TTLV: A survey of the content of speech acts taught in current Vietnamese as a foreign language textbooks.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASTER'S THESIS

1. Student's full name: Tran Le Phuong

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: October 17, 1986

4. Place of birth: Nghe An

5. Decision No. 1528/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH, dated October 14, 2009, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, recognizing the student.

6. Changes in the training process: None

7. Thesis title: A survey of the content of teaching speech acts in current Vietnamese as a foreign language textbooks.

8. Major: Linguistics; Code: 60 22 01

9. Scientific advisor: Dr. Nguyen Khanh Ha, Acting Head of the Department of Vietnamese Studies, Hanoi University.

10. Summary of the thesis results:

- The thesis has provided specific figures on the number and frequency of speech acts in current Vietnamese as a foreign language teaching materials.

- The thesis proposed several ideas on methods for teaching Vietnamese to foreigners from the perspective of speech acts.

11. Practical applications:

The findings of this thesis can serve as a foundation for compiling a curriculum for teaching Vietnamese as a foreign language from the perspective of speech acts.

12. Future research directions:

- Develop a theoretical and methodological framework for using speech acts as the central element in compiling curricula for teaching Vietnamese as a foreign language.

- Compile a curriculum for teaching Vietnamese to foreigners.

13. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Tran Le Phuong 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: 17^th, October 1986 4. Place of birth: Nghe An

5. Admission decision number: 1528/QD-XHNV-KH&SĐH, Dated 14^thOctober 2009

6. Changes in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title: Examining the content of speech act teaching in the books teaching Vietnamese as a foreign language.

8. Major: Linguistics 9. Code: 60 22 01

10. Supervisors: PhD. Nguyen Khanh Ha, Dean Vietnamese Studies Department, Hanoi University

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

- The thesis gave the specific figures of the number and frequency of speech acts in the books teaching Vietnamese as a foreign language.

- The thesis proposed some ideas about teaching Vietnamese method for foreigners from the theory of speech act

12. Practical applicability:

The result of this thesis can be the basis for compiling the books teaching Vietnamese as a foreign language from the view of speech act.

13. Further research directions:

- Building the theoretical framework and methodology about using speech act as a basis to compile the books teaching Vietnamese as a foreign language.

- Compiling the books teaching Vietnamese for foreigners.

14. Thesis-related publications: No