Video Broadcast : #
September 8, 2020

NFLC and Burmese

• University of Maryland
  Established NFLC in 1986
• Portal
  For resources
• Burmese Language Project (in 2008)
  Served as Burmese Language Expert
  Listening Comprehension
  Sample : Win Pe Lwe Eik (Win Pe’s Bag)
  Reading Comprehension
  Sample : Short story by U Po Kyar
  

Schools / Centers teaching Burmese

• SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) in UK
  Dr. Hla Pe (Former Professor of Burmese)
  John O’Kell (U Hla Thein, Former Lecturer of Burmese)
  Early Burmese Word Processor for Macintosh
  Used transliteration for inputting Burmese text
  
• NIU (Northern Illinois University) in USA
  U Kyaw Hlaing (Former saya at Burmese Center)
  U Saw Tun (Professor of Burmese)
  Dr. Than Tun (Former Visiting Professor of History and Research)
  Daw May Kyi Aye (Former Library in charge of Burmese section of the Asian Collection)
  
• Cornell University
  Myanmar Sayama teaching in Burmese and French Departments
  
• University of Hawaii
  U Kyaw Hlaing taught Burmese at the Summer School
  
• UC Berkeley
  Kenneth Wong teaches Basic Burmese courses

Burmese Publications in the USA

• Shwe / Golden Padauk
  Formerly published by Henry Lim and team in Northern California
• Mandalay Gazette
  Published by Dr. Maung Maung Kyi and team in Southern California
• Myanmar Gazette
  Published by Ko Kai and team in Southern California

Miscellaneous

• Ahara Magazine (published in Japan)
• Mizzima (published in India)
• Some studies in learning multiple foreign languages
• Make mistakes as much as possible and early as possible in learning a language