Spoken Vietnamese for Beginners

This textbook is designed for English-speaking students wishing to acquire a basic working ability in conversational Vietnamese. The twenty lessons in this volume are centered around short conversations based on common topicsintroductions, friends and family members, workas well as other everyday situations. Each set of conversations builds on previously studied material and introduces new sentence structures. Spoken Vietnamese for Beginners also contains exercise sections that allow students to practice new and old vocabulary. Every fifth lesson in the book reviews previously covered material with written exercises, narrative readings, and suggested conversations so students can practice the Vietnamese they have learned. Self-tests are also included so students can individually review their understanding of the language. The conversations and exercises in this textbook will be made available online as audio files. The book and accompanying audioan integral component to Spoken Vietnamese for Beginnerscan be used either with a teacher or for self-study. Language professors and their studentsor those learning Vietnamese on their ownwill appreciate the accessible approach and manageable size of this very practical textbook.