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1. Full name of the doctoral candidate:Nguyen Thi Thuy2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: February 10, 1980 4. Place of birth: Hai Duong
5. Decision No. 4618/2016/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 29, 2016, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, recognizing the doctoral student.
6. Changes in the training process:
- Decision 579/QD-XHNV dated March 9, 2018, on adjusting the doctoral dissertation topic of the research student.
- Decision 314/QD-XHNV dated January 17, 2019, on changing the doctoral thesis supervisor.
- Decision No. 352/QD-XHNV dated January 23, 2019, on adjusting the doctoral dissertation topic of the research student.
7. Thesis title:Communication skills in the learning activities of Khmer students in some universities in the Mekong Delta region.
8. Major: Psychology 9. Code: 62 31 04 01
10. Scientific supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Thi Minh Loan
11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:
- The thesis points out that the characteristics of communication skills in classroom learning activities among Khmer students include a high level of sensory focus for listening and taking notes on learning content, but limitations in the ability to verbally express learning content when interacting with teachers and peers in groups and in class.
- By applying cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, and regression analysis, the study identified three groups of Khmer students with communication skills in learning activities at three levels: high, medium, and low, each with distinct characteristics in terms of expression and influencing factors. The group of Khmer students with low communication skills are characterized by sensory focus on listening and note-taking, and are strongly influenced by encouraging communication behavior from instructors. Meanwhile, the group of students with medium communication skills are characterized by good verbal communication in expressing learning content, but low listening concentration, and are strongly influenced by learning conditions. The group of students with high communication skills are characterized by good performance in all component communication skills, and are strongly influenced by learning motivation.
- This study provides further evidence to identify factors influencing communication skills in classroom learning activities among Khmer students. The findings indicate that learning motivation is the most influential factor among Khmer students, while personality traits do not affect their communication skills in classroom learning activities.
- In addition, the study also indicated a positive trend in the influence of communication skills in classroom learning activities on the academic performance of Khmer students.
- Finally, based on the results of theoretical and practical research, the thesis proposed three measures to improve communication skills in classroom learning activities for Khmer students, specifically: stimulating learning motivation for Khmer students; enhancing encouraging communication behavior of lecturers; and organizing training courses on communication skills in learning activities for Khmer students.
12. Practical applications:
The results of this thesis provide a valuable source of reference data for researchers and experts in the fields of ethnic psychology, educational psychology, social psychology, and higher education institutions in the Mekong Delta region.
13. Future research directions:
- Developing communication skills in academic activities for Khmer students in a university environment.
- Communication between Khmer students and their peers from other ethnic groups in a university environment in the Mekong Delta region.
14. Published works related to the dissertation:
INFORMATION OF DOCTORAL THESIS
1. Full name:Nguyen Thi Thuy2. Sex: Female
3. Date of birth: February 10, 1980 4. Place of birth: Hai Duong
5. Admission decision number: 4618/2016/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 29, 2016 by the rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU.
6. Changes in academic process:
- The decision of 579/QD-XHNV dated March 9, 2018 about adjusting of the title of the doctoral thesis.
- The decision of 314 /QD-XHNV dated January 17, 2019 about replacing academic supervisor.
- The decision of 352/QD-XHNV dated January 23, 2019 about adjustment of the title of the doctoral thesis.
7. Official thesis title:Communication skills in Khmer students' learning activities at some universities in the Mekong Delta
8. Major: Psychology 9. Code: 62 31 04 01
10. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Le Thi Minh Loan
11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:
- The thesis shows that communication skills in classroom learning activities of Khmer students had high concentration of senses on listening and taking notes, but restricted in expressing academic contents verbally when interacting with lecturers and classmates on the classroom
- By applying the cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, and regression analysis, the study demonstrated that Khmer students included 3 sub-groups with low, medium, and high academic communication skills. Each group had unique characteristics in academic communication skills and affecting factors. The Khmer group with low communication skills was characterized by a high concentration of senses on listening and taking notes on the learning content. This group was strongly influenced by the teacher's confirmation. Meanwhile, the Khmer group with average communication skills was characterized by good verbal communication in expressing learning content, but their ability to concentrate on listening was not high. These students were strongly influenced by the learning condition. The group of Khmer students with high communication skills had good characteristics of all communication skills. This group was strongly influenced by the learning motivation.
- This study provides further evidence to clarify the factors that affect Khmer students' communication skills in classroom learning activities. Discovering that learning motivation had the strongest impact on Khmer students' academic communication skills; Meanwhile, Khmer's personality traits did not affect their academic communication skills.
- Besides, the study also demonstrated that the communication skills of Khmer students shown classroom learning activities contributed positively to the change of their learning outcomes.
- Finally, thanks to theoretical and practical research results, the present study suggests 3 methods to improve communication skills for Khmer students in relation to classroom learning activities, ie, stimulating learning motivation for Khmer students; promoting communication behaviors encouraged by tutors; and organizing training courses related to communication skills in learning activities for Khmer students.
12. Practical applicability
The findings of this study could be precious reference materials for researchers, experts in the field of educational psychology, ethnic psychology, and social psychology and higher education institutions in the Mekong River Delta.
13. Further research directions
- Developing communication skills in learning activities for Khmer students
- Khmer students' communication with other ethnic groups in university environment in the Mekong River Delta
14. Thesis – related publications:
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