Publications and trends of research in foreign language majors at VNU university of languages and international studies: A preliminary survey

In this paper, an attempt is made to conduct a survey on the publications and research trends in foreign language majors at University of Languages and International Studies – Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU ULIS). The survey data includes articles by VNU ULIS academics published in Vietnamese prestigious specialized journals, theses and dissertations by master and doctoral students. | RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS AND TRENDS OF RESEARCH IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE MAJORS AT VNU UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: A PRELIMINARY SURVEY1 Hoang Van Van* Center of Linguistics and International Studies, VNU University of Languages and International Studies, Pham Van Dong, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam Received 30 October 2017 Revised 22 November 2017; Accepted 24 November 2017 Abstract: In this paper, an attempt is made to conduct a survey on the publications and research trends in foreign language majors at University of Languages and International Studies – Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU ULIS). The survey data includes articles by VNU ULIS academics published in Vietnamese prestigious specialized journals, theses and dissertations by master and doctoral students. The survey reveals some noticeable findings: (1) there are very few articles by VNU ULIS academics published in prestigious Vietnamese journals; (2) of the two fields of study recognised as the mandate of VNU ULIS as represented in its English name: foreign language studies and international studies, the latter has not yet gained its status on the same par as the former; and (3) between the two subfields of foreign language studies: foreign language education and foreign language linguistics, the former dominates the research scene at master level, but at doctoral level the two fields of research seem to be equally attended to. The findings of the survey also show that different foreign language majors seem to focus on different fields of research, making it difficult to state which field is the main trend of research at present and which one will be the main trend of research in the years to come. Keywords: learning and teaching foreign language, foreign language education, foreign language linguistics, international studies 1. Introduction At present, research has become a compulsory component in most graduate programmes in the world and in all graduate programmes in Vietnam. The need

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