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Official thesis title: An investigation into the structure and meaning of geological textbooks as a genre in English and Vietnamese.
1. Full name: Do Kim Phuong
2. Sex: female
3. Date of birth: Jan 1st 1963
4. Place of birth: Hanoi
5. Admission decision number 196 / SDH Dated August 3rd 2004 by Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Changes in academic process:
Extension document number 668 / QD-SDH dated Aug 13th 2008 signed by Ass. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Lan Trung, vice rector of University of languages and international studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, on a 12 month extension period of study for the candidate until the end of Dec 2009 for reasons of work.
Extension document number 3646 /QD-SDH dated Oct 23rd 2009 signed by Prof. Dr. Vu Minh Giang, vice rector of Vietnam National University, Hanoi on allowance for the suspension of candidate studying in 24 month time from Jan 1st 2009 for reasons of work.
Document for allowing candidate to continue a research programme of doctoral training number 1767 / DHQGHN-DT dated Jun 16th 2011 signed by Ass. Prof. Dr. Le Kim Long.
7. Official thesis title: An investigation into the structure and meaning of geological textbooks as a genre in English and Vietnamese.
8. Major: English linguistics
9. Code: 62.22.15.01
10. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hoang Van Van
11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:
(1) English geological textbooks have almost the same organization as Vietnamese geological textbooks, however, Vietnamese geological textbooks do not have the concluding part in a chapter; (2) English and Vietnamese textbook writers use declarative clauses at high frequency (99% and 100% respectively); (3) Material and relational processes are used at high frequency in geological textbooks; (4) English textbook writers use verbal process at a higher percentage than Vietnamese textbook writers (12.4% and 8.2% respectively); (5) Vietnamese textbook writers use a larger number of active voice constructions than that of the English ones (93.8% and 80.5% respectively); (6) linguistic differences can be found in the realizations of Theme, the nonexistence of “anticipatory It” in Vietnamese geological textbooks; (7) English textbook writers use non restrictive clauses as marked Themes.
12. Practical applicability, if any: the research outcomes have pointed out the generic structure and linguistic features of geological textbooks in English and Vietnamese as well as generic and linguistic similarities and differences between English and Vietnamese geological textbooks. The research results to some extent have contributed to the teaching English in general and teaching English for geology in particular.
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