An introduction to contemporary spoken and written Vietnamese. This course introduces the tones, essential syntax and the writing system of the Vietnamese language. By working through a series of graded and contextualised dialogues the students will begin to develop reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. The context of language use includes greetings, the individual, the family, time and date. Attention is given to the social and cultural context of language use.   

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. Recognise and pronounce properly all six Vietnamese tones that construct words.
2. Use an active vocabulary of around 500 items and a passive vocabulary of around 1,000 items.
3. Recognise and produce practised phrase and sentence structures in colloquial Vietnamese, to conduct basic conversations, write short notes, and read basic phrases on everyday topics.
4. Communicate in speech and writing on basic forms of greeting, questions about personal details with slow speech, statements on the quantity and quality of things they encounter, and statements about friends, acquaintances and places of living and working.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of cultural communication practices in family, at work places and living communities.

Required Resources

Vietnamese One by Bao Thai, Nguyen Van Hue and Tran Thi Gioi, ANU 2019

VSL 1, Nguyen Van Hue and Tran Thi Gioi, USSH, VNU 2012

Staff Feedback

Students will be given feedback in the following forms in this course:

• Written comments
• Verbal comments
• Feedback to the whole class, to groups, to individuals, focus groups

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Class Schedule

Week/Session	Summary of Activities	Assessment
1	Xin l?i, b?n tên là gì? Excuse me. What’s yourname? Particles ? and d? Corpula là Conjunction còn Question word ai Pronunciation of The Vietnamese alphabetical system	Feb 25- Mar.1 Assignment 1 (Based on Study Materials and Oral Practices of the Week and be submitted on Wattle) Due Mar. 1, 2019
2	Ch? là ngu?i Vi?t, ph?i không ?? You’re Vietnamese, aren’t you, Miss? Demonstratives: dây, dó, kia Adverb: Ðang Constructions: ph?i không and du?c không/ có th? du?c không?	Mar.4- Mar. 8 Assignment 2: (Based on Study Materials and Oral Practices of the Week and be submitted on Wattle) Due Mar. 8, 2019
3	Mar.11 Canberra Day B?n di dâu d?y? Where are you going? Interrogative words: dâu/ ? dâu, bao nhiêu/ m?y. Final particle: d?y Possesive word: c?a Existential verb: có	Mar.11- Mar.15 Assignment 3: (Based on Study Materials and Oral Practices of the Week and be submitted on Wattle) Due Mar. 15, 2019
4	M?y gi? r?i, ch?? What’s time is it, Miss? Adverbs: dã, s?p, s? Question words: Ch?ng nào/ bao gi?/ h?i nào Adverb r?t Final particle nhé Ways of telling the time	Mar.18- Mar. 22 Assignment 4: (Based on Study Materials and Oral Practices of the Week and be submitted on Wattle) Due Mar. 22, 2019
5	Bu?i t?i b?n thu?ng làm gì? What do you often do in the evenings? Adverbs of frequency: ít khi, th?nh tho?ng, thu?ng, luôn luôn Question words: Bao lâu, bao lâu r?i, bao lâu n?a, bao xa Comparative words: b?ng, hon, nh?t	Mar.25- Mar. 29 Assignment 5: (Based on Study Materials and Oral Practices of the Week and be submitted on Wattle) Due Mar 29, 2019
6	Ba tôi m?i d?n dây chi?u hôm qua My dad just came here yesterday afternoon Revision: Adverbs of time: Ðã, dang, s?p, s? Interrogative words: Bao gi?, bao lâu, bao xa MID-TERM WRITTEN EXAMINATION: April 4, 2019	April 1- April 5 Oral Presentation 1 April 2, 2019. (students booking with the lecturer)
7	B?n di v?i chúng tôi nhé? Will you go with us, please? If condition: n?u…thì…/ N?u nhu… thì… Constructions: C?… d?u… T?t c?… d?u… Final particles: nh? and nhé.	April 24- April 26 Assignment 6: (Based on Study Materials and Oral Practices of the Week and be submitted on Wattle) Due April 26, 2019
8	Em mu?nd?n thu vi?n I’d like to get to the library Constructions: không …dâu Ch?…thôi. Adverb: l?m	April 29- May 3 Assignment 7: (Based on Study Materials and Oral Practices of the Week and be submitted on Wattle) Due May 3, 2019
9	Anh dã di Melbourne bao gi? chua? Have you ever been to Melbourne before? Constructions: dã… chua?/ Ðã bao gi? …chua? Naò… cung… …nào cung…	May 6- May 10 Assignment 8: (Based on Study Materials and Oral Practices of the Week and be submitted on Wattle) Due May 10, 2019
10	Xin l?i, anh mu?n mua gì ?? What would you like to buy, please? Classifier cái Construction: …gì …cung/ …gì cung…	May 13- May 17 Assignment 9: (Based on Study Materials and Oral Practices of the Week and be submitted on Wattle) Due May 17, 2019
11	X?n l?i, các cô dùng gì ?? What would you like to order, please? Ð?u Construction: m?i…m?t…	May 20- May 24 Assignment 10: (Based on Study Materials and Oral Practices of the Week and be submitted on Wattle) Due May 24, 2019
12	Chi?u th? ba tu?n sau tôi s? v? I’ll be back next Tuesday afternoon Revision: r?t, l?m and quá bao gi?/ bao lâu/ bao xa/bao nhiêu nào..cung…/ gì…cung… Final written examination: June 6, 2019	May 27-31 Oral Presentation 2 May 28, 2019 (students booking with the lecturer)

Assessment Summary

Assessment task	Value	Due Date	Return of assessment	Learning Outcomes
Weekly assignments (30%)	30 %	04/03/2019	04/07/2019	1,2,3,4
Midterm Oral Presentation (10%)	10 %	02/04/2019	04/07/2019	1,2,3,4,5
Final Oral Presentation (10%)	10 %	28/05/2019	04/07/2019	1,2,3,4,5
Midterm Written Examination (25%)	25 %	04/04/2019	04/07/2019	1,2,3,4,5
Final Written Examination (25%)	25 %	06/06/2019	04/07/2019	1,2,3,4,5

* If the Due Date and Return of Assessment date are blank, see the Assessment Tab for specific Assessment Task details

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Assessment Task 1

Weekly assignments (30%)

Dates of submission:

Assignt 1: 2019-3-4

Assgnt2: 2019-3-8

Assgnt 3: 2019-3-15

Assgnt 4: 2019-3-22

Assgnt 5: 2019-03-29

Assgnt 6: 2019-4-26

Assgnt 7: 2019-5-3

Assgnt 8: 2019-5-10

Assgnt 9: 2019-5-17

Assgnt 10: 2019-5-24

Weekly Assignments: (3 points/each, totaled 30 points) in oral and written forms

·       In oral form: Student will go through the dialogues/ substitution parts/ Reading Parts (to be specified each week), record and submit the audio recordings to wattle.

·       In written form: Student will go through the exercises (to be specified) from the book ( on grammatical and lexical points, comprehension questions or writing passages), type and submit them to Wattle Site in Word Document.

Assessment Task 2

Midterm Oral Presentation (10%)

Preparation time: 30 minutes.

Each student is required to interact with the examiner on a text of 70-100 words and then present one of the four topics (notified in advanced).

Time length for presentation: 5 minutes. 

Text Interaction (40%): Student to read aloud the text and answer 3 questions (regarding the text on grammatical/ lexical/comprehension aspects)

Oral presentation: 60%

The speech is marked on choice of vocabulary, grammatical structures, richness in content, clarity, poise, juncture and delivery plus students interactions to the examiner.

Assessment Task 3

Final Oral Presentation (10%)

Preparation time: 30 minutes.

Each student is required to interact with the examiner on a text of 70-100 words and then present one of the four topics (notified in advanced).

Time length for presentation: 5 minutes. 

Text Interaction (40%): Student to read aloud the text and answer 3 questions (regarding the text on grammatical/ lexical/comprehension aspects)

Oral presentation: 60%

The speech is marked on choice of vocabulary, grammatical structures, richness in content, clarity, poise, juncture and delivery plus students interactions to the examiner.

Assessment Task 4

Midterm Written Examination (25%)

Time length: 70 minutes

Examination papers' format

Part One: Vocabulary (the lexical items learned during the semester with the formats used in the textbook, valued at 25%)

Part Two: Structures (grammatical points learned during the semester with the formats used in the textbook, valued at 25%)

Part Three: Reading Comprehension: Student to answer the comprehension questions about a text of 100- 120 words, valued at 30%)

Part Four: Writing: Students to re-arrange/ build up/ convert sentences or a short paragraph with prompts given (of about 70-100 words)

Assessment Task 5

Final Written Examination (25%)

Time length: 70 minutes

Examination papers' format

Part One: Vocabulary (the lexical items learned during the semester with the formats used in the textbook, valued at 25%)

Part Two: Structures (grammatical points learned during the semester with the formats used in the textbook, valued at 25%)

Part Three: Reading Comprehension: Student to answer the comprehension questions about a text of 100- 120 words, valued at 30%)

Part Four: Writing: Students to re-arrange/ build up/ convert sentences or a short paragraph with prompts given (of about 70-100 words)

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