DEVELOPING AESTHETIC COMPETENCE FOR 6TH GRADERS THROUGH FOLKTALES: THE CASE OF HIGH SCHOOLS IN TRA VINH PROVINCE, VIETNAM

Abstract

The study was conducted to survey and analyze the level of aesthetic perception through Thanh Giong and The Legend of Ho Guom - the two 6th grade folktales. The study involved the participation of 138 pupils and 6 teachers teaching 6th grade Literature at Cang Long Ethnic Minority Boarding and Huyen Hoi Secondary School in Cang Long District, Tra Vinh Province, Vietnam. In this study, group discussion and role-playing pedagogy were the two methods utilized combining the Rubric technique to evaluate the experimental results. The results showed that there is a positive change in students’ aesthetic perception ability when using the active learning method with pre-test score is 5.9, and post-test score is 8.0 for the story of Thanh Giong. As for The Legend of Ho Guom, the pre-test score is 6.4, and 8.1 for the posttest score. These results contribute to motivating teachers to improve teaching methods, enhance the quality of transmission, and develop aesthetic competence for 6th grade students through teaching and learning folktales in particular as well as in teaching and learning the subject of Literature in general.