How hard is the Vietnamese language?
If you ask the Vietnamese themselves, that’s pretty much unlikely. Among its 90 million people, the alleged complexity of Vietnam’s official language is a point of national pride, and locals are happy to tell you “tiếng Việt khó !” (Vietnamese is difficult) at any opportunity possible.
So if you’re learning Vietnamese, or dreaming about learning, it’s possible that discouragement is all you’ve been having so far!
It is true that pronouncing Vietnamese can be tricky, with six tones and a multitude of unusual vowel sounds that we don’t have in English. But most Vietnamese ex-pats do not know that Vietnamese pronunciation is just about the only difficult thing. Every other aspect of the language, particularly compared to most European languages, is extremely simple, far easier than what you would expect.
Look at Kay’s videos on how much Kay improve in just a few months.
SVFF is a group of Vietnamese Language Teachers, all of which have at least 2 years of teaching, a BA in Language Teaching. We are motivated and ambitious. We are passionate about helping Vietnamese learners to be able to communicate well in Vietnamese and understand people culture.