TTLV: Research on pronunciation errors of Thai people learning Vietnamese (based on data of 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. Student recognition decision No. 1396/QD-XHNV dated May 24, 2018 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:Research on pronunciation errors of Thai people learning Vietnamese (based on data of Thai community in Hanoi)

8. Major: Linguistics Code: 60.22.02.40

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

10. Summary of thesis results:

- Survey and analyze in the most detailed way the phonetic errors of Thai students when speaking Vietnamese, based on the theoretical system of modern error analysis. From there, find the root cause of the error process of Thai students in the process of language acquisition.

- Through actual surveys, the mistakes that Thai students often make include: mistakes in tones, mistakes in initial consonants, mistakes in rhymes (including intermediate sounds, main sounds and final sounds). Regarding tones, Thai students mainly cannot pronounce falling and rising tones.

- Propose solutions to overcome pronunciation errors of Thai students in the language acquisition process.

11. Practical applicability: As a reference material for Vietnamese teachers to Thai students, thereby limiting pronunciation errors of Thai students in the process of learning Vietnamese.

12. Further 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