Vietnamese Picture Dictionary: Learn 1,500 Vietnamese Words and Expressions - For Visual Learners of All Ages (Includes Online A

Description

A fun and helpful resource for anyone interested in learning some Vietnamese-whether you're 5 or 100! This picture dictionary covers the 1,500 most useful Vietnamese words and phrases. Each word and sentence is given in Vietnamese script - with a Romanised version to help you pronounce it correctly - along with the English meaning. The words are grouped into 40 different themes or topics, including basics like meeting someone new and using public transportation to culture - specific topics like celebrating Vietnamese holidays and eating Vietnamese food. This colourful picture dictionary includes: Hundreds of colour photographs 1,500 Vietnamese words and phrases 40 different topics--from social media and WiFi to paying and counting Example sentences showing how the words are used Companion online audio recordings by native Vietnamese speakers of all the vocabulary and sentences An introduction to Vietnamese pronunciation and grammar An index to allow you to quickly look up words

Nguyen Thi Lien Huong earned her B. A. in history from Vietnam National University at Hanoi and her M. A. in Southeast Asian Studies from National Chi Nan University in Taiwan. She also completed a one-year course in the Chinese language at Beijing Language and Culture University. She worked as a research fellow at the Institute for Chinese Studies of the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences for ten years. Since 2008 she has been teaching Vietnamese at National Taiwan University, National Chengchi University, Fu Jen University, Taiwan Police College and Taiwan International Trade Institute.