On May 12, the DTU School of Foreign Languages & Social Humanities held its first Student Research conference, to encourage students to apply their knowledge in solving practical everyday problems, enhance their ability to work both in teams and independently, and their capacity for self-study and independent research,
“One of our strengths is that DTU focuses equally on teaching and research,” said DTU Vice-Provost Dr. Nguyen Huu Phu. “For the School of Foreign Languages & Social Humanities students, today’s research conference will be a great source of encouragement, and also motivate our lecturers to promote even more practical research projects. On behalf of the DTU, I want to thank our lecturers and students for their hard work organizing this conference and the speakers who attended the plenary session. In addition to its objective of improving education through research, the conference will foster the ability of students to conduct their own independent research, and, at the same time, enhance their creativity and autonomy in their studies.”
Students present their research to the Council
Ten projects were accepted for presentation at the conference. The projects were diverse and interesting, with high practical value. Their research delved deeply into issues such as: research on the culture of South Korean industry; a social media campaign to raise student awareness on limiting plastic waste; amending legal issues concerningbout e-wallet payment in Vietnam; and the difficulties writing academic essays, with solutions.
The Council appreciated the reports and awarded prizes and certificates to the best projects:
First prizes:
- “Social media campaign to raise student awareness on limiting plastic waste”
- “Analysis of thematic roles in news bulletins and short stories”
Second prizes:
- “Amending legal issues about e-wallet payment in Vietnam”
- “Analysis of difficulties when writing in Chinese characters faced by K26 Chinese Language students and suggested solutions”
Students are awarded certificates
Third prizes:
- “Difficulties writing academic essays with solutions”
- “Amending the law on consumer information protection in transactions on e-commerce platforms”
Consolation prizes:
- “Film adaptation of the work of the writer Nguyen Nhat Anh through the perspective of culture and communication”
- “Research on the culture of South Korean industry”
- “Analysis of errors when using complements in Chinese, by the K26 of Chinese Language class”
- “Student exchange programs, the benefits and challenges”
Lecturers and students of the School of Foreign Languages & Social Humanities
The first Student Research Conference demonstrated the students’ spirit , passion for research, and independent thinking. The conference was the driving force to promote even more student research activities, the improvement of the link between teaching and research and the potential for more creative student start-ups.
(Media Center)