TTLV: The relationship between language and thinking in children from 1 to 3 years old

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name: Hoang Thi Quang

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: April 13, 1987

4. Place of birth: Quynh Phuong - Hoang Mai Town - Nghe An

5. Decision on recognition of students No. 2119/2011/QD/XHNV-SDH, November 1, 2011 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic name:The relationship between language and thinking in children from 1 to 3 years old

8. Major: Psychology; Code: 60 31 04 01

9. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Truong Thi Khanh Ha. Faculty of Psychology –

University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University, Hanoi

10. Summary of thesis results: with the topic“The relationship between language and thinking in children from 1 to 3 years old”, we obtained the following results:

- Obtain results on the current status of language and thinking development in children aged 1-3 years old at some kindergartens in Ba Dinh district - Hanoi.

- Understand the relationship between language and thinking in children from 1 to 3 years old. Specifically: language and thinking have a close relationship in children from 1 to 3 years old. Language plays an important role in the development of thinking; conversely, thinking contributes to promoting children's language development.

- Understand the factors affecting the development of language, thinking and their relationships in children aged 1-3 years old; the most important of which are environmental factors (with guidance and education from adults) and children's activeness.

- Provide some recommendations for parents, caregivers and preschools; the most important of which is to create conditions, environment, organization, encouragement and motivation for children to actively participate in activities, explore the world around them, actively pronounce and speak to facilitate the development of children's language and thinking.

11. Practical applicability: providing theoretical information as well as providing practical data to help correct incorrect concepts, perceptions and actions of parents and caregivers in developing children's language and thinking.

12. Further research directions: none

13. Published works related to the thesis: none

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Hoang Thi Quang

2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: April 13, 1987

4. Place of birth: Nghe An

5. Admission decision number: 2119/2011/QD/XHNV-SDH, Dated: November 1, 2011

6. Changes in academic process: N/A

7. Official thesis title:The relationship between language and thinking in children 1 - 3 years old

8. Major: Psychology

9. Code: 60 31 04 01

10. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Truong ThiKhanh Ha. PhD –Faculty of Psychology – University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University – Hanoi

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

- Carefully evaluating the children's language and thinking ability in some kindergartens in Ba Dinh district, Hanoi

-Discovering the relation between language and thinking in children 1-3 years old. specifically: language and thinking have a close relationship together in children 1-3 years old. Language has an important role for the development of thinking; reverse the thinking of contributing to children's language development

- Discovering the factors that influence the development of language, thinking and their relationships in children 1-3 years old; in which the most important are environmental factors (with the guidance and education of adults) and positive children's activities.

- Giving recommendations to the parents, caregivers and preschool; in which the most important is the need to facilitate, organize, encourage children to actively participate in the activities, explore the world around them, positive pronunciation and talking to facilitate language development and children's thinking.

12. Practical applicability, if any: Providing parents with informations about language and thinking in children 1-3 years old, so they can develop their children's language and thinking correctly.

13. Further research directions, if any: N/A

14. Thesis-related publications: N/A