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Burmese 1

Undergraduate | ANU-BURM1002 | 2022

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Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
14 weeks

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Burmese 1

About this subject

  • Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

    1. Recognise and pronounce the 32 Burmese consonants, seven basic vowels, and three tones, as well as other distinctive features of Burmese pronunciation such as glottal stops.
    2. Reproduce Burmese pronunciation according to the Romanization system used by SOAS, London University, to support the basic use of English-Burmese and Burmese-English dictionaries; recognize the Burmese script and reproduce basic words in it.
    3. Use an active vocabulary of around 300 items.
    4. Recognise and produce sentence structures in colloquial Burmese to allow short conversations and the reading and writing of short, basic texts.
    5. Understand and compose basic forms of colloquial style of Burmese such as greetings and simple questions and answers about personal details, statements on the quantity and quality of things they encounter in everyday life.
    6. Demonstrate an understanding of basic cultural practices such as honorifics for Burmese names and the custom of birthdays of the week.

Entry requirements

Others

You may be required to take a placement test.

Additional requirements

  • Equipment requirements - To successfully engage in this course students will need the following: • Laptop or computer • Computer camera (either inbuilt or webcam) • Headset with microphone • Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome browser • Reliable internet access • Access to a scanner or smartphone

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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