Course Information
Course Overview
Quickly learn practical and functional Vietnamese!
Recent Testimonials:
"I am a 28 year old Vietnamese born in America, with parents from Southern Vietnam region. I've lived my life with an OK ability to converse and a good amount of vocab, but I never learned it properly. Unfortunately, there's very few resources for learning English-> Viet Southern Dialect, since the Northern/Hanoi dialect is the official preference and more relevant for business. Since there were very few resources for improving Southern dialect, I mostly gave up on developing my own Vietnamese. So I was very happy to see a course specifically aimed for Southern dialect on Udemy! After completing this course, I am really pleased with the quality of the lessons. Greg is comprehensive, thorough and attuned to the tonal nuances of the language. So if you're like me, a Viet Kieu with a desire to improve, this is an excellent course and I highly recommend it." - Kim T
"Although I have not completed the course yet, I have already benefited greatly from Greg's insight of the Vietnamese language." - Gerald Morton
"I've taken lessons from several Vietnamese teachers and this one is my favorite by far!" - Tiffany Bennet
"Love the building-blocks approach." - Tony Luvonne
This course is for anyone who wants to become fluent in the Vietnamese language or simply learn some conversational phrases and vocabulary before making a trip to Vietnam. It's also for anyone seeking to simply communicate with your Vietnamese friends or neighbors.
It is designed to teach you Vietnamese in the shortest possible time frame by using the same strategies that I used when I first learned the language while living in Vietnam. I'll teach you tricks and tips along the way that allow you to understand popular phrases and slang, as well as how to properly pronounce the difficult tones and accents of Vietnamese.
I have structured the course into short, instructional videos that allow you to focus on one subject at a time without getting overloaded with too much information. I have adapted some of the grammar and sentence structures from the very popular language textbooks used at the University of Sociology and Language Arts in Ho Chi Minh City which are the core building blocks of the language.
Everything in the course is useful in everyday situations so you will never be spending time studying something that is not totally applicable in the real world right away. Most language courses have a lot of this kind of superfluous material which is quite inefficient and waste a lot of time covering unnecessary vocabulary and grammar rules. Our course is designed for efficiency AND proficiency.
Course Content
- 4 section(s)
- 20 lecture(s)
- Section 1 The Alphabet, Tones, Pronouns, and Basic Vocab
- Section 2 Questions, Tag Words, Ordering Food, Taxi Lingo
- Section 3 Important Adjectives, Verbs, Food, and Clothing
- Section 4 Bringing it All Together
What You’ll Learn
- Communicate conversationally in Vietnamese
- Learn popular Vietnamese slang
- Learn every day Vietnamese phrases
- Learn the Vietnamese tones and pronunciation
- Learn how to travel around Vietnam
- Learn how to order food at a restaurant in Vietnam
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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DDavid Lee
Great and precise instruction.
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MMohamed
It has been a mistake to buy a course in a language as complex as Vietnamese taught by a foreigner who only learned the language a few years ago. I have only done 15% of the course and so far there are several very serious errors. For example, in lesson 4 of section 1 it says this: bạn là người Mỹ: I'm American And it is incorrect since that means: You are American. And like this a lot. In addition to the fact that the slides are not synchronized with what the teacher says and they take a long time to appear. The problem is that Udemy doesn't allow me to request a refund because they say I have already made enough progress with the course. I feel cheated by both Udemy and the teacher for offering such a low quality course This course is not recommended at all
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MMelissa Hines
Appreciate the colloquials.
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DDonald Vass
This course was an excellent opportunity to become motivated and learn some core principles with this language. The Instructor speaks fluent Vietnamese, resides in the country and shares many tips and resources that are not often found in more "schooled" courses. A fabulous boost to get started with a dynamic language! Thank you, Greg!