1.2 Aims and Objectives of the study 1.2.1. Aims of the study This research is aimed at helping students to have an insightful look at the syntactic
and pragmatic features of English tag question. The findings of this research are expected to improve the ability to use English tag
question effectively; particularly, in the teaching and learning of English tag question.
1.2.2. Objectives of the study To achieve the aims mentioned above, following objectives are put forward:
(1) Describing the syntactic and pragmatics features of English tag questions; (2) Pointing out possible solutions for mistakes commonly committed by students at
Nguyen Thi Minh khai high school when they use English tag question.
1.3 Research questions The paper will attempt to answer three following questions:
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What are the syntactic and pragmatic features of tag question?
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What are the mistakes commonly committed by students at Nguyen Thi Minh
Khai high school?
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What are the possible solutions to the mistakes?
1.4 Methods of the study The thesis is conducted by combining the main research approaches which are mixed
method, quantitative method , qualitative method which are carried out with the
following orientations.
- Various sources of printed publications as books, articles, journals will be used as
the data. - Some questionnaire and interview with students at Nguyen Thi Minh Khai high school. 1.5 Scope of the study The scope of the study is the syntactic and pragmatic features of English tag question.
The survey will be carried out at Nguyen Thi Minh Khai high school to find out the
mistakes commonly committed by students at Nguyen Thi Minh Khai high school.
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The participants of the study are students in class 12A1 at Nguyen Thi Minh Khai
high school. The level of the students is good. They have studied about English tag
question.
