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.

Building towards confident spoken and literacy skills in modern Vietnamese

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

Four hours per week. Students should contact the course convenor Dr Bao Thai for details of class times.

Vietnamese 1B (VIET1003 OR SEAV1003) or equivalent.

SEAV2002 and VIET6002

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

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