TAILIEUCHUNG - The use of phrasal verbs in English language research proposals by Vietnamese M.A. students

Phrasal verbs are highly common in and typical of the English language. However, ESL/EFL students in different contexts seem to avoid using them in their academic writing, especially in English applied linguistics. This study aims at investigating the use of phrasal verbs in the research proposals among Vietnamese . students who were studying at one university in Vietnam. Nineteen research proposals chosen in this study cover 5 major themes, including TESOL Methodology, Discourse Analysis, Linguistics, Literature, and Translation. The data were analyzed by the software AntConc version . The findings of the study indicated that the participants had a tendency to avoid using phrasal verbs in their . research proposals. Furthermore, they did not utilize many among top 100 common phrasal verbs in BNC by Gardner and Davies (2007). With respect to the functions of phrasal verbs, Vietnamese . students used different subcategories in syntax and semantics. Nevertheless, they paid more attention to the use of transitive and inseparable phrasal verbs as well as phrasal verbs with semi-idiomatic and fullyidiomatic meanings | The use of phrasal verbs in English language research proposals by Vietnamese . students

• Giáo dục học
• Research proposals
• Phrasal verbs in English language
• English language research proposals
• English applied linguistics
• Study indicated that the participants
• Methods in psychology
• Innovating qualitative research methods
• Qualitative research
• Qualitative methods
• Psychological imagination
• relationship between
• inherently elastic
• treatments possible
• Wildlife Conservation
• Genome Banking
• Cats Reproductive
• donate different
• organ donors
• and proposals to incentivise
• Testicular Tissue
• Laboratory Animal ART
• Porcine Gametes
• Real Estate Auctions
• Involuntary Conversions
• Research Revealed
• Bibliometric Method
• Immuno Kinetics
• Kinetics and Vaccination
• Appropriation Language
• Operating Levels
• Enacting Legislation
• Legislative Proposals
• Budget and Performance
• Practical research
• Writing job application letters
• Creating visuals
• Writing proposals
• Progress reports
• Writing reports