1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Hoang Chi                                           2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: 21st December 1974                                         4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number 2213/QĐ-XHNV-SĐH, dated 21st November 2011, issued by the Rector of Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University

6. Change in the academic process:

6.1. The decision of extension of the study period 1st , number 3203/QĐ-XHNV-SĐH, dated 31st December 2014, issued by the Rector of Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University.

6.2. The decision of extension of the study period 2nd, number 167/QĐ-XHNV-SĐH, dated 20th January 2016, issued by the Rector of Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University. 

6.3. The decision of adjustment a topic of the thesis, number 2089/QĐ-XHNV, dated 19th April 2016, issued by the Rector of Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University.

6.4. The decision to request termination of postgraduate studies, number 12/QĐ-ĐT, dated 10th January 2017, issued by the Rector of Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University.

7. Official thesis title: Developing the reading comprehension competence for foreigner under the Cognitive approach.

8. Major: Vietnamese linguistic                                                   9. Code: 62 22 01 15

10. Supervisor: Associate Professor Doctor Vu Van Thi

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

The research results of the thesis will help determines to clarify essential parameters as well as develop a framework of six-level knowledge components to develop Vietnamese reading comprehensive competence as a foreign language under the cognitive approach. With the six-level framework, the thesis specifies the output criteria of the reading competence in accordance with the Vietnamese language ability framework for foreigners.

12. Practical applicability: the results of the dissertation can use to apply to the practice of teaching and compiling Vietnamese reading comprehension textbook and achievement test of reading comprehension competence in Vietnamese as a second language.

13. Further research directions: the framework of six-level knowledge components can use building the three-dimension frame of the placement test, proficiency test, etc

14. Thesis-related publication:

1. Nguyen Thi Hoang Chi (2013), “Some suggestions to teach and assess Vietnamese proficiency for foreigners according to the CEFR”, Linguistics Journal, Vol. 8, pp. 65 - 74.

2. Nguyen Thi Hoang Chi (2016), “The BICS and CALP differences and its impact on the teaching of Vietnamese as a foreign language”, Linguistics Journal, Vol. 11, pp. 59 - 71.

3. Nguyen Thi Hoang Chi (2017), “Exploring the potential impact of metacognitive knowledge and reciprocal teaching strategy on teaching Vietnamese reading as a second language”, Linguistics Journal, Vol. 3, pp. 29 – 40.

4. Nguyen Thi Hoang Chi, Vu Van Thi (2017), “Designing dialogues to improve the Vietnamese communicative competence for foreigners ”, The summary record of an International Conference about “Studying and Teaching Vietnamese Studies”, Ho Chi Minh National University Publisher, pp. 83 – 90.