Project Proposal for Designing and Publishing set of
Vietnamese-ethnic Minority Language Dictionaries
I. Background
to the project
At present, there is an increasing demand in learning
Vietnamese and ethnic minority languages in Vietnam, however book system
tools as dictionaries are in shortage and not realistic. HEDO cooperates with Ethnic Minority Book Center to designing set
of Vietnamese-Ethnic Minority language dictionaries in order to meet
the demand of students in ethnic
minority areas where they still face difficulties in education development
and to serve communication among Vietnamese and ethnic minority people
there.
II. Objectives:
To provide Ethnic Minority schools with Vietnamese-Ethnic
Minority Language dictionaries such as (Cham, H’Mong, Bana, Jrai ...)
according their residential location in order to:
- Support Ethnic Minority student to learn and speak
Vietnamese and Ethnic Minority language better.
- Support Vietnamese cadres and people who work in ethnic minority areas
to learn ethnic minority languages for better communication and working.
- Contribute in essential resource provision for researches related
to language and ethnic culture.
III. Project results:
Designing and writing:
HEDO and Centre of Ethnic Minority Book will invite
capable and famous Vietnamese and Ethnic Minority authors to writing,
designing and translating this set of dictionaries which includes 5
sets:
1.
Vietnamese- H’Mong dictionary -
14.5 cm wide x 20.5 long
2.
Vietnamese- Khome dictionary -
14.5 cm wide x 20.5 long
3.
Vietnamese- Cham dictionary
- 14.5 cm wide x 20.5 long
4.
Vietnamese -Jrai dictionary
- 14.5 cm wide x 20.5 long
5.
Vietnamese -Tay and Nung dictionary - 14.5 cm wide x 20.5 long
Selling these dictionaries to equip to libraries in
primary schools, ethnic minority boarding schools in ethnic areas.
IV. Main content of dictionaries:
Collecting about 6.000 word sets and translate basic
words, popular cultural words which is closed with material-cultural
life, with learning activities of ethnic minority pupils in particular
and ethnic minority community in general.
The word sets is alphabetically ordered from A, B,
C...
V. Beneficiaries:
Ethnic minority pupils
Teachers working in ethnic minority areas.
Readers
VI. Plan of designing and publishing:
At present, the set of dictionaries has been already
designing. But the difficulty is finding funding for publication.
V. Estimated cost:
Estimation: one dictionaries costs VND 45,000
Number of published dictionaries: 1.500 copies per
dictionary.
Total budget for 5 dictionaries will be:
VND 45,000/copy x 1,500 copies/dic. x 5 dictionaries
= VND 337,500,000
(three hundred and thirty seven million, five hundred
thousand VN dongs)
Equivalent to: USD 24,107
"HEDO do hope that donors who pay much attention
to education development in ethnic minority areas can support funding
to publish these dictionaries. They are sure to be necessary tools for
learning and teaching in ethnic minority schools."
Thank you very much and
best regards.
Yours sincerely,
Prof. Trinh Ngoc Trinh
Director of HEDO
Contact/organiser name:
Prof. Trinh Ngoc Trinh, Director of HEDO
Contact/organiser address:
49 Dai Co Viet, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Contact/organiser telephone:
+84 4 8691223 / 8692502
Contact/organiser fax:
+84 4 8692502
Organisation: Highland Education - Health - Science
Development Organisation (HEDO)
- A Vietnamese humanitarian non-governmental organisation
Country: Vietnam