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Arizona State University
School of International Letters and Cultures

Elementary Vietnamese
VTN 101 & VTN 102 in hybrid mode

Instructor: Lê Phạm Thúy-Kim
Office Hours: M & Th: 10:30-11:30 and by appointment

Office: Room 413C - Durham Language & Literature Bldg
Telephone: 480 965-3794
 

Course Description
These courses are designed to introduce the students to Vietnamese language and culture and develop the students' speaking, listening, reading and writing competence.  These skills will be emphasized through dialogues, reading passages and authentic materials as well as listening comprehension and communicative exercises. Students will also learn and develop cultural awareness through information on Vietnamese culture.

Course Objectives
By the end of the semester, the students should be able to

  • introduce and talk about themselves, their family, and others
  • ask for and give information about schools, daily activities, hobbies, pastimes and other interests
  • describe and identify things and people
  • do shopping for food and other items
  • order food and beverages
  • answer and talk on the phone
  • understand Vietnamese well enough to carry out routine tasks and engage in simple conversations
  • read and write short paragraphs, notes, and short letters.

Course Materials
Let's Speak Vietnamese by Lê Phạm Thúy-Kim and Nguyễn Bích Thuận
Workbook Manual to accomany Let's Speak VN  by Lê Phạm Thúy-Kim

Course Requirements

  • Class attendance, participation and full attention
  • Access to high speed internet to read online assignments, listen to audio clips, and watch video clips
  • Check Blackboar courseware in my.asu and read email messages at least 3 times weekly
  • Ability to create documents in Vietnamese using Unicode fonts
  • Reading assigned readings, preparation for discussion both in class and online, and writing analysis of the text 
  • Quizzes and tests
  • All other assignments as assigned

Hybrid Course Requirements
Is online/hybrid learning for you? Please take time to visit the following web sites to find out if online/hybrid learning is right for you and what kinds of requirements for students enrolled in online/hybrid learning.

http://asuonline.asu.edu/student-resources/getting-started/readiness-quiz

http://asuonline.asu.edu/student-resources/computer-requirements

Access to my.asu.
Enrolled students must go to my.asu.edu to access detailed syllabus, tentative course schedule, weekly schedules (posted weekly) and other course documents and engage in online discussion via Discussion Board of My.ASU

Using VN Unicode fonts
 Go to the following web site to learn how to create document with Unicode font:
http://vietunicode.sourceforge.net/howto/


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Created and maintained by Lê Phạm Thúy-Kim
Last updated August, 2009
email:  kim dot le at  asu dot edu