Definition

1. Verb:
   • To present and explain: "giảng thuật" means to simultaneously narrate or describe while explaining a subject, often in a teaching or scholarly context. It combines the acts of exposition and storytelling.
   • To explicate while relating: This term refers to a method of conveying information by both explaining concepts and narrating related details or events.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Giáo sư thường giảng thuật lịch sử qua những câu chuyện sinh động. (The professor often presents and explains history through vivid stories.)
  • Phương pháp giảng thuật giúp học sinh dễ hiểu bài hơn. (The method of explicating while relating helps students understand the lesson more easily.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is considered literary and somewhat archaic in modern Vietnamese. It is primarily found in formal, academic, or historical texts discussing pedagogy or classical literature.
• It describes a specific, integrated teaching or presentation technique, not merely "explaining" or "narrating" separately.

Variants and Related Words

• Giảng giải (verb): To explain, to expound. (A more common modern synonym for the "explain" component.)
• Thuật lại (verb): To recount, to narrate. (A more common modern synonym for the "narrate" component.)
• Trình bày (verb): To present, to set forth. (A general term for presenting information.)

Synonyms

• Trình bày và giải thích: To present and explain.
• Diễn giải: To expound, to interpret.

Related Phrases

• Phương pháp giảng thuật: The method of presenting-and-explaining / the narrative-exposition method.
  • Phương pháp giảng thuật đặc biệt hiệu quả trong giảng dạy văn học. (The narrative-exposition method is particularly effective in teaching literature.)

1. (từ cũ; nghĩa cũ) Present and explain