Book
Vietnamese: An Essential Grammar
Editors' Choice
An English-language guide to modern Vietnamese grammar, with clear examples, Hanoi-based usage, and audio for pronunciation.
Description
Vietnamese in 40 Minutes is a compact Collins audio phrasebook for complete beginners who want a few useful expressions before a trip. The unabridged recording runs about 44 minutes, so it suits a quick first exposure rather than a full Vietnamese course.
You learn by listening and repeating short phrases. Topics include essential words, asking for things, numbers, cafés, shops, food, quantities, tickets, directions, days of the week, common problems and talking about yourself. This makes the material practical when your goal is basic travel communication.
The narrow scope is also its main limit. There is no structured grammar teaching or route to higher levels. The audio-only presentation gives you little written support, and a retailer review specifically requests a downloadable script. It works best as a brief survival-phrase primer or pronunciation warm-up, not as your main study resource.
Content
- Skills: Listening, Speaking, Vocabulary, Pronunciation
- Exercises: Yes
Access
- Cost: Paid
- Free trial: Yes
- Uses AI: No
Details
- Format: Book
- Publishers: HarperCollins Publishers
- Published: 2007
- ISBN-13: 9780007253685
Pros
- Fits a complete introduction into 44 minutes
- Listen-and-repeat drills encourage immediate speaking
- Covers practical topics such as cafés, shops, tickets, directions and common problems
Cons
- Too short to build beyond survival phrases
- No structured grammar instruction
- No included written script or phrase sheet
- Relies almost entirely on listen-and-repeat practice
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