Actually Understand Vietnamese

Slow, subtitled Vietnamese videos filmed in real places — markets, beaches, streets.

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What it actually is

Comprehensible-input videos built from everyday scenes around Vietnam, graded beginner to upper-beginner and subtitled, with the whole library free on the site and YouTube and a Patreon for people who want to fund it. Filming in real locations means you pick up the vocabulary you will actually need in a market or a café rather than textbook set-pieces. Much of it is filmed around Đà Nẵng, so expect central and southern speech; the catalogue thins out above upper-beginner.

What it covers

  • Listening
  • Immersion
  • Vocabulary

How it teaches

  • Comprehensible Input — Acquire a language by understanding lots of messages slightly above your level, rather than by studying rules.

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