TTLV: Survey of how compound words are explained in Vietnamese textbooks at the primary school level.

1. Student's full name: NGUYEN THI THUY

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: October 5, 1986

4. Place of birth: Lam Cot – Tan Yen – Bac Giang

5. Decision No. 1689/QD-XHNV dated July 11, 2017, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University, Hanoi, recognizing postgraduate students.

6. Changes in the training process: None

7. Thesis title:A survey of how compound words are defined in Vietnamese textbooks at the primary school level.

8. Major: Linguistics 9. Code: 60220240

10. Scientific supervisor: Dr. Pham Thi Thuy Hong – Department of Linguistics – Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

11. Summary of the thesis results:

Explaining vocabulary after each reading passage in elementary school Vietnamese textbooks helps students understand the meaning of difficult words and "key" words in the text, thereby correctly understanding the content of the reading passage. This thesis has addressed the following:

Firstly, we present the theoretical basis related to the topic: the authors' views on Vietnamese words, the methods of Vietnamese word formation, the meaning of words and ways of interpreting them, and the basis for interpreting words in Vietnamese textbooks at the primary school level.

Secondly, we will conduct a survey of the interpretations of compound words with different meanings and compound words with combined meanings after each reading comprehension exercise in Vietnamese language textbooks from grades 2 to 5.

Thirdly, after surveying and analyzing the data, we present our observations and analysis of the reasonable and unreasonable aspects of the word definitions provided after each reading passage in elementary school Vietnamese textbooks. Next, we evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of each definition method. Finally, we offer some suggestions for word definitions for students in each grade level of elementary school.

12. Practical applications:

This thesis presents several suggestions on how to explain vocabulary to elementary school students in each grade level.

13. Future research directions:

14. Published works related to the thesis: None.

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: NGUYEN THI THUY

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: Oct 5^th, 1986

4. Place of birth: Lam Cot commune, Tan Yen district, Bac Giang province

5. Decision on eliminating Master student: Decision No. 168/QD-XHNV on Jul 11^th2017 issued by the Principal of Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Hanoi Nation University.

6. Changes in academic process: No.

7. Official thesis title:Survey on interpretation of compound words in Vietnamese textbooks for primary schools.

8. Major: Linguistics 9. Code: 60220240

10. Scientific instructor: PhD. Pham Thi Thuy Hong – Department of Linguistics, University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Hanoi Nation University.

11. Summary of the thesis result:

Interpreting the word meaning after each reading in Vietnamese textbooks for primary schools, to help students understand the meaning of difficult words, the “pivotal” words in the text, then comprehend the content of the text accurately. The thesis has dealt with the following:

Firstly, we present the theoretical basis related to the topic: the views of authors about Vietnamese words, the method creating Vietnamese words, the meaning of words and manners on interpreting words, bases for interpreting words in Vietnamese textbooks for primary schools.

Secondly, we will survey the manners on interpreting categorizing – compound words and summarizing – compound words after each reading exercise in Vietnamese textbooks from Grade 2 to Grade 5.

Thirdly, after surveying and analyzing data, we comment and analyze the appropriate and inappropriate points on interpretation of words after each reading exercise in Vietnamese textbooks for primary schools. After that, we evaluate advantages and limitations of each interpreting method. Last but not least, there are several suggestions for interpretation of words for each grade in primary schools.

12. Practical applicability:

The thesis gives some suggestions on how to interpret words for students in each grade of primary school.

13. Further research directions:

14. Published works related to the thesis: None.