Syllabus: This course will provide students with a solid working competence in basic Vietnamese. After completing the course, students will able to use basic Vietnamese appropriately, correctly and with some degree of spontaneity and variation in a number of very commonly occurring situations and interactions. Students will acquire: an active, well-pronounced command of the core vocabulary of Vietnamese that is close to 1,000 of the very frequently used words in everyday conversation; and a working command of the most frequent features of Vietnamese grammar.
Placements will be subject to availability and security assessment. Participants are advised that due to circumstances beyond the University’s control (for example: the onset of specific international security concerns, or international health crises) it may not be possible for this program to run or it may be terminated at short notice or without notice. STUDENTS ENTER THIS PROGRAM AT THEIR OWN RISK.
Indicative Assessment
Proposed Assessment: Class performance, attendance and participation (10 per cent); three tests (30 per cent); mid-program written exam (15 per cent); mid-program oral exam (15 per cent); final program written test (15 per cent); project presentation (15 per cent)
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Workload
Contact Hours: The course will be taught over a period of one month or approximately 70 contact hours in central Vietnam.
Requisite and Incompatibility
You will need to contact the School of Culture History and Language to request a permission code to enrol in this course.
Prescribed Texts
Prescribed Text: Hue, Nguyen Van (ed), Vietnamese as a Second Language I (VSL 1), ANU College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University- HCMC, 2003
Nguyen Bich Thuan, Marybeth Clark, Nguyen Long, Spoken Vietnamese For Beginners, Northern IllinoisUniversity, 1994
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Students continuing in their current program of study will have their tuition fees indexed annually from the year in which you commenced your program. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1994-2003 | $1218 | |
| 2014 | $2808 | |
| 2013 | $2808 | |
| 2012 | $2808 | |
| 2011 | $2778 | |
| 2010 | $2718 | |
| 2009 | $2670 | |
| 2008 | $2592 | |
| 2007 | $2298 | |
| 2006 | $2190 | |
| 2005 | $2190 | |
| 2004 | $1926 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 1994-2003 | $3402 |
| 2014 | $3942 |
| 2013 | $3942 |
| 2012 | $3942 |
| 2011 | $3942 |
| 2010 | $3942 |
| 2009 | $3816 |
| 2008 | $3816 |
| 2007 | $3816 |
| 2006 | $3816 |
| 2005 | $3816 |
| 2004 | $3816 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Summer Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1393 | 01 Jan 2014 | 24 Jan 2014 | 24 Jan 2014 | 31 Mar 2014 | In Person | N/A |
Winter Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5671 | 01 Jul 2014 | 18 Jul 2014 | 18 Jul 2014 | 30 Sep 2014 | In Person | N/A |
