Advertorial -- The number of foreigners living in Vietnam and the demand for qualified schools and teachers of the Vietnamese language has grown dramatically due to increasing economic integration and cultural exchanges between Vietnam the rest of the world. Here are the challenges the foreign student must overcome in their effort to learn Vietnamese.
The first challenge: Finding the right language center
Even for foreigners living in Vietnam, it can be a challenge to find an appropriate language center. Only a few universities offer Vietnamese language courses and then only at the elementary level and at very restricted times. University regulations may limit classes only to registered university students, thereby excluding full-time company employees and other interested adult students.
Faced with such restrictions, foreigners must find private teachers or tutors in order to learn Vietnamese. However here too, there are risks as some teachers and tutors may have limited experience in teaching Vietnamese to foreigners. Vietnamese is a difficult language for foreigners to learn and the tones in particular are very challenging, especially for students from English-speaking countries where tones play only a minor or no role at all.
According to several foreigners’ experience, here are some capable Vietnamese teaching centers that deserve serious consideration: