TTLA: Application of communicative grammar in teaching Vietnamese to foreigners (Case study of imperative actions in Vietnamese teaching textbooks)

DOCTORAL THESIS SUMMARY

Author name:Vu Lan Huong

Thesis title:Application of communicative grammar in teaching Vietnamese to foreigners (Case study of imperative actions in Vietnamese teaching textbooks)

Dissertation field: Linguistics

Major: Linguistics Code: 62.22.02.40

Name of postgraduate training unit: University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

1. Purpose and research objects of the thesis

- Research purpose: To study the application of communicative grammar in teaching Vietnamese to foreigners, to survey the cases of imperative actions (IAC) in current Vietnamese teaching textbooks.

- Research object: Teaching content of grammar on HĐCK in Vietnamese language teaching textbooks for foreigners

2. Research methods used

- Conversation analysis method; semantic analysis; pragmatic analysis

- Descriptive method

- Statistical techniques; Comparison techniques; Investigation and interview techniques

3. Main results and conclusions

3.1. Main results

- Building a theoretical basis for the thesis: theoretical basis of communication competence, communication grammar and teaching communication grammar, second language acquisition theory, speech act theory, Vietnamese speech acts, teaching Vietnamese speech acts from the perspective of communication grammar

- Survey on the presentation and teaching of expressive means of HDCK in grammar, conversation and practice of skills and comments

- Propose a pilot design for the grammar content of Vietnamese conversational activities according to communication purposes, based on surveyed materials and illustrated by a specific grammar teaching process combined with practical testing.

3.2. Conclusion

From studies on foreign language teaching theory, on speech acts, and HĐCK, we realize the need to establish a separate, correct viewpoint when teaching Vietnamese grammar as a foreign language - a separate scientific field of applied linguistics in Vietnamese linguistics. Communicative grammar should not be understood as a separate linguistic concept but as a new perspective on grammar education in terms of serving communication, aiming to improve the communication ability of foreign language learners.

SUMMARY OF DOCTOR THESIS

The author's name: Vu LanHuong

Thesis title: Applying communicative grammar in teaching Vietnamese language for foreigners (Study case: Vietnamese directive acts in Vietnamese language textbooks)

Scientific branch of the thesis: Linguistics

Major: Linguistics Code: 62.22.02.40

The name of post graduate training institution: Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU.

1. Thesis purpose and objectives

- Thesis purpose: Studying the use of communicative grammar in teaching Vietnamese language for foreigners, surveying ondirect acts in current Vietnamese language textbooks

- Objectives: The content of grammar teaching focusing on directive acts in Vietnamese language textbooks for foreigners

2. Research methods

- Analytical method on conversation, semantics and pragmatics analyzing

- Descriptive method

- Technique of reckoning; comparing; comparing; investigation and interviews

3. Major results and conclusions

3.1. The major results

- Building the theoretical foundation for the thesis: the theoretical foundation of communicative competence, communicative grammar and communicative grammar teaching, second language acquisition theory, speech acts theory, Vietnamese directive acts, Vietnamese directive acts teaching from a communicative grammar point of view.

- Surveying presence and teaching of means of expressing the directive acts in the grammar section, the conversation section and the practice of skills section and assessment.

- Proposing design of the grammatical content of the Vietnamese directive acts for the purpose of communication, based on the materials surveyed and illustrated by a specific grammatical teaching process combining practical implementation.

3.2. Conclusions

From the researches on the theory of foreign language teaching, of speech acts, directive acts, we find the need to establish a correct viewpoint on teaching Vietnamese grammar as a foreign language – the linguistic science of linguistics application in Vietnamese linguistics. Communicative grammar should not be interpreted as a separate language but rather a new perspective on grammatical education in terms of communication, in order to improve the communicative competence of second language learners.