SOME FEATURES OF TEACHING VIETNAMESE AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO FOREIGNERS AT DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES - THE UNIVERSITY OF DA NANG

Abstract

Together with Vietnam’s integration into the global economy, more and more foreign organizations, businesses and individuals (hereafter called foreigners) come to Da Nang for numerous purposes such as tourism, research, seeking for investment chances and many others. One among many obstacles to foreigners’ success in Vietnam is communication with the local people. Although English at present is an international language, not all Vietnamese people can use it. One solution to the problem for many foreigners is to learn Vietnamese. Being aware of this reality, in recent years, the Department of International Studies, University of Foreign Language Studies - The University of Da Nang (DIS) has designed various courses of Vietnamese as a foreign language for foreigners. This paper analyzes some main features of teaching Vietnamese as a foreign language to foreigners at DIS and provides some suggestions for enhancing the teaching quality at DIS in particular and in Vietnam in general.