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The Nationalist Movement in Indo-China
Discuss the opinions for use of the French language as the medium of instruction in the French schools established for the Vietnamese in Vietnam.
Some policy-maker emphasised the need to use the French language as the medium of instruction. By learning French, they felt, the Vietnamese would be introduced to the culture and Civilization of France. This would help create an 'Asiatic France solidly tied to European France'. The educated people of Vietnam would be civilized enough to respect French sentiments and ideals, see the superiority of French culture and work for the French.
There were others who were opposed to the idea of making French language the only medium of instruction. They wanted that in lower classes Vietnamese should be the medium and French should be the medium for the higher classes.
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Only one-third of the students in Vietnam would pass the school-leaving examinations.
The French began building canals and draining lands in the Mekong delta.
The government made the Saigon Native Girls School take back the students it had expelled.
Rats were most common in the modern, newly built areas of Hanoi.
Describe the ideas behind the Tonkin Free School. To what extent was it a typical example of colonial ideas in Vietnam?
What was Phan Chu Trinh’s objective for Vietnam? How were his ideas different from those of Phan Boi Chau?
With reference to what you have read in this chapter, discuss the influence of China on Vietnam’s culture and life.
What was the role of religious groups in the development of anti-colonial feelings in Vietnam?
Explain the causes of the US involvement in the war of Vietnam. What effect did this involvement have on life within the US itself?
Write an evaluation of the Vietnamese War against the US from the point of view of:
(a) a porter on the Ho Chi Minh trail.
(b) a woman soldier.
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