This 3-volume course, consisting of 140 lessons and optional accompanying cassette tapes, is designed to teach students all the language skills: speaking, reading, writing, and listening. Together with supplementary materials, it may be completed in nine months and will enable students to pursue advanced studies without the need of an intermediate course. Students participate actively from the first day of the course and upon completion, will be able to converse in Vietnamese on a wide range of topics, to read and understand newspaper articles (with limited use of a dictionary), and to transcribe studio-quality tape recordings. (This publication will be sold as a complete set only.) 11 audio CDs included