Lessons
Structured, one lesson at a time — sounds first, idioms later.
🇺🇸 → Tiếng Việt · Vietnamese for English speakers
Lesson 1 · The alphabet & how to say it
29 letters, hear each in a Northern or Southern voice, tone quiz included.
Tone trainer · see your own pitch curve
Say it back and match the native tone shape — the 6 tones, or any word in the dictionary. Analyzed right on your device.
Lesson 2 · Typing Vietnamese (Telex)
Type every mark with a plain keyboard — practice word by word, then pass the typing test. Unlocks typing for every lesson after.
Lesson 3 · The six tones & where the marks go
The pitch map, the mark-placement rules, one-sound-six-meanings, and the three confusable pairs — every word plays audio.
Lesson 4 · The single vowels
11 sounds, the three truly new ones (ơ, ư, â), and the four confusable clusters drilled with real minimal pairs.
Lesson 5 · Consonant starts, part 1
The freebies, the t/th puff pair, the đ/d bar trap, and the c–k–q rule.
Lesson 6 · Consonant teams & the regional splits
ch/tr, s/x, d/gi/r, the ng- drill, the gh/ngh rule — and where North and South really differ.
Lesson 7 · How words end
The 8 finals: nasal trios, unreleased stops, the checked-tone law, and the lip-closing endings.
Lesson 8 · Vowel glides, part 1
Every falling glide (ai, ao, ôi, ưu…) and the hidden ai/ay, ao/au length trap.
Lesson 9 · Heavy diphthongs, triphthongs & full syllables
The ia⇄iê spelling rule, on-glides, triphthongs, the syllable formula, and the graduation read.
That completes the pronunciation track — more tracks are coming.