Most of my students don’t fit into one neat box. They come with full lives, messy weeks, and a quiet feeling that they should have learned more Vietnamese by now.
If any of these sound like you, you’re in the right place.
The complete beginner
You know three words and one of them might be wrong. 👋 Welcome. Vietnamese has six tones (or five, depending on the accent), so we’ll get through the hard bits together. No prior knowledge required, no fake enthusiasm expected.
The overseas Vietnamese learner (Việt Kiều)
You understood everything at the dinner table. You just answered in English. Or French. Or whatever language school was happening in. Now you’re an adult and there’s a specific kind of ache there - not quite fluent, not quite a beginner, not quite sure where you fit. You fit here. It doesn’t have to be a “start from zero” classroom, and it isn’t a quiz on your identity. It’s a space to reclaim a language that was always kind of yours. 🌿
The parent closing the grandparent gap
You want your kids to have a real conversation with ông bà, not just wave and smile. Maybe you want to model it yourself. Maybe you just want resources that don’t assume the kids already speak Vietnamese at home. I’ve helped a lot of families with exactly this. It’s one of my favourite things to teach.
The busy adult who’s tried before
You’ve downloaded the app. You’ve bought the book. You’ve bookmarked the YouTube playlist you swore you’d get to. And somewhere between work, family, and the three other things you said yes to, it all fell off. That’s not a character flaw. That’s being a person. We’ll build something that fits into your actual week, not your aspirational one.
The “I’ve been learning for years” student
You can order a coffee. You can introduce yourself. And beyond that, things get a little foggy. Private lessons are for exactly this. We’ll look at where you actually are and push past the plateau from there.
