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VIET2002 Vietnamese 2A

Later Year Course

Offered By Faculty of Asian Studies
Academic Career Undergraduate
Course Subject Vietnamese
Offered in First Semester, 2009 and First Semester, 2010
Unit Value 6 units
Course Description

An intermediate level of Vietnamese with an emphasis on active oral and writing skills. This course consolidates and builds on the foundation set in the first year. It focuses on active production of language in selected contexts to promote active recall of vocabulary items and their usage in the appropriate context using the correct grammatical form in accordance with accepted conversational conventions. A reading program forms a part of the course.

Learning Outcomes Building towards confident spoken and literacy skills in modern Vietnamese
Indicative Assessment

Attendance and class participation (10%), Weekly assignments (totaling 20%), Mid-term exam (30%), Final exam (30%), Minor project (10%).

Workload Four hours per week.
Areas of Interest Asian Languages
Requisite Statement

Vietnamese 1B (VIET1003 OR SEAV1003) or equivalent.

Incompatibility

with SEAV2002

Prescribed Texts

Hue, Nguyen Van (ed), Vietnamese as a Second Language III (VSL 3), College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University- HCMC, 2003
Nguyen Bich Thuan, Contemporary Vietnamese: An Intermediate Text, Northern Illinois University, 1996

Preliminary Reading

Ton-That Quynh-Du, Learning Vietnamese for Speakers of English, Book 3 Dept Asian Languages and Studies, Monash University, 1994

Majors/Specialisations Asian Language Major (Vietnamese)
Academic Contact Dr Bao Duy Thai

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