Vietnamese language classes

Vietnam is a thriving, resilient country in Southeast Asia, home to over 97 million people with close connections across the Pacific and beyond.

Interested in learning Vietnamese in 2024?

Vietnam is a thriving, resilient country in Southeast Asia, home to more than 97 million people with close connections across the Pacific and beyond. Many New Zealanders first encounter Vietnam as a tourist destination and as a major exporter of coffee. While it is renowned for beaches and good coffee, Vietnam is also a culturally-rich society that counts its history in the thousands of years. Today, the country has a youthful population, a dynamic tech industry and plays an increasingly central role in global value chains in digital technologies and manufacturing.

The New Zealand Asia Institute is offering a level 3 Vietnamese language course for those who have taken our introductory classes or who have already gained some familiarity with the language. The course will run for eight weeks, with 1.5-hour evening classes held each Thursday, 5-6.30 pm. The class times are flexible dependent on the attendees’ preferences.

The in-person course will concentrate on spoken Vietnamese, with an emphasis on extending participants’ ability to communicate in everyday settings. Topics include:

Health matters
At the bank
Email and texting
Colloquial language and slang

The course will be taught by a native Vietnamese speaker, educated in Vietnam and New Zealand. The core course book used will be Learning Vietnamese by Bac Hoai Tran, supplemented by other teaching materials (which are included in the course fee).

Course fees: $275 including textbook; $230 (excluding textbook); GST inclusive (Refunds will not be given after the start of the course).

Further courses will be provided on a demand basis. Please email: d.towle@auckland.ac.nz

We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the Nicholas Tarling Charitable Trust