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This is a list of computer software, audio CDs, books, and magazines which are available in the Foreign Language Center, to be used in the FLC by students enrolled in Vietnamese classes at Mission College.

For students in Vietnamese 1 and 1L classes: Please click here to access Vietnamese Pronunciation and Tone Drills (MP3s and PDFs) and MP3 files of the Pronunciation and Lessons from the textbook Vietnamese as a Second Language.

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

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VNI: Tan Viet 2000
This software is already loaded onto each computer in the Foreign Language Center. It allows students to use Microsoft Word while typing in Vietnamese. The software provides access to accent and other diacritical marks when writing in the Vietnamese language.

Rosetta Stone CD-ROMs: Level 1
Rosetta Stone is a language study program. It covers topics of grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structure with interactive exercises and a recording feature which allows students to compare their oral responses to the native speaker to check for proper pronunciation and intonation.

Talk Now! Learn Vietnamese CD-ROM
Talk Now! is designed for beginners who want to start learning a new language as soon as possible. Handy for business and pleasure, Talk Now! introduces the essential vocabulary needed to successfully communicate in Vietnamese.

Let's Learn Vietnamese: Levels 1 and 2 CD-ROM
These CDs provide exercises and interactive activities for the study of the Vietnamese language.

GeoRunner CD-ROM
GeoRunner is a world geography game. It provides a fun way to learn geography and interesting facts about the continents, oceans, countries, and geographic landmarks of the world. The object of the game is to search the world for hidden keys to free the main character, Blit. The game has 15 stages of difficulty with seven different areas of the world in each stage, for a total of 105 levels of play.

World Book Encyclopedia CD-ROM
These CDs contain all the information found in the volumes of the 2003 World Book Encyclopedia.

AUDIO CDs (Vietnamese Language Practice)

Elementary Vietnamese CDs
These CDs accompany the Elementary Vietnamese workbook and lab manual.

"Language 30 Audio Course" Vietnamese Audio CDs
These two CDs offer sound and vocabulary practice in the Vietnamese language.
CD 1: Alphabet, Sounds, Salutations, Everyday Expressions, Introductions, Getting Acquainted, Inquiries on the Street, Numbers, Time, Days of the Week, Months of the Year, The Weather, Colors, At the Hotel, and Money
CD 2: Food and Drink, At the Restaurant, Shopping, Leisure, At the Post Office, At the Office, The Telephone, Places of Interest, Travel, In the Car, At the Airport, At Customs, Emergency and Medical Situations, Social Customs and Polite Expressions

AUDIO CDs (Music)

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VietNam: Buddhist Music from Hue Kieu Ca - Songs of Kieu Traditional Songs of Vietnam1 Xam Singing: Excellent Artist Ha Thi Cau Vietnamese Folk Music II 1999 Thuyen Quan Ho -- CD2 -- The Boat in Quan Ho The Music of Vietnam, vol. 1.1 The Music of Vietnam, vol. 2: Imperial Court Music

Ca tru lo Khe -- Artist Pham Thi Mui Long Van Doi Cho (Quan Ho Folk Song) Music from Vietnam 2: Hue Music from Vietnam 3: Ethnic Minorities Viet-Nam: Musique funéaire du Nord Ve voi Hue / Retour à Hue Lang Quan Ho / the Village in Quan Ho Viet-Nam: Improvisations

BOOKS

NOTE: These books are for student use while in the Foreign Language Center.
Please do not write in these books and do not remove them from the center.
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Elementary Vietnamese
A copy of the textbook Elementary Vietnamese used by students in Vietnamese 1 and 2 classes is available for use in the FLC.

Tu Dien Viet-Anh Vietnamese-English Dictionary

The New Oxford Picture Dictionary: English/Vietnamese
This picture dictionary presents over 2,400 words in English and Vietnamese, clearly depicted on 102 pages of full-color illustrations grouped by category.

Word by Word Picture Dictionary: English/Vietnamese
Another picture dictionary which presents over 3000 words in English and Vietnamese, on 121 pages of themed illustrations.

Vietnam: A Portrait
A "coffee table" book of beautiful photographs which capture the culture, history and spirit of Vietnam and the Vietnamese people.

Que Huong/My Homeland: Vietnam
A book of illustrative photographs of the beauty of nature, ancient customs, festivals, gatherings and folk songs of the Vietnamese people.

Pain and Grace: A Journey Through Vietnam
Photographer Jim Gensheimer captures a special time in post-war Vietnam with pictures that document a story of exodus and return, struggle and triumph.

Vietnam: Spirits of the Earth
Covering Vietnam in a series of extensive photographic journeys, Mary Cross's images reflect the varied landscape and rituals of Vietnam.

Vietnam: Portraits and Landscapes
This book evokes the people, land and traditions of Vietnam, looking beyond the scars of war to find the living traces of an ancient culture.

Southeast Asia: A Traveller's History
This book provides a complete and concise history and a description of the culture of the countries of Southeast Asia (Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei), including a listing of rulers (ancient and modern), a chronology of major events, and a variety of historical maps. Useful for students and tourists alike.

Dinh VietNam: Community Halls
The dinh is a community hall of villages. It reflects the cultural, material and spiritual life of the community. This book helps readers to understand the importance of the dinh in the Vietnamese culture.

Understanding Vietnam
An insightful interpretation which discloses what the American military and political leadership largely misunderstood: the nature of Vietnamese society, the confrontation with colonialism and Western values, the resistance of the intellectuals, and the culture of the people.

Vietnamese Tradition on Trial: 1920-1945
This book chronicles the intellectual and social upheaval which spread across Vietnam in the quarter-century before the outbreak of full-fledged hostilities.

The Vietnam Forum: A Review of Vietnamese Culture and Society
This volume presents a collection of essays on various topics relating to the culture of Vietnam.

Essays into Vietnamese Pasts
This book presents essays in which historians of Vietnam allow readers to hear the sounds of many voices that undermine the idea of a single Vietnamese past.

Growing Up American
This book explores how Vietnamese children adapt to life in the United States.

The Unwanted: A Memoir of Childhood
A remarkable tale of survival at all costs, the author, a child of mixed race (his father was American, his mother Vietnamese) gives the account of his early years, from the fall of Saigon when, at age 8, he watched the last U.S. Army helicopter leave without him and his family, to his eventual escape to America.

An Anthology of Vietnamese Poems
This anthology brings together a thousand years of Vietnamese poems for the English-speaking world. The book presents more than 300 poems written by 150 different poets, some celebrated, some obscure.

Viet Nam: Thinham tien chien: Quyen Thuong

Viet Nam: Thinham tien chien: Quyen Trung

Viet Nam: Thinham tien chien: Quyen Ha

Nam Thi Hop Tuyen

Van Hoc Mien Nam

Thi-Nhan Viet-Nam

Thi-Nhan Viet-Nam: Hien-Dai, Quyen I

Thi-Nhan Viet-Nam: Hien-Dai, Quyen II

Tho Tinh: Chon Loc

Tu Dien Tieng Viet 2000

Tu Dien Tieng Viet 2003

MAGAZINES

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Various issues of the following magazines are available for students to read while in the Foreign Language Center:

The Ky 21
Van Hoc
Khoi Han


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