Muk Khmae: Khmer Beginning Textbook


UPDATE: June 26, 2009. Please read before ordering!
I am out of Beginning Textbooks for the rest of the summer. I will be printing more once I get back to California in late August. Feel free to order now so you'll be first in line for a book, just realize that you won't receive your book until the second week of September or so.

I regret that I have had to raise the price of textbooks to $70, effective immediately. This is due to my switching to UPS for shipping of all my textbooks. The US Postal Service has been losing too many shipments. From now on, all books will be shipped by UPS Ground and you will be supplied with a tracking number when the book is shipped.

Note that if you live in Thailand or Cambodia and want to buy books, I am traveling to both those places in December 2009, so if you order your books anytime between now and then I'll bring them with me and hand-deliver them to you (or mail them locally if you're somewhere else in Thailand besides Bangkok).

Folks who live anywhere else in the world (Europe, Australia, etc.) should contact me by e-mail before you order a book, so I can tell you how much you need to pay for shipping. E-mail me for details).



See and Hear Samples

This is the textbook we use for Beginning Khmer at SEASSI and the University of California-Berkeley. It assumes no previous knowledge of spoken Khmer, written Khmer, or Khmer culture. If you grew up in a Khmer-speaking home, you should instead check out the Heritage Textbook.

See the textbook Table of Contents and Introduction, see sample textbook pages from several chapters, and listen to audio tracks and watch videos from the Course DVD

  • Table of Contents and Introduction to Muk Khmae

  • "Chapter One: Introductions and Pleasantries" Samples

  • "Chapter Three: The Family" Samples

  • Chapter Five: Directions and Transportation" Samples

  • Chapter Six: "Work and Occupations: Getting Things Done in Cambodia" Samples

  • Chapter Seven: "Health and Religion" Samples

    
    
    

    
    

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    See Information on the Heritage/Upper Level Khmer Textbook Kamlang Phiasaa