Learn Vietnamese Through Stories: Elementary - Volume 1

by Anh Bui, Jack Noble, Imillus Nguyen (Illustrator)

Learning a language doesn’t have to be a chore! One of the easiest and most effective ways to improve in a language is to read for enjoyment. The ten stories in Learn Vietnamese Through Stories are short, fun and beautifully illustrated. Each story is a carefully-crafted work of entertainment, while at the same time providing contextualised samples of everyday language as spoken in contemporary Southern Vietnam. At the end of each story, you will find a glossary, with English translations of the key words and phrases. There is also a section entitled ‘language insights’, which offers a guide to some useful or interesting language features that appear in the story. This section will help deepen your understanding of how Vietnamese works.

47 pages, Paperback

Published May 3, 2019

Reviews

[Joseph Myers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good resource for elementary level learners

This is a good, short book for elementary level learners to get started reading. I didn't say, "beginner level." The stories are simple but you need some knowledge of the language to be able to understand. There is no English translation but there is a vocabulary list at the end of each story.

I found the "Language Insights" at the end of each story to be especially useful. I think those sections alone are worth the price of the book.

[Jacob Kidney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!

So helpful and fun to read! I enjoyed the stories and found the language level to be suitable for me. The vocabulary and grammar topics at the end were great touches. I would attempt to read the story first without looking at the vocabulary list then go back to read it again a second time after looking over the vocabulary. I just got it and have already read it twice. I look forward to reading the second book!

[Safi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can do it