Vietnamese 6

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

  • Use an active Vietnamese vocabulary of around 3,000 items and a passive vocabulary of around 5,000 items.
  • Recognise and use a broad vocabulary encompassing terms encountered in academic and literary texts, with limited use of a dictionary.
  • Express ideas using grammatically and stylistically appropriate language to the situation to give explanations, make academic presentations, evaluate others' opinions, and confidently engage in debates.
  • Comprehend and evaluate information relating to Vietnam in a variety of topics: culture, history, social issues, and politics; with a focus on oral and written skills.
  • Demonstrate a sophisticated socio-cultural awareness of contemporary Vietnamese society.

  
  

  Each week students are expected to study for at least 10 hours as follows:

  1. 90 minutes studying the written and audio materials for the week e.g. dialogues/ conversations, oral practice and vocabulary, and preparing for the next lesson. 
  2. 80 minutes participating in two 90-minute online sessions. 
  3. 120 minutes reviewing the online lessons e.g. reviewing the class recordings, organising their notes and studying new grammar and vocabulary introduced in class. 
  4. 90 minutes completing regular exercises and self-practice, and reviewing feedback on their work.  
  5. 120 minutes of independent study.

  Students are expected to study for at least 10 hours for the exams.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Australian National University

Entry requirements

Prior study

To help set you up for success before you start this subject, we suggest completing or having equivalent knowledge in:

• ANU-VIET2003-Vietnamese 4

Others

Completion of VIET2003 Vietnamese 5or demonstration of equivalent level through completion of a placement test. Students with prior knowledge of the language will be required to take a placement test. Students are not permitted to enrol in a subject that is lower than the level they achieve in the placement test, or a lower level than a subject they have already completed. Students without the appropriate level of proficiency for ANU-VIET3003 (Vietnamese 6) will be withdrawn from this subject and we will recommend an alternative subject at the correct level.

Additional requirements

• Equipment requirements - To successfully engage in this course students will need the following: • Laptop or computer • Computer camera (either inbuilt or webcam) • Headset with microphone • Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome browser • Reliable internet access • Access to a scanner or smartphone
• Other requirements -

  This is a fast paced academic course at a University level.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.