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Meet Vietnamese Teacher of SLS >>>
Na Quynh Phu Pham
Qualifications:
Na Pham has a Doctor in Philosophy (Education) at University of Western Sydney, a Master of Arts in TESOL at National University of Singapore and a Bachelor of Arts
at Vietnam National University. She is also a NAATI Accredited Translator and has Certificates in Project Management, Business Communication and Report Writing, ESL Training and Certificate IV in Assessment and Training.
Na has won several prizes and scholarships, including ASEAN Postgraduate Scholarship - National University of Singapore (1999), International Postgraduate Research Scholarship - University of Western Sydney (2001), Summer Research Award - University of Western Sydney in conjunction with Ethnic Communities Councils of NSW (2005) and Travelling Award - University of Western Sydney (2004, 2005)
Work Experience:
Na Pham has a vast experience in five major fields: translation, language teaching, language researching, language consulting, and language teaching material designs.
She has more than 12-year experience languages (both English and Vietnamese) from different ethnic, socio-cultural background and groups of ages. Her experience includes teaching English at Vietnamese National University, National University of Singapore, EF Language Travel, ABC Study Groups, Sydney Community College and MTC Training Solutions. She has been currently working as a lecturer at Australian Campus Network - La Trobe University.
She is a language consultant for many language research projects, which includes MARCS Laboratory - University of Western Sydney (studies on Vietnamese tone and Vietnamese pronunciation), Ethnic Community Councils NSW (studies about language needs of emerging communities in Sydney), Cancer Council NSW (Hepatitis B and liver cancer among Vietnamese communities in Sydney) and School of Nursing and Midwifery ( Gestational Diabetes and Health Education Resources Project ).
For more information go to "About Director" .
Le Quan Ly (Jenny)
Qualifications: 
Jenny is a Vietnamese native speaker. She is doing her Bachelor of Science in Medical Science degree at the University of Technology, Sydney. She also speaks Cantonese and Mandarin fluently which allows her to communicate with people from different countries. She is currently working as Vietnamese Teacher for Sydney Language Solutions.
Experience:
Jenny is experienced in teaching Vietnamese to students from different background with her strong passion to help and communicate with people. Additionally, she has also worked as a tutor and a Vietnamese-English-Chinese translator for more than 3 years. With her devotion and enthusiasm, she can certainly support Vietnamese students in their learning.
Lombard Lam
Being a second generation Vietnamese-Australian, joining Sydney Language Solutions has allowed me to speak to my parents, relatives and other Vietnamese people with more confidence and ease.
Topics studied in the classes relate to every day activities and situations which I can apply in real life.
Learning in small groups has been beneficial to me because I can ask questions anytime without feeling like I am disrupting the class, Na is able to focus on our progress more closely, and we are encouraged to participate in activities such as reading out loud.
Na is an approachable and friendly person and always goes out of her way to help us improve.
Marc Cara
Na is the most committed, passionate, patient, and professional language teacher I have had.
She is very committed to her students and displays a fantastic rigour in the preparation and delivery of her classes. She pays great particular attention to each of her student’s development and needs.
She has a terrific sense of humour and is very understanding, which always makes for a fun and positive learning environment. I can’t recommend her highly enough!
Paula Brown
Na’s classes have been invaluable for me in a personal and professional sense.
The weekly language learning and practice have helped me to further my research on environmental change in Vietnam, by expanding my Vietnamese vocab as well as ‘thinking’ in a Vietnamese way! I joined Na’s classes in order to improve my spoken Vietnamese and thus improve my in-country research in Vietnam.
The resulting benefit has been much greater as I have the opportunity to improve my language skills in a continually adaptive teaching environment that is also a lot of fun! We all enjoy Vietnamese celebration nights where we discuss culturally relevant words and events over culinary specialties!
Vietnamese for Beginners - Intensive Course
New intensive courses starting from Monday, 9 January 2012 - Friday, 3 February 2012.
This course is perfect for people who will go overseas on Christmas Holiday!!!
Don’t just come to the country, speak their language and get a different experience!
Course Duration: 4 weeks (2 days per week), 2 hour session per day
Course Fee: $290 for 8 classes (including FREE Training material)
Class size: 4-8 students
Level: Beginner 1 (for complete Beginners)
Upcoming classes: Monday (Starting from 9/1/2012) from 06:30-08:30pm & Friday from 06:00-08:00pm
In case that there are only 3 students enrolled, students will be asked to share the cost of $1160 together.
Please call us 9283 9892 or email info@sydneylanguagesolutions.
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For payment purpose, please select the payment option of $290 (Beginners 2) when you enrol to the intensive course
4-hour Vietnamese workshop for travellers
Upcoming workshop: Please contact us at 02 9283 9892 or info@sydneylanguagesolutions.com.au for more information
Fee: $80 for 4-hour workshop
- This workshop is for travellers or visitors who will visit Vietnam in the next 3 months, who want to have a very basic level of Vietnamese language to ask very simple questions and to have some understanding about the country.
- It is designed for those who do not have time to come to class for 10 consecutive weeks or who just want to have a brief knowledge about the language and culture.
- The workshop is 4 hours, which is on the second Sunday of every two months. In the workshop, you will be taught some basic survival Vietnamese expressions, some cultural dos and donts, some basic tips to bargain, survive and handle the traffic. The workhop also provide some travel tips to help travellers to Vietnam.
- The workshop participants also watch a short version of Vietnamese movie about getting around, buying fruits and crossing the roads in Vietnam.
- You can prepare any questions you have about travelling to Vietname and we will try our best to inform you.
- You are recommended to buy a Lonely Planet Guide in Vietnamese and bring with you on the day. You can also bring a small recorder to record the pronunciation if you would like to do it.
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Who should join this class?
For learners who have no knowledge of the language and want to begin a course of study to be able to communicate with a Vietnamese speaker/partner or friend.
Learners who have no knowledge of the language, wants to begin a course of study and wants to know
simple words and phrases to start communicating with a Vietnamese friend/partner/speaker
Program
Week 1 Greetings
Week 2 Making an Interrogative Sentence
Week 3 Tenses
Week 4 Shopping - Ask Price
Week 5 To express time
Week 6 What time do you get up?
Week 7 How are you these days?
Week 8 Occupation
Week 9 Going to market
Week 10 Giving Commands
What's special with this course?
The fee includes:
- Teaching materials (Book)
- One free meeting on the Sunday of Week 5 to watch and discuss a Vietnamese movie
- Free access and use of Vietnamese learning software, materials and newspaper at the school and MONTHLY LANGUAGE EXCHANGE MEETUP GROUP as SLS office on first Sunday of every month
Expected Outcome
By the end of this course students will be able to:
- pronounce all the sounds and tones in Vietnamese
- recognise the tones when listening to a Vietnamese word.
- say hello, goodbye, thank you and greetings
- tell and listen to the time
- say numbers, weeks, months and years
- order food at a restaurant
- ask a receptionist at a hotel
- asking for direction
- get a taxi or buying a train ticket
- bargain in Vietnamese currency
Course Duration: 10 weeks, 2 hour session per week (20 hours for the whole course)
Class Size: 4-8 Students
Course Fee: $ 270 for standard 10-week class
Upcoming classes: Monday, 23 January 2012 from 6:30-8:30pm *10% Discount for Any Enrolment
Textbook: Sydney Language Solutions Teaching Materials for VIETNAMESE BEGINNERS
Some other books and CDs which are recommended to students are:
- Vietnamese for Beginners 1 (Student Book) by Phan Van Giuong
- Teach Yourself Vietnamese Complete Course Package (Book + 2CDs) (TY: Complete Courses) (Paperback) by Dana Healy
- Basic Vietnamese: Learn to Speak and Understand Vietnamese with Pimsleur Language Programs [AUDIOBOOK] (Audio CD) by Simon & Schuster's Pimsleur
- Colloquial Vietnamese (1 book and 2 CDS) by John Moore and Tuan Duc Vuong
Please note:
- The enrolment fee must be paid at least one week in advance of the course commencement date. All classes need a minimum of 4 students to go ahead. If your course does not have enough 4 students, it will be cancelled and you will be informed via SMS or E-mail. Alternatively, we may still offer the course for less than 4 students with a little bit higher tuition fee with your agreement.
- You'll need to dedicate approximately 2 to 3 hours per week outside of class time to your course, mostly to listen to the CD. You can do this at our school after or before class or any time at your convenience.
- If you would like to gain a better idea of our approach to teaching, you are more than welcome to sit in one of our current class of the same level (if there is one available).
Vietnamese for Beginners 2 (Elementary)
Who should take this class?
Learners who have already finished 20 - 40 hours of Vietnamese Beginner 1.
Learners understand Vietnamese alphabets and can write Vietnamese words. The learners should have the ability to understand simple sentences and make simple conversations. The learners can ask and answer about name, nationality, time, simple direction and days during a week. They can also go shopping, say sorry, thank you, greeting and good bye. They must know how to use addressing terms, classifiers and quantifers in Vietnamese.
Learners want to learn more verbs, noun, vocabulary and improve in sentence structure and fluency.
What's special about this course?
The fee includes:
- Teaching materials (Handouts)
- Free access and use of Vietnamesematerials (books, video, tapes) and newspaper at the school library ANYTIME DURING THE SCHOOL OPENING HOURS.
- Free access to language exchange program at Sydney Language Solutions
- Free newsletter to inform the learners about any Sydney-based activities relating to Vietnamese language learning.
Expected Outcome:
By the end of this course students will be able to expand their vocabulary, to learn more verbs, and basic sentences structure
Course Duration: 10 weeks, 2-hour session per week
Course Fee: $ 290 for standard 10-week class (Pay by Cash, Cheque or Direct Deposit)
Upcoming Class: Monday, 2 April 2012 from 06:30-08:30pm
Textbook: Sydney Language Solutions Teaching Materials for VIETNAMESE BEGINNERS
Vietnamese for Pre-Intermediate Learners
For learners who have the ability to understand simple sentences and want to improve in vocabulary and fluency.
Who should join this class?
Learners who have the ability to understand simple sentences and want to improve in vocabulary and fluency.
Learners are expected to have previously learned Vietnamese at least 40 hours of Vietnamese to join Pre-intermediate 1 and at least 60-80 hours of Vietnamese to join Pre-intermediate 2.
Program
Week 1 Family relationships
Week 2 Talking about future travel plans & intentions
Week 3 Making bookings for hotel accommodation & restaurants
Week 4 Making telephone calls
Week 5 Making purchases
Week 6 More practice in telling the time - Dates
Week 7 Expressing likes and dislikes
Week 8 Talking about the quality of items
Week 9 Reviewing Classifiers
Week 10 Reading & reconstructing two Vietnamese stories & Review
What's special with this course?
The fee includes:
- Teaching materials (Book + CD)
- One free meeting on the Sunday of Week 5 to watch and discuss a Vietnamese movie
- Free access and use of Vietnamese learning software, materials and newspaper at the school and MONTHLY LANGUAGE EXCHANGE MEETUP GROUP as SLS office on first Sunday of every month
Expected Outcome
By the end of this course students will be able to expand their vocabulary and express their opinions in the following topics:
- booking hotel or accommodation,
- purchase clothes, flowers, shoes or houses
- making a telephone call
- Vietnamese family relationship
- expressing hobbies, likes and dislikes
- reading Vietnamese stories
- making polite requests
- describe an item and its quality
- reviewing classifiers
- building more complex sentence structure
Course Duration: 10 weeks, 2 hour session per week (20 hours for the whole course)
Class Size: 4-8 students
Course Fee: $320 for standard 10-week class
Teacher: Dr Na Pham
Upcoming Class: Wednesday, 21 March 2012 from 06:30-08:30pm
Textbook: Sydney Language Solutions Teaching Materials for VIETNAMESE PRE-INTERMEDIATE
Please note:
- The enrolment fee must be paid at least one week in advance of the course commencement date.
- All classes need a minimum of 4 students to go ahead. If your course does not have enough 4 students, it will be cancelled and you will be informed via SMS or E-mail. Alternatively, we may still offer the course for less than 4 students with a little bit higher tuition fee with your agreement.
- You'll need to dedicate approximately 2 to 3 hours per week outside of class time to your course, mostly to listen to the CD. You can do this at our school after or before class or any time at your convenience.
- If you would like to gain a better idea of our approach to teaching, you are more than welcome to sit in one of our current class of the same level (if there is one available).
Vietnamese for Intermediate Learners
For learners who have the ability to understand fairly complex sentence structures and want to improve in vocabulary and fluency.
Course Duration: 10 weeks, 2 hour session per week (20 hours for the whole course)
Class Size: 4-8 students
Course Fee: $340 for standard 10-week class
Teacher: Dr Na Pham
Upcoming class: Please contact us at 02 9283 9892 or info@sydneylanguagesolutions.com.au for more information
Vietnamese for Advanced Learners
For learners who have the ability to understand most conversations and want to correct any grammar or pronunciation errors.
Course Duration: 10 weeks, 2 hour session per week (20 hours for the whole course)
Class Size: 4-8 students
Course Fee: $360 for standard 10-week class
Teacher: Dr Na Pham
Upcoming classes: Please contact us at 02 9283 9892 or info@sydneylanguagesolutions.com.au for more information
Vietnamese Reading and Writing for Home Speakers
For learners who have some ability having learnt the language at home from relatives and who want to build stronger writing and speaking skills. This class focuses on how to write Vietnamese correctly.
Course Duration: 10 weeks, 2 hour session per week (20 hours for the whole course)
Class Size: 4-6 students only
Course Fee: $360 for standard 10-week class
Teacher: Dr Na Pham
Upcoming classes: Please contact us at 02 9283 9892 or info@sydneylanguagesolutions.com.au for more information
If you are not sure about your suitability for the class level please click here for PLACEMENT TEST.
We also provide a special program for Vietnamese children where they can learn to decipher the Vietnamese alphabet, tone, etc.
- The HSC course provides complete preparation for the HSC in Vietnamese and covers the skills and knowledge required in the Stage 6 syllabus for the HSC examination.
- We use all assessment tasks supported by the board of studies and past HSC exam papers including listening CDs in our lessons to intensively support students to prepare for HSC exams.
- We are also in regular contact with high school teachers, which allows us to keep up to date with any changes in curricula and have a source of valuable and current teaching materials.
We also offer private Vietnamese lessons via Skype.
Lesson Time:
1) Monday-Friday 01:00-06:00PM
2) Saturday 10:00AM-06:00PM
Price List:
1 lesson------------ $70 (90 minutes)
5 lessons-----------$340 (450 minutes)
We are very flexible in any topics that you would like to learn.
Also, we can help your homework or train you with a specific exam, if you give us your material which you are studying currently.
Please send us your material which you would like to study AT LEAST 1 week in advance via e-mail/SCANNING to info@sydneylanguagesolutions.com.au
To book:
Please call 9283 9892 and book using your credit card or pay by Direct Deposit to our bank account. After that please email us to confirm info@sydneylanguagesolutions.com.au
Our Skype username: sydney.language.solutions
You can click on the picture to be directed to the bookstore website and buy the books
1. Quick & Simple Vietnamese by Pimsleur (This series is very helpful to practise listening to Vietnamese at home or in your car. It is useful for any learners who had no friend/ partner to practise Vietnamese with)
2. Pocket Vietnamese Dictionary (This dictionary is very convenient to bring to class to use for your lessons. It is suitable for the first 60 hours of Vietnamese learning at Beginner level)
3. Elementary Vietnamese (This book is not used as the main teaching material in Vietnamese Class at SLS, but it is recommended for students who want to build up good linguistic and grammatical knowledge about the Vietnamese Language. Recommended for students who have finished 20 hours of Beginner and started to take Preintermediate 1)
4. Vietnamese in a Flash - volume 1 (Tuttle Flash Cards" are a comprehensive and well-designed series of flash cards designed to help beginning students of Asian languages memorize and review basic vocabulary items. This is very helpful for students of Pre-intermediate 1 and 2 to practise and expand theirvacabulary at home)
5. Teach Yourself Vietnamese - Dana Healy (This book is only suitable if your focus of learning is conversational skills, and not on pronunciation. The first lesson of the book is a bit too fast for a complete beginner, only recommended if you have a freind to help you or you have learned Vietnamese for about at least 10 hours)
6. Vietnamese Berlitz Concise Dictionary. This dictionary is suitable for any students who aims to learn Vietnamese more than just a Beginner Course. It includes both Vietnamese-English and English-Vietnamese. It is highly recommended. It contains bold, blue headwords which make it easy to navigate around the dictionary quickly. It also has a 48-page activity section includes fun games to improve language skills, including: crosswords, word searches, jumble, and sudoku-style puzzles.