Reading & Writing Burmese for Beginners
A Workbook for Self-Study
With this handy guide to the Burmese alphabet, you'll quickly learn how to read, write and pronounce Burmese letters as well as hundreds of useful words and phrases — no prior knowledge necessary!
Experienced language teachers and authors A Zun Mo and Angus Johnstone present consonants, vowels and tones, and words in a systematic, step-by-step approach. Start by tracing and copying individual letters before progressing to writing complete words and sentences.
This interactive workbook includes:
- Free online audio recordings that teach you to pronounce all the sounds correctly
- Fun exercises to help you learn a broad range of useful vocabulary—numbers, family and friends, Burmese foods, and more
- Mnemonic illustrations to help you memorise the sounds of letters
- Clearly structured lessons with ample opportunity for writing and reading practice
- A set of free downloadable flash cards
- A complete answer key for all the exercises
This resource is perfect for self-study learners, but can also be used for classroom instruction.
A Zun Mo is the go-to Burmese-language teacher in the Yangon expat community, where she has been teaching all levels from beginners to advanced since 2013. As a gifted high-school student, fluent in English, she was selected by the government to study Russian at university. She now has a B.A. in Russian Language and Culture from Yangon University of Foreign Languages. She is the author of Essential Burmese: Phrasebook and Dictionary.
Angus Johnstone has worked as a teacher in Myanmar across a number of different settings from a social enterprise bakery to a government nursing university. His keen interest in the study of the Myanmar language continues to this day.
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