1. Essay number 1
2. Essay number 2
Crafting the Vocabulary Recap, continued, essay 10, short 1
I. VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
1. Fill in the appropriate content in the blanks.
Answer:
Vocabulary development methods:
- Development in meaning.
- Development in the quantity of words:
+ Creating new words
+ Borrowing foreign words.
2. Provide illustrations for the form of vocabulary development in the diagram.
Answer:
- Development form through the figurative transfer of words: hot (hot water), hot (hot-hearted), hot (vomit hot), hot (hot temperament)...
- Development form of the quantity of words:
+ Creating new words: red book, white book, forest guard, conservation forest...
+ Borrowing words from foreign languages: internet, she, (translated) SARS...
3. Can there be a language where vocabulary only develops in the way of quantity? Why?
Answer:
There is no language where vocabulary only develops in the way of quantity. If so, each word would have only one meaning, and the number of words would be very large, and human memory could not remember them all.
II. BORROWED WORDS
1. Reviewing the concept of borrowed words
Answer:
Borrowed words are words that have originated from a foreign language.
2. Choose the correct statement from the following.
Answer:
Statement (c) is the correct statement. Borrowing is a common phenomenon in all languages; it enriches the language of the nation and meets the communication needs of the Vietnamese people.
3. In your perception, how are borrowed words like săm, lốp, ga, xăng, phanh different from words like a-xít, ra-đi-ô,...
Answer:
Borrowed words like săm, lốp, ga, xăng, phanh are Vietnamese-ized borrowed words. Meanwhile, words like a-xít, ra-đi-ô, vi-ta-min are borrowed words in the form of transliteration.
III. SINO-VIETNAMESE WORDS
1. Reviewing the concept of Sino-Vietnamese words
Answer:
Sino-Vietnamese words are words with origins in the Chinese language that have been adopted and used by the Vietnamese people in their own way.
2. Choose the correct belief from the following.
Answer:
Statement (b) is the correct belief because Vietnamese culture and language have been greatly influenced by the Chinese language over thousands of feudal years, making it an essential part of the vocabulary borrowed from Chinese.
IV. TERMINOLOGY AND SOCIAL IDIOMS
1. Reviewing the concepts of terminology and social language
Answer:
- Terminology: words used in a specific field of science or technology.
- Social language: expressions used within a particular group of people, a specific social class.
2. The role of terminology in contemporary social life:
Answer:
- The development of terminology is an assessment of the progress in scientific fields, the ascent of a nation.
- Terminology is indispensable for research and the advancement of science and technology.
- Correct usage of terminology must be maintained to avoid misuse.
3. Listing some social language terms:
Answer:
- In the medical profession: TV specialty, mole specialty, …
- In teaching: lesson plan burning, time sneak, class cup, sleepy doctor (teachers making lessons too boring)…
- In business: some tickets, some green (dollars), cop (police)…
V. ENRICHING VOCABULARY
1. Compose an Argumentative Essay in the context of a personal narrative - Compose a Poem with eight-character verses
2. Compose a Vocabulary Summary, next, Lesson 10, short 2
3. The Development of Vocabulary
4. Loanwords
