This course will introduce students to the Burmese language, and provide them with communicative commands at an Introductory level, with an emphasis on conversation in everyday situations. Students will also begin to familiarise themselves with reading and writing Burmese script.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- 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.
- 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; recognise the Burmese script and reproduce basic words in it.
- Use an active vocabulary of around 300 items.
- Recognise and produce sentence structures in colloquial Burmese to allow short conversations and the reading and writing of short, basic texts.
- 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.
- Demonstrate an understanding of basic cultural practices such as honorifics for Burmese names and the custom of birthdays of the week.
Other Information
Equivalent to CEFR A1; MLT (Myanmar Language Test) MB
On successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to engage at an Introductory level of Burmese.
Students with native speaker proficiency (may include cognate languages and dialects) must review the language proficiency assessment site and contact the CAP Student Centre for appropriate enrolment advice. Students with previous “language experience or exposure” are required to undertake a language proficiency assessment to ensure enrolment at the most appropriate level.
Relevant past experience includes:
- Previous study of the language (both formal and informal, for example but not limited to, at school, or, home, or through online activities, etc.)
- Being exposed to the language in childhood via a family member or friend
- Travel or living in a country where the language is spoken
- The language being spoken in your home (even if you do not speak it yourself)
Students who are not sure if they need to undertake a language proficiency assessment should seek advice from the course or language convenor. Students who intentionally misrepresent their language proficiency level may be investigated under the Academic Misconduct Rule 2015 as having failed to comply with assessment directions and having sought unfair advantage. This may results in a penalty such as reduced grades or failure of the course.
Students are not permitted to enrol in a language course below one that they have already successfully completed, except with permission of the language and/or course convenor.
Indicative Assessment
- In class participation (10) [LO 1,2,3,4,5,6]
- Quizzes (5) [LO 1,2,4,5]
- Mid-term written test (15) [LO 1,2,4,5,6]
- Mid-term oral test (15) [LO 1,4,5,6]
- Final oral test (30) [LO 1,3,4,5,6]
- Final written test (25) [LO 1,2,3,4,5,6]
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Workload
Burmese 1 will have 120 minutes of online class per week. Each week students are expected to study for 5.5 hours per week as follows:1. Before each online class, spend 120 minutes working on the written and audio materials for the lesson, and memorising the new vocabulary and statements. Check the new grammar to be introduced at the online class.
2. Participate in one 120 minute online class.
3. 90 minutes completing the online follow-up exercises regarding listening, speaking, reading and writing skills and vocabulary. This time includes a weekly quiz (30 minutes).
4. Students are also expected to spend at least 4.5 hours on individual study practising the week’s written and spoken language forms and vocabulary and reviewing feedback on their work.
The total workload for this course is 130 hours including independent study.
Inherent Requirements
Not applicable
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Burmese By Ear or Essential Myanmar by John
Okell (free download)
https://www.soas.ac.uk/bbe/
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you 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). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found 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 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2022 | $3840 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2022 | $4980 |
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