TTLA: Building dialogue for practical Vietnamese textbooks from the perspective of conversational interaction theory

1. Full name of the researcher: NGUYEN KIM YEN2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: 13/11/1980                                                   4. Place of birth: Nam Dinh

5. Decision on recognition of PhD student No.: 2999/2013/QD-XHNV-SDH, December 30, 2013.

6. Changes in the training process:

- Decision on extending study period: from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2018.

7. Thesis topic name:Building dialogue for practical Vietnamese textbooks from the perspective of conversational interaction theory

8. Major: Linguistics9. Code: 62 22 02 04

10. Scientific guidance officer: Associate Professor. Dr. Vu Van Thi

11. Summary of new results of the thesis:

- The thesis has surveyed the interaction in real conversations and in conversations in practical Vietnamese textbooks to identify the conversation structure, language characteristics of conversations, interaction mechanisms, communication behaviors, communication contexts, and communication characters appearing in conversations.

- The thesis analyzed and evaluated the way of constructing conversations, the communicative behaviors included in the conversations as well as the context and communicative roles chosen to construct conversations at different levels compared to real conversations.

- The thesis has surveyed the level of application of the textbook conversation into actual communication and the common difficulties of foreign students when interacting in conversation in Vietnamese and their opinions and suggestions about the conversation lessons in the textbook.

- The thesis has proposed solutions for compiling practical Vietnamese textbooks, especially the construction of interactive and realistic conversations, and proposed methods for teaching conversation skills to improve students' communication skills.

12. Practical application:

- Firstly, it is applied to the compilation of conversation textbooks to ensure both the rules and rituals of the conversation and the closeness to reality and natural communication for Vietnamese conversation.

- The second is to apply it to teaching practice to improve Vietnamese communication skills, meeting the learning needs of foreign learners to be able to communicate in Vietnamese as closely as possible like native speakers.

13. Further research directions:

Research issues related to spoken and written language, conversational grammar, modal issues, modern language, slang... to propose appropriate solutions for building and perfecting conversational textbooks and teaching Vietnamese conversation skills to foreigners.

14. Published works related to the thesis:

- Nguyen Kim Yen (2017), “The interaction between questions and answers in Vietnamese communication

and application in language teaching",Research on teaching Vietnamese studies and Vietnamese language – The

theoretical and practical issues,Hanoi National University Publishing House, Hanoi, pp. 706-719. ISBN: 978-604-62-8436-9.

- 阮金燕 （2017）, “语言环境与中国学生越南语交际教学法-以广西为例”，The old man

(Travel)(120期)， 中国大观杂志社, 126-127页. ISSN: 2095-8250.

Nguyen Kim Yen (2017), “Linguistic context and teaching methods of English communication

Vietnamese for Chinese students – the case of Guangxi province”,Daguan Luntan Magazine –

Language and Culture Section(120), China, pp. 126-127. ISSN: 2095-8250.

- Nguyen Kim Yen (2018), “Application of Task-based Learning – TBL in teaching conversation

Vietnamese for foreigners”,Teaching Vietnamese Studies and Vietnamese Language, Publisher

Ho Chi Minh City National University, Ho Chi Minh City, pp. 801-809. ISBN: 978-604-73-

6155-7.

- Nguyen Kim Yen (2018), “Data-driven and the problem of building dialogue in education

"Practical Vietnamese Language Program"Language and Life Magazine(11), pp. 57-66. ISSN: 0868 –

3409.

                                                     INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name:NGUYEN KIM YEN2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: 13/11/1980                                          4. Place of birth: Nam Dinh

5. Admission decision number: 2999/2013/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 30, 2013

6. Changes in academic process: extended from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2018.

7. Official thesis title: Designing conversations for the Vietnamese course books on the perspective of the interactive conversation theory

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

10. Supervisors: Doctor – Professor Vu Van Thi

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

-The thesis examines conversations in the Vietnamese curriculum to identify the structure of the dialogues, the language characteristics of the dialogues, the interaction mechanisms, speech acts, communication contexts, and participants that appear in the conversations.

- The thesis analyzes and evaluates the way the dialogues are constructed, the speech acts which are incorporated into the dialogue, as well as the communicative contexts and participants chosen to design the dialogue at all levels.

- The thesis examines common difficulties of foreign learners when interacting with the Vietnamese people and their ideas and suggestions on conversations in the curriculum.

- The thesis proposes solutions for the compilation of Vietnamese language teaching practice and proposes methods of teaching conversation skills to improve the conversational competence for foreign learners.

12. Practical applicability:

- Firstly, it is applied to the design conversations for the Vietnamese course books to both ensure the conversational rules and natural communication.

- Secondly, it is applied to teaching conversational skills to improve the communication skill in Vietnamese for foreign learners.

13. Further research directions:

Future research directions are related to spoken and written language, conversational grammar, modality, modern language, slang...to better design conversations for the Vietnamese course books and propose approriate solutions to teach conversational skills for foreign learners.

14. Theses related publications:

- “The interaction between Q&A in the Vietnamese conversations and application to the teaching conversational skills for the Vietnamese language learners”-Summary record of the Linguistics Conference –Researching and Teaching Vietnamese language and Studies– 2016 – Hanoi National University Publish House - pp. 706-719 - ISBN: 978-604-62-8436-9.

-“The language environment and the Vietnamese language teaching for Chinese students” –Daguan Luntan – Daguan Zazhishe (China)- Vol 120 – October 2017 – pp. 126-127 ISSN: 2095-8250 (in Chinese).

-“An application of Task-based Learning (TBL) on teaching conversation skill for the Vietnamese language learners” - Summary record of the Sciences Conference –Researching and teaching Vietnamese Studies and Language– 2018 – National University Publish House of Ho Chi Minh city - pp. 801-809 - ISBN: 978-604-73-6155-7.

- “Data-driven and application to the designing conversations for the Vietnamese course books”– Journal of Language and Life(11), pp. 57-66, ISSN: 0868 – 3409.