Develop tools and softwares for the assessment of ethnic minority Vietnamese primary school students

Abstract

Language education has been considered a crucial issue by many countries and there have been studies on this area. By applying research achievements in the modern language of the world, this article focuses on the issue of Vietnamese language education for ethnic minority students at primary schools in Northwest Vietnam by a set of standards, tools and assessment software. In order to handle the problem, we use a mixed method in the study of the social sciences and humanities together with quantitative and qualitative research methods. We survey some typical primary schools in which ethnic minorities are living and studying, such as Thai, Muong, Dao, Mong, and Tay ethnic groups. After that, we develop a set of standards, tools and Vietnamese language proficiency assessment software for ethnic minority students in the Northwest of Vietnam. The data, which is composed of four skills including reading-writing-speaking-listening with a total score of 100, is designed by a software that has both online and offline features. Our team made an experimental research with 5000 test times. The research results will contribute significantly to the enhancement of Vietnamese language proficiency for ethnic minority students in the Northwest region of Vietnam in particular and those who learn Vietnamese as a second language in general.