My teacher is great. Textbook learning can be slow
I learnt Vietnamese with Kim Hang at SVFF for about 8 months. My teacher is very good at explaining grammar and sentence structures for me and even pin point common mistakes from people like me where we already learnt Vietnamese from our parents but are not fluent. I like how she can help me show the small difference in my region's southern accent compared to the standard southern Vietnamese one. It helped me be aware of what words or ways I say some words can be difficult for some southern people to understand. I think my teacher did well adjusting and adapting to my different levels in Vietnamese even though following the SVFF textbook was dry or too slow in providing new information for me. I like learning from a textbook and it had great audio clips and exercises in the beginning but I think over time I was not interested in learning this way and my teacher adjusted. There are extra resources to learn new words outside of the textbook. However it requires communication and initiative on your own part to have it part of your learning. Overall, if you are an absolute beginner it would be good. But if you are intermediate, make sure you know how you like to learn languages and have some study habits down so you can make the most out of classes and be an active role in tailoring them to your needs.
