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Vietnamese Stories for Language Learners
A bilingual reader with 40 Vietnamese folktales, facing English translations, vocabulary support, exercises, cultural notes, and native audio.
Vietnam Now! A Vietnamese Language Reader
By Bình Như Ngô Get Book
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Description
Vietnam Now! is a bilingual reader for learners who want guided practice with real-world Vietnamese rather than a lesson-by-lesson course. Its material is arranged for beginner, intermediate, and advanced learners, so you can choose texts that match your current reading ability.
You get 28 newspaper articles, one contemporary short story, and two original poems. Vietnamese and English appear side by side, making it easy to check meaning without leaving the page. The articles come with vocabulary lists, grammar and cultural notes, exercises, and more than 50 black-and-white photos.
Online native-speaker recordings add listening practice, and Tuttle provides a separate answer key for the exercises. The main limitation is scope. This is a reader, not a complete course, so it does not build guided conversation skills or teach Vietnamese from the ground up. It works best as a supplement for independent study or classroom use.
Content
- Type: Readers
- Skills: Listening, Reading, Vocabulary, Grammar
- Size: 28 articles, 1 story, 2 poems
- Native audio: Yes
- Exercises: Yes
Price
- Price: $18.99
- Cost: Paid
- Free trial: No
Details
- Format: Book
- Author: Bình Như Ngô
- Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
- Published: 2026
- ISBN-13: 9780804858045
Pros
- Parallel Vietnamese and English texts
- Authentic newspaper articles plus short fiction and poetry
- Vocabulary, grammar, cultural notes, and exercises
- Online native-speaker audio and a downloadable answer key
Cons
- Not a step-by-step beginner course
- Focused on reading rather than guided conversation practice
- Most selections are newspaper articles
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