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Vietnamese the House

Eighth graders learn the rooms of the house in Vietnamese (ngôi nhà) — nhà bếp (kitchen), phòng ngủ (bedroom), phòng tắm (bathroom), phòng khách (living room), vườn (garden). They explore each room and describe their home.

Grade 8The House50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Learn rooms of the house.
  • ✓Explore each room.
  • ✓Describe your home.
  • ✓Say where things are.
Essential Question

nhà bếp, phòng khách, vườn… how do you name the rooms of a house in Vietnamese?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Vietnamese House Explorer

Project this and tap each. Have students explore rooms of a Vietnamese house.

🏠 Explore the Vietnamese house — tap each roomTry it

The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Warm-Up — At Home

6 min

How do you name the rooms of a house in Vietnamese?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a house photo.
  • Ask “nhà bếp?”
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — The House

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to the House Explorer.
  • Tap each room.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each.
  • Say.
  • Repeat.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a room.
  • Say nhà bếp & vườn.
  • Say what you do there.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name.
  • Say.
  • Say it.
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Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “tôi ăn trong nhà bếp” (I eat in the kitchen).
  • Describe your home.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Describe.
  • Ask.
5

Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a room.
  • Say your favorite room.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice-High).

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand room words.

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: describe a home.

ACTFL
Cultures 2.1

Explore Vietnamese homes.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: talk about home.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Room cards with pronunciation.
  • A house floor plan.
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with nhà bếp & phòng ngủ.
  • Use a floor plan.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add furniture words.
  • Draw & label a house.
  • Describe each room.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🏠Room cards
  • 💻The Vietnamese House Explorer
  • 📐House floor plan
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

nhà (nyah)housenhà bếpkitchenphòng ngủbedroomphòng tắmbathroomphòng kháchliving roomvườn (vuhn)gardencửa (kuh-a)doorcửa sổwindow
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
How do you say “kitchen” in Vietnamese?
nhà bếp.
QUESTION 2
What room is phòng tắm?
Bathroom.
QUESTION 3
What room is phòng khách?
Living room.

Reflect: the house.

Have students name two rooms in their home in Vietnamese. A printable Vietnamese house sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Vietnamese the HousePrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: cửa (kuh-a), cửa sổ, nhà (nyah), nhà bếp, phòng khách, phòng ngủ, phòng tắm, vườn (vuhn)
  1. bathroom
  2. window
  3. bedroom
  4. house
  5. garden
  6. door
  7. kitchen
  8. living room

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “kitchen” in Vietnamese?
  2. What room is phòng tắm?
  3. What room is phòng khách?
Answer key — Part A: 1) phòng tắm · 2) cửa sổ · 3) phòng ngủ · 4) nhà (nyah) · 5) vườn (vuhn) · 6) cửa (kuh-a) · 7) nhà bếp · 8) phòng khách
Part B: 1) nhà bếp. 2) Bathroom. 3) Living room.