This is a project to create a great Vietnamese textbook for students of the language to learn in an intuitive way.
Vietnamese is a fairly simple language in terms of grammar but has many features that can trip learners up, not the least of which is all the tones. Even the letters appear similar to those in English but are pronounced completely differently. This means that words that look similar in Vietnamese have vastly different pronunciations and meanings.
I'd like to teach words like this together, so that learners can see the difference and remember the words more easily. It will include more language-learning tehniques and ideas as well as motivation. I want to include real signs and usage of Vietnamese from Vietnam.
I want to have useful sections in here like what you need to have conversations at the market and getting things fixed on your motorbike, ordering food over the food. We want you to speak from day one so there will be lots of topics and phrases you can use to get people to repeat themselves, talk more slowly etc
So much of the Vietnamese language is influenced by their legends and history so we will talk about that as we go along.
I've been frustrated by the dearth of quality, modern material for learning Vietnamese as a foreigners. More popular languages have so much material for learning so each learner can choose their own method. Vietnamese doesn't have much in the way of cohesive material so I want to collect and share as much here as I can.
Feel free to suggest any additions or edits that could improve this resource.
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