Burmese: An Introduction to the Spoken Language, Book 1 ( With Audio CD) (Bk. 1) Review

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Burmese: An Introduction to the Spoken Language, Book 1 ( With Audio CD) (Bk. 1) ReviewThis book has the perfect mix of grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and conversation. Okell is a superb teacher, and has chosen good, native speakers for his tapes. The progression of information is very logical and helpful. He also includes an Appendix to allow you to quickly get some useful prhases under your belt, as you methodically learn the carefully chosen vocabulary in the Lessons. The review sections are thoughtfully designed to quickly get you back up to speed after a break (as opposed to having to work through lessons again).
The pronunciation section (book & tape) portion is the best I have seen in an introductory text. For example, having wroked through introductory texts in Greek, Thai, and Vietnamese, his explanation of the differences in aspirate, plain, and voiced consonants is the most clear.
As you consider purchasing this text (a wise decision), you really ought to consider simultaneously purchaseing Okell's Burmese: An Introduction to the Script. For anyone wanting to learn more than cursory Burmese, the sooner you learn the script the better. The Roman-alphabet transliteration is far from standardized in Burmese (as opposed to the Vietnamese standardization a century ago) and can get confusing.
Final note: although amazon.com asks that I not display postal addresses or URLs, at the time of this writing, amazon.com was out of most of these books, while the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois Univ (the publisher) was fully stocked. Just an FYI.Burmese: An Introduction to the Spoken Language, Book 1 ( With Audio CD) (Bk. 1) OverviewThis introduction to spoken Burmese language focuses on early encounters with Burmese speakers in Burma (Myanmar) or abroad. It is the first of a four-volume course. Includes 12 audio cassette tapes (to be upgraded to audio and MP3 CDs in 2008)

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