Vietnamese for Beginners by Jake Catlett (PDF)

Description

The Vietnamese language made easy! Vietnamese for Beginners is designed for either self-study or classroom use. It teaches all four language skills – speaking, listening (when used in conjunction with the audio), reading and writing; and offers clear, easy, step-by-step instruction building on what has been previously learned. Lots of exercises and useful phrases. Very user-friendly and fun to use. There is an audio version that follows the book. Three CDs are available separately.

User’s Reviews

Editorial Reviews: About the Author Jake Catlett has been traveling in Vietnam and Southeast Asia since 1998. He has studied the Vietnamese language extensively and he co-developed the Vietnamese for Beginners language course with Huong Nguyen, his long-term friend who has taught the language to many students in the United States and in Vietnam. Their personal experiences, and their contact with students of the Vietnamese language in both countries, have provided them the ability to create the most user-friendly Vietnamese language course for non-Vietnamese speakers. Jake Catlett currently lives in Ho Chi Min City and Huong Nguyen lives in San Francisco.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐Every vietnamese pronunciation is repeated in English. That makes itvery hard for me to focus on the vietnamese. It is alreasy written inEnglish and I know what it means. Why they have to say it again inEnglish? The vietnamese pronunciation is very hard. The English speachdistracting me from focusing on the vietnamese part.I didn’t buy thesebook and CDs to learn English. Major disappointment. I tossed themaway after listening to the first few tracks.

⭐This book is good, but you would need a tutor who speaks Vietnamese for it to be much help. It is impossible to know how to pronounce words in another language. It would be perfect for a classroom setting.

⭐This book is very thorough for learning written Vietnamese. You can order the accompanying CDs directly from the publisher, and they are a must to learn to speak and understand Vietnamese. The CDs don’t give much time to repeat phrases and can be annoying. The sentences can be stupid (e.g. Is this a book or a pencil?), but there’s not a lot out there if you want to learn Vietnamese, and this is some of the most complete information I have seen.

⭐I have studied Vietnamese for several months now, and have tried several different materials. I find that this book, when used with the audio CDs (purchased separately), is a valuable resource.- The text is well-structured, with appropriate vocabulary for new learners.- Sentences and dialogs are applicable for everyday conversation.- Both text and CD have obviously been produced by persons genuinely familiar with learning a language, ie, spacing between words is clear, timely, and without any unnecessary flourishes.Vietnamese is a tonal language, and quite difficult to learn without audio (recordings or tutor). The publisher should consider packaging the CDs with the text.Other helpful materials are: Pimsleur

⭐for quickly developing a basic conversational capability; Rosetta Stone

⭐], if you are disciplined enough to work through the modules regularly, and repeat phrases out loud; Teach Yourself

⭐for a different vocabulary/dialog approach, and; you may want to keep a phrasebook

⭐handy, so you can review a phrase or two while waiting for a friend.Don’t give up! Its a wonderful language. –C4PO

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