PROPOSING METHODS TO TEACH AND LEARN SINO-VIETNAMESE ELEMENTS, USING SINO-VIETNAMESE IDIOMS AS MATERIALS

Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary is an essential part of Vietnamese vocabulary, which originated from Sino-Vietnamese elements. The implementation of teaching and learning Sino-Vietnamese elements and/or vocabulary takes place in primary education. Methods of teaching and learning Sino-Vietnamese elements and/or vocabulary in schools vary relatively greatly. This article is an attempt to suggest manipulations of teaching and learning Sino-Vietnamese elements and/or vocabulary through Sino-Vietnamese idioms. Apart from elucidating why using Sino-Vietnamese elements as the materials in teaching and learning Sino-Vietnamese elements and vocabulary, the main purpose of the article is to introduce 6 manipulations in the process of teaching and learning Sino-Vietnamese elements and vocabulary using Sino-Vietnamese idioms: collecting examples of Sino-Vietnamese idioms; searching for shifting Sino-Vietnamese idioms (temporarily referred as Vietnamese idioms) corresponding to the original Sino-Vietnamese idioms; interpreting Sino-Vietnamese elements in Sino-Vietnamese idioms; encoding sentences with Sino-Vietnamese elements; expanding Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary through Sino-Vietnamese idioms; deep practicing Sino-Vietnamese idioms (including several types of practice).