Learn Vietnamese from Native Speakers
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Learn Vietnamese Table of Contents - Basic Dialogues
Each of the ten lessons begins with a Basic Dialogue which forms the core of the lesson. A student controls a lesson to the extent to which he has learned the dialogue by heart. Thorough memorization of the dialogue means thorough mastery of the text. Memorization is achieved by direct imitation of the audio material.
Basic Dialogues are presented with their English equivalents. Numbered utterances in the dialogues are basic sentences. New words or phrases occuring in a basic sentence for the first time are listed separately, immediately before the sentence, as breakdowns. They are intendented and not numbered.
The audio which accompanies these lessons includes as Basic Dialogues, Drills, and Supplements. The material is recorded with a "beep" signal that tells the students step by step what to do:
- One short beep means - Listen
- One long beep means - Repeat
- Two short beeps means - Participate
- Two long beeps means - Redo the same segment
The dialogue is taught in segments first, then as a whole. The steps involved are:
- Listening
- Memorizing by repetition of break-downs and whole sentences
- Developing fluency by additional repetition of whole sentences
- Participating by assuming one role in the dialogue,
- Confirming comprehension by re-listing.
During the fourth step, when a student participates in a segment of the dialogue, his utterances are confirmed on the audio immediately following the space provided for his participation.
Unit 1 - Hello, how are you, where are you going, to the train station
Unit 2 - Directions to the hotel and street address
Unit 3 - Introducing your self, what is your name, when did you arrive?
Unit 4 - Banking and telling time
Unit 5 - What time is it? When are you arriving? Buying gasoline
Unit 6 - I'm hungry, do you want to go eat? Shop or goto a restaurant
Unit 7 - Going to a bookstore for a Vietnamese - English dictionary
Unit 8 - Continued from Unit 7 - where do I pay?
Unit 9 - Describing modes of transportation
Unit 10 - Asking directions to the market
Unit 11 - Time words, Counting people, going to and from the airport
Unit 12 - Ordering food
Unit 13 - Introductions with people
Unit 14 - Asking about family
Unit 15 - Making hotel reservations
