Audiobooks to study Vietnamese

Kurterino · 2020-06-17T21:04:19+02:00

Explore effective audiobooks for mastering Vietnamese through simultaneous listening and reading. Ideal for learners struggling with pronunciation.

Kurterino Serial expat

Member since 28 August 2011

KurterinoSerial expat17 June 2020 19:04:19

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I find the Vietnamese language particularly difficult to understand, i. e. I find it really hard to understand spoken words in a sentence even if I鈥檓 supposed to know them. A friend recommended to get audiobooks and the print version,聽 and listen and read them at the same time, in order to get better at that. Which is probably a really good way to learn, so maybe other learners here wanna try it too

Safepeter Contributor

Member since 08 April 2018

SafepeterContributor18 June 2020 01:47:38

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I am using UDEMY.com to earn Vietnamese. The lecture has a B.A in English, speaks excellent English and the course (there are three levels) has both video (which can be downloaded to a smartphone) plus subtitles.
I spend a lot of time in Vietnam each year and have found the courses a great way to learn the language, but also get to hear the language as the Viet people speak.

jayrozzetti23 Serial expat

Member since 14 December 2015

jayrozzetti23Serial expat18 June 2020 05:19:58

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I use an app called Mondly:

which offers 33 languages

The free version offers single daily lesson. The paid version (69k vnd/month) provides a wide range of content appropriate for beginner to intermediate level learners.

Kurterino Serial expat

Member since 28 August 2011

KurterinoSerial expat18 June 2020 06:15:06

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johnross23 wrote:
I use an app called Mondly:

which offers 33 languages

The free version offers single daily lesson. The paid version (69k vnd/month) provides a wide range of content appropriate for beginner to intermediate level learners.

Thank you, I鈥檓 downloading it right now and I鈥檒l give it a try. I鈥檓 also working through L-Lingo which I like a lot more than Duolingo (I鈥檓 not using that anymore anymore), but I鈥檓 not sure if it鈥檚 available for Android.

jayrozzetti23 Serial expat

Member since 14 December 2015

jayrozzetti23Serial expat18 June 2020 08:11:54

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Kurterino wrote:
johnross23 wrote:
I use an app called Mondly:

which offers 33 languages

The free version offers single daily lesson. The paid version (69k vnd/month) provides a wide range of content appropriate for beginner to intermediate level learners.

Thank you, I鈥檓 downloading it right now and I鈥檒l give it a try. I鈥檓 also working through L-Lingo which I like a lot more than Duolingo (I鈥檓 not using that anymore anymore), but I鈥檓 not sure if it鈥檚 available for Android.

You're welcome. It's doesn't actually match your request but it does provide the audio so that you can hear the (northern) pronunciation of the words and sentences as you read them.

It's also helpful if you can install a VNese keyboard because it sometimes makes you type in the words and phrases that you hear.

Kurterino Serial expat

Member since 28 August 2011

KurterinoSerial expat20 June 2020 04:55:04

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johnross23 wrote:
Kurterino wrote:
johnross23 wrote:
I use an app called Mondly:

which offers 33 languages

The free version offers single daily lesson. The paid version (69k vnd/month) provides a wide range of content appropriate for beginner to intermediate level learners.

Thank you, I鈥檓 downloading it right now and I鈥檒l give it a try. I鈥檓 also working through L-Lingo which I like a lot more than Duolingo (I鈥檓 not using that anymore anymore), but I鈥檓 not sure if it鈥檚 available for Android.

You're welcome. It's doesn't actually match your request but it does provide the audio so that you can hear the (northern) pronunciation of the words and sentences as you read them.

It's also helpful if you can install a VNese keyboard because it sometimes makes you type in the words and phrases that you hear.

Vietnamese keyboard is installed by default on iPhones, you just have to activate it like any other foreign keyboard. I suppose it鈥檚 the same on Android?

I鈥檝e done a lesson on Mondly, it鈥檚 certainly better than Duolingo (which I found a little disappointing, actually). But Mondly is a little confusing to me (for now), I don鈥檛 quite understand to what content I鈥檒l have access without paying a subscription fee. I鈥檓 not against paying (L-Lingo isn鈥檛 free either), but I don鈥檛 like subscriptions. I think the first week is a trial week, but I鈥檓 not even sure of that (as I said, it鈥檚 not very clear to me).
Hopefully I鈥檒l be able to use it without paying recurring fees, it looks promising.