TTLA: Research on the state of multilingualism in Muong Cha District - Dien Bien Province

INFORMATION ABOUT THE DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name of the doctoral candidate:Nguyen Thi Thu Dung                           

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: May 2, 1985

4. Place of birth: Quang Tri

5. Decision No. 3202/QD-SDH dated November 8, 2010, of the Vietnam National University, Hanoi, recognizing the doctoral student.

6. Changes in the training process: None

7. Thesis title:Research on the state of multilingualism in Muong Cha District - Dien Bien Province

8. Major: Languages ​​of Vietnamese Ethnic Minorities Code: 62.22.01.25

9. Scientific supervisor:Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vu Thi Thanh Huong

10. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

This dissertation approaches the issue of social multilingualism based on the theoretical framework of sociolinguistics, using a combination of field linguistics and sociolinguistics methods to study the current state of multilingualism in Muong Cha. The dissertation has made the following new contributions:

- Describe and analyze the linguistic situation in Muong Cha, highlighting the general characteristics of socio-economics, population distribution, and the lives of ethnic minorities in Muong Cha, as well as the characteristics of the ethnic minority languages ​​spoken in Muong Cha. Construct a map of the current language distribution in Muong Cha.

- Analyzing the characteristics of the multilingual community in Muong Cha (characteristics of language use by ethnic minorities in different communication contexts, attitudes and linguistic abilities of ethnic minorities towards the languages ​​used) through case studies from both qualitative and quantitative perspectives.

- Propose some recommendations for preserving linguistic diversity in Muong Cha in particular and Dien Bien in general.

11. Practical applications:

- The research results contribute to the study of social multilingualism in ethnic minority areas in the current context under the influence of socio-economic factors.

- The research findings provide a further basis for developing language policies in Dien Bien in particular and in ethnic minority areas nationwide in general.

- The proposals and recommendations in this thesis can be applied to developing solutions for preserving linguistic diversity in Dien Bien.

- The dissertation serves as a reference source for training and scientific research related to the language of ethnic minorities.

12. Future research directions:

- Research on multilingualism and language contact in Dien Bien.

- Research on the issue of multilingualism in ethnic minority areas.

- Research on language education issues in multilingual communities.

13. Published works related to the dissertation:

1. Nguyen Thi Thu Dung (2013), “The Preservation of Engdangered language – Towards Substainable development in the Language diversity and multilingualism”,The 3^rdInternational Conference on Sciences and Social Sciences 2013: Research and Development for Sustainable Life Quality, Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University, Maha Sarakham, pp. 620-624.

2. Nguyen Thi Thu Dung, Tran Thanh Bac (2013), “The issue of teaching Vietnamese Studies to ethnic minority students at Dien Bien Teacher Training College”,Proceedings of the Scientific Conference “Research and Training in Vietnamese Studies and the Vietnamese Language - Theoretical and Practical Issues”, National University of Hanoi Publishing House, Hanoi, pp. 54-67.

3. Nguyen Thi Thu Dung (2014), “The issue of language use of the Thai people in Muong Tung commune - Muong Cha district - Dien Bien province”,Proceedings of the Conference of Young Scientists and Postgraduate Students, Academic Year 2013-2014, National University of Hanoi Publishing House, Hanoi, pp. 396-411.

4. Nguyen Thi Thu Dung, Nguyen Thi Thu Huong (2015), “Place names in Thai and Thai language origins in Dien Bien”,Proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Thai Studies in Vietnam: The Thai-Kadai Community in Vietnam - Issues of Sustainable Development, World Publishing House, Hanoi, pp. 600-603.

5. Nguyen Thi Thu Dung (2015), “Language proficiency of ethnic minorities in Muong Cha district - Dien Bien province”,Journal of Lexicography and Encyclopedia(6), pp. 87-92.

6. Nguyen Thi Thu Dung (2015), “The issue of language use of the Khmu people in Muong Muon commune - Muong Cha district - Dien Bien province”,Proceedings of the 2015 National Linguistics Conference, National University of Hanoi Publishing House, Hanoi, pp. 1164-1172.

7. Nguyen Thi Thu Dung (2016), “Some characteristics of the linguistic situation in Muong Cha district – Dien Bien province”,Language Magazine(3), pp. 66-80.

8. Nguyen Thi Thu Dung, Nguyen Thi Nguyet Nga (2016), “The problem of researching the languages ​​of ethnic minorities and the role of teacher training schools in a mountainous province”,Education Magazine(7), pp. 163-165.

INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Thu Dung 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: May 2, 1985 4. Place of birth: Quang Tri

5. Admission decision number 3202/QD-XHNV-SDH, Dated November 8, 2010 by The President of Vietnam National University.

6. Changes in academic process: Nothing

7. Official thesis title: Multilingualism in Muong Cha District- Dien Bien Province

8. Major: The languages ​​of the minority Vietnam Code: 62.22.01.25

9. Supervisors: Assoc Prof. Dr. Vu Thi Thanh Huong

10. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

The thesis approaches social multilingualism on the basis of sociolinguistics theory, using combined methods of linguistic fieldwork and methods of sociolinguistics to study the state of multilingualism in Muong Cha at the present. The thesis has made new contributions as follows:

- Describe and analyze the language situation in Muong Cha: point out the outline of the characteristics of the economy and society, the characteristics of the population distribution as well as the lives of ethnic areas in Muong Cha, the characteristics of the minority languages ​​used in Muong Cha. Construct the language distribution map in Muong Cha at the present.

- Analyze the characteristics of the multilingual community in Muong Cha (the characteristics of language use of ethnic regions in the different domains, language ability and language attitude of ethnic minority people towards the used languages) through the case studies in both qualitative and quantitative perspectives.

- Recommend a few recommendations for the conservation of the linguistic diversity in Muong Cha in particular and Dien Bien in general.

11. Practical applicability:

- The findings contribute to the study of social multilingualism in ethnic minority regions at present under the impact of social and economic factors.

- The study results contribute the basis for language policy construction in Dien Bien in particular and in the minority regions in our country in general.

- The recommendations and proposals in the thesis can be applied to the development of the solutions to preserve linguistic diversity in Dien Bien.

- The thesis is the reference source for training, scientific research related to the problem of ethnic minority languages ​​​​.

12. Further research directions:

- Study the multilingualism and language contact in Dien Bien.

- Study the multilingualism in ethnic minority regions.

- Study the language education in multilingual communities.

13. Thesis-related publications:

1. Nguyen Thi Thu Dung (2013), “The Preservation of Engdangered language – Towards Substainable development in the Language diversity and multilingualism”,The 3^rdInternational Conference on Sciences and Social Sciences 2013: Research and Development for Sustainable Life Quality, Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University, Maha Sarakham, pp. 620-624.

2. Nguyen Thi Thu Dung, Tran Thanh Bac (2013), “The Teaching of Vietnamese Studies for ethnic minority students in Dien Bien Teacher Training College”,Proceedings of Scientific Conference "Research, training Vietnamese Studies and Vietnamese - The problems of theory and practice”, VNU Publishing House, Hanoi, pp. 54-67.

3. Nguyen Thi Thu Dung (2014), “The language use of Thai pepple in Muong Tung – Muong Cha – Dien Bien”,Proceedings of Scientific Conference of Yoing staff and Postgraduate students the academic year 2013 – 2014, VNU Publishing House, Hanoi, pp. 396-411.

4. Nguyen Thi Thu Dung, Nguyen Thi Thu Huong (2015), “Place names in Thai language and derived from Thai language in Dien Bien”,Proceedings of the 7^thNational Conference of Thai Studies Program: Thai - Kadai Communities of Vietnam - The issues of sustainable development, World Publishers, Hanoi, pp. 600-603.

5. Nguyen Thi Thu Dung (2015), “Language ability of ethnic minority people in Muong Cha – Dien Bien”,Lexicography & Encyclopedia(6), pp.87-92.

6. Nguyen Thi Thu Dung (2015), “The language use of Khmu pepple in Muong Tung – Muong Cha – Dien Bien”,Proceedings of National Conference on Linguistics 2015, VNU Publishing House, Hanoi, pp. 1164-1172.

7. Nguyen Thi Thu Dung (2016), “Some characteristics of the language situation in Muong Cha – Dien Bien”,Language(3), pp. 66-80.

8. Nguyen Thi Thu Dung, Nguyen Thi Nguyet Nga (2016), “Research on ethnic minority languages ​​and the role of pedagogical colleges in mountainous province”,Journal of Education(7), pp. 163-165.