Sequence of Achievements of Vietnamese Language Subject in the New Vietnamese Primary Curriculum and English Subject in the Australian Primary Curriculum: A Comparative Study

Abstract

Primary education is the first stage of compulsory education, which plays an important role in the development of children, especially for the formation of personality and language skills. This paper examines the sequence of achievements of Vietnamese language subject in the new Vietnamese primary curriculum (VPC) and English subject in the Australian primary curriculum (APC), and points out similarities and differences between them. From the contrastive analysis, some important lessons and experiences from Australia can be useful for Vietnam, such as applying up-to-date available resources that facilitates the process of teaching and learning first language in primary schools;implementingflexiblyachievement standards depending on specific contexts ofeach country and each language;clarifying in detail particular achievements for each skill of the subject, andviewing students as active and independent agents in the process of learning their first language. In the era of global integration, the comparative study of Vietnamese and Australia primary curriculum can be seen as a reference for such developing countries like Vietnam to develop their language education and curriculum.