You can understand:
- Longer texts and their implicit meaning.
- Lengthy speech on abstract topics with relative ease.
- Details in complex texts, even if unrelated to your own specialty.
What you can do with level V5 Vietnamese
A V5 level of Vietnamese allows for a full range of functionality at work or in an academic setting. The V5 level would allow for full autonomy in Vietnamese usage.
- Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognize underlying meaning.
- Can express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much searching for everyday expressions.
- Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes.
- Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of Vietnamese organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.
Detailed Vietnamese skills of V5 level
In order to evaluate the Vietnamese language proficiency of students as well as their own self-assessment, a V5 level learner should have the necessary Vietnamese skills to:
- Discuss in detail issues related to success, including building a motivated, successful team.
- Talk in some detail about your favorite paintings and the architecture of buildings that you like.
- Discuss societal problems, possible solutions for problems and what role corporations can play.
- Participate in discussions about conservation, sustainability and natural habitat protection.
- Talk about events and issues in the news and how they affect people and companies.
- Talk about risks in life, including changing jobs and doing dangerous sports.
- Compare and contrast various forms of education and individual schools.
- Discuss various types of humor, including subtle forms like sarcasm.
- Understand various communication styles, including direct & indirect, formal & informal.
- Discuss issues related to your quality of life, including work-life balance and home living environment.
- Understand and discuss issues related to ethics, like civil disobedience.
Although progress will depend on each individual’s ability and the type of course, students can expect to reach level V5 with 800 hours of cumulative instruction.
