giảng diễn
Definition
Verb: * To lecture, to expound, to deliver a lecture: A formal and systematic method of teaching or presenting a lesson or topic from beginning to end. It implies a structured, often one-way, presentation of knowledge by an instructor to an audience.
Usage
- This verb describes the action of a teacher, professor, or expert presenting information in a comprehensive, organized, and sequential manner.
- It is a formal term, often used in academic or instructional contexts. It is less common in everyday conversation about teaching.
- The subject is typically the person teaching, and the object can be the lesson, topic, or material being presented.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Giáo sư đang giảng diễn một chương khó trong sách lịch sử. (The professor is delivering a lecture on a difficult chapter in the history book.)
- Phương pháp giảng diễn truyền thống đôi khi khiến sinh viên thụ động. (The traditional lecture method sometimes makes students passive.)
- Ông ấy giảng diễn bài học một cách rất mạch lạc và dễ hiểu. (He expounded the lesson in a very coherent and understandable way.)
Advanced Usage
- The term can sometimes carry a slightly negative connotation of a monotonous, non-interactive teaching style when contrasted with more modern, participatory methods.
- It can be used in a broader sense to mean "to explain or present in great detail and systematically."
- Anh ấy giảng diễn cho tôi nghe về lý thuyết mới đó. (He expounded that new theory to me in detail.)
Variants and Related Words
- Giảng (v): To teach, to explain. This is a more common and general term for teaching or explaining.
- Giảng bài (v): To teach a lesson, to lecture. A very common phrase with a similar meaning to "giảng diễn" but less formal and more frequently used.
- Giảng giải (v): To explain, to interpret. Focuses more on the act of explaining to make something clear.
- Bài giảng (n): A lecture, a lesson. The noun form referring to the lecture itself.
- Thuyết giảng (v): To preach, to lecture (often with a moral or religious purpose).
Synonyms
- Trình bày (v): To present, to explain.
- Thuyết trình (v): To present, to give a presentation (can be more interactive).
- Giáo huấn (v): To instruct, to teach (formal, often with a moral dimension).
Related Phrases / Idioms
- Phương pháp giảng diễn (n): The lecture method (of teaching).
- Một buổi giảng diễn (n): A lecture session.