A STUDY ON HOMONYMS AND DIFFICULTIES IN UNDERSTANDING AND USING THEM FACED BY THE SECOND ENGLISH MAJORS AT HUNG YEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION
Abstract
This study deals with English homonyms and difficulties in understanding and using them faced by the second year English major students at Hung Yen University of Technology and Education. To achieve the aims of the study, qualitative and quantitative methodologies were chosen and three methods of data collection including reflective journal, survey and tests were employed. The participants of the study were the second year English majors who were chosen randomly at UTEHY. The survey and the tests were carried out to explore the 2th year English major students' difficulties and also reasons causing those difficulties , from then some solutions helping the 2nd year English major students to deal with those were given difficulties of English homonyms.
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