Vietnamese Language & Literature / Vietnamese Studies

Vietnamese is compulsory for all Vietnamese students. There will be an in-house exam at the end of Year 11 (Grade 10).

The Year 10 (Grade 9) Vietnamese Language and Literature /Vietnamese Studies subject was designated to bring opportunities to develop student's understanding of Vietnamese language and literature in a variety of media and forms, from di erent periods and styles. Also, in an international setting, our syllabus is to nurture, maintain and develop students’ understanding and pride of Vietnamese history, geography and culture. Through various learning activities, students develop a wide range of skills which are not only necessary in learning the subject, but also to help them become a better communicator in their mother tongue language. The syllabus also fostered the interest and enjoyment of learning language and literature.

Aims

The aims describe the purposes of a course based on this syllabus. The aims are to:

• Listen to, understand and respond in appropriate and e ective spoken language

• Read and understand a range of texts in various forms with enjoyment and appreciation of the Mother tongue language

• Develop interpretation, analysis, evaluation skills and apply these skills when reading and writing

• Understand the historical, cultural context and the connection between the context and the literature work

• Widen their vocabulary and develop the ability of choosing appropriate language to express ideas in various contexts

• To write accurately and e ectively with a good degree of accuracy in grammar, vocabulary and sentence construction

• To write a range of text types with an understanding of the characteristics and the requirements of particular text type

• To organise oral and written presentation in a coherent and focused manner

Content overview

The subject is organised in 4 Units throughout the school year which aims to provide the knowledge of Vietnamese Language and Literature in di erent periods of time.

Unit 1: Non - literature texts and Vietnamese language

Unit 2: Vietnamese Mediaeval Literature

Unit 3: Vietnamese modern poetry (during the Vietnam - America war time)

Unit 4: Vietnamese modern prose (during the Vietnam - America war time) and some translation works