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| tlanguell Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4040 days ago 24 posts - 54 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Vietnamese | Message 1 of 2 04 November 2013 at 3:48am | IP Logged |
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Hi I am an American named Tom currently living in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam. I've been
here for 3 months now teaching English and Business Administration. Before moving here I lived in Wuxi China near Shanghai for 3 years, and before that Bangkok Thailand for 9 years. I can speak Thai very well along with some Isaan/Lao dialect but I can't read or write much Thai. I can speak basic Mandarin along with Spanish and I am currently learning Vietnamese using FSI and Laoshu's FLR. My language learning goals are modest - just "survival language" to converse with locals. I use self-study for the languages I've learned mostly by talking to my students and locals. I never took a class in Thai just speaking with students and I learned a lot from my Thai ex-girlfriends. I learned the Isaan/Lao dialect from talking to Bangkok taxi drivers and food vendors (most of whom are from Isaan, the Northeast of Thailand and the poorest region but my favorite) and I've traveled alone around Thailand and Laos with little language difficulties. Also YouTube and Google Translate has helped me a lot in learning Thai and now Vietnamese. When I plan to travel to a new country I use In-Flight Living Language to learn phrases and FSI for listening and grammar review. I've found ChinesePod to be very effective in learning Mandarin along with FSI Chinese Resource Modules for practical applications like ordering food and travel inside China. My main hobby is travel and I like to learn the some of the language(s) where I travel. I've traveled extensively throughout Thailand and to a lesser extent China, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. I'd be happy to share what I know about these languages along with travel advice as well. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| I'm With Stupid Senior Member Vietnam Joined 4174 days ago 165 posts - 349 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Vietnamese | Message 2 of 2 04 November 2013 at 8:51am | IP Logged |
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Hi. Welcome to the city. If you go down to the University of Humanities and Social Sciences, they have quite a good book and CD for beginner level Vietnamese in the Southern dialect (presumably they have all of the levels, but I've never got past beginner). It's designed for use in the classroom, but it's fairly easy to use by yourself.
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