Gaston Dorren & Phạm Bảo Thanh Huyền - 10 Reasons to Study Vietnamese (and 5 to regret it)

Studying Vietnamese is not a wildly popular pastime among Westerners, yet it repays the effort in many ways. It offers all the linguistic excitement, cultural ‘East-Asianness’ and economic ebullience that makes people flock to Mandarin. As a bonus, Vietnamese is written in plain Roman letters. Moreover, it’s spoken in a country that can be explored and enjoyed within a single lifetime.

Once we’ve whetted the audience’s appetite, it’s time for full disclosure: some of the things that make Vietnamese linguistically attractive also make it challenging. Huyền, who’s an experienced teacher of Vietnamese and English and a speaker of 4 European languages, will provide a taster of what mastering her mother tongue is like. Gaston, who has been studying Vietnamese for 2 years, will report on his frustrations, embarrassments and forthcoming triumphs. We will also give some pointers on studying this language more effectively than he has done.

Since Vietnamese is neither a member nor even a neighbour of the Indo-European family, it’s well outside the linguistic comfort zone of Westerners and considerably widens their concept of what a language might be like. Huyền’s teaching experience enables her to draw in the audience. Gaston’s experience as a student and a public speaker will make sure the presentation is not only informative, but also entertaining. We believe our talk will provide the audience with fascinating facts, a fair foretaste – and fun.

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