5. Tones are the soul of Vietnamese language

Pronunciation is always the most important part in every language. With Vietnamese, that important part extends. You need to have regular practice of sounds and tones. Putting the wrong tones leads to the fact that locals cannot understand you. More disastrous scene is that wrong tones can cause terrible meaning, even very rude and stupid word.

Instead of complaining about the tones, adjust yourself to tones because you cannot change the nature of the language.

Don’t get frustrated because your teacher fixes your tones, be happy about this because a good teacher will shape your tones at the first stage of learning. That is the fundamental stone in your learning progress.

6. On-and-off schedule does not make effective

Make sure that you keep yourself on a regular schedule. Don’t be off from lessons many times because it makes you forget Vietnamese and dismotivated. If you have to be away from town because of business trips or travel, set a schedule with your teacher for online lessons. It is 21st century now, so why don’t we say “yes” to online learning?

7. Don’t try to translate every thing from Vietnamese into English

The language of a country reflects the people’s mindset. Vietnamese has a lot of expressions or figure of speech that are not spoken in your country. Understanding and knowing how to use them are good.

You are not studying in order to become a translator, don’t abuse translate into English. 

1.       Don’t hurry

The faster you go, the less you’ll know.

Don’t be discouraged if you just get very little in the first lesson. Studying a language is a process. You need to be patient.

2.       Don’t think that Chinese people find it easy to learn Vietnamese

It’s easy for Chinese speakers to learn Vietnamese grammar. Some grammar points in Vietnamese are close to Chinese grammar. Some people think that it’s also easy for Chinese speakers to learn Vietnamese because both languages are tonal.

BUT those people are WRONG.

70% Chinese speakers or those who know Chinese struggle a lot in Vietnamese pronunciation.

3.       Don’t think that if you have knack for language, it will be easy for you to learn Vietnamese.

Some students who are fluent in other languages and are confident in their language skills have to say that Vietnamese is FREAKING HARD.

4.       Vietnamese is not a CRAZY language, it has rules which contain some exceptions. 

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