tailieunhanh - Improving elementary students’ different language forms and expression through mathematic problem - solving instructions

This paper discusses some language forms used in teaching mathematics in elementary schools and proposes some measures to develop students’ language use through mathematic problem-solving instructions. | VJE Vietnam Journal of Education, Vol. 2, 2018, pp. 35-39 IMPROVING ELEMENTARY STUDENTS’ DIFFERENT LANGUAGE FORMS AND EXPRESSION THROUGH MATHEMATIC PROBLEM-SOLVING INSTRUCTIONS Do Tung - Hung Vuong University, Phu Tho Received: 11/11/2017; Revised: 11/01/2018; Accepted: 12/01/2018. Abstract: Developing language competence for students is a very important task in teaching. Mathematic language form, which has its own characteristics and advantages, plays a crucial role in Maths learning. Furthermore, developing mathematic language ability will contribute to the improvement of students’ language competence. This paper discusses some language forms used in teaching mathematics in elementary schools and proposes some measures to develop students’ language use through mathematic problem-solving instructions. Keywords: Language competence, mathematic language, mathematic problem solving, elementary students. 1. INTRODUCTION Language is the reflection of thinking so language development for students, especially for elementary students, will contribute to their thinking development. At elementary level, students start exploring the world and receiving basic scientific knowledge and language plays a major role in conveying knowledge through their cognitive process. In the general education program officially announced by the Ministry of Education and Training in July 2017, language competence is one of the specialized competences that need to be developed for students. So far, there have been a number of studies focusing on the mathematic language development ways for students such as: the measures to develop the competence or practice the elementary students’ ability to use mathematic language [1], [2], [3], [13]; the demonstrations on teaching some content or knowledge circuit to develop the ability to use mathematic language like [14], [15]; the ways to facilitate the mathematic language competence [5], [6], [9]; the challenges in term of language use in .