The complete Vietnamese language guide designed to getyou speaking, reading and writing quickly!

This comprehensive and engaging language guide gives beginning learnerseverything they need to speak, read and write Vietnamese with minimum fear orfuss. Learners will appreciate the extensive introduction to the alphabet,sounds and tones of the language, the lively dialogues and grammar notes,helpful etiquette tips and insights on life in Vietnam today.

This book has several unique features:

• Two introductory chaptersdevoted to presenting the Vietnamese alphabet, withfree online audiorecordings by native speakers designed to help you master the difficult sounds and tones of the language

• Contemporary real-world dialoguesabout daily life, travel and family in Vietnampresented in text form and in entertaining manga-style comic strips

• Illustrated readings and proverbsoffering authentic windows into traditional and modern Vietnamese culture

• Plus 200 free downloadable flashcardsand extensive glossaries at the back of the book

Author Tri C. Tran has taught Vietnamese to English speakers for over twodecades at the university level, and has designed this book to enable learnersto pick up the language easily with or without the help of a teacher.

About the Author

Tri C. Tranteaches Vietnamese and linguisticsat the University of California, Irvine. He is the author and translator ofmany books including dictionaries, textbooks and collections of short stories,such asVietnamese Stories for Language Learners, Reading and WritingVietnameseandEssential Vietnamese Grammar. He is anadvocate for heritage language education and an editorial member of theliterary e-magazinedamau.org.