"she is always listening"

Ms Nguyen Thao adjusts the pace according to your understanding of the language and comfort level. she listens to the student's needs and works accordingly. I like the fact that she gives multiple examples that are practical. she pays close attention to pronunciation even if it's a casual talk not pertaining to the lesson.
Highly recommended! Study material provided by SVFF is good.

"Fun Learning-- Amazing Teacher"

I've been taking lessons from Ms. Thị Thảo Nguyên Phan, and her teaching style is both engaging and effective, combining a structured approach with plenty of interactive elements that kept me motivated and excited to learn. She always takes the time to address any questions I had and provided constructive feedback that helped me improve.

I really appreciate Ms. Nguyên's patience and encouragement. Learning a new language can be challenging, but her supportive demeanor made the process enjoyable and less daunting. She consistently created a positive learning environment where I felt comfortable practicing and making mistakes.

The online textbook can be a lot of information, but the supplemental SVFF Youtube videos and Ms. Nguyên's lessons help breakdown the textbook lessons.

Taking lessons with Ms. Nguyên feels like catching up with a friend-- I look forward to our lessons and being able to apply myself to conversational situations!

"Super engaging and detailed lessons"

I have had an amazing experience studying at SVFF with Miss Thanh Ngân for 5 months now. The course material is second to none and Miss Thanh Ngân brings something new and to each class and always has a smile and laugh while walking me through the pronunciation, listening, grammar, and vocab in the southern Vietnamese accent. You can really tell how much she cares about teaching and does an excellent job of keeping all of the material personal and engaging.

"My teacher is great. Textbook learning can be slow"

I learnt Vietnamese with Kim Hang at SVFF for about 8 months. My teacher is very good at explaining grammar and sentence structures for me and even pin point common mistakes from people like me where we already learnt Vietnamese from our parents but are not fluent. I like how she can help me show the small difference in my region's southern accent compared to the standard southern Vietnamese one. It helped me be aware of what words or ways I say some words can be difficult for some southern people to understand.

I think my teacher did well adjusting and adapting to my different levels in Vietnamese even though following the SVFF textbook was dry or too slow in providing new information for me. I like learning from a textbook and it had great audio clips and exercises in the beginning but I think over time I was not interested in learning this way and my teacher adjusted.

There are extra resources to learn new words outside of the textbook. However it requires communication and initiative on your own part to have it part of your learning.

Overall, if you are an absolute beginner it would be good. But if you are intermediate, make sure you know how you like to learn languages and have some study habits down so you can make the most out of classes and be an active role in tailoring them to your needs.

"SVFF is MORE than 2,000% faster fluency🤓 VS DUOLINGO🦉👀"

My name is Derek and I’ve been studying Vietnamese independently for nearly 6 years to try and become closer to my wife’s family.

Despite my effort I consistently struggled to pronounce even basic things properly, understand tones at all, or understand any spoken content. This was in part due to the fact that the vast majority of content for learning Vietnamese is in the northern dialect.

After weekly lessons for 15 weeks with Miss Thanh Ngân I can now comfortably pronounce nearly all written content, and am able to understand and respond with proper tonality. I have understandable pronunciation in basic conversational Vietnamese with enough competence to complete portions of my work communicating with Vietnamese speakers in my current career.

In only one hour a week for three and a half months I made more progress than I made self studying in over half a decade. That’s a 2,000% faster learning pace based on my math. (15 lessons ≈ 3.5 months, 6 years = 72 months, 72/3.5 ≈ 20.5, 20x100% = 2,000%)

I now write in Vietnamese.

I now read simple books in Vietnamese.

Most importantly of all, I can understand most of what’s being said by my wife’s family and feel like a part of every conversation. Even if I may be a little bit less chatty than I am when the conversation is in English🤪.

Thank you Cô Thanh Ngân for being a flexible and attentive tutor, who isn’t too proud to ask questions and treats every lesson as a conversation between equals who both love to learn.

Thank you SVFF for providing all the resources I could need to learn Southern Vietnamese and letting me become more successful professionally.

But most importantly, thank you Cô Thanh Ngân, Chú Huỳen Thế Phi, along with the SVFF team for helping me grow closer to family.

If you’re on the fence about SVFF and serious about learning Vietnamese let this be the push you need to set up a trial lesson.

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"Cô Thương is a great teacher"

Cô Thương is a great teacher. She is always well prepared and in a great mood. I have learned a lot from her as well as been able to utilize the many resources at SVFF

"Best Experience, Great Teacher"

I tried the free tutorial and never expected it to go so well. I forgot how fun it is to learn and the best part of my journey is my teacher Trần Thị Thanh Ngân. She is excellent with adapting the lessons to make it entertaining but also memorable. I don't think my progress wouldn't have been as great without her. If you are looking for a course to learn Vietnamese, this is it!

"Years of learning with SVFF"

I've been studying with SVFF for over 3 years now, first with Miss Như Thi and now with Miss Thanh Ngân. The teachers are excellent and I went from only knowing the alphabet to being able to have conversations in Vietnamese. Although we follow a lesson plan, Miss Thanh Ngân is very thoughtful and adds additional activities and games for my learning. She is very supportive and encouraging. I highly recommend SVFF to anyone wanting to learn Vietnamese.

"Great Experience with SVFF and Miss Hoai Thuong"

I grew up speaking Vietnamese conversationally with my family. However, when I got into my current profession I wanted to be able to speak with my clients using professional/formal Vietnamese. More specifically, I needed to know how to say therapeutic words as well as how to explain certain diagnoses. I came across SVFF after browsing on YouTube and TikTok, and ended up booking classes with Miss Hoai Thuong. I'm so glad that I did! She caters each lesson to a specific topic I am currently struggling with at my job, and will include lots of examples so that I am able to fully comprehend her teaching. She also includes videos, articles, and fun games throughout her lessons which really make the hour long classes go by super fast. The amount of effort she puts into her lesson plans is always appreciated, and I am so grateful that she is so patient with me! Highly recommend SVFF and Miss Hoai Thuong

"Flexible, individualized, valuable"

I've been taking lessons with Cô Nguyên for over six months now and my Vietnamese has become significantly more conversant! So much so that it helped me navigate and have meaningful conversations with my relatives in Vietnam, and they all noted how much better and more confident my Vietnamese has sounded.

I owe this to the flexibility that SVFF provides with an ample amount of online textbook material and exercises that I can do on my busy schedule. Cô Nguyên is also incredibly accommodating to how often I need to shift or postpone our lessons, and is deft at adjusting each lesson based on my shifting goals and bad student habits haha.

Most teachers can easily phone something like this in, but I really really appreciated how far Cô Nguyên goes in adding extra cultural context to these lessons and helping me understand my heritage more. This is what separates SVFF from other platforms like Duolingo or Babbel. You just simply cannot replace a subject matter expert and individualized approach you get from these 1:1 experiences that provide great value for the money.

I also want to shout out the extra mile Cô Nguyên went to when I visited Saigon this past Holiday. She took her own time to motorbike me around the city, teach me about the local sights and customs, and practice Vietnamese with me all day. Truly above and beyond.