WRITING BUSINESS LETTER: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS FOR STUDENTS AT THANG LONG UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Business English is playing more and more important role in Vietnam and in the world because it helps business people to communicate better at their workplace. At Thang Long University, the subject has been in the syllabus for students of Economics department for a long time. To provide the students with appropriate knowledge on English used at the workplace, our syllabus focuses a lot on developing speaking and writing skills, in which writing business correspondences is the most important. However, most of students here find it difficult to get good results with writing business letters/ emails. They have shown so many mistakes in their mid-term and their end-of-term tests. This study is to suggest some practical solutions for the students when studying the subject based on the difficulties they are facing with. The study is a set of practical suggestions not only for teacher’s teaching procedures but also useful for students who want to improve their writing skill.