Building up a list of terms in british political system for students at school of foreign language in hanoi university of science and technology

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RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Building up a list of terms in British
political system for students at School of
Foreign Language in Hanoi University of
Science and Technology

Edited by
Nguyễn Thị Nga


Objectives:
 Give the audience a sense of what the
Research is.
 Make You want to read our paper
 Get feedback on our work.


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Contents
Introduction
Literature review

Data analysis
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I. Introduction
 Background of the research
 Significance of the research
 Objectives of the research
 Scope of the research


Background of the
research
 Base on the practice of learning translation
and interpretation in SOFL
 Lack of studies and researches on the issue
of translating terms in politics.


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Significance of the
research
Providing knowledge of the British
political system
 reading, translating & interpreting
political documents will be easier and
more precise.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE

RESEARCH
 building up a list of terms relating to political
system of Britain


SCOPE OF THE
RESEARCH

British political system
political parties

pressure groups
the state : Parliament + monarchy + Prime
Minister + Cabinet + Supreme court.


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II. Literature Review
1. Term
2. British political system

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1. Term
Definition: a term is ‘any word or word – group
used to name a notion characteristic of some
special field of knowledge, industry or culture’.

(Arnold, I.V. 1973)
Example: Black Rod - a servant of the Queen
who takes part in the opening ceremony of the
British government


1.1 Features of a term
Term

Word

Structural view

A term may consist of more than 1 word

Semantic view

Only 1 meaning

May have more than
1 meaning

No contextual
meaning

Have contextual
meaning

No emotional
coloring

May have emotional
coloring


2. British political system
‘Components of the Political System’ (1969), the political system is ‘an
assembly of organizations and activities that connect together government,
politics, and public policy’

Political parties
The state
Pressure groups
(Giao trinh Duong loi Cach mang cua Dang Cong
San Viet Nam 2012)


2.1. Political parties


2.2. The state
Legislative branch: The
Parliament
The executive branch:
The Monarchy
The Prime Minister and
his Cabinet
The judicial branch

Legislative branch


Executive branch
The Monarchy

Prime Minister

Act as the Head of the State

Have the real power in the
Britain, dominant the executive
branch

The term ‘British monarchy’
include:
-The royal family
- Nobility
- Remarkable events

The Cabinet
- Consists of some Ministers
appointed by the PM
- The Cabinet is the place
where many important policies
come from.


Judicial branch
- Responsibilities: interpret the Constitution,

reviewing laws, and deciding cases.
- Judicial branch is headed by the UK Supreme
Court
- Names of courts in different areas are different.
Eg: Magistrates ‘ Court (England, Wales &
Northern Ireland) = Justice for Peace (Scotland)


II. Literature review

Pressure groups


Pressure groups
- Important part in the development of
political & social systems
Pressure groups = interest groups
lobby groups
protest groups


Pressure groups
 Aims :
 Protect or advance a shared interest
 Influence government policy/
legislation
 Examples: Trade union, CBI


Pressure groups

 Classification :

Sectional
groups

Peak
Promotional
association
groups

“Fire
brigade”
groups

Episodic
groups


III. Methodology
1. Research method
- Description & analysis of the British political system
-Accurate meaning & Vietnamese equivalents for terms
=> Qualitative method
2. Data collection method
-printed books, online books, websites


3. Data analysis method
- content analysis
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definition

2

examples

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Revision
& check

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interpretation

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List of terms


Outline
 Introduction
 Literature review
 Methodology
 Data analysis


British judicial

branch

 Is categorized into 3 sub- groups in
accordance with 3 parts:
- England and Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
 Is organized systematically, from the
national to the grass-root level