Resources for Vietnamese Speech and Language

General

• VietSLP
  A website with online resources for the Vietnamese Language with Assessment Tools, Learning Modules, and Databank.
• About World Languages: Vietnamese
  An overview of the dialects, structure, and writing of Vietnamese.
• Bilinguistics: Phonology, Phonotactics, and Morphosyntax of Vietnamese (PDF)
  PDF offering contrastive analysis between English and Vietnamese for speech and language, along with a list of second-language influenced error patterns for Vietnamese-English bilinguals.
• IPA Guide to the Vietnamese Alphabet
  Created by Bùi Hoàng Duy and Dzwee H. Bui, this guide provides detailed phonetic information about the Vietnamese alphabet.
• Vietnamese Speech Language Therapy
  This website is for Vietnamese parents and clinicians. It offers information in Vietnamese regarding speech and language development and disorders, free speech and language assessments in Vietnamese, information about therapy, and more. Below are the most commonly used links, however, it is encouraged that you explore the website as there is useful information throughout. For questions, please contact Dr. Giang Pham at gpham@sdsu.edu.
  • Therapy Speech Stories
  • Vietnamese Articulation Test Version II (Test + Record Form)
  • Vietnamese One-Word Articulation Screener
  • Vietnamese Questionnaire for Parents

Assessment

• Bilingual Aphasia Test (BAT)
  A test designed to assess the languages of a bilingual or multilingual person with aphasia. The various versions in different languages are culturally and linguistically equivalent.
• Intelligibility in Context Scale (ICS): Vietnamese
  The Intelligibility in Context Scale is a quick parent report measure of children's intelligibility.
• IPA Chart - Vietnamese
  Native phonetic inventory found in most native Vietnamese dialects.
• Focus on Outcomes for Children Under Six
  Survey for parents and clinicians designed to evaluate change in communicative-participation in preschool children. Click below to download:
  • Vietnamese Parent Instructions
  • Vietnamese Parent Form
  • Vietnamese Clinician Form 
• Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised, with Follow-Up (M-CHAT)
  Freely available and includes translations in Vietnamese.
• MAIN Story Tell and Story Retell Language Assessment in Vietnamese
  Instrument for assessing narrative skills in children who acquire one or more languages from birth or from an early age. The MAIN is available in 92 languages, including Vietnamese. Register to access and download. 

Treatment

• ASHA ProFind
  Find a Vietnamese-speaking SLP in the US.
• Trinh Foundation 
  Find a Vietnamese-speaking SLP in Vietnam.
• Trinh Foundation Resources 
  SLP handouts in Vietnamese.
• Special Education Resources in Vietnamese
  Find videos in Vietnamese on how to support a child with special education needs by understanding a child’s behavioral responses, building school relationships, and more. 

Research

• Illustration of the IPA: Vietnamese (Hanoi Vietnamese) (PDF)
  Research article by James P. Kirby illustrating the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for the northern accent of Vietnamese.