Advanced Vietnamese I

Catalog description

Advanced Vietnamese I course is designed for both heritage and non-heritage students who have successfully completed the Intermediate Vietnamese course or have equivalent level of proficiency. This course helps students to acquire a wide range of vocabulary, colloquial expressions, and idioms. Students will be able to understand all common grammar rules in Vietnamese. It is for students who wish to express themselves fluently and spontaneously without searching for expressions. Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary (Han-Viet) will be learned to a greater extent because 70% of the lower-level Vietnamese is “pure Viet” but about 70% of the upper-level vocabulary is Han-Viet. The course covers a variety of aspects of Vietnam via a communicative, proficiency-oriented approach. Students are encouraged to perform debates, oral presentations, and written expositions. Project-based learning will be a part of the assessed activities and language learning technology will be applied throughout the course. Vietnamese is the language used entirely in this course.