6386 (online), 3(2), 51-62. https://doi.org/10.60087/jklst.vol3.n2.p62.
Nguyen, T. T. H. (2022). The effects of reading habits on writing performance: A case study at Van Lang University. International Journal of TESOL & Education, 2(4), 105-133. https://doi.org/10.54855/ijte.22247.
Ngo, T. H. T., & Tran, T. T. O. (2021). The English-majored students’ practices of mind maps in writing skills. International Journal of TESOL & Education, 1(3), 301-312. http://eoi.citefactor.org/10.11250/ijte.01.03.017.
Nguyen, T. T. H., Phan T. M. Uyen, & Thai T. N. (2023). Some difficulties in writing skills of English majored freshmen at Tay Do University, Vietnam. International Journal of Social Science and Education Research Studies, 3(3), 496-500. https://doi.org/10.55677/ijssers/V03I3Y2023-17.
Politton, M., & Hadiyanti, K. (2019). Enhancing university students’ English writing skills on content area. LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching, 22, 146-155. https://doi.org/10.24071/llt.v22i2.1868.
Shafiee, S., Mobini, M., Namaziandost, E., & Ghodoosi, S. (2020). Contribution of multiple intelligences to l2 writing of EFL learners. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation, 3(6), 59-69. https://doi.org/10.32996/ijllt.2020.3.6.7.
Safitri, M., & Al Hafizh, M. (2013). The advantages of class magazine project in teaching writing a narrative text to junior high school students. Journal of English Language Teaching, 2(01), 212-219.
Sultan, M., Taj, A., Sabir, F., Ali, S., & Qureshi, M. (2025). The effect of ChatGPT on the writing abilities of undergraduate English students. Journal of Arts and Linguistics Studies, 3, 67-91. https://doi.org/10.71281/jals.v3i1.210.
Tafida, A. G., & Dalhatu, B. M. (2014). Using newspapers in teaching English
as a second language. Journal of Educational Research and Reviews, 2(5),
61-65.
Talayhan, Ö. G. (2023). Yapay zekâ yazma araçlarının öğrenci yazılarının ı̇çeriği ve organizasyonu üzerindeki etkisi: yabancı dil olarak ı̇ngilizce eğitmenlerinin algılarına odaklanması. Journal of Current Debates in Social Sciences, 2(2), 83-93. https://doi.org/10.29228/cudes.71701.
Tinambunan, T., & Sinaga, M. N. (2018). The effectiveness of the use of newspaper and magazine in improving students’ writing skills. Jurnal Mutiara Pendidikan Indonesia, 3(1), 51–61. https://doi.org/10.51544/mutiarapendidik.v3i1.393.
Tseng, Y. C., & Lin, Y. H. (2024). Enhancing English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' writing with ChatGPT: A university-level course design. Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 22(2), 78-97. https://doi.org/10.34190/ejel.21.5.3329.
Wa, T. N. P. (2021). Difficulties in studying writing of English-majored sophomores at a university in Vietnam. European Journal of Education Studies, 8(10). http://dx.doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v8i10.3962.
Zhan, J., Sun, Q., & Zhang, L. J. (2021). Effects of manipulating writing task complexity on learners’ performance in completing vocabulary and syntactic tasks. Language Teaching Research, 28(3), 1011-1032. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688211024360.
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