Title: The book plus cassette seems a good idea, but is too hard.
Review: I'm trying to learn Vietnamese and have made several attempts to use this book plus the cassette. I usually learn languages rapidly, and I'm also an ESOL teacher. I would expect a Vietnamese speaker to be able to have a simple conversation after an 18-week course. Unfortunately, this book expects an English speaker to do this in Vietnamese after two lessons!Vietnamese is very different from English, so a slow approach is needed with plenty of repetition and simple exercises.The book and cassette are well produced, but they do not show an understanding of how languages are learnt.
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