The Faculty regrets to advise that this course has been withdrawn from the Semester 2 offering due to inadequate numbers.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

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

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.

60 hours of class time per semester.

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