Khmer Language Program for Primary and Lower Secondary Education on the Second Year in Vietnam

Khmer Language Program for Primary and Lower Secondary Education on the Second Year in Vietnam​ (Illustrative photo)

The Khmer language program for primary and lower secondary schools in the second year in Vietnam will include the following content: 

Knowledge:

1. Phonetics, Writing

- Main and sub-parts of consonants according to two accent systems O and Ô;

- Rules for combining parts, syllables and stress change rules;

- Independent vowels;

- Multisyllabic words; tone marks;

- Natural numbers in the tens from 10-100.

2. Vocabulary, Grammar

- Expanding vocabulary (including idioms, proverbs) regarding self, family, school, nature, country, and ethnic culture;

- A number of simple narrative and interrogative sentences according to models.

Skills:

1. Listening

- Hear and recognize sounds, words with accents O, Ô;

- Understand questions, requests, instructions, and dialogues;

- Comprehend and remember simple stories told by teachers.

2. Speaking

- Express invitations, requests, suggestions, agreements, disagreements, etc., and respond to conversational questions;

- Answer simple questions about the content of the reading or story heard from teachers;

- Recount simple events based on questions and illustrative images;

- Retell a simple story learned or heard from teachers.

3. Reading

- Read characters, tone marks, and independent vowels;

- Read words, sentences, sequences of sentences, and short paragraphs containing learned sounds and characters;

- Read silently;

- Recognize and read natural numbers in the tens from 10-100;

- Understand words, sentences, paragraphs; recognize the main idea of paragraphs. Find information and organize it in sentences, paragraphs;

- Memorize and recite some learned stanzas.

4. Writing

- Write consonants, syllables, words, short sentences, and natural numbers in the tens from 10-100;

- Write from dictation sequences of sentences or paragraphs;

- Write responses to questions, describe the content of pictures;

- Write sequences of sentences or paragraphs approximately 2-3 sentences narrating events.

More details can be found in Circular 24/2014/TT-BGDDT, effective from January 1, 2015.

Thuy Tram

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