COMPARISON OF DIRECTIVE SPEECH ACTS IN RUSSIAN AND VIETNAMESE BASED ON RUSSIAN SPEAKING TEXTBOOKS FOR RUSSIAN-MAJOR STUDENTS IN THE EARLY STAGE OF THEIR STUDY

Abstract

The article concerns the contrastive comparison of the directive speech acts in the Russian and Vietnamese languages in order to find out the similarities and differences in terms of structure and semantics between the two languages. Using materials from the Russian Speaking textbooks and from Vietnamese literature, the article tries to clarify the concept, categorize and describe expressions of directive speech acts in Russian and Vietnamese. The results of the study will optimize the teaching of speaking and writing skills of the students majoring in Russian during the early stage of their language learning