Independent Study Project Oral Presentations
These are examples of the kind of independent study project and final oral presentation you'll do as an Intermediate or Advanced student at SEASSI or UC-Berkeley. These are all exemplary presentations, too, so you can get an idea what to shoot for! Pay attention, your independent study project counts for 30% of your total grade for the course.
Advanced Student Presentation on Kampuchea Krom
This is a video of a presentation by SEASSI 2006 Advanced Khmer student Alberto Perez on the society, culture and political situation of the Khmer minority in southern Vietnam. If you're planning to study Intermediate or Advanced Khmer at SEASSI or UC-Berkeley, this one's a good model for you...
Intermediate Student Presentation on the Practice and Methods of Coin-Rubbing
This is a video of a presentation by a SEASSI Intermediate Khmer student on the traditional Khmer medical treatment of coin-rubbing, focusing on the procedure and reasons coin-rubbing is done. As noted above, if you're planning on studying at SEASSI, this is exactly the kind of presentation you'll be doing in Week Eight (early May at UC-Berkeley) , reflecting two months/two semesters of research on your independent study topic. And folks, like Alberto's above, this is a good model to follow!
Intermediate Student Presentation on Beliefs about Coin-Rubbing
In 2008, another student, Violetta Taing, was interested in coin-rubbing as well. However, this project followed a different path than the first; here, the student researcher was interested in various Cambodians' experiences with and beliefs about the efficacy and applications of coin-rubbing. To carry out her project, Vi videotaped interviews with local Khmers of a variety of ages and backgrounds. In this presentation she talks about her results and shows clips from the videos. And yes, as in the previous video on coin-rubbing, she did some practice on one of the other SEASSI students! Once again, this presentation is a great model for you to follow in putting together an independent study project at SEASSI.
Intermediate Student Presentation on Khmer Islam
This is a video of a presentation by SEASSI 2004 Intermediate Khmer student Siti Galang Keo on the Chams: their history, culture and religion. And yep, this is another exemplary presentation.
Intermediate Student Presentation on Archaeology
This is a video of a presentation by SEASSI 2007 Intermediate Khmer student Alison Carter on archaeology in Cambodia. You can also take a look at the PDF documents linked to below, which in addition to giving you a look at the vocabulary list Alison mentions in the video, show the Khmer questionnaire Alison sent to the Archaeologists, the response from one Archaeologist in Khmer, and Alison's translation of it into English.
Alison put a lot of hard work into this excellent project; it's a good example of how you can really get a lot out of your project as an Intermediate Khmer student. Also note that Alison only began studying Khmer as a Beginning student at SEASSI 2006, one year prior to doing this project!
Intermediate Student Presentation on Collecting Oral Histories of the Khmer Rouge Years
This is a video of a presentation by SEASSI 2008 Intermediate Khmer student Socheata Poeuv. In Socheata's project, she refined the written and spoken Khmer skills she needs to better carry out the work of her organization Khmer Legacies. Part of the work of Khmer Legacies is to get young Khmer-Americans to interview their parents on video about their experiences under the Khmer Rouge. You can also take a look at Socheata's version of her release form for participants in the project in Khmer, which she translated as part of her excellent and highly useful independent study project. Note that Socheata knew no written Khmer when she began the eight-week SEASSI program.
Please note: the video of this student presentation, which will open in a new browser window, is an .mov file and quite large (800 Mb); please don't attempt to watch it on a slow internet connection.
Intermediate Student Presentation on the Chinese in Cambodia
This is a video of a presentation by SEASSI 2007 Intermediate Khmer student Cheryl Yin on the Chinese in Cambodia. This extremely well-done presentation is a great example of how you can take experiences and information from your own life and link them to larger research issues in carrying out your independent study project. Note also that when she began studying at SEASSI (two months prior to doing this presentation), Cheryl could not read or write Khmer at all (which holds true for all the Heritage students whose presentations are linked to from this page)...!
Intermediate Student Independent Study Project Movie
In 2004, for his SEASSI Independent Study Project, student Phally Chroy wrote, cast, directed and videotaped a short narrative movie based on the Khmer novel Sophat. Here it is, featuring other students from the 2004 class as actors.
Follow this link to see more examples of Intermediate SEASSI Khmer students' independent study projects (scroll to the bottom of the page).
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