Learning Vietnamese

Book excerpt: Dive into language learning with this comprehensive introduction to Vietnamese! This book teaches you to speak, read and write Vietnamese quickly through practical everyday conversations and concise notes on everything from pronunciation and tones to grammar. All Vietnamese words and sentences are given in the usual forms with phonetic equivalents for easy pronunciation, along with English meanings. The key features of this book include: Carefully-designed lessons for beginners with no prior experience Basic vocabulary and sentence patterns used in daily conversations Extensive exercises and drills to help you practice what you have learned Cultural notes to help you understand Vietnamese customs and norms Free native-speaker audio recordings and printable flash cards available online Suitable for classroom use or self-study, the book includes useful notes and explanations on sentence structure, honorific forms, idiomatic expressions, and etiquette dos and don'ts. A useful dictionary of commonly-used Vietnamese words and phrases is provided at the back. This is a complete language learning course for beginners, making it the all-in-one guide that the apps don't offer!