Vietnamese (Elementary 1)

Vietnam is a beautiful country, with wonderful welcoming people, learning their language will give you a better understanding of their culture. 

This beginners’ course is designed for people who want to use Vietnamese to communicate with family and friends, with people in the workplace, for travel purposes and for a better understanding of Vietnamese people through cultural insights and inter-cultural skills.

The course covers the following topics:

• Greetings and farewelling people
• Introducing yourself and others
• Ordering food in restaurant
• Asking for and giving personal details
• Asking and giving directions
• Asking for prices and bargaining

Students will be introduced to the Vietnamese sound system.
Grammar is taught in the context of using the language for a specific purpose.

By the end of this course students should be able to:

• understand and use simple colloquial Vietnamese to give and exchange basic information;
• have a basic grasp of the sound system;
• introduce themselves and others and use basic expressions for meeting, greeting and farewelling;
• engage in simple conversations and exchange information about themselves and their families;
• use basic expressions for thanking and apologising;
• ask for the name of something and indicate when failure to understand;
• have an understanding and appreciation of the values and customs of Vietnamese people;
• read a short dialogue.