The perfect book for beginners to learn all the basics of Vietnamese! Reading & Writing Vietnamese is an easy way to learn how to pronounce, read and write all the complicated sounds of Vietnamese-- including the difficult-to-pronounce consonants, vowels and tones. It is specifically designed for beginners with no previous experience in studying or speaking the language.
This easy-to-use workbook has lessons teaching you how to pronounce each consonant and vowel sound correctly and how to distinguish the tones. It comes with free native-speaker audio recordings that allow you to practice hearing and speaking the sounds and basic vocabulary and phrases.
Author Tri C. Tran has over 20 years of experience as a Vietnamese language teacher and has designed a series of lessons that are perfect for beginners.
The book includes:- A basic introduction to all the sounds of the language and how to read and write them
- The system of Vietnamese tones--how to distinguish them and pronounce them correctly
- Free audio recordings by native speakers help you accurately pronounce Vietnamese
- Free downloadable flashcards to help you learn the Vietnamese alphabet and basic vocabulary
- Extensive exercises (including dialogues, listening drills, building sentences, fill-in-the blanks, readings, and multiple-choice) to reinforce each lesson
- Interesting cultural information on Vietnamese customs, pastimes, foods and everyday life
- An index of grammatical terms and a Vietnamese-English glossary
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| About This Book |
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| Introduction to the Vietnamese Language |
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The Vietnamese Writing System |
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Vietnamese Dialects and Tones |
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An Index of Grammatical terms |
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Terms of Address and Third-Person Reference |
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Chapter One The Vietnamese Writing System |
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Greetings and Self-introduction |
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Two- and Three-Letter Combinations |
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Spelling and Pronunciation |
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Note on Pronunciation Guide |
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Chapter Two Vowels and Vowel Accent Marks |
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Professions and Description of People |
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Notes on Vowels and Spelling |
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Chapter Three Semi-Vowels, Diphthongs, Triphthongs |
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Notes on Consonant Letters |
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Chapter Five Tones - Tone Marks |
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Notes on Tone Marks (Accent Marks / Diacritics) |
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Chapter Six Sentence Structure - Intonation |
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Chapter Seven Useful Words, Phrases and Sentences |
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Useful Words, Phrases and Sentences |
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Chapter Eight Terms of Address: A Cultural Aspect |
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Chapter Nine Particles: "Flavors" of the Sentences |
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Chapter Ten The Main Dialects of Vietnamese |
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Holidays and Entertainment |
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The Main Dialects of Vietnamese |
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| Answer Key to Practice Exercises |
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| Vietnamese-English Vocabulary |
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| English-Vietnamese Vocabulary |
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Tri C. Tran, PhD. is a lecturer of Vietnamese at the University of California, Irvine. He has a Ph.D and a M.A. (Romance Linguistics and Literatures), and a B.A. (Spanish Linguistics) from UCLA. He also teaches Spanish and French language and linguistics, Romance linguistics, English as a Second Language and English Academic Writing. His publications include Vietnamese language texts and a bilingual dictionary for students of linguistics. He is the author of Vietnamese Stories for Language Learners.
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