TTLV: Commentary on the introduction of Vietnamese grammar in general education textbooks from the perspective of native-speaking teachers (the case of the Vietnamese Language and Literature textbook for junior high school published by the Education Publishing House)

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASTER'S THESIS

1. Student's full name:Than Thuy Trang                 

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: September 5, 1992

4. Place of birth: Bac Giang

5. Decision on student admission No. 3215/2014/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 31, 2014, by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in the training process: Extension of the study period by 6 months, from January 2017 to June 2017.

7. Thesis title:Commentary on the introduction of Vietnamese grammar in general education textbooks from the perspective of native-speaking teaching (the case of the Vietnamese Language and Literature textbook for junior high school published by the Education Publishing House).

8. Major: Linguistics Code: 60.22.02.40

9. Scientific supervisor:Dr. Dinh Kieu ChauDepartment of Linguistics, University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

10. Summary of the thesis results:

This thesis presents theories on grammar and perspectives on teaching the mother tongue to native speakers. Based on these theories, the thesis describes and evaluates grammar lessons in the Vietnamese Language and Literature textbooks for grades 6 to 9 from the following aspects: the textbooks' grammatical perspective, the presentation of theory, the presentation of practice, the sequence of content, the teaching volume, and an assessment of strengths, weaknesses, and questionable points. All evaluations are based on a native speaker's perspective.

Based on the description, analysis, and evaluation above, the thesis has pointed out the advantages and disadvantages of the grammar section taught in the junior high school Vietnamese language textbook. The thesis also presents the results of a small survey of students in a junior high school regarding the teaching and learning of grammar. From this, the thesis offers suggestions to improve the quality of grammar lessons in particular and the teaching of Vietnamese to native speakers in general.

11. Practical applications:

The research findings of this thesis can be used to contribute ideas to the upcoming compilation of new textbooks.

12. Future research directions:

Continuing the research on comments regarding the introduction of Vietnamese grammar in primary school Vietnamese language textbooks and high school literature textbooks.

13. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Than Thuy Trang 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: September 5, 1992 4. Place of birth: Bac Giang

5. Admission decision number: 3215/2014/QD–XHNV-SĐH, Dated : December 31, 2014 by Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanity, Vietnam National University.

6. Changes in academic process: Thesis's extension time : 6 months, from 01/2017 to 06/2017

7. Official thesis title: Evaluation on the introduction of Vietnamese grammar in general textbooks from native language teaching perspective (the case of Secondary Education Literature textbook of the Education Publishing House).

8. Major: Linguistics Code: 60.22.02.40

9. Supervisors: Dr. Dinh Kieu Chau, Faculty of Vietnamese Linguistics, University of Social Sciences and Humanity, Vietnam National University.

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

The thesis introduces theoretical background on grammar and the views of teaching native language to native speakers. On the basis of that theory, the thesis describes and evaluates grammar lessons in the Literature textbooks for grades 6 to the 9 in terms of : grammatical view of the textbook, how to express theory, how to express practice, distribution sequence, the volume of teaching content, and strength, weaknesses and doubtful points. All are evaluated based on the native viewpoint.

From the description, analysis and evaluation above, the thesis has pointed out the advantages and disadvantages of the grammar lessons of the textbook of the Secondary School. The thesis also provides the results of a small survey of secondary school students on grammar teaching and learning. The thesis has made suggestions to improve the quality of grammar lessons in particular and the teaching of Vietnamese to native speakers in general.

11. Practical applicability:

It is possible to use the research results of the thesis to contribute ideas to the compilation of new textbooks in the future.

12. Further research directions:

Continuing research on the introduction of Vietnamese grammar in Vietnamese language textbooks for Primary education, Literature textbooks for Upper Secondary Education.

13. Thesis-related publications: No