Class 1 textbooks also “hotel”!

Not only controversial about the curriculum beyond the students (students), according to the newspaper reporter Nguoi Lao Dong, the first grade Vietnamese textbook (textbook) in some new books, especially the The Kite book it has many mistakes that are difficult to accept.

When the rooster … is called a wild beast

In the exercise for reading “The Mouse” in the Vietnamese first grade textbook, the Canh Dieu booklet, he gives the example: “Mum is busy working in the kitchen. The mouse is sad and the mouse goes to the garden. At noon At home, he hugs his mother. ” : Mother, in the field there was a very ferocious animal. His hat was red, his beak was pointed, his eyes were harsh. He screamed loudly. I was so scared. The mother mouse replied: That animal is very gentle. He just wants to joke about me. “(According to Lép-Tôn-Xti)”. Below the example is the part: “What is the little beast that the mouse found?”

Many words and pictures are criticized from the Canh Kite book series of the Vietnamese textbook 1. Photo: NGUYEN LAM

In the primary teachers forum, the teachers inexplicably expressed why a rooster, which is just a common animal, turned into … a beast in the book. Even quoting according to the famous writer Lép-Tôn-Xt I, it is also wrong. When the original story is translated completely differently, the textbook writer has completely lost the meaning of the story, rendering the text raw, losing its meaning and being counter-educational, creating false associations for children about things. , phenomenon.

Also in Canh Dieu’s book, many places use the local language, not common, which causes comprehension difficulties for the students, even the teachers are … shocked. For example, the publishing group instead of writing “chew”, they use words like “nhá” (mash, mash), the chicks write “regency hen” … Many teachers in Ho Chi Minh City do not refer to books. I can’t understand the word “regency chicken”. It seems that the gathering group is only targeting a portion of the northern students.

It is worth mentioning that the previous set of books also includes uneducated reading exercises, even promoting violence. For example, in a reading exercise, give an example: “Catch everyone, storks find crabs, crabs half believe, persuade: crabs are so big that crabs will fall in love. Crabs let storks carry them away , the storks go to the mounds The land was small, it cut crabs, the crab raised his sword and held the neck of the stork.

Another example: “The stork was looking for food on the shore of the lake. When he met anabas, he acted sincerely: in a few days the lake will be emptied, fish and shrimp will be caught. The fish called for help. The fish heard the stork, so the storks gradually ate the fish.

Many teachers pointed out that textbook writing not only requires standard knowledge, suitable for age psychology, but also has enough sophistication, the lessons must bring a certain value and meaning. Textbooks that provide the knowledge conducive to teaching first graders will be very counter-educational. “

Nonsense, nonsense

There are quite a few “nuts” in the textbook that bore teachers and parents.

Ms Minh Anh, a mother in Thu Duc district, Ho Chi Minh City, said there is no shortage of delicate examples, easy-to-understand and meaningful stories to include in the book, but it is unclear why writers and book critics . The intention not to understand about the psychology of grade 1 children. Children are small and blank-minded, but the first lessons of their life learn nonsense and nonsense. If the motive is only to look for examples that help children learn rhyme, it is a compulsive motive, difficult to accept. For example, in a reading exercise: “Thom suggested: Bi’s pair has 3 oranges. Bi replied: I didn’t bring oranges to class. My example … continued: Bi gave me Bong 1. I was wrong.” Mr. Bop only breastfed a young mother.

Or in the article “Two Horses”, the textbook writes the following: “A certain peasant has a purple horse, an umbrella horse. The purple horses are idle and the umbrellas work hard. One night the purple horses marvel: What are you doing so aggressively? The horse is surprised: If you don’t, the master will scold you. The owner urges you to do it, I’ll hide.

For many generations, the raven’s cry has been associated with two words: “raven, raven”, but in the book, in the reading exercise, “The rabbit loses a turtle” becomes “gift, a gift”. Specifically, in the following way: “The rabbit thinks that the turtles will lose. He lays grass, shrieks, sleeps. The turtle says to itself: I will try. At noon, the crow” presents “: Ah, the rabbit loses the turtle.” .

Ms. Ho Minh Anh – Teacher in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City – shared that the feeling when reading first grade Vietnamese textbooks is that there are too many allegorical and implicit lessons. The genre of parables is often academic in nature, must have detailed explanations and associations. Also, if it is a parable that requires a full quote, if it is cut or modified, the meaning of the story will change completely, easily objectionable. Not to mention the age of the first graders, how they can reverse the problem and understand the deep meaning of the story. At his age, the reading exercises are simple, straightforward, short, and easy to understand.