Burmese

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Burmese (Myanmar): An Introduction to the Language (Northern Illinois University)
John Okell
This four-part course was originally designed for classroom use but has proven to be highly effective for individual self-study as well. Unlike most book-and-tape sets with their grammar rules and vocabulary lists, this course specifically targets the student's acquisition of useful functional spoken language skills, rather than just teaching about the language.There are four parallel volumes in this series of Burmese language texts: Burmese: An Introduction to the Spoken Language: Book 1 and Book 2,
Burmese: An Introduction to the Script, and Burmese: An Introduction to the Literary Style. These volumes can be purchased individually or as a package.
All 4 books with 34 tapes
$299
Burmese: An Introduction to the Spoken Language, Book 1 with 12 tapes
$99
Burmese: An Introduction to the Spoken Language, Book 2 with 14 tapes
$99
Burmese: An Introduction to the Script - book with 7 tapes
$99
Burmese: An Introduction to the Literary Style - book with 1 tape
$59

Courses

Burmese: An Introduction to the Spoken Language, Book 1
Burmese: An Introduction to the Spoken Language, Book 2
John Okell
These two volumes focus on early encounters with Burmese speakers and cover survival needs and first conversations. They give a solid grounding in the grammar and sound system of modern colloquial Burmese, with short lessons that enable flexible pacing and extensive practice. There are many speaking exercises and practice dialogues on the tapes, with review lessons at frequent intervals. The Burmese material is presented in both Burmese script and roman transcription throughout. Included also are notes on etiquette and social behavior in Myanmar, cumulated vocabularies in both Burmese-English and English-Burmese and additional vocabularies arranged by topic, e.g. names of clothes, foods, conversing with Buddhist monks, etc.

Book 1 with 12 tapes
$99
Book 2 with 14 tapes
$99

Burmese: An Introduction to the Script
John Okell
This book and tape set enables students with no previous knowledge of Burmese to become competent in reading and writing Burmese script. In particular, it offers the use of tapes to make the link between the symbols you read and the words you hear and say, with readings from original Burmese materials and appendices on handwriting and cursive forms, ornate lettering, the Burmese names of the characters, Burmese alphabetical order, and common abbreviations.

Book with 7 tapes
$99

Burmese: An Introduction to the Literary Style
John Okell
This book is based on passages selected from children's school books used in Myanmar. Parts 1 and 2 contain passages relating to life at home and at school, while the texts selected for Part 3 deal with themes of Burmese nationalism and independence. Each passage is accompanied by a full vocabulary and translation and is followed by a set of exercises designed to familiarize the student with new vocabulary and structures.

Book with 1 tape
$59