What are guidelines on retelling the story "Trí khôn của ta đây" for grade 4 students in Vietnam? What is the age of grade 4 students in Vietnam?

What are guidelines on retelling the story "Trí khôn của ta đây" for grade 4 students in Vietnam?

"Trí khôn của ta đây" is a folk tale that grade 4 students learn in the Vietnamese subject. Below is a retelling of the story "Trí khôn của ta đây" in the style of a grade 4 student.

Note: The retelling of the story "Trí khôn của ta đây" in the style of a grade 4 student is for reference only!

What are guidelines on retelling the story "Trí khôn của ta đây" for grade 4 students in Vietnam? What is the age of grade 4 students in Vietnam?​ (Image from the Internet)

What is the age of grade 4 students in Vietnam?​

Pursuant to Article 33 of the Charter for Primary Schools issued with Circular 28/2020/TT-BGDDT:

Age of Primary School Students

1. The age of students entering the grade 1 is 06 years old and is calculated by year. Disabled children, those with physical or intellectual developmental delays, children in areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions, minority children, orphans without support, children returning from abroad, and children of foreigners studying or working in Vietnam may attend grade 1 at an age higher than prescribed, but not more than 03 years older. In cases where children enter grade 1 exceeding 03 years of the regulation, the decision will be made by the Head of the Department of Education and Training.

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Thus, a grade 4 student is 09 years old, except in cases of repeating grades, students in areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions, minority students, students with disabilities, students with physical or intellectual developmental delays, orphans without support, students returning from abroad, and other cases as prescribed by law.

What are linguistic competencies for grade 4 students in Vietnam?

According to the General Education Program for the Vietnamese Language subject issued with Circular 32/2018/TT-BGDDT, the linguistic competencies that grade 4 students must achieve are as follows:

- Focus more on the requirements of reading comprehension of specific content, understanding themes, understanding lessons drawn from texts.

- Begin writing a complete short essay, mainly narrative, descriptive, and simple introduction essays.

- Be able to write texts retelling stories read, witnessed events, participated in, and stories imagined by students; describe familiar objects and phenomena;

- Introduce objects and activities close to the student's life. Write paragraphs expressing students' feelings and thoughts when reading a story, a poem, or witnessing an event evoking many emotions for them.

- Provide opinions on simple issues in study and life; write some types of texts such as autobiography, message, invitation, schedule, application, etc.; initially know how to write following the process; the writing needs to have three parts (introduction, body, conclusion).

- Present ideas and emotions in an easily understandable manner; initially know how to use appropriate gestures and expressions when speaking; can clearly retell stories read and heard; know how to share, exchange emotions, attitudes, thoughts about discussed issues; know how to explain a subject or simple process.

- Listen and understand with an appropriate attitude and grasp the main content; recognize the emotions of the speaker; know how to respond to what has been heard.