Course Outline of Record

Item	Value
Curriculum Committee Approval Date	03/18/1994
Top Code	111720 - Vietnamese
Units	5 Total Units
Hours	90 Total Hours (Lecture Hours 90)
Total Outside of Class Hours	0
Course Credit Status	Credit: Degree Applicable (D)
Material Fee	No
Basic Skills	Not Basic Skills (N)
Repeatable	No
Grading Policy	Standard Letter (S),  Pass/No Pass (B)
Local General Education (GE)	CL Option 1 Arts and Humanities (CC2)
Global Society Requirement (CGLB)	Yes
California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC)	Cal-GETC 6A Language Other Than English (6A)
Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)	IGETC 6A Lang other than Engl (6A)
California State University General Education Breadth (CSU GE-Breadth)	CSU C2 Humanities (C2)

Course Description

This course is designed to develop the student's fundamental ability to both comprehend and converse in daily spoken Vietnamese. Early reading and writing skills are introduced as well as customs and cultures of the Vietnamese-speaking world. ADVISORY: Students who have completed two years of high school Vietnamese with a grade of "C" or better should enroll in VIET C185. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC.

Course Level Student Learning Outcome(s)

1. Demonstrate the ability to compose oral and written utterances to indicate understanding of early beginning level of spoken and written Vietnamese.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of various aspects of the cultures of the Vietnamese-speaking people.

Course Objectives

• 1. Interpret and appraise beginning-level spoken and written Vietnamese formulated by native speakers and compose and construct oral and written responses.
• 2. Compare and contrast various aspects of the cultures, beliefs, and world views of the peoples of Vietnamese-speaking countries and regions with those of the United States

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Lecture Content

Pronunciation, Morphology, and Suprasegmentals Consonants, Consonant Clusters, and Syllabification Pure Vowels and Diphthongs Tone, Tone Sequences Phrasal and Sentential Intonation Grammar Interrogatives Personal Pronouns Classifiers Sentence Patterns Tense Markers Yes-No Compound Verbs Punctuation Expressive Terms Passive Voice Compound Nouns Reflexives Adjectives Adverbs Reciprocal Pronouns Sentence Structure Directional Prepositions Modal "future" (going to…) Past Tense Parallelism Vocabulary Names Greetings Numbers Days and dates Family and Relatives Preferences Colors Shopping Foods and Restaurants Asking for Directions Going to the Market Culture Proverbs and Idioms History of the Vietnamese Language Kinship

Method(s) of Instruction

• Lecture (02)
• DE Live Online Lecture (02S)
• DE Online Lecture (02X)

Instructional Techniques

A variety of activities, (including lecture employing current technology and/or handouts, video and/or audio presentations, pair and group work) will be employed. Intensive and extensive listening and reading in the target language is directed toward raising learners awareness of the lexical nature of language. Activities will be structured to enable the learners to comprehend lexical phrases as unanalyzed "chunks" and to use whole phrases without necessarily having to analyze their constituent parts.

Reading Assignments

Non-verbal communication Vietnamese surnames Vietnamese history and culture

Writing Assignments

Research and write a paragraph on Vietnam including information on agriculture, geography, population, ethnic groups, and history.

Out-of-class Assignments

Homework assignments to test comprehension of vocabulary grammar written materials

Demonstration of Critical Thinking

Compare and contrast cultural practices in Vietnam with those of the United States.

Required Writing, Problem Solving, Skills Demonstration

Oral presentations in pairs or small groups using beginning level Vietnamese.

Eligible Disciplines

Foreign languages: Masters degree in the language being taught OR bachelors degree in the language being taught AND masters degree in another language or linguistics OR the equivalent. Masters degree required.

Textbooks Resources

1. Required Minh Hong, T Do. Tieng Viet: Introduction to Vietnamese Language and Culture, 3 ed. Sacramento, CA: Cosumnes River College, 2004 Rationale: Change textbook Legacy Textbook Transfer Data: Legacy text

Other Resources

1. Coastline Library