# Course

> Vietnamese Buddy’s beginner course: thirty lessons that follow one story, in Northern or Southern Vietnamese, with dialogues to play, exercises, graded stories and a Speak part in every lesson. The first three lessons are free.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/course/ · Updated 2026-11-11

## Meet Tom and the people of his new life.

Tom has just moved to Vietnam. Follow him through thirty lessons as he finds his feet, meets the people around him and learns the Vietnamese they speak with him every day. The first three lessons are free.

## Every lesson is ready to play.

Each lesson has dialogues you can play line by line, practical exercises, a short cultural note and graded stories to read. Every lesson comes in Northern and Southern Vietnamese, and you choose which to follow.

- Every line is spoken, each person in their own voice
- Practice speaking in every lesson, with feedback on what you say

## Six parts, every time.

Each lesson is built the same way, so you always know what comes next.

### Dialogues to play

Short scenes from Tom’s days, played line by line, each person in their own voice.

### Grammar and sounds

The lesson’s patterns with examples, and a short part on pronunciation.

### Practical exercises

Exercises on what you have just heard and read.

### A Speak part

You say it yourself, and get feedback on what you said.

### Graded stories

More to read about the same people, written with the words you have met.

### A cultural note

A short note on how people really speak to each other, and why.

## Thirty lessons, one story.

Two levels of fifteen lessons. Every fifth lesson is a review, and each level ends with a speaking check.

### Level 1

1. What's your name? (free)
2. Where are you from? (free)
3. How old are you? (free)
4. What do you do?
5. I speak a little Vietnamese (review)
6. Where are you off to?
7. How much is this?
8. A plate of cơm tấm, please (Northern edition: A portion of bún chả, please)
9. What day is it today?
10. I had a great weekend (review)
11. Hot, isn't it!
12. Where's the toilet?
13. How do you get to work?
14. Are you ill?
15. What do you think of Sài Gòn? (Northern edition: What do you think of Hà Nội?; review)

### Level 2

16. How long have you been in Vietnam?
17. The air conditioner in my room has broken.
18. What do you like doing in your free time?
19. Do you have this in another color?
20. Happy birthday! (review)
21. Go on and eat, don't be shy!
22. How many days have you had a fever?
23. Where did you go last weekend?
24. If you're free, let's meet on Thursday.
25. It's so cold in Hà Nội! (Northern edition: It's so hot in Sài Gòn!; review)
26. How much is a ticket to Cần Thơ? (Northern edition: How much is a ticket to Nam Định?)
27. Happy New Year, and good health to you!
28. You left your wallet on my bike.
29. What are you planning to do this year?
30. I've been in Sài Gòn for half a year. (Northern edition: I've been in Hà Nội for half a year.; review)

## Two editions. You choose.

Every lesson comes in Northern and Southern Vietnamese, and you choose which to follow.

## The first three lessons are free.

The whole course comes with The full package, $29.90 per month, together with everything in Teaching Assistant. Feedback on what you say and write is part of the paid plans.

The plans: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/pricing/

## Questions, answered

### I’m not taking a class. Is it still for me?

Yes. Work through the course from the first lesson, get your small-talk answers ready, start with the three starter decks, paste articles into Reading, and write or record a few sentences a day. Anything you find along the way can go straight into your lexicon.

### Is there a free version?

Yes. The free plan has the first three lessons of the course, the starter decks, spaced-repetition reviews, the Pronouns guide and the free grammar and word pages. The AI features come with Teaching Assistant and The full package.

### Which Vietnamese does it teach?

Your own material is kept exactly as it is written, so whichever your class teaches. The course comes in Northern and Southern editions, and you choose which to follow. The voices are another matter: every voice the app has today speaks with a Northern (Hà Nội) accent. Southern voices are not available yet; your class recordings play your teacher’s own accent.

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