Course Description

This course is designed to develop further the abilities students have attained to comprehend and converse daily in spoken and written Vietnamese at an intermediate level. Reading and writing skills are stressed and enhanced. Cultural notes, authentic reading materials, literary selections, and grammar beyond the phrasal level present new concepts to stimulate vocabulary acquisition, to provoke expressive ability, and to generate communicative competency. Cultural and philosophical aspects of the Vietnamese-speaking world, including the world of Vietnamese-Americans, will also be discussed.