An introduction to contemporary spoken and written Vietnamese. This course introduces the tones, essential syntax and the writing system of the Vietnamese language. By working through a series of graded and contextualised dialogues the students will begin to develop reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. The context of language use includes greetings, the individual, the family, time and date. Attention is given to the social and cultural context of language use.

The indicative scheduling for the classes is Mon 4-6 , Tues 5-6  and Wednesday 4-6.

A beginners competence in written and spoken Vietnamese

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

Six hours a week.

None

with SEAV1002 and VIET1006

Ton-That Quynh-Du, Learning Vietnamese for Speakers of English, Book 1 Dept Asian Languages and Studies, Monash University, 1993; Thomson L., Vietnamese grammar, University Hawaii Press, 1988

Hue, Nguyen Van (ed), Vietnamese as a Second Language I (VSL 1), Giao Duc Publishing House, Ho Chi Minh City, 2003;
Nguyen, L., Clark, M., and Nguyen Bich Thuan, Spoken Vietnamese for Beginners, Northern Illinois University, 1994