For beginning learners of Vietnamese, here's everything needed to learn
the language effectively!
Speak, read and write Vietnamese as it's actually used in real-life
contexts in Vietnam today. This book has everything you need to learn
the language effectively and to quickly achieve basic proficiency.
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No prior knowledge of Vietnamese is necessary
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Learn to communicate in everyday situations
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Connect with the cultural context of the language
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Includes 8 hours of native-speaker audio recordings
Elementary Vietnamese was originally developed for classroom use at
Harvard University and is designed to provide a solid grounding in
Vietnamese grammar, usage and pronunciation. The lessons are carefully
structured to guide you through the essential sentence patterns from
your first encounter with them in dialogues to more detailed
explanations and exercises. Each lesson contains a helpful cultural note
and commonly-used proverbs and idiomatic expressions.
This revised edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect recent
developments in the language and culture. It includes audio recordings
by native Vietnamese speakers for all of the lessons. Innovative
pronunciation drills help you to improve your pronunciation and new
usage examples, exercises and photos explore the diversity, heritage and
history of today's Vietnam.