Overview | Summary of Courses

Offered By:	ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Academic Contact:	Bao Thai

Description

Vietnamese is the national and official language of Vietnam and is spoken world-wide in the Vietnamese diaspora. In fact it is also the sixth most-spoken language in Australia. Knowledge of the Vietnamese language is indispensable for anyone one wishing to understand Vietnamese culture and society—both in Vietnam and in the diaspora. Given Australia’s close ties with Vietnam since re-unification a knowledge of the language is valued in a wide range of professions, both in Australia and internationally.

A student may not take a course if that course is a prerequisite for another course which they have already passed.

Students with prior knowledge of the language will be required to take a placement test.

 

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the Vietnamese language major students should be able to:

1. express themselves well in a formal or informal register, appropriate to the situation and to the people to whom one is speaking.
2. read and understand newspapers and other texts in Vietnamese
3. engage with authentic Vietnamese language media
4. write in Vietnamese in the appropriate style using the correct grammar and the vocabulary appropriate the genre, contents and audience
5. Write, perform and record presentations or interviews in Vietnamese either individually or in cooperative groups, and answer questions based on those performances or interviews

 

Course Lists

The course lists in the "Requirements" section below is a definitive list and includes all courses that can be counted towards the major, whether or not they are offered in the current year. For a list of courses that will be offered in the current year, please see the Summary of Courses page.

Requirements

This minor requires the completion of 24 units from the following course list:

INDN3004           Readings in Southeast Asian Culture

INDN3005           Advanced Readings in Southeast Asian Culture

VIET1002             Vietnamese 1A

VIET1003             Vietnamese 1B

VIET1006             Vietnamese 1A: In-Country

VIET1007             Vietnamese 1B: In-Country

VIET2002             Vietnamese 2A

VIET2003             Vietnamese 2B

VIET3002             Vietnamese 3A

VIET3003             Vietnamese 3B

VIET3004             Vietnamese for Nationals A

VIET3005             Vietnamese for Nationals B

VIET3015             English - Vietnamese Translation

 

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