Course Description
A continuation of Elementary Vietnamese. Develops all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Introduces the phonetic system and the Vietnamese script. Another fifteen dialogues contain situation-based conversations which introduce basic vocabulary and grammar. Each lesson contains several culture notes about the country and its customs. Not open to native speakers.
Athena Title
Elementary Vietnamese II
Prerequisite
VIET 1001
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students are expected to be able to sustain an elementary level conversation in Vietnamese. They are expected to be able to use fairly complex grammatical constrictions and a vocabulary of about 900-1000 words.
Topical Outline
Week 1: Dialogue 15 Verb forms Week 2: Dialogue 16 New vocabulary Quoc ngu Topical structure Week 3: Dialogue 17 New vocabulary Structure Week 4: Dialogue 18 New vocabulary Grammar: Past Week 5: Dialogue 19 New vocabulary Grammar: Future tense Week 6: Dialogue 20 New vocabulary The Passive Voice Week 7: Dialogue 21 New vocabulary Idioms Week 8: Dialogue 22 New vocabulary Reading Exercises Week 9: Dialogue 23 New vocabulary Tone exercises Week 10: Dialogue 24 New vocabulary Time Week 11: Dialogue 25 New vocabulary Vocabulary expansion Week 12: Dialogue 26 New vocabulary Sentence building Week 13 Dialogue 27 New vocabulary Tone plays Week 14: Dialogue 28 New vocabulary Nom writing Week 15: Review
General Education Core
CORE IV: World Languages and Global CultureSyllabus