Thesis information "Designing a test and assessing Vietnamese proficiency for foreigners learning Vietnamese at the elementary level" by HVCH Vu Thi Hoa, majoring in Linguistics.1. Full name of student: Vu Thi Hoa 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of birth: August 4, 1986 4. Place of birth: My Tien - My Loc - Nam Dinh 5. Decision to recognize student number: Decision No. 2551/QD/XHNV - KH& SDH dated November 2, 2007 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. 6. Changes in the training process: None 7. Thesis topic: Designing a test and assessing Vietnamese proficiency for foreigners learning Vietnamese at the elementary level. 8. Major: Linguistics; Code: 6022.01 9. Scientific supervisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Van Thi, Faculty of Vietnamese Studies and Vietnamese Language, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 10. Summary of the results of the thesis: - Presenting some basic concepts related to the topic: first language, second language, mother tongue, foreign language, the distinction between them and the process of acquiring a second language contributes to determining the assessment object. - Providing an overview of: the role of language assessment testing in foreign language teaching and learning, for teachers and for learners. To design a good test, teachers must consider factors such as the object, purpose of a test, test content, student level, etc. - Surveying some textbooks for teaching Vietnamese to foreigners at the basic level. Draw out some comments and propose some contents to design a Vietnamese language teaching curriculum at the basic level, emphasizing the scope of Vietnamese knowledge for foreigners who are just learning, especially in 3 aspects: Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar. Based on survey data as well as experience in teaching Vietnamese to foreigners, we have also provided a list of 1000 basic vocabulary words and 100 basic Vietnamese grammar structures for the basic level. - Survey the Vietnamese proficiency assessment tests of foreigners learning Vietnamese at the basic level at some faculties and centers under the faculties, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh universities, draw out the existing problems in the problem of testing and assessing Vietnamese proficiency in general and at the basic level in particular. - Try to design a test and assess the Vietnamese proficiency of foreigners learning Vietnamese at the elementary level in 4 skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing. 11. Practical applicability: Teaching and assessing Vietnamese proficiency of foreigners learning Vietnamese. 12. Further research directions: Designing tests and assessing the proficiency of foreigners learning Vietnamese at intermediate and advanced levels. 13. Published works related to the thesis: None
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1. Full name: Vu Thi Hoa 2. Sex: Female 3. Date of birth: August 4th 1986 4. Place of birth: Nam Dinh province 5. Admission decision number: Decision N0. 2551/QD/XHNV – KH& SĐH. Dated: October 2th, 2007. 6. Changes in academic process: None 7. Official thesis title: Designing Test levels and evaluation of Vietnamese for foreign students in Elementary level. 8. Major: Linguistics 9. Code: 602201 10. Supervisors: AssocProf.Dr. Vu Van Thi 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: To Bring out some basic concepts related to the subject: first language, second language, mother tongue, foreign languages, the distinction between them and the process of second language acquisition to determine the evaluated objects. To Bring out an overview about: the evaluation foreign language teaching and learning, for teachers and for students. To design a good test, the teacher must consider factors such as the object, the purpose of a test, test content, the level of the students…. To carry out a survey of some textbooks of Vietnamese for beginners. Draw the comments and suggest some contents to design textbooks of Vietnamese for beginners, the focus are three areas: phonetics, vocabulary and grammar. Based on the survey data and our experience in the process of teaching Vietnamese for foreigners, we also put forward the list of 1000 basic vocabulary and about 100 basic grammatical structures for the Element level. To carry out a survey of test level and evolution of Vietnamese for foreign students in universities in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh. To find out some evaluation level problem in general and the particular base level. Designing Test levels and evolution of Vietnamese for foreign students in Elementary level in the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. 12. Practical applicability, if any: Teaching Vietnamese for foreigners and evaluating Vietnamese level for learners. 13. Further research directions, if any: Designing Test levels and evalution of Vietnamese for foreign students in Intermediate and Advance levels 14. Thesis-related publications: No
