This study aims at comparing English and Vietnamese cohesion
with the hope that it may contribute to the teaching and learning
of English in Vietnam.
It is hoped that the results of the study may help the teacher and
student to become more aware of cohesive devices in English
texts and thus make better use of them in the teaching and
learning of the English language.
The study reveals that the two languages have several similar
features in cohesion. It also points out the differences of
cohesion in texts of the two languages.
The first chapter is an introductory part in which background to
the study, the aim of the study, the source of information, and
the objectives and content of the study are presented.
Chapter 2 deals with the theoretical background related to the
study. Concepts such as text and cohesion are presented.
Chapter 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 discuss the five cohesive relations in
English and Vietnamese; that is. reference, substitution, ellipsis,
conjunction, and lexical cohesion.
In chapter 8. a comparison of English and Vietnamese cohesion
based on the analysis in chapters 3. 4. 5, 6 and 7 is made. As
well as this, it looks at common errors in the use of cohesive
devices made in the English writing of Vietnamese students at
the University of Canberra.
In the last section, the conclusion, the author tries to offer
some implications based on the results of the previous sections
and on the author's experience of teaching and learning foreign
languages. It is hoped that the implications may be of
significance to Vietnamese teachers and students of English.
And furthermore, that the analysis of cohesion in Vietnamese
may be beneficial to foreign students learning Vietnamese as a
foreign language.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219416 |
| Date | January 1992 |
| Creators | Van, Ngo Thi Thanh, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Education |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Ngo Thi Thanh Van |
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