Special courses
Special Courses are Vietnamese courses that focus on specific needs of groups of students. The differences between regular Communication Courses and Special Courses are in course duration, lesson content and class structure.
Please read the detailed courses below and sign up for one that matches your needs.
If you can't find the information you're looking for, contact us with your specific requirements.
*Note: 5% of TVO monthly profit goes to Blue Dragon Children's Foundation
Travel Course
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You are traveling to Vietnam for vacation or business and want to make the most out of your short stay by speaking a little bit of Vietnamese with local people?
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Your girlfriend / boyfriend / spouse is Vietnamese and you are visiting their hometown and want to impress their family and friends with some Vietnamese?
If you say YES to any of the above questions, a TVO Travel Course is the choice for you. We offer both online and face-to-face Travel Courses. You can either sign up to learn online before your trip - in which case you'll be well prepared when you arrive, or sign up to learn face-to-face when you're in Vietnam - in which case you can benefit from real life practice during lesson time.
Class time and location can be flexible depending on your and our teachers' availability at the time. Our teachers' availability spreads from 7AM to 10PM Vietnam time, from Monday to Sunday. Depending on the total hours of class, lessons can be done at cafe shops or/and outdoors locations. This can be discussed in details later.
You can choose how many hours of lessons you'd like to take, but we recommend you take at least 3-5 hours as that's a good amount of time for you to learn, practice and memorize what you learn from this course. Below is a list of topics that can be covered in the course:
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Basic Vietnamese phrases
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Basic Vietnamese numbers
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Introduce yourself and others
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Everyday greetings
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Vietnamese at a family dinner
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Buying at the market and Bargaining
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Ordering food and drinks
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Vietnamese at a hotel
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Asking and showing directions
To sign up, click the link on the right. It's normal to sign up 1-2 weeks prior to your intended start date. However, if you plan to study intensively, it's better if you sign up at least a month in advance so that we have enough time to arrange a suitable teacher and schedule for you.
01 or more students
(Yourself or your group)
Cafe / outdoors / online
Based on students' availability
USD 13.5 / hour / person
- Normally people sign up for 3-10 hours
- Contact for discounts if you have more than 1 person
Conversation class
Conversation Class is the perfect class option for students of Intermediate level or higher who are looking to improve Vietnamese speaking and conversational skills. This class offers to you regular 30 minute 1-1 online conversational Vietnamese lessons.
How it works is that you and your teacher will chat on Skype (or Google Hangouts or any other online calling service) in Vietnamese about any topic, for 30 minutes a day. You can choose to practice everyday or several days a week depending on your availability. There's also an option of practicing with one teacher or multiple teachers, for which we'd recommend multiple teachers as you'll get to talk with people who speak different accents and come from different backgrounds.
There's no lesson plans, but instead, your teacher will help you by asking questions that let you express your ideas and opinions in Vietnamese and by providing you with vocabulary and pronunciation guidelines when needed.
Class time can be discussed and arranged directly between you and your teacher(s). Most of our teachers are available between 7 AM and 10 PM Vietnam time.
To register, click the link on the right.
01 student
Online
(Skype / Google Hangouts)
30 minutes / lesson - several times a week
(depending on students' availability)
3,300,000 VND or 150 USD / 15 hours