VIETNAMESE

Linguistics 19 Syllabus

 

PURPOSE:  Speaking conversational Vietnamese (Southern variety supplemented by Northern variety in later lessons).

 

MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF CREDIT AVAILABLE: 4 units

 

MATERIAL ASSIGNED:

Robert B. Jones, Jr. & Huyn Sanh Thong, Spoken Vietnamese (SV).

LL Call Number: PL/4372/J6

 

Eleanor Harz Jorden et al. (Foreign Service Institute),  Vietnamese Basic Course, volumes 1 & 2. (VIE)

LL Call Numbers: PL/4372/U5  (2 vols)

 

Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Colloquial Vietnamese (CV).

LL Call Number: PL/4373/N49

 

RESTRICTION: None

 

MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF CREDIT AVAILABLE: 4 units

 

METHOD OF STUDY:

At the beginning of the course, listen once to the tapes corresponding to Sounds of Southern Vietnamese, Part 1 of SV, in order to facilitate and sharpen your pronunciation of Vietnamese. Part 1 will not be tested.

For each of the other assigned Lessons in SV, study as follows:

1.      Listen to the entire dialogue while following the English translation in the book to tell you what the

foreign sentences mean.

2.      Listen again while following the foreign transcription to help you with details in the pronunciation.

3.      Listen again with the book half-closed—look inside only when you need reminders about the meaning

or pronunciation.

4.      Replay individual phrases and say them aloud without referring to the book if possible. Imitate the

voice on tape as closely as you can. Replay and repeat each phrase, then add phrases together to build

a full sentence. Continue to build phrases into sentences in this way, until you can say the complete

sentence easily and in unison with the tape while understanding what you are saying. Use the book

only for occasional reference.

5.      Say the sentences of the dialogue along with the speaker on the tape again and again until you can

produce the foreign sentences easily and quickly given only the English ones as cues.

 

When you get to Lesson VII of SV, "The Vietnamese Writing System," you may study it in order to be able to use the Vienamese orthography as an aid to listening, but it will not be tested. You may want to study other sections of the text, especially the Grammar Notes or Notes on the Basic Dialogue sections, but they are not part of the course and will not be tested.

 

For each assigned lesson of CV use the procedure to study each CONVERSATION.   You can avoid having to review for examinations by cramming if you begin each study session by spending 15 minutes playing quickly through a few previous dialogues to keep previously learned material fresh in mind. You are not assigned any of the drills or exercises in these materials.

 

EXAMINATION:

Supervisor says the English version of sentences chosen at random from conversations in the assigned

material; the student says the Vietnamese equivalent.  The grade is based on both fluency and accuracy.  All

exams are 30 minutes. Final is not cumulative.

 

ASSIGNMENT:

 

Navajo Basic Course (NME)

Block 1: SV Part I, and  Part II Lessons I-VI

Block 5: VIE Lessons 6-15, & CV Lessons 1-2

Block 2: SV Lessons VII-XII

Block 6: CV Lessons 3-6

Block 3:  SV Lessons XIII-XVI

Block 7: CV Lessons 7-10

Block 4:  SV Lessons XVII- XIX, & VIE Lesson 1-5

Block 8: CV Lessons 11-14

 

 2 Units                                                                                                           4 Units 

 STUDY TIME= 6 hrs/wk                                                                                STUDY TIME= 12 hrs/wk        

 MIDTERM= Block 1                                                                                      MIDTERM= Blocks 1 & 2                        

 FINAL= Block 2                                                                                            FINAL= Blocks 3 & 4