Vietnamese Language (for professional communication)

Bachelor 2022/2023

Type: Elective course (HSE University and Kyung Hee University Double Degree Programme in Economics and Politics in Asia)

Area of studies: Foreign Regional Studies

Delivered by: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

Where: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

When: 4 year, 1-3 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Language: English

ECTS credits: 12

Contact hours: 208

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Abstract

This advanced level Vietnamese language course (Advanced Course) is designed for non-native learners of Vietnamese who have taken approximately three years of regularly paced college-level Vietnamese. It aims to acquire and improve skills in the main types of translation, considering the specifics of intercultural communication. The overall goal of this course is to bring students’ Vietnamese proficiency to an advanced level and help them develop an active command of authentic reading materials. At the end of the course students will achieve C1 level according to the CEFR.

Learning Objectives

To improve basic direct and reverse translation techniques, considering the specifics of intercultural and inter language communication;
To improve and systematize Vietnamese language skills by means of comparing the systems of the original language and the language of written translation;
To develop skills and proficiency in the main types of translation;
To enhance knowledge in linguistic and regional studies on the basis of topical issues of our times;

Expected Learning Outcomes

Students have the ability to select and apply adequate translation strategies in accordance with the type of translation. Students are able to use the basic translation models and translation transformations when analyzing the translation process and its results.
Students can adequately uses stable phrases, idioms within the studied topics;
Students can recognize speech levels: official, unofficial, neutral, etc. Students are able to recognize linguistic markers of social relations and use them (greeting, farewell, emotional exclamation, etc.)
Students have listening skills of authentic foreign language speech within the studied topics, transmitted by various channels (from a live voice to audio and video recordings); know how to choose and adequately use the word depending on the context within the studied topics
Students are able to determine the intentionality of the translated text; to define keywords and basic units of thesauruses.

Course Contents

Topic 1. Politics and Diplomacy
Topic 2. State and Constitution
Topic 3. Warfare
Topic 4. Government structure
Topic 5. Economics

Assessment Elements

Cumulative Grade (written grade)
Cumulative Grade (oral grade)
Exam grade
Final Grade

Interim Assessment

2022/2023 2nd module
0.5 * Exam grade + 0.2 * Cumulative Grade (oral grade) + 0.3 * Cumulative Grade (written grade)
2022/2023 3rd module
0.3 * Cumulative Grade (written grade) + 0.5 * Final Grade + 0.2 * Cumulative Grade (oral grade)

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

guerillera. (2013). Buổi sáng cuối cùng của một trung đội TNXP. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.B30D125
guerillera. (2016). Thu hồi sách Madam Nhu và ấn phẩm Life Plaza [Tuoi Tre]. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.ECA5E671
indomemoires. (2016). Đại hội Đảng toàn quốc đưa phát huy dân chủ XHCN vào chủ đề. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.C1BAE3B8

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