Introduction to Vietnamese for new English learners

Introduction to Vietnamese for new English learners

1. Is Vietnamese hard? Differences between VIETNAMESE AND ENGLISH

2. MONOSYLLABIC LANGUAGE Rùa vs Turtle XIN CHÀO

3. Pronunciation: TONES

4. No pronunciation confusion !!

5. No nightmare of grammar NO noun’s gender NO plural forms for nouns NO tenses Simple quantifiers -> There’s hardly any grammatical rule !!

6. Discussion questions 1. What is your motivation/purpose? What is your goal of learning Vietnamese? 2. Do you have any priority between the 4 skills: listening, speaking, writing, reading? 3. Are you a lecture- or discussion-person? 4. Do you like homework? 5. Do you want regular lessons or occasional ones? How much time per week do you plan on studying Vietnamese?