Improving Writing Skills with Systemic Functional Linguistic Approach: The Case of Vietnamese EFL Students

This study was conducted with the purpose to identify effectiveness of Systemic Functional Linguistic approach improve writing skills for EFL students at a university in Hanoi, Viet Nam. The preliminary investigation showed that most this experienced many difficulties English and they were not motivated lessons. To make situation better, an action research plan use quantitative qualitative methods, focusing on applying approach, typically Theme-Rheme patterns raise students’ awareness benefits creating logical text organization then their skills. subjects 30 major foreign languages Vietnam. data collected through pre- post-tests, questionnaire semi-structured interviews. findings suggested could liked technique because it made them during