VIETNAM JOURNAL OF EDUCATION
Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training
5. TEACHING VIETNAMESE AS A “SECOND LANGUAGE” TOWARD LEARNER’S COMPETENCES DEVELOPMENT FOR ETHNIC MINORITY STUDENTS – AN URGENT NEED OF PRIMARY TEACHERS IN ETHNIC MINORITY AREAS
16:18 05/11/2018
Abstract: The fact that the different characteristics in terms of regions and ethnic groups of ethnic minority (EM) education has significantly influenced the educational development in the localities. Among the existing problems is the issue of language barriers in the teaching and learning process for ethnic minority students whose mother tongue is not Vietnamese. As a result, teaching Vietnamese as a second language in the direction of learners’ capacity development is an issue that required more attention and investment in the process of training primary teachers in ethnic minority areas in order to both fulfil the requirements of regional education for ethinic minority areas and the demands of the educational reform.
Keywords: Vietnamese, second language, learners’ competences development, teachers, ethnic minorities.
6. SOME CHARACTERSISTICS OF IDIOMS EXPRESSING EMOTIONS IN VIETNAMESE AND CHINESE
16:18 05/11/2018
Abstract: Idioms is one of the most challenging topics for foreign language learners due to the special semantic structure of idioms and their diverse metaphoric expressions. Through the method of comparison and analysis of metaphor, semantic structure and form of expression employed in the idioms, this paper aims to find out the similarities and differences between idioms expressing emotion in Vietnamese and Chinese, the foundation to learn and use these idioms.
Key words: idioms, expressing emotion, Chinese, Vietnamese.
