What are sample essays on description of animals for students in Vietnam? Is it necessary for primary school students in Vietnam to achieve fluent reading proficiency?

What are sample essays on description of animals for students in Vietnam?

Writing essays on description of animals are content that students will learn in the grade 5 Vietnamese curriculum.

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What are sample essays on description of animals for students in Vietnam? Is it necessary for primary school students in Vietnam to achieve fluent reading proficiency?​ (Image from the Internet)

What are the characteristics of grade 5 Vietnamese?

Based on Section I of the Appendix on the Literature Education Curriculum issued with Circular 32/2018/TT-BGDDT, the characteristics of Grade 5 Literature are as follows:

Literature is a subject under the domain of Language and Literature Education, taught from Grade 1 to Grade 12. At the primary level, this subject is named Vietnamese; at the lower and upper secondary levels, it is called Literature.

Literature has an instrumental and aesthetic-humanistic nature. It provides students with communication tools, serves as a foundation for learning all other subjects and educational activities in school, and is an important tool for educating students about the noble values of culture, literature, and national language. It nurtures healthy emotions, humanistic feelings, and a compassionate, altruistic lifestyle in students.

By engaging with the dynamic linguistic writings and vivid artistic images within literary works, through reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities, the subject of Literature plays a significant role in helping students build and develop admirable qualities and core competencies necessary for effective living and working, and for lifelong learning.

The content of the Literature subject is comprehensive, encompassing cultural, ethical, and philosophical knowledge relating to many subjects and educational activities such as History, Geography, Arts, Civic Education, Foreign Languages, Natural and Social Sciences, Experiential Activities, Career Orientation,... The subject of Literature is also closely tied to real life; it helps students form a deeper connection to everyday life and develops skills to solve practical problems.

The core content of the subject includes fundamental, essential knowledge, and skills in Vietnamese and literature, meeting the achievement criteria for student qualities and competencies at each educational level. It is divided into two phases: a basic educational phase and a career-oriented educational phase.

Basic educational phase: The program is designed around the main strands corresponding to the skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Vietnamese language and literature knowledge is integrated within the teaching and learning processes of these skills. Texts are selected and arranged to match the reception ability of students at each educational level.

The objective of this phase is to enable students to use Vietnamese fluently to communicate effectively in life and to excel in learning other subjects and educational activities; to develop literary competence, an indication of aesthetic ability; and to cultivate thoughts and emotions for students to develop their soul and character.

Career-oriented educational phase: The program consolidates and advances the results of the basic educational phase, enhances students' linguistic and literary abilities, particularly in literary text reception; strengthens skills in creating more complex argumentative and informational texts in content and writing techniques; provides substantial knowledge of literary history and theory beneficial for reading and writing about literature; and continues to nurture thoughts, feelings, soul, and character to shape students into responsible citizens.

Additionally, each year, students with a social science and humanities orientation may choose to study specialized modules.

These modules are intended to reinforce knowledge about literature and language, apply knowledge in practice, meeting students' interests, needs, and career orientations.

Is it necessary for primary school students in Vietnam to achieve fluent reading proficiency according to grade 5 Vietnamese curriculum?​

Based on subsection 2 of Section IV of the Appendix on the Literature Education Curriculum issued with Circular 32/2018/TT-BGDDT, the requirements for specific competencies in teaching Grade 5 Vietnamese for primary students are as follows:

- Language Competency

Read accurately, fluently, and expressively; understand the main content of the text, primarily explicit content; begin to understand implicit content such as themes and lessons drawn from the read text.

At the primary level, reading requirements include reading technique requirements and reading comprehension skills.

For early-grade students (Grades 1 and 2), focus on both reading accurately at an appropriate speed and understanding simple content of texts.

For Grades 3, 4, and 5, focus more on understanding specific content, themes, and insights derived from texts.

From Grades 1 to 3, accurately write orthography, vocabulary, and grammar; write several sentences and short paragraphs; in Grades 4 and 5, begin writing complete short texts, mainly narrative and descriptive essays, and simple introductions.

Write texts narrating stories read, events witnessed or participated in, stories imagined by students; describe familiar objects and phenomena; introduce objects and activities close to students' lives.

Write paragraphs expressing students' emotions and thoughts when reading a story or poem, witnessing an event that evokes strong feelings; express opinions on a simple issue in study and life; write various text types such as autobiographies, messages, invitations, schedules, applications,...; begin writing following a process; the text needs to have three parts (introduction, body, conclusion).

Present ideas and emotions clearly; start using appropriate gestures and expressions when speaking; recount clearly a story read or heard; share and exchange emotions, attitudes, thoughts on discussed issues; explain a simple subject or process.

Listen with appropriate attitude and understand the basic content; recognize the speaker's emotions; know how to respond to what has been heard.

- Literary Competency

Differentiate between prose and poetry (prose, article, and verse, poem); recognize text content and the writer's attitude and feelings; begin to understand the impact of various literary elements (language, character, plot, verse, simile, personification).

Imagine and express with a literary touch in writing and speaking.

For Grade 1 and Grade 2 students: recognize the subject of the text; identify characters in stories and rhymes in poems; differentiate between story and poem.

For Grades 3, 4, and 5 students: learn expressive reading of literary texts; recount and summarize the main content of a story or poem; comment on characters, events, and the writer's attitude and feelings in texts; recognize time and place, some poetry rhymes, rhythm, beautiful and unique words, images, and effects of rhetorical devices like personification, comparison.

Understand the meaning or lesson drawn from texts. Write paragraphs, stories, and descriptions showcasing emotions and literary imagination.

Hence, when studying Grade 5 Vietnamese, primary school students need to achieve fluent reading skills.

>>> DOWNLOAD Literature Education Curriculum issued with Circular 32/2018/TT-BGDDT.

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