Kamlang Phiasaa: Khmer Heritage Textbook


Good news: I've relocated to the United States from Thailand; specifically, Berkeley, California. That means that from now on all books mailed within the United States will go US Postal Service Media Rate, the cost of which I will cover myself. So the price of each textbook is $60 US, which includes the textbook, DVD and shipping.

If you live in Thailand or Cambodia and want to buy books, I am traveling to both those places in December 2008/January 2009, so if you order your books anytime between now (6/22/08) 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 should contact me by e-mail before you order a book, so I can tell you how much you need to pay for shipping. I will cover half of whatever the shipping cost is outside of the US (except to Thailand and Cambodia, since I can hand-deliver them to you there this winter for free...if you're in a hurry to get a book in those two countries, you'll need to pay the entire shipping cost yourself. E-mail me for details).

See and Hear Samples

This is the textbook we use for the Intermediate and Advanced classes at SEASSI and the University of California-Berkeley. It's especially geared toward Heritage students (people of Khmer descent who grew up in the West speaking Khmer but never learned to read or write it) but also appropriate for non-natives and Heritage speakers alike who have attained a "survival" level of Khmer speaking proficiency and have already mastered the basics of reading and writing.

Choose one of the links below to 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 Kamlang Phiasaa

  • "Chapter Two: Khmer Buddhism" Samples

  • "Chapter Four: The Language of Public Information" Samples

  • "Chapter Six: Khmer History and Politics" Samples

  • Chapter Seven: "Traditional Khmer Literature" Samples

    
    
    

    
    

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