TTLV: Research on pronunciation errors of Thai speakers learning Vietnamese (based on data from the Thai community in Hanoi)

1. Student's full name:Duong Le Truong      

2. Gender: Male

3. Date of birth: May 2, 1994

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision No. 1396/QD-XHNV dated May 24, 2018, 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 study of pronunciation errors among Thai speakers learning Vietnamese (based on data from the Thai community in Hanoi).

8. Major: Linguistics Code: 60.22.02.40

9. Scientific supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Binh. Affiliation: University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

10. Summary of the thesis results:

- To conduct a detailed survey and analysis of phonetic errors made by Thai students when speaking Vietnamese, based on the theoretical framework of modern error analysis. From this, to identify the root causes of errors made by Thai students during their language acquisition process.

- Based on practical observations, common mistakes made by Thai students include: errors in tone, errors in initial consonants, and errors in vowel sounds (including medial, main, and final sounds). Regarding tone, Thai students mainly fail to pronounce the rising and falling tones.

- Propose solutions to overcome pronunciation errors among Thai students during the language acquisition process.

11. Practical applications: It can serve as a reference material for Vietnamese language teachers instructing Thai students, thereby reducing pronunciation errors made by Thai students during their Vietnamese language studies.

12. Future research directions: None

13. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name:Duong Le Truong

2. Sex: Male

3. Date of birth: 02/05/1994

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number: 1396/QD-XHNV, May 24, 2018 of the Principle of University of Social sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title:Study pronunciation errors of Thai people learning Vietnamese (on the Thai community in Hanoi).

8. Major: Linguistics Code: 60.22.02.40

9. Supervisor: Ph.D. Nguyen Ngoc Binh

Workplace: University of Social Sciences and University - Vietnam National University

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

- The most detailed survey and analysis of phonetic errors of Thai students when speaking Vietnamese, based on the theoretical system of modern error analysis. From there, the root cause of the mistakes made by Thai students during the acquisition of language.

- Through the field survey, the errors that Thai students suffer include: tone errors, initial consonant errors, rhyming sound errors (including prevocalic sound, nuclear sound and final sound). In terms of tone, Thai students mostly do not pronounce nga tone and hoi tone.

- Offer solutions to differentiate pronunciation of Thai students in the accquisition of language.

11. The possible application in reality:

12. Future research directions, if any: No

13. Thesis-related publications: No