Learn vietnamese

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Gerard1234Member26 September 2015 07:44:06

For years i am working in Vietnam but I never had the time to study vietnamese. At my work all people speak good english and it is for me not necessary to speak any vietnamese. For some months I started to learn vietnamese because outside my work it was more difficult to communicate with the local people. I am surprised how much vietnamese you can already speak and understand after some lessons (3 hours/week). I would also recommend other expats in Vietnam to do the same. Vietnamese people really appreciate if you can speak their language and it is much easier going shopping and do other things outside work. I would like to thank my teacher for this because thanks to her I can speak some basic vietnamese in relative short time. Her name is Giang and if you are interested she can teach you Vietnamese too during day time.
She also showed me the local life and culture. It helped me a lot for better understanding from the vietnamese.

Gr gerard.

BhavnaTeam28 September 2015 06:54:07

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Hello there Gerard,

Welcome to Expat.com

You may recommend your teacher in the directory so that if any member is looking of tutor, he/she will easily find her contacts.

- Private Teachers in Ho Chi Minh City

Best of luck,
Bhavna

thuynguyen88Member09 October 2015 17:01:03

Hi Gerard,

I have been teaching Vietnamese to the foreigners for almost 5 years and I love this job😃 I am making some videos about me teaching Vietnamese. You can check it out via the link below.

Here is the link to my videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l9_FdaZQDk

Hope you enjoyed my videos. Many thanks!

Regards,
Thuy

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Guest2023Guest10 October 2015 02:29:41

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Just some feedback for you. You should slow down when talking,you talk way too quick. The other point is, attach the microphone to your clothes,it will be much better as you wont need to hold it and the sound will be better. Good luck.

thuynguyen88Member10 October 2015 09:54:46

Thanks for your feedback, I'll try attaching the microphone to my clothes, I did think about it but my voice is quite low, and I tried doing as you said but it couldn't be better. The farther I move it, the quieter my voice is getting. You mean my Vietnamese is too fast? I'll slow it down in the next videos.

Gerard1234Member11 October 2015 04:35:25

Hi Thuy. I enjoyed your video. Clear talking. Do you have more videos on youtube . Specially about time.

thuynguyen88Member11 October 2015 05:18:18

Thank you for watching my videos. I do have more about time, I haven't uploaded 3 more videos yet, they are still in my computer, will do it today.
I have a sore throat now so I can't make some more until next week, I am planning to make videos about me teaching vocabulary and grammars, you subscribe my YouTube channel and check it out. Promise to do it as soon as I feel better.

thuynguyen88Member13 October 2015 04:28:30

Here is another one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj7-DR49po8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-ykCN9002s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOxrl32EYFI
Enjoy! I'll do some more soon : )

doronsh16012New member13 October 2015 05:52:57

Hi thuy, Will be nice if you contact me. I am looking for experience teacher. I do speak and need to improve myself.
regards, Doron xxx

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I do believeSerial expat14 October 2015 15:19:41

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I'd like to improve my Vietnamese which is pretty basic right now. The problem is I don't want to pay for lessons and I can't just meet a Native Vietnamese speaker because they don't know the fundamentals of teaching. In clear English that means I am cheap as well as lazy. So I will plod along teaching myself and using my friends to help with pronunciation. One thing that helps me is I find Vietnamese is a fascinating language.

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