[Vnbiz] Fwd: Thu moi du seminar ve Ngon ngu HIV/AIDS.../Invitation to a seminar on HIV/AIDS Language...

[Tran Dinh Hoanh]

Dear Romi & CACC,

This is the invitation to Romi's bilingual presentation on HIV/AIDS
language.  Thanks, Romi.

Could you please post some part of your thesis here too?  It is very good.

Thanks a million, Romi.

Great day, everyone.

Hoanh


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Romi <wearevn at yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Jun 20, 2007 4:56 AM
Subject: Thu moi du seminar ve Ngon ngu HIV/AIDS.../Invitation to a seminar
on HIV/AIDS Language...
To: hiv-twg <hivaids-twg at ngocentre.org.vn>


Dear all,

Apologies for this "self promotion"...
Please find below an invitation to my upcoming seminar at ISDS.

Even though my thesis was written in Vietnamese, I shall make a bilingual
presentation in both English and Vietnamese if there are foreign speakers
interested.
For those who cannot make it, I'll be willing to share the slides after the
seminar.

Attached is the Vietnamese invitation letter.
(Thu moi du hoi thao chuyen de duoc gui kem voi email nay)

Thank you for your interest!

Nguyen Hong Nhung (aka Romi)

---------------------------

*INVITATION*

The Institute for Social Development Studies (ISDS) would like to invite you
to our next seminar:
Time:           9 a.m. Saturday, June 23, 2007
Venue:         Room 19-1, VIMECO Building, Pham Hung Road, Ha Noi (Near Big
C)
Topic:          The HIV/AIDS language in Vietnamese print media in the
period of 2000 - 2007
                   (A B.A. graduation paper in Linguistics)
Presenter:    Nguyen Hong Nhung (A graduate from USSH Ha Noi)
Registration: Email to isdsvn at isds.org.vn
Or register with Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao at (04) 782 0058.

Due to the limited space, we would hope to welcome no more than 20
participants at the seminar. Kindly register with us before Friday, June 22,
2007. Thank you!

*Additional information about the seminar's topic:*


In the context of a complex modern society challenged by the HIV epidemic,
the role of information, education and communication (IEC) in HIV/AIDS
prevention has risen markedly. The language used to convey the HIV/AIDS IEC
messages, in other words, the HIV/AIDS language in the media is very
powerful. In Viet Nam, this language is particularly prominent in print
media. However, its significance has not yet been recognized.


Since the turning point of the year 2000, there have been a lot of changes
in the HIV/AIDS IEC campaigns in Viet Nam. More positive messages about
HIV/AIDS and other topics related have been found on newspapers.
Simultaneously, the HIV/AIDS language in Vietnamese print media has
experienced some changes.

The study entitled *An initial approach to study the HIV/AIDS language in
Vietnamese print media (based on the data of Tuoi Tre newspaper from June
2000 to January 2007) *projected and analysed 5 characteristics of the
change in the HIV/AIDS language on Vietnamese newspapers (in the period of
2000 - 2007), namely Language with heavily medical content; Language of
"fear;" Language of "moral revolt" (against "social evils"); Language of
"unbroken leaves cover broken ones" (or humanistic language); and lastly,
Positive language. This transition well reflects a lively picture of the
social, cultural and psychological context of Viet Nam's responses to the
HIV epidemic.

(For more information: http://romibleue.wordpress.com/)


-- 
Tran Dinh Hoanh, LLB, JD
Washington DC
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