Capacity Building Movement of Oriental Studies, YUFL Jātaka: Applying Ancient Wisdom to Contemporary Life of Myanmar Perspective by Dr Myat Myat Htun (28-4-2025) (29-4-2025)
Published Research
2. A Comparative Study of English and Myanmar Proverbs from Cultural Point of View, International Journal of Social, Politics & Humanities ISSN: 2797-3735, Volume 3, Issue 1, page 146 – 153
Abstract: Language, a powerful tool, can influence over people and their behaviour especially in the fields of advertising and marketing. The choice of language plays an important role in drawing the attention of the target customers. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to explore the lexical analysis of advertisements from Newsweek magazines published in 7-28 Jan, 2008. The focus of the study is on three lexical features: nouns, pronouns and adjectives. The result reveals that abstract nouns, personal pronouns, descriptive adjectives are used abundantly to catch the readers’ attention.
Key words: advertisements, nouns, pronouns, adjectives.
Abstract: Proverbs are a part of a language and closely integrated with the society and culture. It is generally acknowledged that language and culture are inseparable and mutually influenced. Therefore, it is important for a language learner to learn proverbs to understand or appreciate it. This paper aims to compare these proverbs from cultural point of view. The objectives of the paper are to examine the English and Myanmar proverbs whether they have similar meanings or not, to find out whether or not they have different uses of mages to convey similar underlying meaning and vice versa, and to analyse how the different cultural backgrounds affect the uses of images in both proverbs. The data were collected from “Proverbs: English Language Toolbox” by Kirkpatrick (2009), “Common English Proverbs” by Johnson (1960), Myanmar Proverbs” by Dr. Hla Pe (1962), and “Myanmar Proverbs” by Myanmar Language Commission (1990). A hundred English proverbs were randomly collected and first, they were compared with Myanmar proverbs to find out whether or not they have similar underlying meanings. Secondly, those equivalent proverbs were identified to find out whether or not they have different uses of images to convey similar underlying meaning and vice versa. The findings indicated that there were fifty-two English and Myanmar proverbs that have similar underlying meanings. Out of 52 proverbs, seven were assumed to be the proverbs that are borrowings or imports. Nineteen out of the remaining 45 were said to have similar underlying meanings with different images. Such being the case, there were altogether 26 proverbs that do not have the significant uses of images. It was observed that there were three English and Myanmar proverbs which have different meanings with similar uses of images. A further study can be carried out, comparing more proverbs from the English and Myanmar languages.
Keywords: Proverbs, Language, Culture
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Grammar
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Korean Department
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Korean Department
BA(Korean, Yangon University Of Foreign languages)
Reading
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Korean Department
BA(Korean,Yangon University of Foreign Languages)
Syntax and Culture
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Korean Department
MA(Korean Language, Yangon University of Foreign Languages)
lexeme and grammar
Lecturer
Korean Department
MA (Korean Studies: Teaching Korean as a Foreign Language, Ewha Womans University)
Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis
Lecturer
Korean Department
Ph.D(Thesis), MA(Korean Language & Literature, Kyung Hee University)
Teaching Methodology, Media Education Theory, Social Linguistics, Language Culture
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MA (Korean Language and Literature, Kyung Hee University)
Korean Department
Associate Professor
Korean Department
BA (Geography, Yangon University), MA (Korean, Yangon University of Foreign Languages)
Morphology
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Social and Economy, Cultural History.
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Department of Myanmar
Lecturer
Department of French, Yangon University of Foreign Languages
(1) 2020 A Study of Teaching Speaking Skills to French Languages Learners (at Intermediate Level) from Yangon University of Foreign Languages, University Research Journal. Vol.11, No (1): Pgs: 80-91.
(2) 2020 LA PRATIQUE D’ESPIONNAGE DE LA BIRMANIE À L’ÉPOQUE DU ROI MINN DONE, L’Art de l’Espionnage: de la réalité à la fiction DOC.EU, REVISTA CU PROFIL ACADEMIC, Romania. NR 6, 2020, Pgs: 25-31
(1). A study of Teaching Speaking Skills to French Language Learners (at Intermediate Level) from Yangon University of Foreign Languages (Yangon University of Foreign Languages Research Journal 2020, Vol.11, No.1)
Abstract: This research analyses the techniques used by the teachers in teaching Speaking Skills to French Specialization students at an intermediate Level from YUFL and it also observes the weakness and the difficulties encountered by the students in learning communicative skills. The study aims to discover the best ways to help students to enhance in speaking. To collect the data on the techniques used by the teachers, a questionnaire composed of 20 questions was given to them. In addition, to find out the students’ needs and the difficulties in speaking skills, an experiment was also carried out. In this matter, oral pre-test and post-test were conducted with the students of Third Year French Specialization at YUFL. All the data collected were analyzed by using quantitative and qualitative methods. As the result, we found out that the teachers use the sheer quantity of different methods and approaches in teaching Speaking Skills to the students. And lack of vocabulary, expression, grammar knowledge and mixed pronunciation between French and English are the problems mostly encountered by the students. In addition, they (most of the Myanmar students) feel shy and nervous to carry out a public presentation even though they do it in front of their closed classmates. But after performing the oral pre-test and post-test, we discovered a significant improvement in their speaking skills.
(2). LA PRATIQUE D’ESPIONNAGE DE LA BIRMANIE À L’ÉPOQUE DU ROI MINN DONE, L’Art de l’Espionnage: de la réalité à la fiction DOC.EU, REVISTA CU PROFIL ACADEMIC, Romania. NR 6, 2020, Pgs: 25-31
Abstract: Le Roi Minn Done est un roi de la dynastie Kong Baung. Il était un roi absolument remarquable ayant réalisé tant de nouveaux projets pour le développement de son pays, la Birmanie. D’après les recherches historiques, on dit qu’il s’est marié avec une cinquantaine de femmes. Parmi ces femmes, la reine Taung Shwe Yay a accouché deux princes Myin Kon et Myinn Khone Tine. Même si le Roi Minn Done avait une vingtaine de fils, il a couronné son petit frère, le Prince Ka Naung comme le Dauphin. Là, une énorme jalousie est née surtout chez les deux princes Myin Kon et Myinn Khone Tine contre le Prince Ka Naung. Cette jalousie les a conduits à manifester et assassiner le Roi et le Dauphin avec l’aide d’un écrivain connu Salay U Ponnya. Malheureusement, manque d’une bonne pratique d’espionnage, le Roi et le Dauphin ne connaissaient rien concernant la manifestation en avance. Donc, le jour de la manifestation, le 2 août 1866, le Dauphin a été assassiné. Par contre, heureusement, le Roi n’avait aucune blessure. Après l’assassinat de son petit frère (le Dauphin Ka Naung), le Roi a commencé à pratiquer l’espionnage avec tant d’effort afin de se protéger ainsi que son pays.
Mots clés: la dynastie Kong Baung, le Roi Minn Done, le Dauphin Ka Naung, les princes Myin Kon et Myinn Khone Tine, Salay U Ponnya, manifestation, assassinat, espionnage
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PhD ( International Relations) from Yangon University
Political and Social Issues
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Research papers in the field of international Relations
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Bilateral Trade between India and Myanmar: Current Situation and Prospect
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Myanmar serves as the gateway to India’s “Look East policy. India is striving all out to strengthen its relationship with Myanmar to achieve its stated objective of economic development. The current Indian government has infused a new momentum to keep its contacts with Myanmar. As a result, Indo-Myanmar relationship is witnessing an unprecedented upswing in the recent years. The scope of this paper is to focus on an overview of the Indo-Myanmar trade relationship, then to look at the normal trade and border trade and to discuss suggestions for development of trade between the two countries. In this paper, facts and figures about the two- way trade of these countries are analyzed to examine the situation of Indo-Myanmar trade relations. It is found thatIndo-Myanmar trade relations is mutually important for their national development although trade volume between the two countries is still diminutive in comparison with volume of trade between Myanmar and China and there are some problems and obstacles in trading between the two countries. The future global growth leaders would be the Asian Triangle of China, India, and the ASEAN and the industrial clusters that would be formed in this triangle. As Myanmar is geographically well-situated in this triangle, it is an opportunity for Myanmar to achieve its national goals. By drawing up a systematic and synergetic policy, the two countries can identity their strengths and requirements and then work towards mutual benefit.
Ethnic Issues in Asia: Sri Lanka and Thailand
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Some one billion people in its worldwide belong to minority groups, many of whom are subject to discrimination and exclusion, and more often the victims of violence. Some Asian countries are also facing with the ethnic problems between major ethnic groups. In Sri Lanka, there are wo major ethnic groups like Sinhalese and Tamils. The Sinhalese as major group increased their domination of the island’s political and economic life without constitutional safeguards of minority groups’ rights for Tamils. The Tamils were diminished in all areas of ethnic competition. Likewise, in Thailand, the Malay-Muslim majority provinces in southern Thailand Norathiwat, Yala and Pattani, to a lesser extent, Sultan have a long history of tense relations with the Thai Buddhist state. The southern region was once the center of Islamic scholarship in South East Asia. and Malay Sultanates. So, Thai central government had inspired into these three states under his control as one united Thai state through the solely unit of historical, cultural, political and economic system. it paved the way for separatist among a minority of Muslims. For these purposes, ethnic tensions are occurring between government concerned and minority ethnic groups in these two countries. This paper aims to analyze the root causes of these ethnic tensions and effective control of governments.
Myanmar’s Cooperation with ASEAN on Narcotic Drugs Control Programmes Since 1988
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The problem of narcotic drugs is an evil legacy of the colonialists not only harming the nation’s dignity and social norms, but also threatening the entire mankind of the world. The Successive Myanmar governments have doing their utmost to eliminate this drug menace while carrying out development programmes at a good pace in these areas where drugs are produced. Myanmar is in pursuit of the 15- Year Narcotic Drugs Elimination Plan (199- 2014) with the target of freeing from narcotic drugs by 2014 in it. Under the plan, Myanmar is encouraging cultivating of poppy- substitute croups apart from the supply elimination, reduction, reduction of demand and law enforcement. Myanmar could declare as the drug free zones in the areas such as Mongla Special Region (4), Shan State East, Kokang Special Region (1), Shan State North, and Wa Special Region (2). For these purpose Myanmar has been cooperating with ASEAN on narcotic drugs control programmes. Myanmar delegations attend the ASEAN Senior Officials Meetings on narcotic drugs matters every year. At the same time, Myanmar has been cooperating with ASEAN’s ten projects on drug abuse control. So ASEAN decided to designate the year 2015 for a “Drug Free ASEAN” instead of the year 2020. This paper is aimed to analyze to the effective cooperation of Myanmar and ASEAN on narcotic drugs control.
Myanmar’s Effort to Eradicate Drugs Abuse among Youths since 1988
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A common challenge of today, illicit drug is increasingly threatening human society in the world. The dangerous of narcotic drugs can ruin to the prestige and human resources of a country. The most sophisticated drug like Amphetamine is widely spread and abused especially among youths and under -privileged communities. As the youths are of an inquisitive nature, it not only leads them to become victims of narcotic drugs but also devour the youths. So, Myanmar addressed these issues of drug abuse among marginalized youths in region by conducting a policy as well as an action oriented projects by cooperating with Governmental Organizations (GOs), (NGOs) and International Non- Non-Governmental Organizations Governmental Organizations (INGOs). This paper aims to examine the success of Myanmar’s effort to eradicate the drug abuse among youths.
Myanmar Political Development that effects on United States’ Attitudes since 2010
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The political sphere is undergoing changes and development in Myanmar. The Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) government called semi- democratic government came to power in March 2011 after 2010 general election. Under USDP government, many reforms and changes were made in Myanmar political development. President U Thein Sein could shake hands with opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to enter Myanmar political atmosphere and then re-registered as a political party ahead of the by-election. USDP government could start to sign the draft Nation-wide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) there the 70 years long term insurgencies rooted in Myanmar. After 2015 general election, USDP transferred to power to winning National League for Democracy (NLD) government peacefully. NLD government was welcomed by many countries in the international communities’ including the United States. Union Peace Conference called 21st century Ponglong conference could hold by NLD government for national reconciliation and building federal union in Myanmar as good minestrone in Myanmar political development. Nevertheless, both governments remain to settle the Rakhine state issue and national reconciliation for union peace process in Myanmar political development. For that reason, the author would like to analyze the two questions in this research paper. These are how do United States’ attitude look upon Myanmar political development and what are the assumptions of the Executive the (State department and president) and the legislative branch (Congress) on Political development of Myanmar.
Tun Tun Khaing, Associate Professor
Title: “Morphometric Analysis of Myintkyibauk Stream within Taungoo Township Using Geo-spatial Technology” Taungoo University Research Journal 2019, Vol-10, No.1.
M.A Thesis Supervision
Hsu Thet Paing Htwe (2. Mahar-Pa-1) “Drainage Basin Morphometry of the Little Tanintharyi River” March, 2017, Myeik University
Research Field
River Morphology, Transportation Network Analysis, and Spatial Distribution Analysis
Committee I have included
Upgrading YUFL 2025 Research Committee
Soil Physical Properties and Paddy Cultivation in Taungdwingyi Township, Magway Region (Myanmar)
Geo-eye International Journal, India, vol6, No1, June 2017
A Geographical Study on Agricultural Land Used in Taungdwingyi Township
Pyay University Research Journal, vol 10, No1, December
MA Thesis Supervision
Kyaw Min Htay(2MA-Geog-19)A Geographical Study on Crop Patterns of Taungdwingyi Township (May.2017)
Hla Myo Aung(2MA-Geog-7)A Geographical Study of Paddy Cultivation in Pwintphyu Township(November.2018)
Htet Htet San(2MA Geog-2)An Integrated Study on Paddy Cultivation in Aunglan Township(February.2021)
Research Fields
Human and Agricultural Geography
MA Thesis Supervision
Suilen Tial (2.Mahar G-7) A Geographical Study of Socio-economic Conditions in Hakha Town, Chin State. (February-2021).
Name: Daw Yu Yu Khaing
Position: Lecturer
Phone: 09265591425
Name: Dr. Chaw Rupar
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Conferences
The Study of the Impact of the Monastic Schools in Thanlyin Township, East Yangon University Research Journal, Vol.II, No.I , (2010-2011)
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The Monastic Schools Thanlyin Township have co-operated with the local authorities and populace in the endeavors for ethical awareness, improvement in education and general knowledge with the view to the preservation of environment and nature resources from deterioration in Thanlyin Township where the East Yangon University situated. This paper is study in such endeavors. There exit seven monastic schools in Thanlyin Township. This paper will present have these schools have contributed in inculcating good, civilized behaviors and improving the knowledge of the youths by evaluating the strong and weak points of these schools.
Impact of the Mahāsamaya discourses on the peaceful coexistence in our society, Yangon University Research Journal, Vol.5, No.1, 2013, December
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The Mahāsamaya Sutta is the seven Sutta of the Mahāvagga, Dīgha Nikāya. The Buddha expounded the Sutta on the Full-Moon day of Jeṭṭhamāsa to the celestial beings. The Buddha gave them the six discourses after the Mahāsamaya Sutta. He divided them into six Caritas with their inclination. The Mahāsamaya Sutta alone is not only called the Mahāsamaya Sutta, but it includes the six Suttas following to the Mahāsamaya Sutta, altogether these seven Suttas are called the Mahāsamaya Suttas. These Suttas are special importance for the personal, national and international interest, educates as not to discriminate the class of the people. These Suttas are special important as they impact on the peaceful coexistence in our society from all aspects. And they are the practices for the final goal.
ရှု့မြင်သူရင်အေးထားဝယ်မြို့မယဉ်ငေး, Research Papers in Commemoration of the Foundation Day of Dawei University (2019)
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ထားဝယ်မြို့သည် ထင်ရှားသောရှေးဟောင်းစေတိပုထိုးများ၊ သာသနိက အဆောက်အအုံများ၊ ဘုန်းတော်ကြီးကျောင်းများစွာဖြင့် ဗုဒ္ဓသာသနာထွန်းကားရာ ဒေသတစ်ခုဖြစ်ပါသည်။ ထားဝယ်မြို့တွင်ရှိသောာ ဘုန်းတော်ကြီးကျောင်းများ အနက်မှ ထားဝယ်မြို့၏ကျက်သရေဆောင်ဖြစ်သော မြို့မယဉ်ငေးသာသနာ့ရိပ်သာ အကြောင်းကို လေ့လာတင်ပြသွားမည်ဖြစ်ပါသည်။ ဤစာတမ်းတွင် ယဉ်ငေးဟု ခေါ်တွင်ရခြင်းအကြောင်း၊ မူလယဉ်ငေးဆရာတော် အဂ္ဂမဟာကမ္မဋ္ဌာနစရိယ ဘဒ္ဒန္တ ဣန္ဒြိယ၏ သာသနာပြုလုပ်ငန်းများ၊ မြို့မယဉ်ငေး မဟာစည်သာသနာ့ရိပ်သာ ပဓာနနာယက ဆရာတော်ဘဒ္ဒန္တဣန္ဒဉာဏလက်ထက် သာသနာရေးဆောင်ရွက် ချက်များကို လေ့လာတင်ပြသွားမည်ဖြစ်ပါသည်။ ထိုသာသနာပြုလုပ်ငန်းများ လုပ်ဆောင်ရသောရည်ရွယ်ချက်၊ ထိုသို့ လုပ်ဆောင်ခြင်းဖြင့်ရရှိလာသော အကျိုး ကျေးဇူးများကိုလည်း လေ့လာတင်ပြသွားပါမည်။ ယခု မြို့မယဉ်ငေး မဟာစည် သာသနာ့ရိပ်သာ၌ ဖွင့်လှစ်နေသော ဗုဒ္ဓယဉ်ကျေးမှုအခြေပြုသင်တန်း၊ ဘုန်းတော် ကြီးသင်ပညာရေးကျောင်း၊ ဓမ္မစကူး(လ်)ကျောင်းတော်၊ ဗုဒ္ဓကောလိပ်ဖွင့်လှစ်ခြင်း နှင့် ထိုသင်တန်းများဖွင့်လှစ်ခြင်းသည် ထားဝယ်ဒေသကို အကျိုးပြုမှုများစွာရှိ ကြောင်းကို ပြည့်စုံစွာ လေ့လာတင်ပြထားပါသည်။
Analysis of the View towards the Thought-Conception (Vitakka Carita), Dawei University Research Journal, Vol.II, No.1, December, 2019
Abstract
Carita signifies the intrinsic nature of a person which is revealed when one is in normal state without being preoccupied with anything. The temperaments of people differ owing to the diversity of their actions or kamma. Habitual actions tend to form particular temperament. The Cūḷabyūha Sutta is taught in accordance with the inclination towards thought-conception (vitakka carita). The Cūḷabyūha Sutta belongs to the Aṭṭhakavagga of the Suttanipāta. The Buddha expounded the Sutta on the full-moon day of Jeṭṭhamāsa to the celestial beings. The Cūḷabyūha Sutta is on a description of disputing philosophers. The Buddha gave this discourse after the Mahāsamaya Sutta. He divided them into six Caritas with their inclination. This Sutta consists of seventeen verses. The Cūḷabyūha Sutta explains to abandon vitakka. Because of conceptual thought, the philosophers resolute their views as truth, they consider others to be fools. There is only one truth. If one wants to have Path and Fruition, he has to abandon wrong views. According to this Sutta, the one of thought-conception should have to discard the wrong views and to make effort to understand the real truth. A Recitation of this Sutta is beneficial but the most important is to be practised according to one’s temperament (carita) individually. The Cūḷabyūha Sutta is not only for recitation but also worthy to practise as they lead the one to the highest bliss, Nibbāna.
Name: Dr. Myat Myat Htun
Gender: Female
Birth of Date : 2-7-1973
Nationality: Myanmar
Religion: Buddhist
Tutor (2002-2005) Department of Oriental Studies, East Yangon University
Tutor (2005-2007) Department of Oriental Studies, Myeik University
Assistant Lecturer (2007-2013) Faculty of Foreign Language and Translation,
International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University
Lecturer (2013-2018) Faculty of Foreign Language and Translation,
International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University
Lecturer (2018) Academic Department,
National University of Arts and Culture, Mandalay
Lecturer (2018-2019) Department of Oriental Studies,
Mawlamyaing University
Assistant Professor (2019-2020) Department of Oriental Studies,
Yangon University
Professor and Head (2020-2021) Department of Oriental Studies,
Taunggoke University
Professor and Head (2021- ) Department of Oriental Studies,
Yangon University Foreign Languages
Abstract
Mastery of Pāḷi language is absolutely essential for understanding of Theravāda Buddhism. In Myanmar, since the introduction of Theravāda Buddhism in P€11th century generation of Pāḷi scholars especially learned monks have composed various works in Pāḷi However, many of them are not known to the scholars outside the country.The present attempts to introduce four major Pāḷi works by Myanmar Pāḷi scholars. Therīpadānadipanī, a commentary on the Therīpadāna, by Ven. Dr.Kumarābhivaṁsa (1928- ), fills one of the gaps in Pāḷi literature. The Therīpadāna has no commentary before this work. The other work, vipassanānayappakaranaṁ, first written by Mahasi Sayadaw (1904-1982), one of the leading and famous meditation masters of our time has been translated into by Ven. Dr.Kumarābhivaṁsa. There is one grammatical work, virtually unknown to scholars outside Myanmar, or even most Myanmar scholars is Saddhattharatanavī. The work, in four volumes, was written one after another ( in 1928 ) by four grammarians from Myanmar, namely Sayadaw Somābhisiri, Ven. Sūriya, Ven. Ñāṇa and Ven. Rājindabhivaṁsa (Phayaphyu Sayadaw). Dhātudīpikā was written by Ven. Dr. Nandamālābhivaṁsa (1940- ) would be rearrangement of Pāḷi Root. This work will be a great help to the students of Pāḷi language and easing the difficulties of finding Pāḷi root and reading Pāḷi grammar. The content introduction of each work is important in its own right and in the history of Pāḷi language and literature. The publication of these four Pāḷi texts would also be put in the context of upgrading Pāḷi studies in Myanmar by State Pariyatti, Universities and The International Theravāda Buddhist Missionary University.
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The Pāḷi term, ‘Saṁgāyanā” is known to the Theravāda Buddhists in Myanmar as the unanimous recitation of Piṭaka Texts by the Saṁgha Order. However, according to the Pāḷi Texts such as Cūḷavagga Pāḷi, Pārājikakaṇḍa Aṭṭhakathā of Vinaya Pitaka, and Dīpavaṁsa which clearly mention the records of the First Buddhist Council to the Fourth Buddhist Council, the term ‘Saṁgāyanā” has variety of meanings. It is also found that the word Saṁgāyanā was significant in the history of Pāḷi literature. The word Saṁgāyanā was explained with reference to Pāḷi Buddhist scriptures, commentaries and sub-commentaries using Pāḷi Dictionaries and other treaties. This paper tries to explain word Saṁgāyanā from etymological and Pāḷi grammatical point of view. Although it is easy to define the word Saṁgāyanā from grammatical point of view it had deep and rich meanings. The convening of Saṁgāyanās resulted in getting the purified and standard Tipitaka text. The purity of the scriptures means the purity of practice and purity of Saṁgha. Since the study of Buddhist Scriptures (Pariyatti) it’s the foundation of Sāsana, the Saṁgāyanās augurs well for the future of Buddhism. Because of the Saṁgāyanās Myanmar as a leading Theravāda country could share genuine Theravāda Buddhist Dhamma with the rest of the world.
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The Pāḷi term, ‘Saṁgāyanā” is known to the Theravāda Buddhists in Myanmar as the unanimous recitation of Piṭaka Texts by the Saṁgha Order. However, according to the Pāḷi Texts such as Cūḷavagga Pāḷi, Pārājikakaṇḍa Aṭṭhakathā of Vinaya Pitaka, and Dīpavaṁsa which clearly mention the records of the First Buddhist Council to the Fourth Buddhist Council, the term ‘Saṁgāyanā” has variety of meanings. It is also found that the word Saṁgāyanā was significant in the history of Pāḷi literature. The word Saṁgāyanā was explained with reference to Pāḷi Buddhist scriptures, commentaries and sub-commentaries using Pāḷi Dictionaries and other treaties. This paper tries to explain word Saṁgāyanā from etymological and Pāḷi grammatical point of view. Although it is easy to define the word Saṁgāyanā from grammatical point of view it had deep and rich meanings. The convening of Saṁgāyanās resulted in getting the purified and standard Tipitaka text. The purity of the scriptures means the purity of practice and purity of Saṁgha. Since the study of Buddhist Scriptures (Pariyatti) it’s the foundation of Sāsana, the Saṁgāyanās augurs well for the future of Buddhism. Because of the Saṁgāyanās Myanmar as a leading Theravāda country could share genuine Theravāda Buddhist Dhamma with the rest of the world.
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This paper attempts to explain how one of the most famous monks named the most Ven. Vicittasarābhivaṁsa, contributed to the promotion of Buddhist education (Pariyatti) in Myanmar. Because of his contribution to Pariyatti-Sasana (in study of Buddhist scriptures Myanmar become one of the leading Theravada countries in Pāḷi and Buddhist scholarship.The first part of the paper will trace his academic training cover in his early age and how he passed the Pāḷi scriptural examinations with flying colours. Particular attention will be given to how he became the first Tipiṭakadhara (the learned monk who can committed 8026 pages of Tipiṭaka text to his memory) in Myanmar which is the essential requirement for convening of the Sixth Buddhist Council in 1954. He was recorded in Genius book as the Myanmar monk who had powerful memory of committing more than 30000 pages to his memory. Secondly, the paper tries to describe his vital role in actual recitation of Tipitaka text in the Sixth Buddhist Council. He was the one who answered all the questions relating to Tipiṭaka text asked by Mahasi Sayadaw. His astounding contribution will remain as historical landmark in history of Buddhism in Myanmar. Thirdly, the paper will attempt to explain how his tireless effort in founding the two Sāsana Universities, one in Yangon and one in Mandalay, in 1986. Because of foundation of Pariyatti Sāsana by the most Ven. Vicittasārābhivaṁsa, the two Sāsana Universities have produced outstanding Buddhist scholars, missionaries and dhamma preachers both inside and outside Myanmar. Besides, his monastery in Minkon, upper Myanmar, is the training school for future Tipiṭakadhara Sayadaw and this resulted in producing both ten Tipiṭakadhara Sayadaws. Myanmar is the only country which has the tradition of keeping Tipiṭaka text in human memory. Undoubtedly, the most Ven. Vicittasārābhivaṁsa occupied the unrivalled place in the history of promotion and propagation of Buddha Sāsana in Myanmar.
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In the world, there are many crises of views concerning multiculturalism and some are the sensitive of their beliefs. Some are soft but some are strong of their point of view of religious power. All people want to live peace and harmony of their living in daily life. Everywhere are challenges of the power influence of the world. They had been forgot loving-kindness and tolerance with each other in their societies. They are riding and leading of selfish and conceit. These are troubling to stay with peace and stability of the world. By holding the narrow-intolerance stance on their extreme ism, there is no gain for the peace of the world. This research paper attempts the tolerance of Buddhism and to live the peaceful world for the future pleasant world. The peace and stability are depended on the tolerance of human being. Everyone has to apply on the practice of noble sublime:-mettā, karuṇā, muditā and upekkhā. Having practices with noble sublime, this is needed to live with tolerance. The tolerance is important for living of peace and stability in the world. By holding these noble sublime can create peace and stability. The Buddha propagates his missionaries with tolerance and forgiveness. The Buddha, himself is threatened by multiculturalism. He solved and conquered the problem with tolerance in his missionary. Nowadays, the world is burning with isms, political, social, economic, environment, etc. so that the tolerance is needed to live in harmony with multiculturalism.
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Dreams and Omens are dreamt in every body. The people accepted the dreams and omens as the forerunner activities in their life. As a person cannot countless one’s dreams and there are so many dreams in one’s long life. Some are imagine what they want to be and some are reality what they make to be in the future existences. Some people have to make sure their imagine to reality it is so called landmark. Dreams are applied and related to our societies. It can be studied practical and theory of arts and science subjects. The nature of dreams and omens are alarmed to be nearly come on any circumstances of people that it is also called omen (Pubbanimitta). And dreams are the former sign known as owmen whatever can be seen in their societies and envoriments that sometimes dream has appeared their desires. Dreams are throw a flood of light on the psychology, philosophical and religious impact on India at the time of the Buddha. According to the Buddhist prespective, dreams have depended on beings of kamma, mind, climate and nutrition. This paper informs to the distinguished people who have dreams in Pāḷi Literaure as much as mention.
Research Programme
Associate Professor
PhD (International Relations) from Yangon University
Social Development
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Research papers in the field of international Relations
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South Korea’s official development assistance to Myanmar since 2010
Win Marlar Thein
Abstract
Official development assistance is necessary to promote the economic development and welfare of developing countries. South Korea provided ODA since 1987 for supporting economic development and reducing poverty in partner countries. South Korea’s ODA to Myanmar has put emphasis on its positive on its positive contribution to Myanmar’s development, particularly supporting growth in rural areas. In Myanmar, KOIA specially focuses on the agriculture and rural development, industrial and economic development, administrative, governance, and human resource development sectors. Since Myanmar’s political transition in 2010, South Korea became as the six largest trade and investment partner for Myanmar. After 2015 election, South Korea paid more attention on investment and ODA to Myanmar. This paper examines how and why South Korea gives ODA to Myanmar, what kinds of development aids are provided by South Korea and how to provide in development sector.
Associate Professor
M.A (International Relations) from Dagon University
International Relations and Economic Issues
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Japan’s ODA Policy towards Five Mainland Southeast Asian Countries
Abstract
Development assistance is traditionally given by developed countries to developing countries to assist in the recipient country’s economic development, and improve social conditions with the country. Different countries adopt different approaches, depending on the resources available as well as their policy objectives in giving aid. In 1991, when the Japanese government announced the four guidelines of Official Development Assistance (ODA), it pledged to use the foreign aid to promote human rights and democracy. In the history of Japan’s ODA, the bilateral scheme has been predominant: Japan provides a certain country with aid through bilateral negotiation and agreement and with the anticipation that the aid will help socio-economic development in the recipient country. Japan’s ODA is usually divided into two categories: bilateral and multilateral. Bilateral aid on the other hand is the scheme where Japan provides aid to a single recipient country on the basis of the two parties’ negotiation and agreement. Multilateral aid is the scheme within which Japan provides a budget to international or multi-governmental organizations. And the most frequently used classification of bilateral assistance is based on the three types of payment: grants, yen loans, and technical assistance. Tokyo’s foreign aid strategy, ranging from bilateral, sub-regional, to regional assistance plans, successfully secures its political and economic interests in mainland Southeast Asia.
Key words: ODA, foreign policy, ASEAN, human rights
Japan’s Search for Normalcy: Japan’s Policy in Southeast Asia after the Cold War
Abstract
During the Cold War, the main emphasis of Japan’s foreign policy in Southeast Asia was placed on economic diplomacy. However, after the end of the Cold War, her policy in Southeast Asia has gradually shifted to political and security orientated diplomacy. This research argues that the Persian Gulf War crisis of 1990-1991 had been one of the factors that brought about the turning point in Japan’s Southeast Asian foreign policy. During the Gulf War, Japan was greatly criticized for practicing what is called checkbook diplomacy, which means giving only financial support to the war and peace cause without making any human contributions of sending military forces to the Gulf region. From that time onwards, Japan has opened a new chapter in her foreign policy. On 15 June 1992, the Japanese Diet passed The Law Concerning Cooperation in UN Peacekeeping and Other Operations, marking a turning point in Japanese foreign policy. This law was the first manifest in changes to Japan’s Southeast Asian policy, such as the dispatch of Self Defence Force (SDF) to support the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKO) in Cambodia in 1992. Analyzing Japan’s changing policy, case study design has been applied to examine the specific effects of Japan’s policy change on Southeast Asia after the Cold War. The research points out the fact that Japan has been playing more and more actively in the political and security affairs of the Southeast Asia region but also in other international affairs both within and outside the region.
Key words: foreign policy, proactive, Article IX, UNPKO, SDF, ARF
Japan’s Proactive Role in Myanmar Democratic Transition
Abstract
After the 2010 general elections, Myanmar started to transform from an authoritarian to a semi-democratic government. With the democratic transition process, the new government initiated a series of reforms, including the loosening of political and economic restrictions and the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest. Following the 2012 by-election, the Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba recognized the election as a notable step in Myanmar’s democratic transition. In May 2013, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid an official visit to Myanmar. It was the first visit of a Japanese prime minister since 1977, signifying Japan’s return to Myanmar after long decades. During Prime Minister Abe’s visit to Myanmar, he expressed his readiness to assist Myanmar government’s efforts for democratization and to improve infrastructure development through Official Development Assistance (ODA). In 2016, Tokyo announced plans to contribute 800 billion yen over five years at public and private levels, based on the “Japan-Myanmar Cooperation Program”, to support Myanmar’s efforts for peace, national reconciliation and economic development. Based on this background, the research question is that why Japan has played such a proactive role in Myanmar’s democratic transition under the leadership of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Key words: proactive, democratic transition, national reconciliation, economic development, Official Development Assistance (ODA), Indo-Pacific strategy
Refugee Repatriation Issue between Myanmar and Bangladesh
Abstract
This paper aims to study challenges and constraints in refugee repatriation process between Myanmar and Bangladesh. Following the Tatmadaw’s counter-insurgency operation against the terrorist attacks of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) in northern Rakhine State in August 2017, it is reported that more than 700,000 refugees have fled to Bangladesh. Most of refugees have sought shelter in established refugee camps along the border and makeshift camps in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. Although Myanmar and Bangladesh agreed to a procedural framework for repatriation, no Bengali refugees has returned through official channels. On the other hand, it is becoming an increasingly pressing issue among international community as the mass flows of refugees who left Myanmar. The global media and international Human Rights Council reports have focused on the humanitarian situation of displaced people, human rights violations and the legal status of Bengalis in Myanmar. Therefore, Bengali issue has become more complex for a continuous implementation of repatriation process. At present, the repatriation process between Myanmar and Bangladesh has virtually stagnated. Upon this background, this paper argues that it is crucial that the Governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh commit themselves not only to any voluntary return and safe of refugees but also to the positive steps that will be required to ensure their implementation of repatriation process.
Key words: repatriation, MoU, responses, citizenship, third party, challenges
Myanmar’s Political Reforms: Its Impacts and Implications for Myanmar-China Relations
Abstract
Since President U Thein Sein took office on 30 March 2011, his government carried out a series of reforms: political reform, socio-economic reform, and administrative reform. Under the political reform, the new government opened new space for political oppositions, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) that had been allowed to form and participate in political, economic and social development. On 30 September 2011, President U Thein Sein announced that his government decided to suspend the construction of Myitsone dam in accordance with the wishes of Myanmar people. It also called for an investigation of the Latpadaung Copper Mine project which finally led to a renegotiation for better terms and conditions in favour of Myanmar. This research paper analyzes that although Myanmar has been on friendly relations with China since 1988, the relationship between Myanmar and China has little strains after suspending the largest Chinese investment in the Myintsone dam project in 2011. It is found that the political reform in Myanmar since 2011 have generated unexpected impacts on Chinese investments in Myanmar and implications for bilateral relations, as well as complicated China’s policy towards Myanmar.
Key words: political reform, public opinion, rapprochement, bilateral relations
Associate Professor
PhD (International Relations) from Mandalay University
Foreign policy and Foreign relations
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Research papers in the field of international Relations
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Japan’s ODA Policy towards Five Mainland Southeast Asian Countries
Abstract
Development assistance is traditionally given by developed countries to developing countries to assist in the recipient country’s economic development, and improve social conditions with the country. Different countries adopt different approaches, depending on the resources available as well as their policy objectives in giving aid. In 1991, when the Japanese government announced the four guidelines of Official Development Assistance (ODA), it pledged to use the foreign aid to promote human rights and democracy. In the history of Japan’s ODA, the bilateral scheme has been predominant: Japan provides a certain country with aid through bilateral negotiation and agreement and with the anticipation that the aid will help socio-economic development in the recipient country. Japan’s ODA is usually divided into two categories: bilateral and multilateral. Bilateral aid on the other hand is the scheme where Japan provides aid to a single recipient country on the basis of the two parties’ negotiation and agreement. Multilateral aid is the scheme within which Japan provides a budget to international or multi-governmental organizations. And the most frequently used classification of bilateral assistance is based on the three types of payment: grants, yen loans, and technical assistance. Tokyo’s foreign aid strategy, ranging from bilateral, sub-regional, to regional assistance plans, successfully secures its political and economic interests in mainland Southeast Asia.
Key words: ODA, foreign policy, ASEAN, human rights
Japan’s Search for Normalcy: Japan’s Policy in Southeast Asia after the Cold War
Abstract
During the Cold War, the main emphasis of Japan’s foreign policy in Southeast Asia was placed on economic diplomacy. However, after the end of the Cold War, her policy in Southeast Asia has gradually shifted to political and security orientated diplomacy. This research argues that the Persian Gulf War crisis of 1990-1991 had been one of the factors that brought about the turning point in Japan’s Southeast Asian foreign policy. During the Gulf War, Japan was greatly criticized for practicing what is called checkbook diplomacy, which means giving only financial support to the war and peace cause without making any human contributions of sending military forces to the Gulf region. From that time onwards, Japan has opened a new chapter in her foreign policy. On 15 June 1992, the Japanese Diet passed The Law Concerning Cooperation in UN Peacekeeping and Other Operations, marking a turning point in Japanese foreign policy. This law was the first manifest in changes to Japan’s Southeast Asian policy, such as the dispatch of Self Defence Force (SDF) to support the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKO) in Cambodia in 1992. Analyzing Japan’s changing policy, case study design has been applied to examine the specific effects of Japan’s policy change on Southeast Asia after the Cold War. The research points out the fact that Japan has been playing more and more actively in the political and security affairs of the Southeast Asia region but also in other international affairs both within and outside the region.
Key words: foreign policy, proactive, Article IX, UNPKO, SDF, ARF
Japan’s Proactive Role in Myanmar Democratic Transition
Abstract
After the 2010 general elections, Myanmar started to transform from an authoritarian to a semi-democratic government. With the democratic transition process, the new government initiated a series of reforms, including the loosening of political and economic restrictions and the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest. Following the 2012 by-election, the Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba recognized the election as a notable step in Myanmar’s democratic transition. In May 2013, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid an official visit to Myanmar. It was the first visit of a Japanese prime minister since 1977, signifying Japan’s return to Myanmar after long decades. During Prime Minister Abe’s visit to Myanmar, he expressed his readiness to assist Myanmar government’s efforts for democratization and to improve infrastructure development through Official Development Assistance (ODA). In 2016, Tokyo announced plans to contribute 800 billion yen over five years at public and private levels, based on the “Japan-Myanmar Cooperation Program”, to support Myanmar’s efforts for peace, national reconciliation and economic development. Based on this background, the research question is that why Japan has played such a proactive role in Myanmar’s democratic transition under the leadership of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Key words: proactive, democratic transition, national reconciliation, economic development, Official Development Assistance (ODA), Indo-Pacific strategy
Refugee Repatriation Issue between Myanmar and Bangladesh
Abstract
This paper aims to study challenges and constraints in refugee repatriation process between Myanmar and Bangladesh. Following the Tatmadaw’s counter-insurgency operation against the terrorist attacks of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) in northern Rakhine State in August 2017, it is reported that more than 700,000 refugees have fled to Bangladesh. Most of refugees have sought shelter in established refugee camps along the border and makeshift camps in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. Although Myanmar and Bangladesh agreed to a procedural framework for repatriation, no Bengali refugees has returned through official channels. On the other hand, it is becoming an increasingly pressing issue among international community as the mass flows of refugees who left Myanmar. The global media and international Human Rights Council reports have focused on the humanitarian situation of displaced people, human rights violations and the legal status of Bengalis in Myanmar. Therefore, Bengali issue has become more complex for a continuous implementation of repatriation process. At present, the repatriation process between Myanmar and Bangladesh has virtually stagnated. Upon this background, this paper argues that it is crucial that the Governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh commit themselves not only to any voluntary return and safe of refugees but also to the positive steps that will be required to ensure their implementation of repatriation process.
Key words: repatriation, MoU, responses, citizenship, third party, challenges
Myanmar’s Political Reforms: Its Impacts and Implications for Myanmar-China Relations
Abstract
Since President U Thein Sein took office on 30 March 2011, his government carried out a series of reforms: political reform, socio-economic reform, and administrative reform. Under the political reform, the new government opened new space for political oppositions, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) that had been allowed to form and participate in political, economic and social development. On 30 September 2011, President U Thein Sein announced that his government decided to suspend the construction of Myitsone dam in accordance with the wishes of Myanmar people. It also called for an investigation of the Latpadaung Copper Mine project which finally led to a renegotiation for better terms and conditions in favour of Myanmar. This research paper analyzes that although Myanmar has been on friendly relations with China since 1988, the relationship between Myanmar and China has little strains after suspending the largest Chinese investment in the Myintsone dam project in 2011. It is found that the political reform in Myanmar since 2011 have generated unexpected impacts on Chinese investments in Myanmar and implications for bilateral relations, as well as complicated China’s policy towards Myanmar.
Key words: political reform, public opinion, rapprochement, bilateral relations
Associate Professor
MRes ( International Relations ) from Dagon University
Political and Social Issues , Culture
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Current Academic Activities
Research papers in the field of international Relations
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Myanmar Cultural Cooperation With ASEAN ( 1988 -2006 )
Abstract
The Association of southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) was formed in 8th August 1967 . Myanmar became a member of ASEAN in 23rd July 1997 and Myanmar participated with ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information ( COCI ) . Myanmar has also been participating on ASEAN-COCI programmers and protection end preservation of cultural resources by regional and international cooperation . By cooperating in this sector with member countries, Myanmar gains the benefits and the friendship with the member become more solid. Finally, she reaches to the organization’s goals of building a region of peace, freedom, social justice and economic well-being. In this regard, she sends many delegates to the member countries . On the other hand, she actively attends the meetings, conferences and workshops. Beside, she implements several socio-cultural projects under the third pillar, its socio-cultural community.
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Literature and Culture, Translation Studies and Research
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Lecturer
Literature, History and Culture, Language Assessment
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Ongoing Research
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Language Teaching, Language Assessment, Literature, History and Culture
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Culture, Linguistics and Translation
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Department of French
Abstract of Paper Publications
(1). A Study of Errors Made by Fourth Year BA French Major Students in News Translation (By Daw Su Paing Swe)
(Yangon University of Foreign Languages Research Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, December, 2017)
Abstract
This research paper deals with the errors made by Fourth year BA French major students from the academic year 2016-2017 and 2015-2016 in translating local and international news published in the local newspaper Myanma Alinn and French newspaper Le Monde from French to Burmese and from Myanmar to French. The research has been carried out with the analysis of data collected from the 4th year French major students of the two consecutive academic years and the research methods used are the quantitative and qualitative methods. As a result of this research, it is discovered that there are some common error types that most of the students usually make, and the errors made in local news and those in international news are different. By using the findings of this paper, new methods in teaching translation can be found.
Keywords: News translation, translation errors, teaching translation
(2). Practical Approaches to Develop the Communicative Competence of French Major Students in Translation (By Daw Su Paing Swe)
(Yangon University of Foreign Languages Research Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1, July, 2019)
Abstract
This research paper will examine the effectiveness of approaches practically used to teach translation in the classroom during two consecutive academic years among the 3rd and 4th year BA French Major students in YUFL. Its aim is to find out the suitable and effective methods for students to develop their communicative competence, which is the most fundamental competence of the translation profession. From this qualitative and quantitative research study, students’ most common problem in translation will be analyzed with the teacher’s different approaches and the appropriate teaching methods for translation will be discussed in order to prepare students as professional translators in the industry.
Keywords: translation problem, communicative competence in translation, approaches for teaching translation
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Associate Professor, French Department
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Associate Professor
Department of Myanmar
Professor
Department Of Myanmar
Associate Professor
Department of Myanmar
Assistant Professor
Department of Myanmar
Professor & Head
Department of Myanmar
Lecturer
Department of Myanmar
Lecturer
Department of Myanmar
Lecturer
Department of Myanmar
Associate Professor
Department of Myanmar
Assistant Lecturer
Korean Department
M.A (Korean Language and Culture Education as a Foreign Language, Korea University)
[email protected]
Syntax and Culture
Associate Professor
Ph.D (Korean Language Education, Seoul National University)
Korean Department
[email protected]
Daw San San Nu (Associate Professor)
Department of Japanese, Yangon University of Foreign Languages
Research Project
A Study of the Collaborative Strategic Reading in Teaching Reading to Third Year BA Japanese Students at YUFL(2015,May)
Publication of Research Papers
A Comparative Study on Japanese and Myanmar Everyday
Expressions by Words that should be known by Scholars for
Japanese Language
San San Nu
Abstract
In this paper, Japanese everyday expressions by words in connection with social rules of conduct are presented after being studied. Attitude, customs, traditions and social conducts of a certain nationality can be learnt through their everyday expressions. It is aimed at being able to possess convenient social dealings with Japanese people in their social environment, fully understanding their everyday expressions in the community.
A Study on the Testing Methods of Japanese Languages
Proficiency by Classroom Activities
San San Nu
Abstract
This is a monograph presented with a view to be able to create a lively classroom with students happy in communication with the aid of classroom activities in the process of language teaching and language learning. Students’ achievement of the grammatical structures and syntax which have already been taught is tested by letting them engage in the communicative classroom activities. Such activities enable the students to study traditions and cultures of Japanese along with its language. This monograph presents some ways and means of organizing classroom activities by using grammatical structures for Japanese language at the basic level.
A Study of ‘Peer Reading’ Method in Teaching to Improve the Students’ Reading Skills
San San Nu
Abstract
In today Language Teaching field, developing the abilities of the students as the members of society plays a crucial role. With the aim of improving students’ own ability, a wide variety of teaching methods are practically used in Japanese language teaching in Myanmar. The purpose of this study is to improve the reading ability of students by making them to study on their own during the reading lessons. In relation to this, the benefits of ‘ Peer Reading ‘ have been well-noted before. Peer Reading is a practical activity of Peer Learning and in which students can learn the reading deeply through discussion. Therefore, this study analyzed whether the inclusion of Peer Reading in teaching improved the students’ reading ability. In this study, students are practically assessed the Third-Year students of Japanese using Peer Reading. The finding shows the distinct benefit that can only be given by the method of ‘Peer Reading’. The opinion survey of the students on the use of ‘Peer Reading’ clearly shows the benefiting results. And, the following study is aimed to do the analysis of using in-turn discussion and ‘Jigsaw Reading’ in teaching reading to improve.
Japanese for life in Japan (elementary 1, A2) (Translate to Myanmar Language)
A Study on the Structure of repeated words (Tatamigo) in Japanese Language
(Departmental Research)
Saing Waing”, Myanmar Historical Research Journal, No.26, June, 2014.
Bayinnaung (1551-1581)” Taungoo University Research Journal, Vol.10.
No.1. July, 2019.
Art of Yun-de in Myanmar” Myanmar Historical Research Journal, No.3, 2019.
University of Research Journal, Vol.9, No.1 2018-19
Myeik University Research Journal, Vol 12, No.1 , 2021
Book
MRES Thesis Supervisions
Aung San Oo (MRes-Hist 1) The Prominent Pariyatti Learning Centers in Shwe Kyin Township and Nyaunglaybin Township (1956-2008), March. 2015
Chit Maung Maung ( MRes- Hist 1) The Prominent Kankalay Tawya Shwekyin Pariyatti
Learning Center In Oktwin Township (1910-2014), 2016
MA Thesis Supervision
Chit Maung Maung (2. Mahar Tha-1) The Prominent Payiyatti Learning Center in Taungoo
Township (1980-2014), March. 2015
PH.D Dissertation Supervision
Tin Mar San ( 2 Pa Tha -3) The Socio-Economic History of Chaungzon Township
(still processing)
Research Fields
Political, Social and Cultural History.
Humanitarian Situations in Myanmar in the Context of Politics since 2011
Win Mar Hlaing*
Abstract
There have been improved situations in Myanmar receiving humanitarian assistance in addressing humanitarian issues under new government. In 2011, there were around 100,000 people of Internal Displaced persons (IDPs) in Kachin and Shan State in Myanmar because of the armed conflict between government forces and Kachin Independence Army 9 KIA). Many IDPs have been in refugee camps in government controlled areas and KIA Controlled Areas. Many local and international agencies are operating humanitarian assistance despite difficulties and challenges in the beginning. Mai barriers for local agencies are financial support, technical support, and training for camp management. International agencies also had difficulties because of general insecurity, road damages and concerns about jeopardizing relations with the government at the juncture of Myanmar political development. However, in 2014, according to UNOCHA basic humanitarian needs were met and there were improved situations. Now, the government has been trying to make a nation- wide ceasefire agreement with all ethnic groups and it is within reach. It was seen that Government‘s unprecedented move towards accepting federalism repeatedly demanded by ethnic groups.
Myanmar- Singapore Relations since 1997
Win Mar Hlaing*
Abstract
Diplomatic relations between Myanmar and Singapore were established at ambassadorial level on 12 August 1966. With the improvement of relations, the two countries decided to appoint ambassador at both capitals. Exchange of visits have also taken place between the two countries and have increased to strengthen the economic interaction. During the period from 1997 to 2009 these visits are mostly to attend the ASEAN meetings in Singapore on a regional visit. Other visits were the bilateral visit discussing the matter of trade, investment, service, and industrial sectors at the Prime Minister and Ministerial level. Singapore and Myanmar enjoy good bilateral relations. Singapore expressed her positive attitude on Myanmar’s democratizing process. There are no trade agreements between Myanmar and Singapore. However, there have been normalized trade relations between them. Myanmar also faced trade deficit in favor of Singapore. During the period from the year 2005-2006 to 2010- 2011, the total trade volume has also increased from US Dollar 823.23 million in 2005- 2006 US Dollar 2102.03 million in 2010- 2011. During 2003- 2011 period the investment volume of Singapore in Myanmar was increased, but not much significant. There was also slightly increase of permitted enterprises, investing in Myanmar. Offers of scholarship and humanitarian assistance from Singapore have also involved in the relations and still need to be much focused in their relations. It is found that the relations have more covered economics than politics. Despite sound and close relations existed there will be much room for economic and environmental cooperation under the new government of Myanmar.
Development Cooperation between Myanmar and Singapore
Win Mar Hlaing*
Abstract
Myanmar accorded recognition to the new Republic of Singapore on 14th August 196. Myanmar’s relations with Singapore in social, political and economic sphere have been dated back to many years ago. Myanmar and Singapore gained mutual understanding and friendship base on their discussion during the visits and in turn could sign MoU and agreements. Singapore also showed her political will and her positive attitude on Myanmar’s Democratization process. It also launched “Initiative for ASEAN Integration “(IAI) which encompasses a variety of human resources development programme. Under this programme, skillful trainers from Singapore have been sent to Myanmar to provide capacity building for the staff. The Government of Singapore provided assistance to human resources development of Myanmar. In the basic education, student exchange programme, education study programme and seminars are being conducted according to bilateral agreement. Singapore was one of the countries offering assistance to Myanmar following Cyclone Nargis in 2008. Singapore contributed an initial US $ 200,000 in humanitarian aid, followed by a commitment of another US $ 5 million for various humanitarian projects. Foreign Minister of Singapore, Mr Yei said that Singapore will continue to support Myanmar’s capacity building efforts, particularly in human resource development. It is found that increasing development cooperation has been based on bilateral agreement and cooperation programme. It is also sure that future cooperation will be increasingly continued in human resource development and humanitarian assistance.
China’s Foreign Trade Policy towards Myanmar (After 1998)
Win Mar Hlaing*
Abstract
China has required a peaceful and stable international environment by strengthening contacts and cooperation with other countries. It also adopted diplomacy in trade and sought a free market expansion with the neighbouring states. Development of western province – Yunan and Sichun is “important for China’s economic interests. Chinese policy makers introduced “strings and pearls strategy towards South Asian neighbours including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. China’s demand for energy for its province’s development also contributed to its trade with Myanmar was also a good impact of Chinese foreign trade policy. Despite the trade performance between Myanmar and China was an unbalanced nature always in favour of China, increasing trend of trade volume from 1988 to 2010 indicates the complementary nature of bilateral trade. It is found that China has pursued the strategy of export- led growth and strategy of strings of pearls policy towards Southeast Asia including Myanmar. Myanmar has been a strategic point for China to access Indian Ocean. China’s desire to make cross border trade with Myanmar for the development of Yunan, has also much impact on socio- economic life of Myanmar’s People. Development of cross border trade has also been effectiveness of China’s foreign trade policy.
Security Challenges in North East Asia; Future Prospects
Win Mar Hlaing*
Abstract
The Security Situations in Northeast Asia has changed abruptly decade by decade since the end of the War War II. Despite normalization between Beijing and Moscow in 1989 and close consultations over North Korea since the North – South Summit in 2000, the aim of Sino- Russian strategic challenge is North Korea’ s nuclear crisis. Even if the nuclear crisis is brought under control, North Korea belligerence is unlikely to an end. Thus, the North Korea missile and nuclear issue s may not be resolve as long as regime’s policy could not change. This causes a challenge not only to South Korea but also to other countries like China, Japan and the US in managing the crisis. China’s uprising and its domestic structural change is very much in the areas of economy and of the growing nationalist sense of its leadership. Taiwan issue may not only cause a war between China and the US but also another Cold War in the region. The expansion of Japan’s military forces is also a challenge in the region. The rising nationalism could have an alarming consequences like militarized, assertive ad nuclear armed Japan. Japan’s military increase may go beyond the bilateral framework of the US in its search for bigger role in Asia and the world in the coming decades. A new framework for northeast Asian security should be created by reviewing the legacy of six decades of changes in the region’s great power relations. The objective of this paper is to explore the future situations of Northeast Asian security by using analytical approach based on some historical and recent developments in the region.
Relations between Myanmar and the republic of Korea (1994- 2004)
Win Mar Hlaing*
Abstract
Bilateral relations between Myanmar and the republic of Korea have long traditions. The ties between the two countries have strengthened expanded in all spheres since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1975. Since then the exchange of visits have taken place between the two countries. Moreover, the trade relations between Myanmar and the republic of Korea ( ROK) have been carried out in the shape of Myanmar exporting natural resources based products to ROK and ROK exporting industrial products to Myanmar,. Investors from ROK became very active with the opening of Myanmar economy. The Korean development assistance program reached a turning point in the late 1980s and early 1990s in terms of international cooperation program. The assistance of loans, grants, and gifts from ROK played as important part in Myanmar’s economy and has been strengthening the economic intercourses between the two countries. Substantial interaction between Myanmar and ROK under cultural relations from 1995 to 2004 includes religious, education and health sector. As ROK and Myanmar achieved their complementary relationship, the future prospects for cooperation should lie in a variety of areas such as political and security cooperation, exchange of media, people, and the environmental cooperation.
– 7th AKS International Interdisciplinary Webinar on “Emerging Trends in Korean
Studies in India and South Asia” (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
– A Study on Korean Culture Education with Fairy Tales for Myanmarese (Southeast Asian Journal 2017, Volume- 26, No-3)
Abstract:
This study aims to help Korean culture education for Myanmar people through fairy tales. Korean culture education is essential for fluency of Korean language and adaptation to Korean society and culture to foreign students and workers. In the study, eight fairy tales consisting of four Korean fairy tales and four Myanmar fairy tales are selected as research materials. Through the analysis of Korean and Myanmar fairy tales, cultural elements and identities were identified and compared with the materials from the both countries. The analysis has been processed in the respect of character and contents of the materials. The fairy tales were analyzed by one-to-one correspondence, such as myanmar ‘Devotion(성의)’ vs. ‘An Old Man Planting Dreams(꿈을 심는 노인)’and then they were sorted according to cultural and identificational elements. Even though two countries have a few cultural and historical interchanges and are far away from each other, the traditional fairy tales between Myanmar and Korea showed high similarities in the view of cultural elements, values, and identities. In the fairy tales there are many common aspects and similarities in cultures such as tendency of regarding agricultural society as important, the hierarchy according to ages, the filial duty, family relationship, and the community solidarity. I believe those similarities in Myanmar and Korean cultures could be a desirable norm for Myanmarese to study Korean language and to adjust to Korean society.
– A Study on the Motivation for Selection of Korean Language Major by International
Students and Their Satisfaction about their Major (Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society 2017, Volume-18, No 7)
Abstract
The Korean language major is being activated in line with the increasing number of international students who are studying in South Korea. Therefore, the motivation for selecting a university major varies according to the background, environment, and values of each student. Thus, it is meaningful to examine the motivation of international students to select their major and their satisfaction on the major. In this study, 173 international students living in Seoul were surveyed and the data were analyzed using SPSS 21.0 and AMOS 23.0 to demonstrate the structural relationship between their motivation for selecting the major and their satisfaction about the major. From analysis result, their motivation for selecting a Korean language major were classified into internal and external motivations, and their major satisfaction was classified into perception satisfaction, relationship satisfaction, subject satisfaction, and general satisfaction. Regarding the motivations to select a Korean language major, the level of external motivation was very high, and among the major satisfaction, the level of general satisfaction was the highest. Furthermore, the external and internal motives had significant positive effects on all the categories of major satisfaction, including the perception satisfaction, relationship satisfaction, subject satisfaction, and general satisfaction. This study suggests effective methods to improve the satisfaction of international students about the Korean language major such as the provision of information about and opportunities for employment using their major and the provision of a high quality.
– A Study on Research trends about Myanmarese Korean Language Learners (The Journal of Learner-Centered Curriculum and Instruction (JLCCI) 2019, Volume- 19, No-15)
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze the trend of research related to Myanmarese who studies Korean language. This study collected researches related to Myanmarese Korean Language Learners as research material, and these materials are collected through Research Information Sharing Service (RISS) by imputing keywords ‘Myanmar language’, ‘Myanmarese Korean language’, ‘Myanmarese Korean Language Leaner’, ‘Burmese language’, ‘Burmese Korean language’, and ‘Burmese Korean Language Leaner’. From February 2019 to July 2019, the analysis was conducted and the data were collected. Through this process, 61 researches were collected as research material. These materials were analyzed under the criteria that consist of year of publication, publication types, and field of study, subject, language, and research method. This study illustrated that the amounts of researches has been a steep rise in 2012 because of political issues and the conditions of the market economy in myanmar, and this trends has been lasting for about 8 years. The Contrastive Analysis and Comparative Studies were mostly detected in research material. There were few Doctoral thesis in data of the study. This paper ushers in understanding for the trends and implications of the studies related Myanmarese who studies Korean language. And this study introduces the insufficient part of the researches.
– A Study on Korean Cultural Educational Teaching Korean Language by Researching
Fairy Tale ‘The Sun and The Moon’ (Universities Research Journal 2019, Vol. 12, No. 9)
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to build a teaching materials based on fairy tales. For the purpose of the study, it is substantiated that the relevance between language and culture by investigating researches of linguistic and cultural anthropology. Through this process, it corroborates that cultural Education is needed for teaching foreign language. And also it is proved that fairy tales is good for materials of cultural educations. The fairy tale ‘The Sun and The Moon’ is selected as research materials in this study, and qualitative research designed is applied in this research. By researching under the procedures, Teaching materials and syllabus is yielded as the result of the study, and this is based on learner-centered educations. And the characteristic of language is also reflected to the materials that derived from the research. This study and results yielded proffer to promoting Korean language learner’s attention and interest. And the level of difficulty of lecture can be easily adjusted so this could cover from beginners to advanced learner. Also, Korean language learners could be exposed to four activities of language – Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking – on balance. Eventually, these effects of the study could strengthens Korean language learner’s language skills and their interest in studying Korean language.
– A study of suggestion for corpus research through analyzing trends of theses of
corpus published in South Korea (YUFL Research Journal 2020, Volume- 11, No-1)
Abstract
The purpose of study focused on presenting suggestions for corpus research. Corpus is promising field and many corporates and academic field is entering and researching this area. In contrast, there is hard to find activities of corpus in Myanmar. Therefore, the study researching previous studies dealt with corpus can be a signpost and catalyst for myanmarese corporates and academic to enhancing activities and researches of corpus. This research begins with this awareness above. For this reason, this paper analyzed theses of corpus published in South Korea over decade (from 2010 to 2019), and theses is selected via website RISS controlled to authorities of South Korea government. 79 theses is obtained as sample data, and this sample data is analyzed by categories. Through the process, this paper suggests three suggestions. First, Corpus is not a sanctuary for linguistics and specific language. Second, Collaboration between language and other academic field is not only already becoming a reality, but also essential for developing the field of corpus. And Third, Government and organizations that can runs a lot of capital is essential for developing academic field of corpus.
– A study of concept comparison of tense between Myanmar and Korean language
(narasarang 2020.11, Volume- 129, No-)
Abstract
This study aims to analyze and compare the tense of Korean and Myanmar language. For the study, Data were collected and analyzed from Standard Korean Language Dictionary(표준국어대사전), Grammar for Foreigners 1: Structure(외국인을 위한 한국어 문법 1-체계 편), Encyclopedia of Korean Culture(한국민족문화대백과사전), Yonsei Korean Dictionary(연세 한국어 사전), Yonsei Korean(연세 한국어) 1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 3-2, 4-1, 4-2, 5-1, 5-2, 6-1, 6-2, Myanmar Grammar(미얀마 문법). The findings show that there is similar structural point of tense between Korean and Myanmar language – past, present, and future – but differences are found. In Korean language, one more than tense can be confirmed in some expressions thus these cannot be clearly categorized as past, present, or future. In the case of Myanmar, it is only possible to understand the tense when considering not only the grammatical expressions of the tense, but also the meaning of the vocabulary and the overall context. Some grammatical expressions of tense in Korean language contain tense and aspect, but grammatical expressions of tense in Myanmar language mainly deals with tense itself. Based on these findings, this paper lets people who are related to Korean and Myanmar language know the concept and differences of tense of Korean and Myanmar language.
Professor, Head
Yangon University of Foreign Languages (2021- present)
Professor,
Yangon University of Foreign Languages (2020-2021)
Associate Professor,
Yangon University of Foreign Languages (2019-2020)
Lecturer,
Yangon University of Distance Education (2016- 2019)
Assistant Lecturer, University of Taunggyi, (2014- 2016)
Assistant Lecturer, University of Mandalay, (2013- 2014)
Assistant Lecturer, University of Taunggyi, (2013- 2013)
Tutor, University of Taunggyi, (2012- 2013)
Tutor, University of East Yangon, (2011- 2012)
Tutor, Mohnyin Degree College, (2010- 2011)
Tutor, University of East Yangon, (2005- 2010)
Field of Research- Ethics, Philosophy of Culture
Published Research–
(Abstract– Journalism Ethics is a field of applied ethics and study of moral principles and judgments and of good practices as applied to the journalists. The traditional ethical theories can be contributed to journalism and they can be applied provide journalists to make tough choices. Categorical imperative of Kantian consists of a principle from a sense of duty. For Kant, any action can only be justified if it is performed for reasons of duty. The research problem is “why should be used Kantian ethics in cases of journalism with the reference of Myanmar?” This paper will be contributed that the journalists can be applied the Kantian ethics in their reporting. Categorical imperative of Kantian ethics is applicable to current cases. For Kant, a good motive or a good will is central. The morally responsible person will act out of duty even in contrast to their character and the will of obligation based on reason. It can be applied to the cases of journalism in Myanmar. As for example, the article about Latpadaung Copper Mine and the story of two housemaids at Ava Tailor Shop being exploited and abused. It is studied that Kantian ethics can be used as applied ethics of journalism from the above article.)
Keywords: Journalism ethics, applied ethics, Kantian ethics
(Abstract– The main objective of this paper is to point out that the fundamental ethical concepts and norms can be applied in the ethical issues of journalism. In undertaking this study some ethical concepts and norms applying ethical dilemmas and will also be taken into the issues of journalism. The research question of this paper is that “Why the fundamental ethical concepts and norms could be taken in the journalism issues?” The tentative solution is that the ethical concepts and norms are practicing to use as guidelines for having a good effort. In this paper, the descriptive and evaluative methods and the principle of causality will be used. The contribution of this paper is to express that applying ethical concepts and norms can lead to news reporting in journalism that is ethically and in accordance with traditions and culture.)
Keywords: fundamental ethical concepts, ethical norms, journalism ethics
(Abstract– This paper intends to find an ethical principle for journalism ethics. This principle should be coherent with traditional moral values in Myanmar society. The research problem of this paper is how an ethical principle of journalism should be formulated in Myanmar Society. In this paper, descriptive and evaluative methods are used. It can be founded that the ethical principle of freedom for truth will support to resolving of human difficulties and conflicts for the journalists.)
Keywords: Journalism ethics, ethical principle, traditional moral values, Freedom for Truth.
(Abstract– The main objective of this paper is to point out that it is possible to apply the ethical norms of Myanmar culture in providing ethical guidelines for the development of journalism in Myanmar. In undertaking this study some Western ethical views concerning journalism will also be taken into account. With the development of the freedom of press in Myanmar, journalism has encountered many challenges. The research question of this paper is to provide evidence that; the ethical norms of Myanmar Buddhist culture should be taken into consideration in developing journalism ethics in Myanmar. The tentative solution would consist of clarifying what the principal ethical norms of Myanmar Buddhist culture are and the way in which they can be applied to ethical journalism. In this paper, the descriptive and evaluative methods and the principle of deduction will be used. The contribution of this paper is to promote understanding that Myanmar has a rich ethical heritage that can be applied to many affairs of human life including, the development of a “journalism” that has integrity.)
Keywords: journalism ethics, ethical norms, ethical practices, ethical foundations, Myanmar Buddhist Culture.
(Abstract- In the world philosophies the Eastern has investigated everything in their aesthetic component on the other hand the Western has investigated these things in their theoretic component. The main objective of this paper is intended to study on Eastern culture from the philosophical Perspective. Most of the Easterners emphasized on man than on his natural world and one of the characteristics of Eastern culture is fundamentally religious in character. The research problem of this paper is “why the Easterners’ ways of thinking seems to emphasize on the human concern in aesthetic component?” The solution of this paper is that Easterner’s ways of thinking generally based on emotional sense than rational sense. Hence they place emphasis on knowledge by intuition and on contemplation of everything in their aesthetic immediacy. This research paper will contribute to promote understanding that people can put into practice reconciliation of the philosophical perspective of the East and the West in order to achieve a comprehensive integration. As a consequence we enable to establish mutual understanding and good communication among different cultures.)
Keywords: culture, philosophy of culture, ways of thinking, the aesthetic component.
Ethics, Philosophy of Culture, Political Philosophy.
| Year | University 🎓 |
|---|---|
| 1992 – 2000 | Tutor, (Yangon University of Foreign Languages) |
| 2000 – 2004 | Assistant Lecturer, (Yangon University of Foreign Languages) |
| 2004 – 2018 | Lecturer & Head of Department, (Yangon University of Foreign Languages) |
| 2018 – present | Associate Professor & Head of Department, (Yangon University of Foreign Languages) |
In October of 2018, a research paper under the title of “Existing Pedagogical situation of Producing Russian Language Specialists and Professionals of Yangon University of Foreign Languages, Myanmar” was presented at the International Conference on Russian Language in Hochiminh Pedagogical Institute in Hochiminh city, Vietnam.
A Study of Pronunciation Mistakes of First Year Russian Specialization Students and Ways to Correct the Mistakes (Yangon University of Foreign Languages, Research Journal) Vol.4, No.1, December, 2012
