Implications to Teaching and Learning
Admittedly, studying language is a process which requires time as well as
efforts. Due to so many differences above, teacher should help students aware of
discrepancy in structure, use and functions of English and Vietnamese. In order to help
students avoid translating word by word, teacher should help student have a through
grasp of language skills, not only in the second language but also in their mother
tongue.
Additionally, by pedagogical methods, teachers should help students recognize
whether sentence brings a negative or positive meaning by giving example, sample
translation, exercise... The main purpose of studying language is
serving for life,
learners should try use passive voice in real
– life conversation and keep in mind the
frequency in using passive voice in English and Vietnamese as well as
some special
cases. Basing on the differences in English and Vietnamese passive voice, students
can produce more precise translation from English to Vietnamese and vice versa.
Last, with some comparisons above, students can have one more
chance to
review their knowledge in passive voice of both two languages
– English and
Vietnamese.
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Conclusion
From a contrastive view point, this essay gives
emphasis to English and
Vietnamese passive voice in terms of usage and structure. And thus, point out some
common mistakes students can encounter and some ways to correct them. Hopefully,
this paper can be advantageous for teacher and students of English to draw a clearer
picture in passive voice.
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