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LESSON PLANS: LET'S SELF-LEARN HMONG LANGUAGE
for Beginners

​​If you want to learn Hmong by yourself in using the textbooks "Planting a tree", follow these lesson plans to guide you to develp your speaking, comprehension, writing and reading skills in addition to the acquisition of Hmong traditional culture.

INTRODUCTION
​The set of textbooks "Planting a Tree" has 7 lessons. For an independent learner, each lesson needs about 3 weeks to one month to complete it.
These books are written for non-Hmong learners. So, there are English translations for most of the exercises. Two glosseries, Hmong-English, and English-Hmong, are placed at the end of the textbook for vocabulary support.

Very important, when you see "LISTEN TO AUDIO FILE" in the books, it means that the lesson section, exercise or activity is recorded. You can listen to it in this webpage. These audio files are free.
If learning Hmong by yourself is really challenging, I strongly encourage you to take a Hmong class.

If you live in California, you can take the beginning course with me at Fresno City College. This is the cheapest place to learn Hmong. For 5 units, the tuition fees are about $200 for the semester. If you have
time conflict, email me.

To improve your fluency, practice what you have learned with your parents, relatives, or Hmong friends, ... . Take any opportunities you have to speak Hmong in order to improve. Don't be shy! Practice is the key for improvement. Learning a language is fun!

Let's start!
Click on the number of the lesson that you want to start below:

Lesson 2

Lesson 1

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Lesson 5

Lesson 6

Lesson 7

GO TO WHITE HMONG AUDIO FILES
PER LESSON

Which book is it?

WHITE HMONG/ HMONG DAW
LESSON BOOK: It's the book with a darker blue cover. There are several pictures narrating the story of an orphan who was abandoned, but thanks to the Monkeys, he found a treasure, and came home to live happily ever after.
LAB MANUAL: It's the thin book with a lighter blue cover with one picture in the center. The picture shows the return of the orphan.

MONG LENG
LESSON BOOK: It's the book with scenes of everyday life.
LAB MANUAL: It's the book with a round of Mong Leng skirt fabric.

WHERE TO BUY THEM?
For the White Hmong books in paper, feel free to get them at the Fresno State Kennel Bookstore. For the digital copies, feel free to buy them at amazon.com.
For the Mong Leng books, you can find them as paper or digital copies, at Amazon.com

LESSON 1, PAGE 20: LEARN THE BASIC PRONUNCIATIONS

​Objective 1: I develop my vocabulary, pronunciation and reading skills.
Textbook: From page 20 to page 34: read lessons and do the exercises.
Lab manual: From page 6 to 8: I do the exercise set.

Objective 2: I develop my speaking and comprehension skIlls.

Lab manual: From page 35 to 37: practice the pronunciations. All pronunciations are recorded and free in the lab webpage.
Lab manual: from page 56 to page 58: I do the lab set. All the audio files are in the lab webpage.

Objective 3: I study the cultural topics of this lesson.
Textbook: From page 35 to page 39: Read the texts and do the exercises.

LESSON 2, PAGE 40: I LEARN TO GREET ...
​Objective 1: I develop my vocabulary, reading and speaking skills.
Textbook: From page 40 to page 42: read lessons and do the exercises.
Lab manual: in page 47: practice the conversation. All conversations are recorded and free in the lab webpage.

Objective 2: I develop my pronunciation skIlls.
Textbook: From page 43 to page 50: I read the lesson and do the exercises.
Lab manual: From page 38 to page 41, and page 46: I practice these 4 pronunciations. All pronunciations are recorded and free in the lab webpage. (IMPORTANT: You have to practice several times these 4 most important pronunciation sets so that you know how to find tones and blend consonants with vowels and tones to read and to spelling words correctly).

Objective 3: I study the cultural aspect of this lesson.
Textbook: From page 63 to page 66 : I read the text and do the exercise.

Objective 4: I acquire language structures in studying the grammatical rules.
Textbook: From page 51 to page 60: I read the lessons and do the exercises.
Lab manual: From page 9 to page 12: To reinforce my language accuracy, I do the exercise set.

Objective 5: I practice writing and enhance my language accuracy.
Textbook: From page 61 to page 62: I do the exercises.​

Objective 6: I develop my comprehension skills.
Lab manual: from page 58 to page 59: I do the lab set. All the audio files are in the lab webpage.


LESSON 3, PAGE 67: I LEARN TO NAME OBJECTS ...


​Objective 1: I develop my vocabulary, reading and speaking skills.

  • Textbook: From page 67 to page 73: read lessons and do the exercises.

  • Lab manual: in page 48: practice the conversation. All conversations are recorded and free in the lab webpage.


Objective 2: I develop my pronunciation skIlls.

  • Textbook: From page 74 to page 80: I read the lesson and do the exercises.

  • Lab manual: in pages 42 a,d 43: I practice the pronunciation. All pronunciations are recorded and free in the lab webpage.


Objective 3: I study the cultural aspect of this lesson.

  • Textbook: From page 89 to page 92 : I read the text and do the exercise.


Objective 4: I acquire language structures in studying the grammatical rules.

  • Textbook: From page 81 to page 88: I read the lessons and do the exercises.

  • Lab manual: From page 13 to page 17: To reinforce my language skills, I do the exercise set.

Objective 5: I practice writing and enhance my language accuracy.

  • Textbook: In page 88 : I do the exercises.​

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Objective 6: I develop my comprehension skills.

  • Lab manual: from page 60 to page 61: I do the lab set. All the audio files are in the lab webpage.


LESSON 4, PAGE 93: I LEARN TO CALL FAMILY MEMBERS WITH KIN TERMS ...

​​Objective 1: I develop my vocabulary, reading and speaking skills.

  • Textbook: From page 93 to page 97: read lessons and do the exercises.

  • Lab manual: From page 49 to 52; practice the 2 conversations. All conversations are recorded and free in the lab webpage.


Objective 2: I develop my pronunciation skIlls.

  • Textbook: From page 97 to page 103: read the lesson and do the exercises.

  • Lab manual: in page 44: I practice the pronunciation. All pronunciations are recorded and free in the lab webpage.


Objective 3: I study the cultural aspect of this lesson.

  • Textbook: From page 114 to page 115: I read the text and do the exercise.


Objective 4: I acquire language structures in studying the grammatical rules.

  • Textbook: From page 104 to page 113: I read the lessons and do the exercises.

  • Lab manual: From page 18 to page 21: To reinforce my language skills, I do the exercise set.

Objective 5: I practice writing and enhance my language accuracy.

  • Textbook: In page 113: I do the exercises.​


Objective 6: I develop my comprehension skills.

  • Lab manual: from page 62 to page 63: I do the lab set. All the audio files are in the lab webpage.


LESSON 5, PAGE 116: I LEARN TO TALK ABOUT MY LIFE ROUTINE ...


​Objective 1: I develop my vocabulary, reading and speaking skills.

  • Textbook: From page 116 to page 121: read lessons and do the exercises.

  • Lab manual: in page 53: practice the conversation. All conversations are recorded and free in the lab webpage.


Objective 2: I develop my pronunciation skIlls.

  • Textbook: From page 121 to page 126: I read the lesson and do the exercises.​​


Objective 3: I study the cultural aspect of this lesson.

  • Textbook: From page 139 to page 140: I read the text and do the exercise.


Objective 4: I acquire language structures in studying the grammatical rules.

  • Textbook: From page 126 to page 137: I read the lessons and do the exercises.

  • Lab manual: From page 22 to page 26: To reinforce my language skills, I do the exercise set.

Objective 5: I practice writing and enhance my language accuracy.

  • Textbook: From page 137 to page 138: I do the exercises.

Objective 6: I develop my comprehension skills.

  • Lab manual: from page 65 to page 67: I do the lab set. All the audio files are in the lab webpage.


LESSON 6, PAGE 141: I LEARN TO TALK ABOUT FOOD ...


​Objective 1: I develop my vocabulary, reading and speaking skills.

  • Textbook: From page 141 to page 147: read lessons and do the exercises.

  • Lab manual: in page 54: practice the conversation. All conversations are recorded and free in the lab webpage.


Objective 2: I develop my pronunciation skIlls.

  • Textbook: From page 147 to page 153: I read the lesson and do the exercises.

  • Lab manual: in page 45: I practice the pronunciation. All pronunciations are recorded and free in the lab webpage.


Objective 3: I study the cultural aspect of this lesson.

  • Textbook: From page 164 to page 166 : I read the text and do the exercise.


Objective 4: I acquire language structures in studying the grammatical rules.

  • Textbook: From page 153 to page 161: I read the lessons and do the exercises.

  • Lab manual: From page 27 to page 31: To reinforce my language skills, I do the exercise set.

Objective 5: I practice writing and enhance my language accuracy.

  • Textbook: From page 161 to page163: I do the exercises.​


Objective 6: I develop my comprehension skills.

  • Lab manual: from page 68 to page 70: I do the lab set. All the audio files are in the lab webpage.


LESSON 7, PAGE 167: I LEARN TO TALK ABOUT HEALTH ...


​Objective 1: I develop my vocabulary, reading and speaking skills.

  • Textbook: From page 167 to page 172: read lessons and do the exercises.

  • Lab manual: in page 55: practice the conversation. All conversations are recorded and free in the lab webpage.


Objective 2: I develop my pronunciation skIlls.

  • Textbook: From page 173 to page 175: I read the lesson and do the exercises​.


Objective 3: I study the cultural aspect of this lesson.

  • Textbook: From page 182 to page 184: I read the text and do the exercise.


Objective 4: I acquire language structures in studying the grammatical rules.

  • Textbook: From page 176 to page 181: I read the lessons and do the exercises.

  • Lab manual: From page 32 to page 34: To reinforce my language skills, I do the exercise set.

Objective 5: I practice writing and enhance my language accuracy.

  • Textbook: In page 181: I do the exercises.​


Objective 6: I develop my comprehension skills.

  • Lab manual: from page 71 to page 72: I do the lab set. All the audio files are in the lab webpage.

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