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

1. Full name of the researcher:Vu Lan Huong2. Gender:Female

3. Date of birth: 08/09/1984                                                     4. Place of birth:Nam Dinh

5. Decision on recognition of PhD student No.:2999/2013/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated December 30, 2013 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in the training process:

- Decision on changing topic name and supervisor.

- Decision on extending study period: from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017.

7. Thesis topic name:Application of communicative grammar in teaching Vietnamese to foreigners (Case study of imperative actions in Vietnamese teaching textbooks)

8. Major:Linguistics9. Code: 62 22 02 40

10. Scientific instructor:Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Thien Nam

11. Summary of new results of the thesis:

- This is the first scientific work to present and systematize new, modern theoretical viewpoints in the field of language teaching linguistics, applied to teaching Vietnamese as a foreign language. These are issues of communication competence, theory of second language acquisition, communicative grammar, etc. The thesis has analyzed in detail the application of communicative grammar to teaching Vietnamese as a foreign language, specifically teaching imperative actions, in Vietnamese teaching textbooks for foreigners.

- The thesis has surveyed 03 sets of textbooks for teaching Vietnamese for foreigners that are popular in Vietnam today. The results of the thesis survey show the current status of teaching grammar content on imperative actions in current textbooks for teaching Vietnamese for foreigners, compared with the perspective of presenting and teaching communicative grammar.

- The thesis proposed an experimental design for the grammar content of Vietnamese imperative actions according to communicative purposes, illustrated by a specific grammar teaching process combined with practical testing and obtained positive results.

12. Practical application:

-The research results of the thesis will also contribute positively to the compilation of Vietnamese teaching materials for foreigners and be a useful reference for the work of compiling dictionaries, translating, interpreting, comparing Vietnamese with other languages, etc.

13. Further research directions:

-The results of the thesis help open up diverse implementation directions when applying the communicative perspective to other grammatical units in Vietnamese and are the basis for designing more comprehensive and complete Vietnamese teaching as a foreign language in the future.

14. Published scientific works related to the thesis:

-Vu Lan Huong (2016), "Improving communication skills for Vietnamese learners through some types of exercises to practice transformation skills to create syntactic synonyms",Teaching and Researching Vietnamese Studies and Vietnamese Language – Theoretical and Practical Issues, Ho Chi Minh City National University Publishing House, Ho Chi Minh City, pp. 247-259, ISBN 978-604-73-3750-7.

- Vu Lan Huong (2017), “Grammar and communication: Some new directions in theory and practice”,Research on teaching Vietnamese studies and Vietnamese language – Theoretical and practical issues, Hanoi National University Publishing House, Hanoi, pp. 326-336, ISBN 978-904-62-8436-9.

- Vu Lan Huong (2017), “Teaching Vietnamese speech acts from the perspective of communicative grammar (for foreigners)”,Research and teaching Vietnamese studies, Ho Chi Minh City National University Publishing House, Ho Chi Minh City, pp. 412-419, ISBN 978-604-73-5445-0.

- Vu Lan Huong (2017), “Orientation of communication with the problem of teaching Vietnamese to foreigners as a foreign language”,Proceedings of the National Linguistics Conference “Language in Vietnam, Integration and Development”Vol. 2, Dan Tri Publishing House, Hanoi, pp. 1707-1714, ISBN 978-604-88-5023-4.

- Vu Lan Huong (2017), “Viewpoints on communicative grammar in the curriculum of teaching Vietnamese as a foreign language”,Journal of Lexicography and Encyclopedia(6), p. 208-215, ISSN 1859-3135.

INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name:Vu Lan Huong2. Sex:Female

3. Date of birth: 08/09/1984                                    4. Place of birth:Nam Dinh

5. Admission decision number:2999/2013/QD-XHNV-SDH, on December 30, 2013 by Rector of USSH, VNU Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process:

- Decide on changing the name of thesis and supervisor.

- Decision on extension from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017.

7. Official thesis title:Applying communicative grammar in teaching Vietnamese language for foreigners (Study case: Vietnamese directive acts in Vietnamese language textbooks).

8. Major:Linguistics9. Code: 62 22 02 40

10. Supervisors:Associate Prof. Nguyen Thien Nam, PhD.

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- This is the first scientific work to present and systematize new theoretical perspectives in the field of linguistics, applied to teaching Vietnamese as a foreign language. These are the issues of communicative competence, second language acquisition theory, communicative grammar, so on. The thesis has analyzed in detail the application of communicative grammar in teaching Vietnamese as a foreign language, teaching Vietnamese directive acts in Vietnamese language textbooks.

- The thesis has examined 3 sets of Vietnamese textbooks for foreigners in Vietnam. The results of the thesis show that the current state of teaching grammatical content about Vietnamese directive acts in Vietnamese textbooks for foreigners today, compared with the point of view and presentation communicative grammar.

- The thesis proposes the experimental design of the grammatical content of the Vietnamese directive acts for several communication purposes, illustrated by an actual specific grammatical teaching process combining the assay and obtaining positive results

12. Practical applicability, if any:

The results of the thesis will contribute positively to the teaching as well as the development of Vietnamese teaching materials for foreigners. At the same time, the results of the thesis may also be useful references for dictionary compiling, translating, interpreting, comparing Vietnamese and other languages.

13. Further research direction, if any:

- From the results of the thesis, it helps to develop diversified orientations when applying communicative perspectives to other grammatical units in Vietnamese and is the basis for the more complete design of Vietnamese language teaching in the future.

14. Thesis-related publications:

- Vu Lan Huong (2016), “Improving communicative competence of foreigners by practicing changing synonymic structures exercises” inResearching and Teaching Vietnamese Studies – Some theoretical and practical issues, Ho Chi Minh National University Publisher, Ho Chi Minh, pp. 247-259, ISBN 978-604-73-3750-7.

- Vu Lan Huong (2017), “Grammar and communication: New direction in theory and practice” inResearching and Teaching Vietnamese Studies – Some theoretical and practical issues, Hanoi National University Publisher, Hanoi, pp. 326-336, ISBN 978-904-62-8436-9.

- Vu Lan Huong (2017), “Teaching Vietnamese speech acts from communicative grammatical point of view” inResearching and Teaching Vietnamese Studies, Ho Chi Minh National University Publisher, Ho Chi Minh, pp. 412-419, ISBN 978-604-73-5445-0.

- Vu Lan Huong (2017), “A perspective about grammar in teaching foreign language, relating to teaching Vietnamese language for foreigners” inNational Linguistics Conference (2), Dan Tri Publisher, Hanoi, pp. 1707-1714, ISBN 978-604-88-5023-4.

- Vu Lan Huong (2017), “The concept of communication grammar in teaching Vietnamese as a foreign language” inLexicography & Encyclopedia, Hanoi, pp. 208 – 215, ISSN 1859-3135.