Everyday Southern Vietnamese by SVFF — Level 06 · B1 Book 1

Everyday Southern Vietnamese by SVFF · Level 06 · B1 Book 1
The bridge into B1: eat out, make friends, understand Southern manners and fast Sài Gòn speech.

One continuing story: Ben, an Australian who moved to Sài Gòn for work, his friend Mai and the neighbours of his hẻm — cô Sáu, anh Tuấn, Vy and chú Bảy — so every new word comes back in real situations.

The 10 lessons
1. Eating out — At a street snail stall, learners order dishes, express preferences using khẩu vị, handle wrong bills, split costs, and tip, practicing grammar like vừa... vừa and sau khi.
2. Making friends in Sài Gòn — At a park running club, learners make friends, make small talk without being intrusive, invite others, and exchange contacts, using làm quen and không những... mà còn.
3. Southern customs & good manners — Attending a housewarming party, learners practice Southern customs like burning incense, properly addressing elders with thưa, and politely declining food using tuy... nhưng and quá trời.
4. What do they look like? — Finding someone at a bus station, learners describe appearances like cao ráo and personalities like tính cách, compare people, express doubt, and apologize, practicing the càng... càng structure.
5. Health & small illnesses — At a pharmacy, learners describe minor illness symptoms like tiêu chảy, report allergies, understand medication instructions, and call in sick to work, using mặc dù... nhưng and miễn là.
6. Renting & problems at home — Viewing rental houses, learners inquire about conditions, negotiate prices, report moving-day issues to the chủ trọ, and ask for repairs, using thì... còn and various conjunction pairs.
7. When things go wrong on a trip — Facing travel mishaps like missing a bus and losing a wallet, learners narrate events using đang... thì, understand fast speech at the bến xe, and report lost items.
8. Talk like a Saigonese (nè, nha, nghen, ha, hén, hôn) — Playing a language game, learners convert standard sentences into natural Southern speech by dropping subjects and appropriately using sentence-final particles like nè, nghen, and hén in various contexts.
9. Listening lab: fast Southern speech — Reviewing audio recordings, learners revise the eight situations from the course by catching details from fast, reduced Southern speech, distinguishing accents, and using phrases to politely ask for clarification.
10. Review & Level 6 test — At a housewarming party, this four-skill test evaluates learners on renting, addressing people, and illnesses through listening, speaking role-plays, storytelling, and writing sentences, cumulatively reviewing Level 6 items.

What you get
Inside every lesson: an illustrated student book (35–45 pages), native Southern Vietnamese recordings at two speeds (slow and natural), 24 interactive activities (dictation, listening, role-play with a twist, flashcards, tones and pronunciation, games) and a teacher guide your SVFF teacher follows page by page.

How it works
28 live hours with your SVFF teacher, plus about the same time of self-study. Lessons 1–8 have three 60-minute sessions each (input, skills, production); lesson 9 is a review and lesson 10 the level test (two sessions each). Passing the level test moves you up to Level 7.

Southern (Sài Gòn) Vietnamese only: the words and the accent you hear in the street, the market and the office.