Vietnamese Language Minor

Total units 24 Units

Areas of interest Asian Languages, Asian Studies, Asia Pacific Studies, Language Studies, Asia-Pacific Studies
Minor code VIET-MIN

Academic career Undergraduate

Vietnamese is the national and official language of Vietnam and is spoken world-wide in the Vietnamese diaspora. In fact it is also the sixth most-spoken language in Australia. Knowledge of the Vietnamese language is indispensable for anyone one wishing to understand Vietnamese culture and society—both in Vietnam and in the diaspora. Given Australia’s close ties with Vietnam since re-unification a knowledge of the language is valued in a wide range of professions, both in Australia and internationally.

A student may not take a course if that course is a prerequisite for another course which they have already passed.

Students with prior knowledge of the language will be required to take a placement test.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the Vietnamese language major students should be able to:

express themselves well in a formal or informal register, appropriate to the situation and to the people to whom one is speaking.
read and understand newspapers and other texts in Vietnamese
engage with authentic Vietnamese language media
write in Vietnamese in the appropriate style using the correct grammar and the vocabulary appropriate the genre, contents and audience
Write, perform and record presentations or interviews in Vietnamese either individually or in cooperative groups, and answer questions based on those performances or interviews

Course Lists

The course lists in the "Requirements" section below is a definitive list and includes all courses that can be counted towards the major, whether or not they are offered in the current year.

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Requirements

This minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:

24 units from completion of the following course(s):

Code	Title	Units
INDN3004	Readings in Southeast Asian Culture	6
INDN3005	Advanced Readings in Southeast Asian Culture	6
VIET1002	Vietnamese 1A	6
VIET1003	Vietnamese 1B	6
VIET1006	Vietnamese 1A: In-Country	6
VIET1007	Vietnamese 1B: In-Country	6
VIET2002	Vietnamese 2A	6
VIET2003	Vietnamese 2B	6
VIET3002	Vietnamese 3A	6
VIET3003	Vietnamese 3B	6
	VIET 3004: Vietnamese for Nationals A
	VIET 3005: Vietnamese for Nationals B
VIET3015	English - Vietnamese Translation	6

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