tailieunhanh - Master thesis in Social Sciences and Humanities: A critical discourse analysis on abstracts of education journal articles in English and Vietnamese

The study is intended to: To examine the textual description in terms of vocabulary analysis, grammar analysis and textual structure in abstracts of EJAs in English and Vietnamese in CDA perspective; to find out and explain the similarities and differences of textual description in terms of vocabulary analysis, grammar analysis and textual structure in abstracts of EJAs in English and Vietnamese in CDA perspective. | MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING THE UNIVERSITY OF DANANG PHẠM THỊ QUỲNH NHƯ A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ON ABSTRACTS OF EDUCATION JOURNAL ARTICLES IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE Field: The English language Code: MASTER THESIS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES (Summary) Da Nang, 2016 The thesis has been completed at THE UNIVERSITY OF DANANG Supervisor : Assoc. Prof. Dr. LƯU QUÝ KHƯƠNG Examiner 1: NGUYỄN TẤT THẮNG, Examiner 2: TRẦN HỮU PHÚC, The thesis orally defended at The Examining Committee. Field: The English language Time: 26th December, 2016 Venue: The University of Danang The thesis is accessible for the purpose of reference at: - Information Resource Center, the University of Da Nang - The Library of University of Foreign Language Studies, The University of Da Nang 1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION . RATIONALE Language is one of the greatest inventions that mankind has ever made. It plays a crucial role in all aspects of our lives. Ideas and understanding available through language shape our practice in a various way in everyday interactions. In addition, language helps us express our inner thoughts or feelings as well as maintain the social relationships. A wide range of studies were conducted in terms of applied linguistics and critical discourse analysis (henceforth CDA) is one of the crucial approaches of discourse analysis. In addition, linguists and researcher in fact have conducted a noticeable number of studies in terms of educational discourse. However, studies on educational discourse from perspective of CDA, to some extent, seem to be minor in the number. The thesis hopes to discover and prove how effective language is used to transfer ideas, affect people„s perception about things in education in particular and affect society in general. Therefore, in this paper, I would like to examine abstracts from educational journal articles in English and Vietnamese. . AIMS OF THE STUDY The aims of this research is to .