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BURM6002 Introduction to Burmese

Offered By School of Culture, History and Language
Academic Career Graduate Coursework
Course Subject Burmese
Offered in First Semester, 2010
Unit Value 6 units
Course Description

The Faculty regrets to advise that this course has been withdrawn from the Semester 2 offering due to inadequate numbers.

The course will provide students with an introduction to a communicative command of Burmese, with emphasis on interactive use of the language in commonly occurring situations. There will also be an introduction to a Reading command of the Burmese script.
It is recommended that students take Complimentary non-language course, ASHI2027 ‘The Future of East Timor’.

Indicative Assessment

Graduate students attend joint classes with undergraduates but may expect more rigorous assessment and additional assignment work, tailored to the graduate student's interests.

Areas of Interest Asian Languages
Prescribed Texts

Burmese (Myanmar): An Introduction by John Okell. Text to be complemented by audio tapes, dictionaries, phrasebooks and grammars of Burmese, as well Burmese-language newspaper and newsmagazines.

Programs Master of Asia-Pacific Studies
Other Information

60 hours of class time per semester.

No prerequisites. This course is for students who have no substantial previous study of Burmese.

Academic Contact Dr George Quinn

The information published on the Study at ANU 2010 website applies to the 2010 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2009 website.

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