• Offered by School of Culture History and Language
  • ANU College ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
  • Course subject Burmese
  • Academic career UGRD
  • Course convener
    • Yuri Takahashi
  • Mode of delivery Online or In Person
  • Co-taught Course
  • Offered in First Semester 2017
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This course will expand upon the competencies learned in Burmese 2. Students will develop lower intermediate spoken and written language skills in Burmese. By the end of the course students will be able to conduct a simple conversation and find their way around in Myanmar. 

Learning Outcomes

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

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 
  1. Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the grammar and vocabulary of literary Burmese.
  2. Apply a lower intermediate understanding of colloquial Burmese to engage in short conversations on non-technical topics.
  3. Comprehend short passages written in literary Burmese and critique colloquial Burmese texts at a lower intermediate level.
  4. Compose written passages in introductory literary Burmese.
  5. Compose extended written passages in colloquial Burmese on a range of non-technical topics.

Indicative Assessment

  1. In class participation - 10% (LOs 1, 2, 3, 4)
  2. Quizzes - 5% (LOs 1, 3, 4)
  3. Mid term oral test - 15%  (LOs 1, 2)
  4. Mid term written test - 15%  (LOs 1, 3, 4, 5)
  5. Final oral test - 30% (LOs 1, 2)
  6. Final written test - 25% (LOs 1, 3, 4, 5)

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Workload

Contact hours for this course are 4 hours per week. Students are expected to spend 7-8 hours per week on independent study. The total workload for the course is 130 hours including class time and independent study. 

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course students will need to have completed BURM1003 or undertake a Burmese language proficiency test. Incompatible with BURM6101.

Prescribed Texts

'Burmese: An Introduction to the Literary Style' & 'Burmese: An Introduction to the Script' (both John Okell) (both Northern Illinois University Press, 2010)
Other course materials will be provided on the class Wattle website. 

Preliminary Reading

'Burmese: An Introduction to the Spoken Language Book 2' by John Okell

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2017 $2856
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2017 $4080
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
4838 20 Feb 2017 27 Feb 2017 31 Mar 2017 26 May 2017 In Person N/A

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