TTLV: Comparison of Chinese and Vietnamese synonyms in the fields of politics, society and application in teaching Vietnamese to Chinese students

1. Student's name: Zhou Jiao

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: April 23, 1993

4. Place of birth: Henan, China

5. Student recognition decision No. 2872/QD-DT, dated November 3, 2017 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:Comparison of Chinese and Vietnamese synonyms in the fields of politics, society and application in teaching Vietnamese to Chinese students.

8. Major:LinguisticsCode: 60220240

9. Scientific advisor: Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Hiep

10. Summary of thesis results:

Firstly, the thesis presented theories on the concept of synonyms, classification of synonyms, aspects of synonym analysis and language acquisition.

Second, the thesis compared and contrasted 8 sets of synonyms from three perspectives: lexical meaning, grammatical meaning and pragmatic meaning, including 4 sets of Vietnamese synonyms and 4 sets of Chinese synonyms.

Third, the thesis has pointed out the reasons for Chinese students' mistakes in the process of learning Vietnamese synonyms, and also proposed methods of teaching Vietnamese synonyms to Chinese students.

11. Practical applicability: The thesis provides perspectives on teaching synonyms such as lexical meaning, grammatical meaning and pragmatic meaning; provides teachers with several methods of teaching Vietnamese synonyms to Chinese learners.

12. Further research directions: expanding the scope of research to compare and contrast synonyms in Chinese and Vietnamese

13. Published works related to the thesis: none

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Zhou Jiao

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: April 23, 1993

4. Place of birth: Henan, China

5. Admission decision number: No. 2872/QD-DT, Dated: November 3, 2017 by The Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title:Comparison of Chinese and Vietnamese synonyms in the fields of politics, society and applications in teaching Vietnamese for Chinese students

8. Major: Linguistics Code: 60220240

9. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Hiep.

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

Firstly, the thesis presents theories on the concept of synonyms, classification of synonyms, aspects for synonym analysis and language acquisition.

Secondly, the thesis compares 8 groups of synonyms, including 4 groups of Vietnamese synonyms and 4 groups of Chinese synonyms, from three angles consisting of vocabulary meaning, grammatical meaning and pragmatic meaning.

Thirdly, the thesis points out the causes making mistakes of Chinese students in the process of learning Vietnamese synonyms, and at the same time also introduces methods to teach Vietnamese synonyms for Chinese students.

11. Practical applicability, if any: The thesis provides angles for teaching synonyms such as vocabulary meaning, grammatical and pragmatic meaning; and provides some methods for teaching Vietnamese synonyms to Chinese learners.

12. Further research directions, if any: expand the scope of the study to compare and contrast Chinese and Vietnamese synonyms

13. Thesis-related publications: None