Learning Outcomes

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

1. Use an active Vietnamese vocabulary of around 1,000 items and a passive vocabulary of around 2,000 items.
2. Recognise and use more complex grammatical forms of Vietnamese and draw on a broader vocabulary to write about or engage in conversation on familiar topics encountered in everyday life e.g. school, work and leisure activities.
3. Communicate appropriately with native speakers on topics such as health and illness, seeing a doctor, renting a house, describing places, people and personality, and talking about one’s experiences.
4. Produce clear and coherent written text and oral speech on familiar topics using appropriate linking words.
5. Develop a general understanding of Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary and comprehend the most common Sino-Vietnamese prefixes and suffixes.
6. Demonstrate a cultural understanding and awareness of “taboos” and “need-to-do” things in formal communication in Vietnam.

Other Information

On successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to engage at an Intermediate level of Vietnamese. 

 

Students with native speaker proficiency (may include cognate languages and dialects) must review the language proficiency assessment site and contact the CAP Student Centre for appropriate enrolment advice. Students with previous “language experience or exposure” are required to undertake a language proficiency assessment to ensure enrolment at the most appropriate level. 

 

Relevant past experience includes: 

- Previous study of the language (both formal and informal, for example but not limited to, at school, or, home, or through online activities, etc.) 

- Being exposed to the language in childhood via a family member or friend 

- Travel or living in a country where the language is spoken 

- The language being spoken in your home (even if you do not speak it yourself) 

 

Students who are not sure if they need to undertake a language proficiency assessment should seek advice from the course or language convenor. Students who intentionally misrepresent their language proficiency level may be investigated under the Academic Integrity Rule 2021 as having failed to comply with assessment directions and having sought unfair advantage. This may result in a penalty such as reduced grades or failure of the course. 

 

Students are not permitted to enrol in a language course below one that they have already successfully completed, except with permission of the language and/or course convenor. 

Indicative Assessment

1. Periodic Weekly Assignments (40) [LO 1,2]
2. Mid-term Oral Presentation (10) [LO 1,2,3]
3. Final Oral Presentation (10) [LO 1,2,3]
4. Mid-term Written Exam (15) [LO 1,2,3,4]
5. Final Written Exam (15) [LO 1,2,3,4]
6. Class participation (10) [LO 1,2,3,4]

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Workload

The total workload for the subject is 130 hours over 12 weeks of class and the examination period.

Each week students are expected to study for at least 10 hours as follows:

1. 90 minutes studying the written and audio materials for the week e.g. dialogues/ conversations, oral practice and vocabulary, and preparing for the next lesson. 
2. 180 minutes, participating in two 90-minute online sessions. 
3. 120 minutes reviewing the online lessons e.g. reviewing the class recordings, organising their notes and studying new grammar and vocabulary introduced in class. 
4. 90 minutes completing regular exercises and self-practice, and reviewing feedback on their work. 
5. 120 minutes of independent study

Students are expected to study for at least 10 hours for the exams.

Inherent Requirements

Not applicable

Requisite and Incompatibility

Prescribed Texts

Nguyen Van Hue et.al., Vietnamese as a Second Language II (VSL 2), Giao Duc Publishing House, Ho Chi Minh City, 2003 

(Textbook and all course materials will be available to students on the course Wattle site)

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