This study aims to discuss the noun and prepositional
phrases in English and in Vietnamese and their impact
upon teaching and learning English in the Vietnamese
situation. Attempts have been made to state the similarities
and differences in noun and prepositional phrases in the
two languages and raise and solve some difficulties and
problems arising particularly from differences between
English and Vietnamese.
In this study, Contrastive Linguistics is concerned
with the comparison of the two languages with a view to
determining the differences and similarities between
them. With this practical aim the study tries to provide
a model for comparison and determine how and which of the
phrases are comparable.
It is hoped to provide as much information as is
possible in a limited study of this kind on English noun
and prepositional phrases, then on Vietnamese noun phrases.
The study draws attention to differences with examples.
It analyses the heads of noun phrases in the two languages
as well as the pre and postmodifications and their
positions. It also analyses the uses of the prepositional
phrases in the two languages. At the same time, it points
out the kinds of errors made by Vietnamese learners in the
above-mentioned areas and their causes.
Finally, some suggestions are made for those who
may be responsible for teaching English as a Foreign
Language to younger pupils as well as adults, or to
students at universities or colleges
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/218776 |
| Date | January 1985 |
| Creators | Bang, Nguyen, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Education |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Nguyen Bang |
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