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Professor & Head

Chinese Department

Dr Khin May Cho is a Professor of Chinese Department, Yangon University of Foreign Languages, Myanmar present time.

• Ph.D (Chinese), Beijing Language and Culture University, China. 2010
• M.A (Chinese), Beijing Language and Culture University, China. 2004
• Diploma in Chinese, Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL), Yangon. 1995
• B.Sc (Chemistry)(Q), Yangon University, 1987

• Professor & Head of Chinese Department , YUFL (2019, May)
• Associate Professor, (Head) Department of Chinese (2015, August)
• Lecturer (2010 – 2015)
• Assistant Lecturer (2004 – 2010)
• Tutor (1997 – 2004)

1. Myanmar Reviewer, Chinese-Myanmar Picture Dictionary, Commercial Press, Beijing, China, 2009
2. Special Reviewer, KUAILE HANYU (Teacher`s Book), People`s Education Press, Beijing, China, 2010
3. Special Reviewer, KUAILE HANYU (Student`s Book), People`s Education Press, Beijing, China, 2010
4. Special Reviewer, KUAILE HANYU (Work Book), People`s Education Press, Beijing, China, 2010
5. Special Reviewer, LEARN CHINESE WITH ME (Student`s Book), People`s Education Press, Beijing, China, 2010
6. Special Reviewer, LEARN CHINESE WITH ME (Work Book), People`s Education Press, Beijing, China, 2010
7. Myanmar Reviewer, Chinese-Myanmar Small Picture Dictionary , Commercial press, Beijing, China, 2010
8. Myanmar Reviewer, 800 Chinese Characters Dictionary, Foreign Language Teaching and Research press, Beijing, China, 2010

Dr. Yin Myo Tint’s Profile

          Dr. Yin Myo Tint earned her Bachelor’s degree in 1991, M.A degree in 1997. She passed the PhD Preliminary course in Year 2000. She obtained her PhD degree from Yangon University in 2004, her dissertation title is ” A Study of Myanmar Noun Phrases from Linguistic Point of View.” She graduated her Diploma in English in 2010. She served her duties as a tutor, assistant lecturer and lecturer at the Department of Myanmar in Dagon University, Yangon University, Meiktila University, Taungoo University ,Mandalay University of Foreign Languages and Yangon University of Foreign Languages. She has been serving her duties as Lecturer, Associate Professor and Professor and Head at the Department of Linguistics, since 2013. In the present, she is serving her duties as the Head of Department in the Department of Linguistics, Yangon University of Foreign Languages. She submitted papers in various fields in linguistics to university research journals and international research conferences.

Working Experience

Year (from – to)	University	Department	Position
1995 -1999	Dagon University	Department of Myanmar	Tutor
2000-2003	Yangon University	Department of Myanmar	Tutor
2004-2008	Meikhtilar University	Department of Myanmar	Assistant Lecturer
2008- 2012	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of Myanmar	Lecturer
2012- 2013	Taungoo University	Department of Myanmar	Lecturer
2013- 2015	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of Linguistics	Lecturer
2015- 2016	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of Linguistics	Associate Professor
2017- 2019	MandalayUniversity of Foreign Languages	Department of Linguistics	Professor and Head
2020 to now	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of Linguistics	Professor and Head

General Linguistics, Applied Linguistics , Historical Linguistics , Sociolinguistics, and Language Teaching

The papers she submitted are as follows;

Annual Researches 

1995                  The Study of Agricultural Terminologies in Bagan Era

1996                  The Study of Terminologies of the Arts in Bagan Era

2006                 The Sociolinguistic Study of Meikhtila Regional Dialect Vocabulary

2007                  The Spoken Myanmar and the Concept of ‘ Hope ‘ (Sociolinguistic Point of View)

2010-2012        Teaching Methodologies of Pronunciation and Meaning in Teaching Myanmar   Language to Foreign Students

2003-2004       Myanmar Nouns with Weak Internal Stability

2015-2016         A Study of Some Particle Usages from Pragmatic point of view

2016-2017          A Study of Hedges in Myanmar

2018 – 2019      A Study of Lexicography

2019 – 2020      Historical Linguistics; Semantic Changes in the Myanmar Language from Bagan Era to Present days

Presented Researches

2000               The Study of the Structure of Similes from the ‘ Shwezigone ‘ Pagoda Stone Inscription in    Mon Language

2000                The Study of Shin Ottamakyaw‘s Travelogue and the ” Shwesettaw Thwar” Travelogue in Terms of Symbols

2000                The Influence of Pali Literature on Myanmar Literature

2001                The Role of Prepositions and Particles in Forming Nouns ( Linguistic Point of View)

2002                The Study of Noun-Modifying in Myanmar Language ( Linguistic Point of View)

2003                The Semantic Function and Grammatical Function of Myanmar Nouns

2004                The Concepts of Myanmar Grammar and Parts of Speech

2005                The Basic Characteristics of Myanmar Language (Presented at the Paper Reading Session at the 4^th Anniversary of Meikhtila University)

2006                The Dignity of Myanmar Women (Presented at the Paper Reading Session at the 5^th Anniversary of Meikhtila University)

2006                Myanmar Literature in KongBaung Era

2006                The Nature of Dialect Vocabulary (Sociolinguistic Point of View)

2007                The Nature of Myanmar Slangs (Sociolinguistic Point of View) (Presented at the Paper Reading Session at the 6^th Anniversary of Meikhtila University)

2008                The Study of Myanmar Words with No Internal Stability (The 7^th Research Paper Reading Session of the Academy of Arts and Science)

2009                The Semantic Study of Kin Wun Min Gyi‘s Travelogue about the journey to France (The 8^th Research Paper Reading Session of the Academy of Arts and Science)

2010                The Role of Linguistics in Teaching Myanmar Language to Foreigners (The 9^th Research Paper Reading Session of the Academy of Arts and Science)

2011                Means of Change in Myanmar Speech Sounds (The 10^th Research Paper Reading Session of the Academy of Arts and Science)

2014               The Study of Modifying in Myanmar Compound Nouns ( Linguistic Point of View) (The Paper Reading Session of the 50^th Year Golden Jubilee of Yangon University of Foreign Languages)

2014                The Role of Markers /ga/  /go/ /hma/ Colloquial Myanmar (The Paper Reading Session of the Disciplines in Yangon University of Foreign Languages) (  Linguistic Point of View)

2015              The Role of Particles  /ga/ , /go/ , /hma/ ,  /hnit/ in Myanmar Language Teaching (Conference on Myanmar Language Teaching in Yangon University of Foreign Languages)

2016                 A Study of Hedges in Colloquial Myanmar (The Paper Reading Session of the 51^th Year    of Yangon University of Foreign Languages) (Pragmatic Point of View)

2017                How to write Academic Research Papers (Mini Talks & Presentation in Mandalay university of Foreign Languages) ( 26 . 5 . 2017 )

2017               A Study of Some Written Particles which are Unstable Grammatical Function (The Paper Reading Session of the 25^th Year Silver Jubilee of Taunggyi University) ( Linguistic Point of View)

2017              How to write Research Papers on Language ( Workshop on Research Methodology in  Mandalay university of Foreign Languages) ( 16 . 11. 2017 )

2017              A Study of Some Slangs which are   commonly used in Myanmar (The Paper Reading Session of the 20^th Anniversary of Mandalay University of Foreign Languages)

Published Research Papers ( Yearly )

2005                The Basic Characteristics of Myanmar Language ( Linguistic Point of View)

( Meikhtila University Research Journal, Vol.1, No.1)

2008                The Role of Particles in Noun Phrase (JBRS. Vol.7, No.1) (From the Linguistic Point of View) ( URJ )

2008                The Study of Myanmar Noun Words with No Internal Stability (The 7^th Research Paper Reading Session of the Academy of Arts and Science) ( MAAS )

2009                The Semantic Study of Kin Wun Min Gyi‘s Travelogue about the journey to France (The 8^th Research Paper Reading Session of the Academy of Arts and Science) ( MAAS )

2009                The Characteristics of Myanmar Slang (JBRS. Vol.7, No.1) (Sociolinguistic Point of View) ( URJ )

2010                The Role of Linguistics in Teaching Myanmar Language to Foreigners

(The 9^th Research Paper Reading Session of the Academy of Arts and Science)  ( MAAS )

2010                The Role of Affixes in Noun Phrase (JBRS. Vol.7, No.1) (Linguistic Point of  View)  ( URJ )

2011               A Study of Change in Myanmar Speech Sounds (The 10^th Research Paper Reading   Session of the Academy of Arts and Science) ( MAAS )

2011                A Study of Some Euphemisms which are commonly used in Myanmar (Yangon University of Foreign Languages Research Journal. Vol.3, No.1)

2012                The Role of Particles and Affixes in Myanmar Grammar (Linguistic   of View) ( Taungoo University Research Journal, Vol.1, No.1)

2013                Regional Dialects in Mandalay Area (Yangon University of Foreign Languages Research Journal. Vol.5, No. 1) (Linguistic Point of View)

2015               The Role of Marker / ga / / go / and / hma / in Colloquial Myanmar (JBRS. Vol.7, No.6) (Linguistic Point of  View) ( URJ )

2016                 A Study of Hedges in Colloquial Myanmar (The Paper Reading Session of the 51^th Year    of Yangon University of Foreign Languages) ( Pragmatic Point of View)

2016           The Role of Myanmar Particles /ko/, / hma/, and  /nyint/ in the Myanmar Language Teaching as Foreign Language ( 1^st Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies by Inalco Uni and YUFL) (6 – 7 January, Yangon University of Foreign Languages)

2017            A Study of Some Written Particles which are Unstable Grammatical Function

( Academic Research Papers Book for  the 25^th Year Silver Jubilee of Taunggyi University)

2018           Significance of Myanmar Particles ( 2^nd International Conference on Burma/Myanmar  Studies ICBM 2 )(16 – 18 February, University of Mandalay )

2020           A Comparative Study of the Usages of Adverb in Myanmar Language by means of Affixation and Reduplication ( 1^st International  Conference on Language and Humanities  6-7 January 2020, Yangon University of Foreign Languages )

2020           An Analysis of Deviant Forms in the Myanmar Newspapers and Journals     (JBRS. Vol.7, No.6)   ( URJ )

Published University Research Journals

2005    The Basic Characteristics of Myanmar Language (Linguistic Point of View)

( Meikhtila University Research Journal, Vol.1, No.1) ( MURJ )

2011    A Study of Some Euphemisms which are commonly used in Myanmar (Sociolinguistic   Linguistic Point of View) (Yangon University of Foreign Languages Research Journal. Vol.3, No.1) (YUFL)

2012    The Role of Particles and Affixes in Myanmar Grammar (Linguistic Point of View)

( Taungoo University Research Journal, Vol.1, No.1) (TURJ)

2013    Regional Dialects in Mandalay Area (Sociolinguistic Point of View)

(Yangon University of Foreign Languages Research Journal. Vol.5, No. 1) (YUFL)

2016   A Study of Hedges in Colloquial Myanmar (Pragmatic Point of View)

(Yangon University of Foreign Languages Research Journal. Vol.5, No. 1) (YUFL)

Published Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science Research Journals ( MAAS )

2008     The Study of Myanmar Noun Words with No Internal Stability      ( Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science Research Journal. Vol. 1, No.6 A ) ( MAAS )

2009    The Semantic Study of Kin Wun Min Gyi‘s Travelogue about the journey to France (Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science Research Journal. Vol.7 , No. 7B) ( MAAS )

2010    The Role of Linguistics in Teaching Myanmar Language to Foreigners ( Myanmar Academy of   Arts and Science Research Journal . Vol.8 , No.7B  ) ( MAAS )

2011    A Study of Change in Myanmar Speech Sounds (Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science  Research Journal. Vol.10 , No.8 )( MAAS )

Published All Universities Research Journals ( URJ )

2008    The Role of Particles in Noun Phrase (JBRS. Vol.7, No.1) (Linguistic Point of  View)

2009    The Characteristics of Myanmar Slang (JBRS. Vol.7, No.1) (Sociolinguistic Point of View)

2010    The Role of Affixes in Noun Phrase (JBRS. Vol.7, No.1) (Linguistic Point of View)

2015    The Role of Marker / ga / / go / and / hma / in Colloquial Myanmar (JBRS. Vol.7, No.6)

                                                                                                                (Linguistic Point of  View)

2020    An Analysis of Deviant Forms in the Myanmar Newspaper and Journals (Applied Linguistics)

International Conference Papers

2016   The Role of Myanmar Particles /ko/, / hma/, and  /nyint/ in the Myanmar Language Teaching as Foreign Language ( 1^st Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies by Inalco Uni and YUFL) (6 – 7 January, Yangon University of Foreign Languages)

2018    Significance of Myanmar Particles ( 2^nd International Conference on Burma/Myanmar      Studies ICBM 2 )(16 – 18 February, University of Mandalay )

2020   A Comparative Study of the Usages of Adverb in Myanmar Language by means of   Affixation and Reduplication ( 1^st International  Conference on Language and Humanities  6-7 January 2020, Yangon University of Foreign Languages )

The Researches Presented at the Department

2007            The Comparative Study of Literature of Knowledge (Thuta) and Literature of Aesthetics (Ratha) (Department of Myanmar, Meikhtila University)

2008            The Study of Short Stories with the Essence of Life (Department of Myanmar, Meikhtila University)

2009            Mean Stream of Myanmar Slang (Department of Myanmar, Yangon University of  Foreign Languages)

2010            The Role of Grammar in Teaching Myanmar Language to Foreign Learners (Department of Myanmar, Yangon University of Foreign Languages)

2011            The Role of Speech Sound in Teaching Myanmar Language to Foreign Learners (Department of Myanmar, Yangon University of Foreign Languages)

2013           Myanmar Language and Its Standard of Internal Stability (Department of Myanmar,Yangon University of Foreign Languages)

2014           Regional Dialects in Mandalay Area (Department of Linguistics, Yangon University of  Foreign Languages)

2015           A Study of Some Particle Usages from Pragmatic point of view  (Department of Linguistics, Yangon University of Foreign Languages)

2016          A Study of Hedges in Myanmar   (Department of Linguistics, Yangon University of  Foreign Languages)

2017          A Study of Meik Htilar Regional Dialects ( Weekly Research Paper, Mandalay  University of Foreign Languages )

2018         A Study of Myanmar particle’ Khe’  (Mandalay  University of Foreign Languages )

On-Going Research

2021                   An approach to Historical Linguistics

Dr. Sandar Htay’s Profile

Dr. Sandar Htay is a Lecturer of the Department of Linguistics, Yangon University of Foreign Languages, Myanmar. She got her BA, Hons (English) in 2005 from the East University of Yangon and MA in 2007 from the Yangon  University. She got her Dip in ICT in 2002, Dip in Communicative English in 2002, Dip in English in 2005 from the Yangon University and Post-graduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics in 2014 from SEAMEO၊ RELC Singapore.

She was a member of Quality Assurance Committee of YUFL. She is also a member of curriculum development group of the Department of Linguistics. Throughout her career, she wrote papers on applied linguistics fields of linguistics in university research journals, universities research conferences and international research conference. The papers she wrote were

• A Study of the Role of Content and Language Integrated Learning Observed in the First Year Non-English Specialization Students at Yangon University of Foreign Languages
• A Study of the Effect of Different Types of Corrective Feedback on Foreign Language Student Writing Observed in the First Year Students at Yangon University of Foreign Languages
• Linguistics Studies: Effective Teaching Myanmar as a Foreign Language through Rhymes
• A Linguistic Study of Myanmar Rhymes in The New Syllabus for Primary Level Students in Myanmar
• A Study of the Association between Learner Language Aptitude and the Effectiveness of Implicit Corrective Feedback on Accuracy in Writing
• A Study of the Association between Learner Language Aptitude and the Effectiveness of Implicit Corrective Feedback on Accuracy in Writing

At present, she is a candidate for the degree of Ph. D in applied linguistics at Khon Kaen University, Thailand. At the same time, she is reviewing the diploma courses and developing a curriculum and syllabi for a new course.

 

Working Experience

Year (from – to)	University	Department	Position
2009-2013	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of English	Tutor
2013- 2016	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of Linguistics	Tutor
2016-2019	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of Linguistics	Assistant Lecturer
2019 – 2021	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of Linguistics	Lecturer
2021 to now	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of Linguistics	Associate Professor

 

General Linguistics, Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching

 

A Study of the Performance of Third Year BA English Students in Translation
Abstract
This research paper deals with the performance of the third year BA English students at YUFL. First, literature review is presented. Then, it is followed by the analysis of students’ performance in first semester and second semester. In doing this research, qualitative method is used. Findings and discussion session are presented in the last part of the research paper.

 

The Role of Memorization in Learning English as a Foreign Language Observed in the First Year Non-English Specialization Students
Abstract

This aims to study how memorization is connected with learning English. Memorization is used to help learners to internalize what they have learned to use in actual communication. Memorization is a mental process, so the choice of qualitative method as the main data collection and analysis tool is appropriate. There are two questionnaires, one for teachers and one for students. And semi-structured interviews were constructed in order to capture students’ and teachers’ perceptions and uses of memorization in learning English. The outcomes point out that students should know the distinction between good and poor memorization and avoid learning by heart without understanding the context of the task. Teachers should explain and constantly remind the students the potential roles of memorization in their learning.

 

Linguistic Studies: Effective Teaching Myanmar as a ForeignLanguage through Rhymes
Abstract

Teaching Myanmar as a foreign language plays a vital role in developing country, as different people from several countries are working in the transitional period in Myanmar. It is important that for those who are working in business, communications and other fields, if they speak Myanmar, there will be a mutual understanding between the needs and cultural desires. Nowadays, there would be an increasing number of foreigners who are learning Myanmar as a foreign language. This study aims to focus on the better way to support the learners’ language proficiency in productive skills. Moreover, at the basic level in teaching a foreign language, the rhymes can be used as the teaching materials to develop not only the learners’ oral fluency but also their language learning or acquisition. In this study, it is investigated that to what extent the use of the rhymes analyzed in Linguistic point view in teaching Myanmar as a foreign language setting helps the learners improve their language proficiency. The descriptive-qualitative method is used in analyzing the data. The data are the rhymes prescribed in the Grade I Primary Textbook in Myanmar. The rhymes were analyzed in phonological, morphological, lexical, syntactic and semantic levels with the pedagogical objectives. The lessons were designed based on the results of each level of linguistic analysis. The subjects of the study are 36 adult foreign learners who are learning Myanmar as a foreign language. This study compares the result of a group of the language learners taught in traditional ways and the other group taught through the rhymes with the lessons designed from linguistic point of view. The learners in different groups studied the common language patterns. Moreover, the results of the questionnaire with closed-ended questions which reflect the student satisfaction are also analyzed in this research. It is found out that the lesson of the linguistically analyzed rhymes has a significant effect on teaching Myanmar as a foreign language. The group taught the language through the lessons became more proficient than the other group taught in traditional ways. With linguistic point of view, although most of the rhymes are structured to help the first language learners to develop their fluency with accurate pronunciation, it is hoped that it can be applied in teaching Myanmar as a Foreign Language in different aspects. It is also found that the rhymes aim not only at teaching the pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary but also at teaching morals and manners. It is hoped that the study will be useful for those who are in the field of teaching and learning Myanmar as a foreign language as well as who are studying general Linguistic analysis.

 

A Study of the Effect of Different Types of Corrective Feedback on Foreign Language Student Writing Observed in the First Year Students at Yangon University of Foreign Languages
Abstract
The value of corrective feedback on foreign language learner student writing becomes prominent in recent years. This paper aims to analyse the use of feedback given in teaching writing skills at Yangon University of Foreign Languages (YUFL) and their effects, and to focus on the better way to support students’ writing development. This research paper deals with the performance of the YUFL first year students on writing skills. In this research, it is investigated whether the type of feedback (direct, implicit written feedback with correction code and student-researcher 2 minute individual conferences; direct, explicit written feedback only; no corrective feedback) given to two different specialization students on the types of linguistic errors which most frequently occurred in their task resulted in improved accuracy in their new piece of writing. An analysis is made of the outcomes obtained in these three groups. The significant variations in accuracy across two writing tasks statistically support that there is a significant effect for the combination of written and conference feedback on accuracy improvement. It is hoped that the present study will be useful for both teachers and learners who are trying to develop their writing skills in second language teaching and learning setting.

 

Corpus-based Data for Determining the Vocabulary Found in the ICLH Research Articles Written by Myanmar Researchers
Abstract
This study explores the use of the lexical words in the academic articles written by the Myanmar scholars in the English language. The lexical words, the vocabulary, is regarded as one of the main features in academic writing. The purpose of the study is to develop a list of the most frequent vocabulary used by the Myanmar researchers in the field of language teaching and social sciences and compared it with the lists of West’s (1953) General Service (GSL) and Coxhead’s (2000) Academic Word Lists (AWL). The corpus approximately 170,000 running words was build using the 39 academic research articles, written by Myanmar scholars, presented at the 1st International Conference on Languages and Humanities (ICLH) which was hold at Yangon University of Foreign Languages in 2020. The lists of the frequent words found in respective levels of GSL and AWL were developed. The analysis revealed that the top 20 frequent words included 18 basic words and only two academic words. The results also show that, amongst 2000 word families of GSL, 731 word families occurred frequently in the articles with the coverage of 79% of the tokens in the corpus. For academic words, among 570, only 96 word families with the coverage of 9 % of the all tokens were found as the frequent words in the research articles. It is hoped that the construction of the lists will definitely provide the Myanmar researchers the knowledge on the use of vocabulary in academic writing of the research articles in the English language.

 

A Study of the Association between Learner Language Aptitude and the Effectiveness of Implicit Corrective Feedback on Accuracy in Writing
Abstract
TThe study aims to investigate the association between learner language aptitude and the effectiveness of implicit corrective feedback on grammatical accuracy in writing. The instruments that used in this study were Language Aptitude Test, a narrative writing task and an implicit corrective feedback. The target structure was Past tense. The performance of the students in the first draft and the final version were compared to investigated the effects of the corrective feedback. The objects of the study are 18 upper secondary (Grade 10) Myanmar students who were studying English as a compulsory subject in their school curriculum. Their proficiency levels were pre-intermediate. As it was a quantitative research, the data were statically analyzed to investigate the correlation between language aptitude and the effectiveness of implicit corrective feedback. The results indicated that there was a significant relation between learner language aptitude and the effectiveness of implicit corrective feedback. It was proved that the high language aptitude learners performed better than the low language aptitude learners after receiving the implicit feedback. Moreover, the correlation between three components of language aptitude (working memory, grammatical sensibility, and language analytical ability) and the effectiveness of implicit corrective feedback was investigated. The findings revealed that language analytical ability was the best positive predictor for the effectiveness of the implicit corrective feedback in writing skills.

 

• B.Sc (Chemistry) (Q) in 1991 from Yangon University
• Diploma in French in 1999 from Yangon University of Foreign Languages
• Diploma in English Language Proficiency in 2004 from SEAMEO CHAT
• Diploma in International Law in 2004 from Yangon University
• Diploma in Global English in 2005 from Yangon University
• DAPsy, Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology in 2006 from Yangon University
• PGDCA, Post Gradate Diploma in Computer Application in 2006 from Yangon University
• M.A (French) in 2013 from Yangon University of Foreign Languages
• Diploma in Italian in 2017 from Yangon University of Foreign Languages
• Diploma in Linguistics in 2019 from Yangon University of Foreign Languages
• Diploma in French Language Studied in 2020 from University of Texas, Austin (Online)

Participation in Committees of YUFL

• • French Department’s Board of Study
  • French Department Research Committee
  • French Department Strategic Planning Administrative Committee
  • Senate Committee for Research Project Management and Research Ethics
  • Member of The Scientific Committee (DOC.EU) REVISTA CU PROFIL ACADEMIC (University of Bucharest) in Romania (From 2019 November- up to now)

Curriculum Project / Plan (teaching textbook)

• • • Langage Utilisé en Classe de Langue (2008, August) Hand Book
    • အသုံးဝင်သော အခြေခံပြင်သစ်ဘာသာလက်စွဲစာအုပ် ( Le Français Courant de Tous Les Jours) (2012, June) Hand Book

A Brief Study on Translation of Myanmar and English Proverbs into French by Third Year B.A French Students (Universities Research Journal, December 2011, Vol.4, No.6, Pgs: 91 to 110, (Publication), (ပြည်တွင်း))
Daw May Thwe Htoon
Abstract

This paper is a comparative study. French translation and interpretation are taught to the third year BA students who are studying French at Yangon University of Foreign Languages. Myanmar proverbs and English proverbs are translated into French in Tutorial Classes. Their translations are compared with French Original Proverbs. These proverbs are studied comparatively with the original French proverbs. According to the study, some difficulties Myanmar proverbs are translated to French. When English proverb are translated to French, it can be translated accurately. These proverbs of English and French also have the same meaning. The research area is demarcated and it involves fifteen proverbs which are metaphorical expressions concerning animals.

 

“LA CROYANCE, LES COUTUMES ET LA CULTURE DE LA BIRMANIE”(ANII 1900-1930 FENOMENE SOCIOCULTURALE) (DOC.EU, REVISTA CU PROFIL ACADEMIC, AN 3 – NR.3, 2019, pgs : 121 to 131, ISSN-L 2601 -1204, University of Bucharest (Universitatea din Bucuresti), Romania, Bucharest, (Peer Reviewed Journal) (Publication), (ပြည်ပ))
Daw May Thwe Htoon
Abstract

Chaque nation a sa propre histoire, sa coutume, sa tradition, sa croyance, sa littérature, sa religion etc. Il existe la croyance de religion, celle de tradition, celle de coutume etc., dans l’esprit des peuples du Myanmar. Ils respectent aussi la religion. Dans cet article, le système d’onomastique basée sur l’astrologie, les alphabets du Myanmar, les noms birmans, les jours et les fleurs des jours de la semaine selon l’astrologie du Myanmar, le pot de Thingyan et la préparation du pot de Thingyan sont présentés. Les Myanmars croient non seulement à la mythologie mais aussi au destin. Dès la naissance, la plupart des gens ont fait leur horoscope.

 

A Study of the Experience, Knowledge and Attitude of Myanmar Students learning Italian Language (YUFL Research Journal, July 2019, Vol.10, No.1, pgs: 97 to 109, (Publication) (ပြည်တွင်း))
Daw May Thwe Htoon
Abstract

This paper is a study of the experience, the knowledge and the attitude of Myanmar Students learning Italian Language. In this study, (23) Italian specializing students were surveyed. A questionnaire including (15) items with two extreme opposite degrees of attitude scales is used. (56 %) of the students may be able to study and learn Italian Language without difficulties, (83 %) of the students know the value of the Italian literature, the culture, the civilization, the history, the expression, the usages and the stylistics of Italian authors in literature and (83 %) of students have positive attitude on evaluative essence and on the behavioral attitude to improve the teaching and learning of Italian Language. They are eager to contribute for the development of the country. The aim of this paper is to know the experience, the knowledge and the attitude of the students learning Italian Language, in order to help the students who are facing difficulty with Italian Language and to let them appreciate the value of Italian Language and Italian Literature.

 

The Comparative Studies of the Stylistics between a Burmese Poem of Min Thu Wun and a French Poem of Arthur Rimbaud (The 1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGES AND HUMANITIES 2020, January 2020, pgs: 106 to 115, (Proceedings) (6-7 January 2020, YUFL), (ပြည်တွင်း), (Second author))
Daw May Thwe Htoon
Abstract

This paper is the comparative study of the stylistics between a Burmese poem, “Thu Hmar Dan” (His last words) of Min Tun Wun and a French poem, “Le Dormeur du Val” (The sleeping man in the valley) of Arthur Rambo. Both of these poems describe the cruelty and imagery of the war, which causes many people to lose their lives, their love ones, their properties, etc.This paper is presented by using analytical method, analyzing the styles of two poets. So, the study is significant as it will help the reader to understand the two authors’ point of view stylistically on linguistic basic rather in the domain of literature.
Key words: stylistics, poet, poem, Imagery of war, metonymy, sound device, aesthetic analysis.

 

A Brief of Stylistics Analysis of the Poem “Cradle Song” By Min Thu Wun (MURC – 2nd Myanmar Universities’ Research Conference 2020, June 2020, pgs: 200 to 206, (25th- 27th June, 2020), (ပြည်တွင်း) )
Daw May Thwe Htoon
Abstract

This paper is basically analyzed on the stylistics devices of the poem “Cradle Song” written by Sayar Gyi Min Thu Wun. This poem “Cradle Song or ပုခက်လွဲချင်း” from a book of poetry, “Nursery Songs for Maung Khway”, is one of Poet Min Thu Wun’s Songs of Innocence and it possesses the feel of a sweet, childhood lullaby. “ပုခက်လွဲချင်း”is translated in English by Sayar Gyi Gordon. H. Luce. The poem is created with beautiful words and the figure of speech. The purpose of this study is done to help the students who have some difficulties when they analyze the poem, to investigate the role of Stylistics and Linguistics, to realize the importance of stylistics devices in analyzing a poem, to can analyze and criticize the different poems well, and to encourage the interest in reading and writing. In this study, the importance of stylistics devices is highlighted. Besides, the course-works of eight students, attending in Second Year Master French Specialization are analyzed. According to the data analysis, the students realize how the poet uses poetic devices effectively in the poem to attract the readers, which stylistics devices are essential in communicating thoughts and ideas, what a poem is about, and which messages and theme the poet conveys the readers to understand his point of view stylistically. According to the findings of research, most of the students could analyze stylistics devices in a poem without difficulty and they improve their ideas in Reading and Writing Skills after learning Stylistics. As a result, the stylistics devices are needed for language learners and readers to understand and criticize the poem well. Finally, as the role of Stylistics is important in comprehending and criticizing a poem or a text, descriptive method is used to analyze the specific data of Second Year Master Students, attending in French as a foreign languages FFL who analyzed a poem “Cradle Song” written by Sayar Gyi Min Thu Wun. It is expected that this study can give a great interest for the students and language learners who want to criticize the poem well and language teachers who want to give help for learners or their students to have great interest in learning Stylistics.
Keywords — Poetic devices, Phonological level, Deviation, Lexical level and Morphological level.

 

La Pagode Kyaiktiyo et Ses Legendes (MANIFESTARI ALE ETNICULUI IN ISTORIE, LITERATURA SI ARTA)(DOC.EU, REVISTA CU PROFIL ACADEMIC, NR.5 – AN 2020, pgs : 32 to 41, ISSN-L 2601 -1204, University of Bucharest (Universitatea din Bucuresti), Romania, Bucharest, (Peer Reviewed Journal) (Publication), (ပြည်ပ))
Daw May Thwe Htoon
Abstract

Kyaiktiyo (Le Golden Rock) (ကျိုက်ထီးရိုး) est un site de pèlerinage bouddhiste bien connu à l’État de Mon (မွန်ပြည်နယ်), en Birmanie (Myanmar) (Figure 1). Il s’agit d’une petite pagode (7,3 mètres (24 fts) construite au sommet d’un rocher de granit recouvert de feuilles d’or collées par ses dévots mâles. La pagode est située près de Kyaikto (ကျိုက်ထိုမြို့), dans l’État de Mon, dans la partie du nord de la côte de Tenasserim. C’est-à-dire, Le Golden Rock est situé au sommet de la colline Kyaiktiyo, c’est sur la crête de Paung-laung (ပေါင်းလောင်း) des montagnes de l’Est de Yoma (ရိုးမ). Il est à une distance de 210 kilomètres de Yangon (ရန်ကုန်မြို့) et à 140 kilomètres au nord de Mawlamyine (မော်လမြိုင်မြို့), la capitale de l’État de Mon.
Keywords: L’histoire, la fête, les légendes, les pagodes satellites

 

A Study on Cohesive Devices in Stylistics from an Extract of a French Novel “Voyages d’un Sédantaire” by Francis de Miomandre (YUFL Research Journal, June 2020, Vol.11, No.2, pgs: 221 to 234, (Publication), (ပြည်တွင်း)
Daw May Thwe Htoon
Abstract

This study is mainly focused on cohesive devices in Stylistics from an extract “Un Ami des Oiseaux” from the book “Voyages d’un Sédentaire” (1981) by French Author, Francis de Miomandre, (1880-1959). This extract is constructed with the cohesive relations between its linguistic features and beautiful stylistics devices. Stylistics is one of the modules for Second Year Master French Specialization students at YUFL. The purpose of this study is to help the students who have some difficulties when they analyze the texts, to realize the vital role of cohesive devices, to criticize the texts easily, to encourage the students to be interested in reading and writing, and to get better ideas both in written and spoken form. In this study, the importance of cohesive devices and discourse markers is highlighted. In addition, the system of discourse ie. grammatical cohesion such as reference, substitution, ellipsis, conjunction, and lexical cohesion such as repetition, synonym, superordinate, general words, collocation and sentence connectors, is analyzed. After reading the text, the students realize how the author uses them effectively in the text to attract the readers, which discourses markers are essential in communicating ideas, what a text is about, and which messages the author gives the readers. In this study, the works in the class of Second Year Master French Specialization students are analyzed. According to the findings of research, most of the students could analyze cohesive devices without difficulty and they improve their Writing Skills after learning the discourse. As a result, the cohesive devices and discourse markers are needed for language learners and readers to understand the text and criticize well. As the role of the cohesive devices and discourse markers is important in comprehending and analyzing a text, descriptive method is used to analyze the specific data of Second Year Master Students, attending in French as a foreign language FFL. It is expected that this study can give a lot of advantages for readers or students who want to criticize the text well and for language teachers who want to help the learners to have great interest in reading a variety of authentic texts.
Key words: grammatical cohesion, lexical cohesions, discourse markers.

 

A Brief Study of the Result of the Proverbs and Adages from Myanmar and English into French by the Fourth Year BA Students Learning French (URJ, December 2019, Vol.12, No.9, Pg: 61- 72) (Publication), (ပြည်တွင်း)
Daw May Thwe Htoon
Abstract

This paper is a comparative study French translation and interpretation are taught to the fourth year BA students who are studying French at Yangon University of Foreign Languages. In this paper Myanmar proverbs and adages and English proverbs and adages which are translated into French, are the same sense in French. In addition, these proverbs and adages are studied comparatively with the original meaning and sense in French. In this study, some difficulties can be found when translation is made from Myanmar proverbs into French. However when English proverbs and adages are translated into French, it can be found that it is easy for students to translate accurately. Because these proverbs and adages of English and French also have the same meaning and sense. In this paper, ten proverbs and adages from the Myanmar and English which are metaphorical expressions concerning parts of the human body, are analyzed.

 

Une étude des proverbes et des dictons liés à la numérologie en Birmanie (DOC.EU, University of Bucharest (DOC.EU, REVISTA CU PROFIL ACADEMIC, An 5, nr.7/decembrie 2021, pgs : 16 to 23, ISSN-L 2601 -1204, University of Bucharest (Universitatea din Bucuresti), Romania, Bucharest, (Peer Reviewed Journal) (Publication), (ပြည်ပ))
Daw May Thwe Htoon
Abstract

In this article, Burmese [Myanmar} proverbs and sayings are compared to some proverbs found in French and English to refer not only to students who are interested in the language and culture of Burma, but also to anyone who want to learn as knowledge. This research paper explores French and English proverbs and saying that are not exactly the same as Burmese proverbs, but have similar meaning and usage. It is a collection of proverbs and sayings from English, French and Burmese, so it will be useful not only for Myanmar students who are learning French but also for French students who are learning Burmese. This article is analyzed only twenty Burmese proverbs and saying related to numerology.
Key words: proverbs, saying, numerology, significance

 

Assistant Lecturer

M.A (Russian)

Teaching foreign Languages, Interpretation.

Assistant Lecturer

M.A (Russian)

Teaching foreign Languages, Teaching Methodology, linguistics

Tutor

M.A (Russian)

Pedagogical Education, Teaching Methodologies for RFL, Curriculum Design, Phonetics, Philology and Linguistics languages.

Tutor

M.A (Russian)

Pedagogical Education, Pragmatics, Syntactic, Sociology, Curriculum Design, Philology and Communication Skills

Assistant Lecturer

M.A (Russian)

Teaching foreign languages,Teaching Methodology, literature andphonetics

Lecturer

M.A (Russian)

Morphology, Literature

Lecturer

M.A (Russian)

Literature and Linguistics

Lecturer

M.A (Q)

Literature

Lecturer

M.A (Russian)

Linguistics and Literature

Lecturer

M.A (Russian)

Russian Literature

Lecturer

M.A (Russian)

Teaching methods for Translation and Interpretation

Lecturer

Teaching Methodology, linguistics

Teaching, learning and research paper writing

Lecturer

M.A (Russian)

Russian Literature, Teaching Method

Associate Professor

M.A (Russian)

Teaching Techniques, Practical Grammar, Tourism Development

Associate Professor

M.A (Russian)

Morphology and Synthetic

• B.A (Russian) (Mandalay University of Foreign Languages)
• M.A (Russian) (Mandalay University of Foreign Languages)
• Diploma in German (Mandalay University of Foreign Languages)
• Diploma in English (Mandalay University of Foreign Languages)

A Study of the Russian Verbs of Motion
Abstract
This paper studies verbs of motion in Russian Language. Differences of the usages in different Russian verbs of motion are described. This study also analyses the way, in which the Russian verbs of motion are evolved by adding prefixes to the existing verbs, with the example sentences. As the study focuses on the most commonly used Russian verbs of motion, it can be beneficial for the Myanmar learners of Russian language.

 

A Study of Some Superstitious Notions in Russian and Myanmar Cultures
Abstract

Every Language has plenty of traditions and superstitions. Russian traditions, superstitions and beliefs include superstitions and customs of Russians and Myanmar. Many of them are now inseparable parts of everyday life, or simply common social etiquette, though they often have their origins in superstition. Awareness of them, and their perceived importance, depends on various factors including region and age. Some are extremely common and practiced by the vast majority of the population, while some are extremely obscure and could be more regionally based.Traditions and superstitions represent an area of the nation descriptions. The learner can’t understand the traditions and superstitions, if they do not know its custom expression. This paper studies some traditions and superstitions in Russian and Myanmar. It is not possible to study all existing traditions and superstitions of languages. It aimed at helping the learners to interpret an expression. The aim of this paper is to improve language knowledge and to understand, what traditions and superstitions are and how many traditions and superstitions are. This paper can help learner to improve their language proficiency. Its overall meaning implies a separate one different from the meanings of individual words in it. The descriptive and analytical research methods are used.

 

A Comparative Study on the Adverbs of Manner and Time in Russian and Myanmar Languages
Abstract

This research presents the adverbs of manner and time in Russian and Myanmar languages in a comparative way. In Russian, there are (6) types of adverbs classified in term of meaning and adverbs relating to pronouns. In Myanmar language, the adverbs can be classified into (5) types in term of meaning and (3) types in term of structure. Adverbs can be used to modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. In this research, the usages of adverbs in questions and the ways of making questions are presented with example sentences.

• B.Econ (Stats:),1984,Yangon University of Economics
• B.Econ (Stats:) (Hons:), 1985, Yangon University of Economics
• M.Econ (Stats:), 1992, Yangon University of Economics
• M.A (Korean), 2012, Yangon University of Foreign Languages
• Dip in Korean, 1995, Yangon University of Foreign Languages
• Dip in Korean, 1997, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
• Dip in Global English,2014, Yangon University
• Dip in Education Management, 2014, Yangon University
• KOICA Training and Development Program for Korean Language and Culture Experts, (online class), 2020, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea

• Tutor, (YUE), (1996 to 1994),
• Assistance Lecturer, (YUE), (1994 to 1995)
• Assistance Lecturer, (YUFL), (1995 to 1999)
• Lecturer, (YUFL), (1999 to 2003)
• Lecturer / Head of Department, (MUFL), (2003 to 2004)
• Lecturer, (YUFL), (2004 to 2005)
• Associate Professor, (YUFL), (2005 to 2014)
• Associate Professor / Head of Department (YUFL), (2014 to 2017)
• Associate Professor, (YUFL), (2017 up to now)

• Students assessment committee (yufl)
• Finance and Administration committee (yufl)
• Capital Budget Management committee (yufl)

• Seminar of Discussion for Formation of Korean Alphabets (2015, Seoul University, Seoul, Korea)
• 22^nd International Conference on Korean Studies (2016, Jawahanal Nehru University, New Deli, India)
• 23^rd International Conference on Korean Studies (2017, Yangon University of Foreign Languages, Myanmar)
• 1^st Myanmar-Korean Language Education Conference, YUFL, Yangon, Myanmr (2016)
• 3^rd Myanmar-Korean Language Education Conference, YUFL,Yangon, Myanmar (2019)

• A Comparative Study of Forming of Negative in Korean and Myanmar. (Universities Research Journal 2012, Vol-5, No 7)
• Contrastive Study of Negation in Korean and Myanmar (22^nd International Conference on Korean Studies, 2016 November, Proceedings by Nehru University, India)
• Method of Korean Culture Education through the comparison of Korean and Myanmar Culture: focusing on Korean and Myanmar Traditional Games. (23^rd International Conference on Korean Studies, 2017 January, Proceedings by Korea University)
• Comparison of Proverbs in Korean and Myanmar.(Focusing on Korean text books which are used in Korean Department, Yangon University of Foreign Languages). Proceeding by Oesolhoe (Narla Sarran Journal) 128 volume, 2020

 

A Comparative Study of Forming of Negative in Korean and Myanmar
Abstract

Korean and Myanmar differ in their origins, but their sentence structures are similar as they are both SOV languages. The aim of this paper is to reveal similarities and differences in negative sentence structures in both languages since there are certain peculiarities in such structures. The negative sentences in both languages are compared on the basis of four sentence types: declarative, interrogative, pro positive and imperative. It is found that short negative form in both languages is similar but long negative form is different. In negative sentences in both languages , quality verb is not used in pro positive sentence. The study of the similarities and differences of negative sentence structures in Korean and Myanmar, it is hoped, will contribute a great deal to teaching of the Korean languages. In the same way, it is of much help to the Koreans studying Myanmar for a better understanding of negative sentences in Myanmar.

 

Contrastive Study of Negation in Korean and Myanmar
Abstract

Although Myanmar and Korean are of different origins, their sentence structures are found to be SOV. Therefore, their basic sentence structure is found to be the same. This paper aim at introduce and compare the negative sentence patterns in Myanmar and Korean. In the negative sentence of Myanmar, the two types of negative sentence pattern: the negative particle “ma” preceding the verb, and the negative particle “ma” preceding the verb and the particle “bu” following the verb. The negative sentence of Korean to build the negative adverb “an” before the verb as well as the negative word “ ji-an-da ” following the verb.

A contrastive method is used to profound the distinct features of the negative sentence construction in the two languages of different origins and results that come from a discussion of similarities and differences on the basis of the negative sentence construction.

The simple sentence in Myanmar includes such negative words as “ ma / ma …bu / par/ pay / che ” and the negative words in the simple sentence in Korean include “ an, mot”. In the interrogative sentence of Myanmar has such negative word as “ ma….bu la / tha..ne / tha…loe / tha… lae / tha…doe ” and in Korean, the interrogative sentence has “ an, mot”. In Myanmar, the imperative sentence has “ ma..ne / ya” and in Korean. “mal” is used both in imperative and “Let’s” Invitational sentences. Therefore, in both languages, it is known that the use of negative sentence very depending on sentence pattern.

It is common that quality verb is not used in negative imperative sentence in both languages. In addition, since action verb (or) quality verb can invariably be used to make negation in simple and interrogative sentences, such sentences can be said to be common in both languages. In Korean, the use of quality verb in the simple negative sentence is limited, but in Myanmar, there is no such limitation. In giving reasons, the two languages are found to be totally different.

 

Method of Korean Culture Education through the comparison of Korean and Myanmar Culture: focusing on Korean and Myanmar Traditional Games
Abstract

This research paper reveals seven categories of Korean traditional games in Korean reading text book to support teaching and learning in Korean. Among these games, this paper deals with the similarities and differences between Myanmar traditional games. “The tug of war” game is studied to get a lot of knowledge form teachers who teach Korean language by using lesson plan as well as for students who are learning the Korean language.

 

Comparison of Proverbs in Korean and Myanmar (Focusing on Korean text books which are used in Korean Department, YUFL)
Abstract
There are many proverbs in every country and they emphasize the sentences more meaningful both in writing and speaking. I hope for studying pro verbs will contribute to Myanmar learners who are learning Korean and Korean learners who are learning Myanmar language in understanding about local people’s daily life, mindset, personality, food, clothing, shelter, society, legend and history and learning easily about their culture and customs. The proverbs in this paper are based on the 26 Korean proverbs learned in Yangon University of Foreign Languages, Bachelor and Diploma (3^rd and 4^th Year) Korean textbook, exercises and reading textbooks (from Yonsei University) comparing with the meaning of Myanmar proverbs. According to the first noun of Korean proverb, these are divided into living thing and non-living things. While comparing the meanings, I analyzed by using well-known proverbs and Korean and Myanmar dictionaries that a lot of Myanmar learners generally use. In finding similarities and differences between the proverbs according to both nations and people of their daily lives, way of thinking, attitude, and the customs related to food, clothing, shelter, history and geography. Among 26 proverbs of 18 proverbs have similarities and the remaining of 8 are different. Moreover, among 18 proverbs mentioned above, the figurative expressions used in 5 proverbs have the exact meaning both in Korean and Myanmar and the remaining 13 proverbs have little differences. I think that there are differences in the culture, customs and way of thinking of everyday life due to different factors such as history, geographical environment, and climate and soil conditions. I hope that the contents of this paper will provide in learning Korean learners and for Koreans who are learning Myanmar culture.

 

• B.A (Korean, Yangon University of Foreign Languages, Myanmar)

• Tutor in Yangon University of Foreign Languages (5.11.2021~ up to now)

• B.A (Korean, Yangon University of Foreign Languages, Myanmar)

• Tutor in Yangon University of Foreign Languages ( 5.11.2021~ up to now)

both two languages. And then in 3rd person pronoun, the usage in Myanmar is simpler than

• B.A (Korean, Yangon University of Foreign Languages, Myanmar)
• M.A ( Korean, Yangon University of Foreign Languages, Myanmar)

• Tutor in Yangon University of Foreign Languages (5.11.2021~ up to now)

• A Study of the Methods of Teaching Korean Intentional Expressions to Third Year and Fourth Year Korean Specialization Students at YUFL

• B.A (Korean), Mandalay University of Foreign Languages, Myanmar.
• M.A (Korean Studies: Teaching Korean as a Foreign Language), Ewha Womans University, Korea.
• Diploma in English, Mandalay University of Foreign Languages, Myanmar
• Diploma in Global English, Yangon University, Myanmar
• English Language Course for Higher Education Teachers (ELCHET, 3/2013)
• Certificate of Korean Language Teacher (Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Republic of Korea)

• Tutor, Korean Department, Yangon University of Foreign Languages (2012 September – 2016 August)
• Assistant Lecturer, Korean Department, Yangon University of Foreign Languages (2016 August – 2020 March)
• Lecturer, Korean Department, Yangon University of Foreign Languages (From 2020 August – up to now)

• 23^rd International Conference on Korean Studies, Re-examination Education and Research on Korean Language and Literature in Southeast Asia, Yangon University of Foreign Languages, Yangon, Myanmar.
• The 8^th Korean Festival: The International Conference on Korean Language Education in Thailand 2018, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

A Comparative and Contrastive Study of Korean and Myanmar Basic Sentence Pattern, (23rd International Conference on Korean Studies, Re-examination Education and Research on Korean Language and Literature in Southeast Asia, 261-275)
Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the similarities and differences between the basic sentence patterns of Korean and Myanmar. In this study, the basic sentence pattern of Korean is divided into 7 patterns according to sentence components referencing Lee Ik-seop (2005). Meanwhile there are 9 patterns in Myanmar with reference to ‘Myanmar Grammar’, published by Myanmar Commission (2005). In Korean, predicates are divided into 3 categories as ‘verbs, adjectives, and copulative verb (이다)’. But in Myanmar, predicates are divided into 3 types as ‘action verb, occurrence verb and state verb’ according to their meanings and 3 categories as ‘single verb, feature verb, and compound verb’ according to their structures. In Myanmar, verbs are divided in detail, so there are a lot of basic sentence forms. Both of Korean and Myanmar are SOV-type languages so there are more similarities than differences in basic sentence patterns.

Key words: Basic sentence pattern, similarities, differences, sentence components, meaning, structure.

 

Current Situation and Development Plans for Korean Language Education in Universities of Foreign Languages, Myanmar: Focused on Needs of Myanmar Students in Korea, The 8th Korean Festival: (The International Conference on Korean Language Education in Thailand 2018, 215-223)
Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the current situation of Korean Language education in Myanmar and to find out the problems and also propose the development plans for Korean Language education in Myanmar. For this, this study conducted a survey to find the difficulties and needs of students who are learning in Korea. According to the results of survey, there are three reasons for problems of Korean Education in Myanmar. The first one is the insufficient of professional teachers in Korean Language Education. The second is the luck of test book which is suitable for Myanmar students and the last is the curriculum problem of Korean Department in University of Foreign Languages. Therefore, this study suggested the development plans for these problems. By complementing these problems, Korean language Education in Myanmar will develop to day.

Key words: Korean Language Education, Current situation, development plan, needs, survey, insufficient, professional teacher, Curriculum

 

A Study on Myanmar Korean Language Learners’ Comprehension of Korean Refusal Speech Acts. (11st International Academic Conference, Literature and Language Culture in Northeast Asia”, The Association for Korean Culture Studies, 360-367.)
Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine how Myanmar Korean language learners comprehend Korean refusal speech acts. The subjects of this study were 60 undergraduate students majoring in Korean language at Y University in Myanmar and 30 Korean native speakers. In the process of collecting data for this study, 3 different surveys were conducted: (1) a survey about the probability of situations, (2) a proficiency assessment survey, and (3) a survey evaluating the understanding of refusal speech acts. The collected data was analyzed by using IBM SPSS Statistics 25.0.
As a result, there were statistically significant differences between all three groups in understanding Korean refusal speech acts. While the Korean native speakers understood the intentions of the speaker in his/her performance of a refusal speech act, Myanmar learners often accepted the speaker’s refusal strategy as plain speech instead of understanding its pragmatic meaning. The study was significant due to its investigation of Myanmar Korean language learners’ comprehension of Korean refusal speech acts, which was a research topic that had never been conducted before in the field of Korean language education. However, it could not analyze the results with various variables and could not provide an effective educational method for Myanmar Korean language learners; therefore, this paper suggests a relevant follow-up study.

Key words: Korean refusal speech acts, Myanmar Korean language learners, comprehension, refusal strategies, pragmatic meaning, variables.

 

A Study on the Use of Discourse Markers According to the Level of Burden of Subject in Interview Discourse: focus on Myanmar Korean Learners and Korean Native Speakers. Bilingual Research 81, 209-237
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the use of discourse markers to the level of burden of subject in interview discourse, focus on Korean native speakers and Myanmar Korean advanced learners. For this, the study conducted interviews with 15 participants in each group. The subjects of the interview were divided into upper, middle, and lower according to the level of burden of subject, and there is a total of three. A total of 6739 syntactic words were produced by Korean native speakers, and the total number of discourse markers was 752 times, so one discourse marker was used in 8.96 syntactic words. Meanwhile, in the case of learners, a total of 3082 syntactic works were produced, and a total of 722 discourse markers were used, so one discourse markers was used for 4.41 words.
As a result, Korean native speakers used the most discourse markers when the subject had a burden, but the learners used discourse markers regardless of the level of burden of subject. Korean native speakers used various functional discourse markers depending on the subject of interview, but learners repeatedly used limited discourse markers. Interestingly, when learners couldn’t think of the next content well, or when they took a long time to think, switching to their native language occurred. At that time, learners were using discourse markers in their mother tongue that do not exist in Korean. In many cases, Korean native speakers use two or more discourse markers combined, and this can be said to be a characteristic of Korean native speaker.

Key words: Interview discourse, Subject, Level of burden, Discourse marker, Switching.

 

• Current Situation and Development Plans for Korean Studies Education in Myanmar: focusing on Learner Needs Analysis
• A Study on the Performance and Response of Greeting Speech Act According to Social Variables of Korean Native Speakers and Myanmar Native Speakers

• B.A (Korean, Mandalay University of Foreign Languages), 2005-2008
• M.A(Q) (Korean, Yangon University of Foreign Languages), 2012-2014
• M.A (Korean Language & Literature, Kyung Hee University, Korea), 2014-2016
• Ph.D (Thesis, Kyung Hee University, Korea), 2016-Present
• Diploma in Global English, (Yangon University), 2009-2011

• Tutor (Department of Korean, Yangon University of Foreign Languages), 2009-2016
• Assistant Lecturer (Department of Korean, Yangon University of Foreign Languages), 2016-2019
• Lecturer (Department of Korean, Yangon University of Foreign Languages), 2019-Present

• Faculty Member of AAMC (Department of Korean, Yangon University of Foreign Languages)
• Faculty Member of IQA (Department of Korean, Yangon University of Foreign Languages)
• Category Manager in Ecampus (Department of Korean, Yangon University of Foreign Languages)
• HRD Online Classes Developer (Department of Korean, Yangon University of Foreign Languages)
• Textbook Developer of DTVET (Department of Korean, Yangon University of Foreign Languages)

• Current State of Affairs & Prospect of Korean Education in Myanmar University-Abstract
• Current Issue and Future Plan of Korean Education in YUFL- Abstract
• A Study on FLIPPED Learning Teaching Model for Korean History & Culture Class- Focusing on the Survey of Korean Learner Needs in Myanmar – Abstract

A Comparative Study on the Symbolic Meanings of Color Terms -Focusing on the Basic Color Lexicons of the Korean and Burmese Language- (Journal of the International Network For Korean Language and Culture, Vol-15, No-3, Pg 161-186)
Abstract

This study aims to conduct a comparison of Korean and Burmese language through color lexicons based on symbolic meaning. Moreover, the linguistic and cultural characteristics of Korean and Burmese language are also examined in this study. The word order of Korean and Burmese (subject+ object+ predicate) is similar. In contrast, from the perspective of the lexicon, the Myanmar lexicon is influenced by the native language or Pali whose lexicon mostly used in written language but not in daily life. Consequently, based on the color terms and lexicons of Korean and Myanmar examined in this study their basic meaning, symbolic meaning and form are compared. The lexicons of different languages are considered to have distinct characteristics, and so many expression also have their own specific symbols. In other words, although the created symbolic meanings of a color also have similarity: it has been shown that there are different too. This study compared the basic color lexicons of the two languages. The results of the analysis indicate that the basic meanings of color terms from the two languages are not so different, but the can have different symbolic meanings. Youth is symbolized by blue in Korean language, but in Myanmar language, it is symbolized by the color yellow. The division and meaning of the color terms are explained separately in details in this papers. Furthermore, this study attempts an analysis and supplementation of other learners’ study results, while its practical application is possible in Korean education. Through the similarities and difference in the two languages, in order to address the present limitation of the expression of color terms, this study presents a guidance plan for basic color terms through the investigation of awareness regarding these terms. The results of this study can help learners achieve fluent communication and can also be used as an easier and better education resource. The alignment of the color terms shows the basic meaning, morphologic structure, cognitive linguistic idiomatic expression and lexicon.

Key Words: color terms, color lexicon, cognitive linguistics, symbolic meaning, comparison

 

A Contrastive Study of Plural Forms “-deul” in Korean and “tou”, “twei” and “mya” in Myanmar for Improvement of Foreign Language Education (Journal of ‘Han-gul’, Vol-1, No-80, Pg 191-221)
Abstract

This study aims on dealing with the grammatical category of the plural form ‘-들(-deul)’ in Korean. Except for dealing with the grammatical category, this study intends to decide what kind of teaching method is more appropriate to foreigner learners. The plural forms of Myanmar are under the influence of English plural forms as much as those of Korean. Therefore, when two languages are taught in a second language, confusion arises. After first revealing this kind of problems and deciding the suitable standard of appearance of ‘-들(-deul)’ by grade, this study is significant from the point of view that ‘-들(-deul)’ is one of the grammatical terms to be taught in textbook. It is necessary to educate foreigner learners to put ‘-들(-deul)’ behind perceivably whether the whole sentence is in plural form, the subject or noun is pluralize and the noun is an abstract noun or not. In the situation of putting ‘-들(-deul)’ behind the adverb or end of a word, I will take the position that specific explanation or education should be done.

Key Words: plural forms, education plan, abstracted noun, interlanguage, Myanmar language

 

A Study of Introduction to FLIPPED Learning for Korean History & Culture Class – Focusing on the Survey of Korean Learner Needs in Myanmar – (Studies in South East Asia, Vol-29, No-2, Pg 67-98)
Abstract

The purpose of this study was to study Myanmar for the purpose of making new attempts at the Korean language education field for learners who were accustomed to the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Nowadays learners who are interested in language and have diversified learning paths still move much to use media rather than paper in education. Despite the weakness of environmental factors and infrastructure, overseas study participants first conducted a survey on the premise that new students would accept positively new attempts.
The survey found that Myanmar learners were accustomed to the media and welcomed new attempts. And remembering the unfamiliar vocabulary in the comprehensive framework of the history and culture of the target language in the learner’s factor was the most obstacle. In addition, the part of the pre-learning part included in the external perception in the concept of flip learning was found to be significant, but the possibility of the application of the flip learning in the actual class appeared to be great. Therefore, for Myanmar Korean learners, it is important to note that the flip-learning teaching method in the “Korean History & Culture Class” will have a positive teaching effect.

Key Words: flip learning, Korean history and culture, self-efficacy, Interest, learner factors, Myanmar learner

 

Current Status and Tasks of Korean Language Evaluation at the University of Foreign Languages in Myanmar (The 29th International Conference on Korean Language, No-29, Pg 296-297)
Abstract
Language evaluation is a measurement of how to achieve the goal of language learning with communication skills and to effectively use social linguistic expressions. (Lee Wan-ki (2003)) According to his book, especially at overseas education field, non-native Korean teachers have many difficulties measuring language evaluations efficiently. This study started with how to evaluate Korean language skills at overseas education sites in consideration of these problems.
In this study, we will take the performance evaluation test conducted by the University of Foreign Studies in Myanmar as an example, first look at the prior study and design and review the research method. In Myanmar, performance evaluations are being conducted, with four main criteria of evaluation: function, culture, history, literature, performance evaluation, and several speech performance evaluations such as presentations, interviews, roundtable meetings, discussions and simulations. A total of 16 weeks, the undergraduate program of Korean studies in Myanmar conducts five performance evaluations (four times at the end of the year plus one final) in the form of monthly and final exams (20 percent) and final exams (80 percent) within the regular curriculum. Speaking’s ji-pil test is about the same as in the first grade and in the second year, the multiple-choice question is almost the same as the Korean proficiency test. Talk is divided into lipid (60%) and interview (20%) for evaluation. Two teachers are organized into teams to interview one learner.
The results of the study suggest that first, the assessment should be made for curriculum assessment, teacher evaluation and learner-tailored assessment. Second, teachers recognized the need for experts in evaluation, so they found it urgent to develop and apply a style, and to score standards. Third, systematic measures for assessment should be prepared and support from the school was insufficient. Finally, learners should be able to evaluate teachers’ lectures and develop lectures. The evaluation method takes a considerable amount of time for teachers to evaluate the answer sheet, and the teacher’s negative response time is large. Interactions between teachers use the method in which multiple teachers evaluate one answer sheet, which is highly reliable among teachers. This study suggests that achievement towards mastery should also be evaluated. Teachers should also develop the ability or an eye to familiarize themselves with concepts or principles in the production and procedure of assessment tools for evaluation purposes and to analyze or understand assessment tools. Based on the results of its review of the Korean language evaluation system in Myanmar, it revealed the problem and proposed educationally efficient measures. In conclusion, the paper wanted to reveal that the achievement evaluation can be systematically analyzed in Korean language education and nurtured in conducting an assessment that is consistent with the curriculum.

Key words: Performance Evaluation, Assessment Tools, Language Assessment, Teachers and Students, Myanmar students of Korean study, Needs analysis

 

• A Study on the Interest’s Level of Language Teachers in the Blended Learning-focusing on YUFL & MUFL
• A Case Study on the Practical Using of Flipped-Learning Model for Korean Linguistic Module of MA(Q) –Based on the Bloom’s Taxonomy
• A Comparative Study on the Euphemisms in Korean and Myanmar Language-Focusing on request and rejection expression

• B.A (Korean) (Yangon University of Foreign Languages)
• M.A (Korean) (Yangon University of Foreign Languages)
• M.A (Korean Language and Literature) (Kyung Hee University, Korea)

• Tutor of Korean Department, YUFL (2009-2016)
• Assistant Lecturer of Korean Department, YUFL (2016-2019)
• Lecturer of Korean Department, YUFL (2019- up to now)

An Analysis of Learning Motivation of Korean Learners in Myanmar: Focusing on Korean Certificate Course Learners. (The language and Culture, 2019, Vol. 15, No. 4: 235-262.)
Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the learning motivation of Korean learners who are studying in Korean Certificate Course at Yangon University of Foreign Languages. In this study, motivational questionnaire was developed and data were collected through questionnaire survey method. As a result, eight motivational factors: ‘interest in Kpop’, ‘interest in Korean language’, ‘job’, ‘interest in Korean dramas and TV programs’, ‘interest in Korean culture’, ‘travel to Korea’, ‘interest in studying in Korea’, ‘interest in a foreign language’ were found. Among them, ‘interest in Kpop’ was a main motivational factor to learn Korean language. In addition, it can be confirmed that there are differences in learning motivation according to learners’ variables. The results of this study will help to develop various Korean language programs in the future by understanding the various motives of Korean learners in Myanmar. Furthermore, it can be used as a basic data to find a teaching strategy that reflects the motivation of the learners for continuous Korean learning.

 

A Study on the Acquisition of Korean Negation ‘안’, ‘못’ by Myanmar Learners. (Studies in Foreign Language Education, 2020, Vol.34, No.1, 323-355)
Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the acquisition of semantic characteristics of ‘안’, ‘못’ Korean Negation by Myanmar learners. To do this, first, research questions were developed through comparison of Korean negation and Myanmar negation, and then, grammatical judgment test was conducted to measure learners’ judgment on semantic characteristics of ‘안’, ‘못’ negative expressions. As a result of this analysis, learners differed in acquiring ‘안’ negative expressions and ‘못’ negative expressions, and there were different acquisition patterns by learner’s level. This is due to the difference between the mother tongue and the target language, and semantic characteristics of the negative expressions of the target language cannot be properly distinguished. Based on these results, when teaching the ‘안’ and ‘못’ negative expressions, it is necessary to explain them explicitly so that the semantic characteristics of the negative expressions can be well recognized and understood. In this way, learners can see the difference between these two expressions and begin to correct them so that they can move up one level of acquisition. This study identified well-acquired and poorly-acquired negation, which can be used as a basic data for preparing teaching methods for negative expressions in the future.

 

A Study on the Analysis of Korean Language Learning Strategies According to Variables of Myanmar Korean Learners. (Teaching Korean as a Foreign Language, 2020, Vol.57., 219-250)
Abstract

This study aims to analyze the Korean language learning strategies according to the variables of Myanmar learners and provide educational implications that can be applied in the educational field. For this reason, SILL was used to analyze Korean Learning strategy and the findings of this study were analyzed according to learner variables. As a result, it was found that there was a significant differences in the use of learning strategies according to learners’ variables. Female learners were more likely to use strategies than male learners. And then academic purpose learners were more use than general purpose learners and job purpose learners. Furthermore, second year students used strategy the most, and the mid-Korean achievement learner group used strategy most. This study was meaningful in that it was possible to objectively identify the use of strategies by quantifying and specifically identifying the strategies that learners use and how they learn Korean. In addition, this study suggested a method that can be used in the classroom for efficient teaching and learning of Korean Language. Based on these findings, it is expected that a systematic methodology for teaching learning strategies that fit the characteristics of Korean language learners in Myanmar in the future.

 

The Effectiveness of Teaching Communication Strategies on Speaking Skills for B.A Second Year Korean Specialization Students (Best paper award)
Abstract
This paper explores the study of the effectiveness of communication strategies in the academic field, which are taught to B.A Second Year Korean Specialization students with an aim to develop the strategic competence of the students. In this study, the data is collected in order to find out how the strategic competence of the students has improved after training students with the use of communication strategies in the classrooms and it also compares the students’ use of before and after strategies. The data shows that students mostly used ineffective strategies to improve their speaking skills before being trained with communication strategies, however, the use of effective strategies for developing speaking skills is found to be increased after training them with communication strategies in the classrooms. This shows the evidence of strategic competence development of students and also brings the result of positive feedback from the students on the effectiveness of communication skills in developing students’ speaking skills.

 

Analysis of Learning Motivation of Myanmar Korean Learners. (The Korean Language and Culture Education Society, 2019, Vol.2. 254- 263)
Abstract
The study revealed the motivation of Myanmar’s Korean language learners through factor analysis. It will also help develop various Korean language programs in the future by understanding the various motivations of Myanmar’s Korean language learners. It can also be used as a basic resource to find teaching strategies to induce effective Korean language learning, as well as to come up with educational measures that reflect learners’ motivation for continuing to learn Korean.

 

A Study on the Acquisition of Negative Expressions by Myanmar Learners Focusing on ‘안’, ‘못’ negative expressions. (The Society of Korean Language Education, 2019, Vol.1., 149-159)
Abstract
In this study, a grammaticality judgment test was conducted to determine the general learning patterns of the semantic characteristics of ‘안’ and ‘못’ negative expressions and how they learned the semantic characteristics of ‘안’ and ‘못’ negatives by level. According to the analysis, four negatives were found in the order of simple negation > intention negation > external negation > ability negation > ability negation, and the comparison of the correct answer rate of each negation showed that simple negation was the best learned negation for Myanmar’s Korean learners. On the other hand, the correct answer rate was not very high for the remaining negatives. This shows that Myanmar Korean language learners have difficulty learning “intentional negation,” “external negation” and “ability negation.” In addition, learners showed different aspects of learning about the semantic characteristics of negation by level, especially in the case of simple negation, it turned out to be a well-acquired negation every level.

 

A Study on Syntactic Complexity of Myanmar Korean Learners. (Korea Grammar Education, 2020, Vol. 2. 311-329)
Abstract
In this study, the syntactic complexity and the use of related grammar items were examined together. As a result of the analysis, as proficiency improved, it was possible to see a natural phenomenon of expanding sentences using syntactically complex structures such as complex sentences. The learners’ attempts on sentence expansion were confirmed, but on the one hand, there was a phenomenon of making substitution errors in the use of grammar items related to sentence expansion. When looking at the learner’s error, it could be confirmed that learners made an error because they did not recognize the meaning or function of the corresponding grammatical expression well, or they were not able to distinguish the variant of the word. Therefore, it is necessary for the learners to learn the meanings and functions of similar grammar or expressions and use them in context, rather than simply translating the vocabulary, grammar or expressions in the textbook. Finally, in this study, it may seem natural that the syntactic complexity also improves as learners become more proficient, but it is meaningful in that a study on the syntactic complexity was attempted for Myanmar Korean learners who haven’t tried it yet.

 

A study on syntactic complexity of Myanmar students learning Korean by their academic years. (Studies in Foreign Language Education, 2021, Vol. 35, No.1, 105-129)
Abstract
This study collected and analyzed the compositions of Myanmar students learning Korean to determine the development pattern in syntactic complexity depending on their academic years. Syntactic complexity is divided into syntactic complexity from sentence length, syntactic complexity from sentence expansion, and syntactic complexity from types of sentence expansion. Then, syntactic complexity measurement indicators were used for objective measurement, and the usage patterns of grammatical items related to syntactic complexity were also examined. The results showed that, in the comparison of means, the number of morphemes per sentence, ratio of complex sentence, number of clauses per sentence, number of coordinate clauses per sentence, and number of embedded clauses per sentence all increased overall depending on academic years. Moreover, as a result of statistical verification, in most measurements, second year students showed a significant difference with third year or fourth year students, but there was no significant difference between third year and fourth year students. In other words, development of syntactic complexity among Myanmar students learning Korean was clearly revealed only between second year and third year, after which the development of syntactic complexity became more insignificant. For use of grammatical items related to syntactic complexity, by the time the learners reached fourth year, they produced grammatical items they could not use before. This proves the learners’ attempt in sentence expansion, but on the other hand, they also showed replacement errors in use of grammatical items related to sentence expansion. The results of this study will be the basic data that for efficient teaching and learning of the Korean language for Myanmar learners.

 

• B.A (Geography, Yangon University)
• M.A (Korean, Yangon University of Foreign Languages)
• Diploma in Korean (Yangon University of Foreign Languages)
• Diploma in Global English (Yangon University)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application (Yangon University)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Myanmar History and Culture (Yangon University)
• Diploma in Business Law (Yangon University)
• Training and Development Program for Korean Language and Culture Experts (Hallym University, 2018)

• Tutor – Yangon University of Foreign Languages- From 24.3.2003 to 9.1.2012
• Assistant Lecturer – Yangon University of Foreign Languages 10.1.2012-1.5.2016
• Lecturer – Yangon University of Foreign Languages- From 2-5-2016 to 1-12-2019
• Associate Professor – Yangon University of Foreign Languages- From 2-12-2019 -up to now

A Comparative Study of Myanmar Proverbs and Korean Proverbs (Focus on Animals), URJ (Vol 7, No 6, 2015 February)
Abstract

Proverbs are greatly concerned with most of us and they take part of the important role in our daily routines. This research aims at revealing similarities and differences of the proverbs of Korean and Myanmar languages that have been studied through the ones which has got metaphors with animals. The study also focuses on the common proverbs based on 218 proverbs that have got metaphors concerned with animals extracted from the books of Myanmar Proverbs and 326 Korean proverbs greatly related to the ones including metaphor of animals. The findings of the study proves that 20% of the proverbs are similar to each other in terms of meaning and the use of metaphors while 80% of the proverbs are metaphorically different regardless of similar meaning.

 

မြန်မာနှင့် ကိုရီးယားစကာရှိ လူ့အသုံးအဆောင်ပစ္စည်းဆိုင်ရာ စကားထာအချို့ကို လေ့လာခြင်း (YUFL Research Journal, Vol 9, No 1, 2018 December)
Abstract

စကားထာများသည် လူမျိုးတစ်မျိုး၏ လူနေမှုဘဝနှင့် ဆက်စပ်မှုရှိပြီ၊ လူမျိုးတစ်မျိုး၏ ယဉ်ကျေးမှု အဆင့်အတန်းနှင့် လူနေမှုစနစ်တို့ကို သိရှိနိုင်ပေသည်။ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံနှင့် ကိုရီးယားနိုင်ငံတို့တွင် ရှေးယခင် ခေတ်အဆက်ဆက်မှ ယနေ့ထိတိုင်အောင် စကားထာဝှက်သည့် အလေ့အထကို ကျင့်သုံးခဲ့ကြပေသည်။ ထိုစကားထာများမှာ အဖြေတူညီကြသော်လည်း စကားထာဝှက်သည့် အတွေးအခေါ်မှာ ခြားနား ပေသည်။ ထိုစကားထာများမှ မြန်မာနှင့် ကိုရီးယားဘာသာစကားရှိ လူ့အသုံးအဆောင်ပစ္စည်းဆိုင်ရာ စကားထာအချို့ကို ရွေးချယ်ကာ ကိုရီးယားဘာသာစကားကို လေ့လာသင်ယူနေကြသော ကျောင်းသား၊ ကျောင်းသူများနှင့် မြန်မာဘာသာစကားကို လေ့လာသင်ယူနေကြသည့် ကျောင်းသား၊ ကျောင်းသူများ သိရှိနိုင်စေရန်အတွက် ရည်ရွယ်ပြီး လေ့လာတင်ပြထားပါသည်။

 

A Comparative Study of Riddles by Some Ethnic Groups in Myanmar and Korea (MUFL, Research Journal, Vol 10, No 1, 2019 July)
Abstract

As Riddles are related to the life style of a national race, its cultural standard and social system can be seen through the riddles. Through the long history and until now, Myanmar national races and Koreans have been practicing the habit of posing riddles. This paper is the comparative study of riddles with the same answer and their meanings by some ethnic groups of Myanmar and Koreans. In this research, the meanings of each riddle from the two countries are learned thoroughly through their similarities and differences. This study can make the readers see the similarities and differences on their thoughts and opinions from Koreans. Moreover, the basic characters, life styles and cultures can casually be observed through their traditional riddles.

• B.A(Hons;). 1997, University of Yangon
• M.A, 2000, University of Yangon
• Title, The Old Irrigation system of kyaukse district, Konboung period
• Ph.D, 2007, University of Yangon
• Title, The History of Transportation in Yangon (1948-1958)

• University of Pyay (28-1-2002 – 31-8-2002)
• University of Yangon (1-9-2002 – 4-12-2012)
• Pathein University (2012 – 2014)
• Dagon University (2014 – 2021)
• Dawei University (4-2-2021 – 16-9-2022)
• Yangon University of Foreign Languages (19-9-2022 – present)

• B.A (Hons) Myanmar (1993) – University of Mandalay
• M.A Myanmar (1997) – University of Yangon
• Ph.D Myanmar (2006) – University of Yangon

မိမိပါဝင်ဆောင်ရွက်ဆဲ၊ဆောင်ရွက်ခဲ့သောပညာရပ်ဆိုင်ရာ ကော်မတီများ အဖွဲ့အစည်းများ၊လှုပ်ရှားမှုများ

• Visiting professor at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China (2020-2021)
• Yangon University of Foreign Languages Kahtein Implementation Committee (Chair) (2021)
• Yangon University (Developing a Myanmar language curriculum for basic education level) (2018-2019)
• Yangon University Buddhist Association (Member) (2017)
• Maubin University Buddhist Association (Member) (2015)
• University Magazine Committee (Bago University, Maubin University, Yangon University)

မိမိပါဝင်ရေးသားပြုစုခဲ့သော ပညာရပ်ဆိုင်ရာ၊သင်ကြားရေးဆိုင်ရာ သင်ရိုးစာအုပ်များ သို့မဟုတ်စီမံချက်များ

• Myanmar Essay for University Entrance Exam (Dagon University) (2003)
• Myanmar Writing & Reading for Foreign Students (Maharsarakham University, Thailand) (2018)
• Myanmarsar Journal for Grade 11(Yangon University) (2019)

• Current State of Affairs & Prospect of Korean Education in Myanmar University-Abstract
• Current Issue and Future Plan of Korean Education in YUFL- Abstract
• A Study on FLIPPED Learning Teaching Model for Korean History & Culture Class- Focusing on the Survey of Korean Learner Needs in Myanmar – Abstract

Some Features of Adverbial in Myanmar Language (Journal of the Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science, Vol IX ( pg 59-75) Jun 2011)
Abstract

This paper presents the nature of adverbs while analyzing some pure adverbs. Adverbs are grammatical words systematically made and these are composed of separate structure and precise function within a sentence. In Myanmar language, there are adverbs taken out of noun-verb, and there are also pure adverbs take out of noun-verb with indistinct features. Those pure adverbs with indistinct features are presented in comparison with Myanmar dialects. The information in this paper may provide readers with the nature of adverbs while helping them to classify Myanmar grammatical words.

 

The Role of Preposition in Myanmar Language (Maubin University Research Journal,2015, Vol 7, pg1-10)
Abstract

This paper presents the nature of preposition in Myanmar language. It’s main focus of study is in grammatical linguistics. That’s why this paper provides the readers with glossaries of preposition and their functions within a sentence. It also makes sure to consist distinct key points to identify prepositions. Readers may learn prepositions that match with these key points in various classifications.

 

The Problem of Real Adjective in Myanmar Language (Journal of the Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science Vol XVII, pg 193-212) Jun 2019)
Abstract

This paper argues on whether there are pure adjectives or not from a linguistics point of view. Among the academics studying Myanmar language, some believe there is no pure adjectives while other believe one way around. This became an argument while setting the number of part of speech in Myanmar language. This paper focuses on presenting possible answers regarding the case. In the first part of this paper, readers may find information about the problems of pure adjectives from the part of speech while presenting criteria of adjectives and argues whether or not there are pure adjectives on the second part. By solving the argument, a nature of Myanmar language may be presented.

 

The Important of Particles in Myanmar Language (Journal of the Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science Vol XVIII, pg 767-780) August 2020)
Abstract
This paper presents the importance of particles in Myanmar language. In classification of part of speech, it is defined by some linguistics professions only to consist nouns, verbs, particles. There are also some papers focused on the complexity and delicacy of particles in Myanmar language. This paper will present the opinions of linguistics professional about particles, the components of particles and the various types of particles. The importance of particles will be presented from various point of view.

 

• The connection between the Burmese inscription of the Bagan period with the Pyu & Mon scripts.
• Preparing research paper for YUFL 60 minutes Talks (2021)
• Preparing research (Teaching Methodology for Myanmar Language to Foreigners)
• Reviewing the Curriculum Development for Myanmar Courses
• Reviewing the Assessment for Myanmar Courses
• Planning for Myanmar Language from Online Teaching
• Discussion & Planning for New Apply Myanmar Course

• 2009 _ 2012 BA (French), YUFL
• 2012 _ 2013 Diploma in English, YUFL
• 2019 (January) MA (French), YUFL

• 2.2015 _ 1.3.2019 Tutor at Department of French, Yangon University of Foreign Languages (YUFL)
• 3.2019 _ 1.12.2021 Assistant lecturer at Department of French, YUFL
• 12.2021_ Present. Lecturer at Department of French, YUFL

(1) Les endroits historiques et remarquables du royaume Pada. DOC.EU, REVISTA CU PROFIL ACADEMIC, Romania.

Academic Committees

• Senate Committee on International Relations

Current Academic Activities

• Preparing Lecture
• Drawing Course Guide and Lesson Plan
• Undertaking for curriculum Development
• Doing Ground Check in the Campus
• Myanmar’s Cooperation with BIMST on Narcotic Drugs Programmes: Rehabilitation Sector

Dr. Tun Tun Khaing

Professor

Department of Geography

Yangon University of Foreign Languages

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 09 794939265

B.A (Q), 1986 – Magway Degree Collage

M.A, 1996 – Mandalay University

Title: – “Regional Geography of Pakokku Township”

PhD, 2013 – University of Yangon

Title: – “Morphometric Analysis of the Yaw Drainage Basin”

 

Institutions I have serviced

Pyay University – 1998-2003 (Tutor)

Dagon University – 2003-2005 (Tutor)

Nationalities Youth Resource Development Degree Collage – 2005-2006 (Tutor)

Dagon University – 2006-2010 (Assistant Lecturer)

Dawei University – 2010-2012 (Lecturer)

East Yangon University – 2012-2015 (Lecturer)

Myeik University – 2015-2018 (Associate Professor)

Taungoo University – 2018-2019 (Associate Professor)

West Yangon University – December, 2019- September, 2021 (Associate Professor)

Yangon University of Foreign Languages – 3 September, 2021- Present (Professor)

Dr Yee Yee Cho

Professor

Department of Geography

Yangon University of Foreign Languages

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 09 978988272

B.A (Hons),1993,University of Mandalay

M.A, 2000, University of Mandalay

Title , Intra -urban Passenger Transportation of Mandalay City

Ph.D, 2018, University of Mandalay

Title, Soil Physical Properties and Cropping Patterns of Taungdwingyi Township

 

Institutions I have serviced

Pyay Degree College (1998-2001)

Dagon University (2001-2002)

Nationalities Youth Resource Development Degree College Yangon(2002-2005)
Dagon University (2005-2010)
Sittway University (2010-2011)
Pakokku University (2011-2013)
University of Mandalay (2013-2014)
Pakokku University (2014-2015)
University of Magway (2015-2018)
Pyay University(2018-2021)
Yangon University of Foreign Languages (September2021-Present)

Daw Khin Saw Myint

Associate Professor

Department of Geography

Yangon University of Foreign Languages

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 095057742

B.A (Hons), 1996, University of Yangon

M.A 2000, University of Yangon

Title, Urban Landuse of Padamya Myothit

 

Institutions I have serviced

West Yangon University (2002-2010)

Myeik University (2010-2011)

West Yangon University (2011-2018)

Myeik University (2018-2019)

West Yangon University (2019-2021)

Yangon University of Foreign Languages (October 2021-present)

Daw Muyar Phyu Phyu Win

Associate Professor

Department of Geography

Yangon University of Foreign Languages

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 09686837648

B.A (Hons:) 1994, University of Yangon

M.A, 1998, University of Yangon

Title, Geographical Study of the Traditional Medicinal Plants

 

Institutions I have serviced

Kyee Myin Tai, Colleague, Yangon (1997-2000)

East Yangon University (2000-2003)

Sittwe University (2003-2004)

Taungoo University (2004-2008)

East Yangon University (2008-2014)

Taungoo University (2014-2019)

Dagon University (2019-2021)

Yangon University of Foreign Languages (October 2021-present)

• B.A (Hons),2009,DangonUniversity
• M.A, 2012, Dangon University
• Title, Relationship between Pupils and Teachers

• B.A (Hons.), Oriental Studies, Dagon University, 2004
• M.A, Oriental Studies, Yangon University, 2006
• PhD, Oriental Studies, Yangon University, 2011

B.A (Hons.) Oriental Studies, Yangon University, 1998
M.A (Credit) Oriental Studies, Yangon University, 2001
M. Res (Oriental Studies) Yangon University, 2002
Ph. D (Oriental Studies) Yangon University, 2007

Current Academic Activities

• Preparing Lecture
• Participating in the financial activities of Department of International Relations
• Participating in the maintenance activities of University Building

• IR 3011: Introduction to International Relations

Academic Committees

• Member of Institutional Assessment and Quality Assurance Committee (IAQA Committee, YUFL)
• Junior Programme Officer (Secretary General Office, Myanmar National Commission for UNESCO)

Current Academic Activities

• Japan’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: What does it mean for Myanmar?
• Institutional Leadership in Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) in Higher Education of Myanmar

Dr. Theingi Htar’s Profile

Dr. Theingi Htar is an Assistant Lecturer of the Department of Linguistics, Yangon University of Foreign Languages, Myanmar. She got her BA, Hons (Myanmar) in 2004, MA in 2009, MRes in 2010 from the East University of Yangon, and Ph. D in 2015 from the Yangon University.

She is a member of curriculum development group of the department of Linguistics. She wrote and presented a paper “A Corpus-based Study of Syntax in Myanmar” in the University Research Conference.

At present, she is reviewing the diploma courses and developing a curriculum and syllabi for a new course under the guidance of her head of the department.

 

Working Experience

Year (from – to)	University	Department	Position
2015 – 2018	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of Linguistics	Tutor
2018 -2021	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of Linguistics	Assistant Lecturer
2021 to now	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of Linguistics	Lecturer

General Linguistics, Psycholinguistics and Sociolinguistics

A Corpus-based Study of Syntax in Myanmar
Abstract
In the area of applied linguistics, corpus linguistics is important like other fields. Nowadays, computer technology is used to analyse large collections of spoken and written texts, or corpora which have been carefully designed to represent specific domains of such language use as academic reading and writing. Myanmar is the official language of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Various Scholars give different views on the Myanmar Language. Myanmar Language Commission (MLC) standardized that it is composed of nine parts of speech in the Myanmar grammar such as noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, verb, post-positional marker, particle, conjunction and interjection which are known as traditional grammar. Dr. Kathleen Forbes (The Part of Speech in Burmese and the Burmese Qualifiers, 1969) stated that there are four parts of speech such as noun, verb, preposition and qualifier in Myanmar. Dr. Khin Aye (2013) pointed out that from the linguistic point of view; there should be five parts of speech such as noun, verb, particle, qualifier, and interjection in Myanmar, especially in spoken form. This paper is analysed the syntax of Myanmar from the linguistic point of view, according to Dr. Khin Aye(2013). It is also represented with tree representations. In this paper, it is presented what corpus linguistics is, how it can be applied in teaching language especially teaching Myanmar, how it is useful for research and presented other information. All the data are collected from the daily newspapers, The Mirror and The New Light of Myanmar. Resources are also included which will give a great help for those who are interested in this field, who are interested in teaching Myanmar and who want to do for other studies.

Daw Moe Yin Nyeinn’s Profile

Daw Moe Yin Nyeinn is an Associate Professor of the Department of Linguistics, Yangon University of Foreign Languages, Myanmar. She got her BA, Qualified (English) in 1996 from the University of Yangon and MA in 2002 from the Dagon University. She got Diploma in Japanese in 2001 from Yangon University of Foreign Languages.

She is a member of Effective Teaching and Learning Committee of YUFL. She is also a member of curriculum development group of the department of Linguistics. Throughout her career, she wrote papers on various fields of linguistics in university research journals, universities research conferences and international research conference. The papers she wrote were

• Effective Teaching Grammar to Beginners
• The Role of Memorization in Learning English as a Foreign Language Observed in the First Year Non-English Specialization Students
• A Study of the Role of Content and Language Integrated Learning Observed in the First Year Non-English Specialization Students at Yangon University of Foreign Languages
• The Role of Discourse Markers in Criticizing A Short Story
• A Morphological Analysis of Myanmar Modifiers
• A Corpus-Based Study of Syntax in Myanmar
• An Analysis of Deviant Forms in the Myanmar Newspapers and Journals

At present, she is reviewing the diploma courses and developing a curriculum and syllabi for a new course.

 

Working Experience

Year (from – to)	University	Department	Position
1998 – 2004	Dagon University	Department of English	Tutor
2004-2006	Dawei University	Department of English	Tutor
2006-2011	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of English	Assistant Lecturer
2011- 2013	Sagaing Institute of Education	Department of English	Lecturer
2013- 2019	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of Linguistics	Lecturer
2019 to now	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of Linguistics	Associate Professor

General Linguistics, Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching

Effective Ways of Teaching Grammar to Beginners
Abstract
We are today seeing the growth of interesting new procedures and techniques, many of which challenge our traditional views of what should happen in the classroom. The researcher feels that this deductive approach should be used in our teaching grammar to the beginner level of English in our country. This paper is divided into four main parts. Part I deals with some techniques of teaching grammar. Part 2 is concerned with how to plan a grammar lesson. In this part the deductive approach is introduced, and the results used in the classroom are presented. In part 3, observations are described. Finally, in part 4, several factors that teachers need to take into consideration are discussed.

 

The Role of Memorization in Learning English as a Foreign Language Observed in the First Year Non-English Specialization Students
Abstract

This aims to study how memorization is connected with learning English. Memorization is used to help learners to internalize what they have learned to use in actual communication. Memorization is a mental process, so the choice of qualitative method as the main data collection and analysis tool is appropriate. There are two questionnaires, one for teachers and one for students. And semi-structured interviews were constructed in order to capture students’ and teachers’ perceptions and uses of memorization in learning English. The outcomes point out that students should know the distinction between good and poor memorization and avoid learning by heart without understanding the context of the task. Teachers should explain and constantly remind the students the potential roles of memorization in their learning.

 

A Study of The Role of Content and Language Integrated Learning Observed in The First Year Non-English Specialization Students at Yangon University of Foreign Languages
Abstract
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is used to enhance students’ interpersonal and language skills. This paper aims to analyse the use of CLIL in teaching linguistics content at Yangon University of Foreign Languages (YUFL) and their effects, and to focus on the alternative way of teaching content, that of teaching through language CLIL is a method used in the teaching-learning process, so the choice of qualitative method as the main data collection is appropriate. This research paper deals with the performance of the first-year non-English specialization students in Linguistics at YUFL. This study compares a CLIL class of 30 students and a non-CLIL class, a traditional class of 30 students. The students in the two classes studied a common theme. An analysis is made of the outcomes obtained in both classes. It is also based on a questionnaire with closed-ended questions. The present study provides empirical data on teaching and learning through CLIL and is an exploratory report on the potential of CLIL for teaching content at higher education level.

 

The Role of Discourse Markers in Criticizing a Short Story
Abstract
While reading a text, if one knows the role of discourse markers, it can help him to read a text and to communicate what he has read with his friends and to express his ideas. In this study, the importance of cohesive devices, discourse markers, is highlighted. This study is done to realize the importance of cohesive devices in reading a text, to criticize a text well, to know the greater effect of written discourse analysis in linguistic studies on readers and to arouse the interests in reading. After reading a text, one should analyse and criticize what a text is about, what the writer’s attitude is, what the message for the readers is, what the characteristics in the text’s attitudes are and whether readers can feel as if he or she were in that text. In this study, the works of students, attending in Second Year Part-Time Diploma in Linguistics, are analyzed. Discourse Analysis is one of the courses for Diploma in Linguistics and it can help a lot in translation and interpretation, teaching and learning languages and so on. Our Second Year Diploma in Linguistic Students, altogether eight, studied this course in their Second Year. Our students are from different fields, most are language teachers, some are translators, and some are interpreters. As the role of discourse markers are important in comprehending and criticizing a text, descriptive method is used to analyse the specific data of Second Year Part-Time Diploma in Linguistics Students who analysed a modern Myanmar Short Story “ အမေပြောသော မြင်းမိုရ်အကြောင်း ” by ရိုးရာ(မကန) from the Mirror Daily,(8 July 2018). It is hoped that this paper can give a great help for readers who want to feel and criticize the text well and for teachers who want to give help for learners to have great interest in reading authentic texts.

 

A Morphological Analysis of Myanmar Modifiers
Abstract
This paper specifically studies the systems of Myanmar modifiers focusing on morphological theories. This analytical study is based on the morphological level. The significant feature of the Myanmar language is that it is a tonal language. Moreover it is a type of monosyllabic and agglutinative language which has a syntactic structure of a Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) pattern. Morphology is a branch of grammar and it deals with the internal structure of the potential complex words of a language. Morphology in Myanmar is primarily the system of derivation and affixation. This paper mainly focuses on the derivational system. The aim of this paper is to analyse the modifiers on the basis of their structures and to classify the systems of the Myanmar modifiers focusing on the morphological theories. In this paper, the data were collected from colloquial Myanmar and the Myanmar Dictionary. Most of the modifiers in Myanmar have figurative power so that they can make a speaker’s feeling more meaningful and at the same time, they can give imply meaning. Four modifier patterns; rhyme, chime, zero substitution and substitution, are mainly analyzed in this paper. Moreover, sub-patterns based on the derivational morphology and compounding which is a favourite way of coining new technical vocabulary are also categorized. Derivational process generally acts on verbs, turning them into nouns or noun-like expressions that can often function as either nominal or adverbials. In this study, it can be found that verbs are turned into adverbs and can function as adverbials. In compounding, some compounds cannot be substituted (zero substitution) with other words in a certain position, i.e. in A+B pattern, neither A nor B is substituted with C as in A+C or C+B. So it can be found that agglutination is very prominent in such compound processes generally on noun+verb compounds, which can function as adverbials. In addition, it is significant that in some derivations and compound words in Myanmar, rhyming and chiming are intermeshed and have strong agglutinative type that others cannot be substituted between them. In this paper, collective data and findings are illustrated with explanations. This study may be of some help to the Myanmar language teachers in teaching Myanmar as a foreign language. It can also help the foreign students studying the Myanmar language.

 

A Corpus-based Study of Syntax in Myanmar
Abstract
In the area of applied linguistics, corpus linguistics is important like other fields. Nowadays, computer technology is used to analyse large collections of spoken and written texts, or corpora which have been carefully designed to represent specific domains of such language use as academic reading and writing. Myanmar is the official language of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Various Scholars give different views on the Myanmar Language. Myanmar Language Commission (MLC) standardized that it is composed of nine parts of speech in the Myanmar grammar such as noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, verb, post-positional marker, particle, conjunction and interjection which are known as traditional grammar. Dr. Kathleen Forbes (The Part of Speech in Burmese and the Burmese Qualifiers, 1969) stated that there are four parts of speech such as noun, verb, preposition and qualifier in Myanmar. Dr. Khin Aye (2013) pointed out that from the linguistic point of view; there should be five parts of speech such as noun, verb, particle, qualifier, and interjection in Myanmar, especially in spoken form. This paper is analysed the syntax of Myanmar from the linguistic point of view, according to Dr. Khin Aye(2013). It is also represented with tree representations. In this paper, it is presented what corpus linguistics is, how it can be applied in teaching language especially teaching Myanmar, how it is useful for research and presented other information. All the data are collected from the daily newspapers, The Mirror and The New Light of Myanmar. Resources are also included which will give a great help for those who are interested in this field, who are interested in teaching Myanmar and who want to do for other studies.

 

An Analysis of Deviant Forms in the Myanmar Newspaper and Journals
Abstract
This research studies the common deviant forms (error) found in Myanmar Daily & Weekly newspapers, and journals. The aims of this research are to find out these forms found in the Myanmar print media and to find out the way to avoid them. The data are collected from news and advertisements from seven Myanmar Daily & Weekly newspapers, and journals (ကြေးမုံ၊မြန်မာ့အလင်း News Watch, and 7 Day Daily from 2013 to 2020). This research work has been limited in scope through the public and private newspapers and journals. The discussion in this research will view the importance of print media in education. The data are analysed in three levels: pronunciation level, word level, and phrase level. Both qualitative method and quantitative method are used to analyze the data. This research paper is analysed to study the incorrect grammatical usages and phrase order in Myanmar and to analyse these usages from the linguistic point of view. It will also be helpful in Myanmar language teaching and learning process.

 

Daw Naing Naing Htwe’s Profile

Daw Naing Naing Htwe is a Lecturer of the Department of Linguistics, Yangon University of Foreign Languages, Myanmar. She got her BA in English in 1994 , Diploma in English in 1996 and MA in 2002 from the University of Mawlamyaing. She is a member of curriculum development group of the department of Linguistics. She wrote a paper, “Uses of Functions of a Word “sa /saÙ/” in the PaO Language” in the YUFL research journal.
At present, she is reviewing the diploma courses and developing a curriculum and syllabi for a new course.

 

Working Experience

Year (from – to)	University	Department	Position
1996-2003	Mawlamyaing University	Department of English	Tutor
2002	Yangon University	Department of Myanmar	Tutor
2003-2004	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of English	Tutor
2004-2008	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of English	Assistant Lecturer
2008-2010	Loikaw University	Department of English	Assistant Lecturer
2010-2013	Phaan University	Department of English	Lecturer
2013 to now	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of Linguistics	Lecturer

Phonetics, Teaching Writing, Discourse Analysis

Uses and functions of a ward /sa:/ in the Pa O language
Abstract
This research paper focuses on introducing the uses of the word /sa:/ in the Pa O language and how it occurs in different utterances. It presents utterances with /sa:/ accompanying with other verbs or adjectives, occurring as verbs in some utterances. The data are collected from the spoken Pa O language used in Thaton Township, Mon State. It reflects Pa O custom, tradition and culture. The method used is the descriptive one that can be applied to teaching and learning Pa O language. The paper introduces certain forms and systems of the Pa O language when the Pa O people come to greet, describe others, give advice and command or order, and express their idea, attitude and feeling.

 

Dr. Naw San Myint’s Profile

Dr. Naw San Myint is an Associate Professor of the Department of Linguistics, Yangon University of Foreign Languages, Myanmar. She got her BA, Qualified (Myanmar) in 1986 from the Mawlamyaing Degree Colleague and MA in 1995 from the Malamyaing University. She got her Ph.D in Myanmar in 2011 from the Yangon University. She also got Diploma in Library and Information Studies in 1999 from the Yangon University and Diploma in Chinese in 2005 from the Yangon University of Foreign Languages.

She is a member of Senate Committee for Research Project Management and Research Ethics of YUFL. She is also a member of curriculum development group of the Department of Linguistics. Throughout her career, she wrote papers in MUFL research journals. The papers she wrote were

1. The contrastive study of systems of consonants in Myanmar and Chinese
2. The tone system of the West Pho Kayin Language

At present, she is reviewing the diploma courses and developing a curriculum and syllabi for a new course.

 

Working Experience

Year (from – to)	University	Department	Position
1997-2002	Institute of Technology	Department of Myanmar	Tutor
2002	Yangon University	Department of Myanmar	Tutor
2002-2003	West University	Department of Myanmar	Tutor
2003-2004	Phaan University	Department of Myanmar	Tutor
2004	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of Linguistics	Tutor
2004-2010	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of Linguistics	Assistant Lecturer
2010-2015	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of Linguistics	Lecturer
2015-2018	Mandalay University of Foreign Languages	Department of Linguistics	Associate Professor
2018 to now	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of Linguistics	Associate Professor

Phonetics, Phonology and Sociolinguistics

The Tone System of the West Poh Kayin Language
Abstract
This paper presents a study of the tone system of the West Poh Kayin language on the basis of the theoretical concepts of the tone system. It studies changes of tones resulting in differences of speech sounds, sounds of words, meaning, and in some cases, of grammar in West Poh Kayin language.

 

A Contrastive Study of Consonants in Myanmar and Chinese
Abstract

With a view to contributing towards the learning of languages, the systems of consonants in Myanmar and Chinese are compared from the point of view of phonetics. The consonants in Myanmar and Chinese are classified in terms of place and manner of articulation and voice quality, and they are systematically compared. In this paper, using the contrastive analysis, the similarities and differences of consonants are studied. Detailed description of place and manner of articulation of consonants will be of great help to the foreign students of Myanmar and the Myanmar students of Chinese in producing speech with correct pronunciation.

 

• B.A – French (2003) – Yangon University of Foreign Languages
• M.A – French (2015) – Yangon University of Foreign Languages
• Diploma in Global English (2009) – Yangon University
• Diploma in International Relations (2015) – Yangon University
• Diploma in Myanmar History and Culture (2018) – Yangon University

Participation in Committees of YUFL

• Senate Committee on International Relations
• French Department’s Board of Study
• French Department Research Committee
• Strategic Planning Administrative Committee

Curriculum Project / Plan (teaching textbook)

• အသုံးဝင်သော အခြေခံပြင်သစ်ဘာသာလက်စွဲစာအုပ် (Le Français Courant de Tous Les Jours) (2012, June) Hand Book
• Writing curriculum for French Language Course for Hotel Management (2020)

Teachers’ Perceptions on Importance of Using Authentic Materials in Teaching Foreign Languages (The 1st International Conference on Language and Humanities 2020, January, Vol. 1, No.1, Page. 138-154)
Daw Ei Khine Zin
Abstract
Today, exposing the students to authentic materials throughout the teaching learning process is crucial. Authentic learning situation is also one of the core pillars which have a connection to the real world in which students can have the opportunity to practice language through the use of authentic materials. It is necessary for the language teachers to develop their own materials according to the needs of learners. In order to achieve the objectives of language teaching, it is important for the language teachers to exploit other materials around them according to the needs of learners and to create interest in them. This study aimed to analyze the foreign language teachers’ perception toward the use of authentic materials in Mandalay University of Foreign Languages (MUFL) and Yangon University of Foreign Languages (YUFL). A quantitative descriptive method was used with structured questionnaire which was based and adapted from original questionnaire developed by Yeung, Ting-Fai. (2011), Soliman E. M. Soliman (2013) and Abdulhakim M. Belaid (2015). Total 101 teachers were included from 16 different departments of two universities. In this study, perception and attitude of the language teachers towards using authentic materials, including effect on students’ motivation and needs of training were observed. The results revealed that using authentic materials is effective, not difficult and achieves positive effect on teaching-learning process. It can also improve student’s motivation and cultural awareness.

Keywords: authentic materials, language teaching, foreign language classroom, teachers’ perception

 

Students’ Perception toward The Effect of Class Size in Learning French (The 2nd Myanmar Universities’ Research Conference 2020, June, Vol. 2, Issue.2, Page. 222-227)
Daw Ei Khine Zin
Abstract

The effect of class size on learning a foreign language has been a contentious debate and great issue among researchers in this present days. Since 2011, the number of students studying at Yangon University of Foreign Languages has doubled due to the increase of international communication in various fields and the demand of foreign language is greatly increasing. The aim of the present study was to investigate from the students’ perceptions on large class size and its influences on learning French in Yangon University of Foreign Languages. The methods used in this research were quantitative descriptive in order to obtain accurate information about the main implications that effect the language learning process in large classes. The participants of this study were 177 students from third-year and fourth-year undergraduate students of French language. In order to collect data, questionnaires were used as the research instruments. The finding of this study showed that the students agreed with the view that large class size affects the quality of teaching and learning French. The research findings indicated to identify that while dealing with the negative academic effects which large classes have on students, teachers should consider the social and the psychological effects since these effects are interrelated. Student’s responses focused on their perspectives and experiences of studying in large classes. Students reported that there was a problem of class control and they also agreed that they cannot receive regular feedback from the teacher because of large class size. Students also reported that they cannot receive appropriate attention from their teachers and that the environment is noisy and stressful in large class size. Students in the large classes sensed that the flow of interaction is more from teacher to student than from student to teacher. Data from this study revealed that students prefer small class size and their attitude toward learning French is negatively affected by large class. The findings of the students’ perceptions on learning in large class have been valuable and meaningful to teachers that should take into consideration for better teaching learning process.

Keywords: students’ perception, class size, large class, language learning, effects

 

A Study on The Problems Faced by Myanmar Students in Learning French (Yangon University of Foreign Languages Research Journal 2020, June, Vol. 11, No.2, Page. 243-253)
Daw Ei Khine Zin
Abstract

This study is an analysis of the problems faced by Myanmar students in learning French as a foreign language and the factors affecting Myanmar students in learning French. The data were analysed using quantitative descriptive methods. The questionnaire was used in this study. The sample comprised of 100 students aged between 17 to 19 years including 18 males and 82 females. The population in this research was undergraduate students of third and final year French. Students’ responses were analysed and tabulated. The result of this study indicated that students have problems in learning French based on the students’ responses. The students have problem in internal factor and external factor. In internal factor, the students have problem in proficiency, such as the students have problem in reading skills and they do not understand French idioms and do not have adequate French vocabulary. The students’ finds that it is hard for them to practise in French and to understand the voice of native speaker and they do not have a lot of interest in French. As an external factor, the problem is in the insufficient support from government and French embassy. The findings of the study indicated that lack of exposure, lack of opportunity to practice French outside the classroom and lack of insufficient support were the main external factors. This study will be beneficial for teachers’ curriculum and strategies development for French language teaching.

Keywords: problems, skills, French as a foreign language, students

 

The Karen: The Untold Culture and Tradition of the Legendary Tribe In Burma (DOC.EU, Revista Cu Profil Academic, Nr.5, An 2020, July, University of Bucharest, Romania, Page. 25-31), (ISSN 2601-1204)
Daw Ei Khine Zin
Abstract
In this article, Karens’ origin, ethnic subgroups, language, literature and religious beliefs are studied. Because of the lack of national literature for the Karens, the dearth of historical records, and the armed conflicts in Myanmar, many customs and the culture of the Karens have faded into oblivion. Although the Karen is the second largest ethnic nationality group in Myanmar after the Shan, they are still as a little documented people in the history of Myanmar. There is a need to have the existence of the common literature that would write the history of the Karen.

Keywords: Karen, language, literature, religion, belief

 

Dr. Khin Myat Thwe’s Profile
Dr. Khin Myat Thwe is an Associate Professor of the Department of Linguistics, Yangon University of Foreign Languages, Myanmar. She got her BA, Bachelor of Arts in Myanmar, qualified, from the University of Yangon in 1995, MA, Master of Arts in Myanmar from the Yangon University in 2001 and Ph. D in Myanmar from the Yangon University in 2008. She also graduated from Yangon University with a Diploma in Global English in 2010.
[email protected], [email protected]

 

Working Experience

Year (from – to)	University	Department	Position
2002 – 2003	Pyay University	Department of Myanmar	Tutor
2003 – 2010	University of Yangon	Department of Myanmar	Tutor
2010 – 2011	University of Yangon	Department of Myanmar	Assistant Lecturer
2011 – 2012	University of Dawei	Deparment of Myanmar	Assistant Lecturer
2012 – 2014	East Yangon University	Department of Myanmar	Assistant Lecturer
2014 – 2018	University of Yangon	Department of Myanmar	Lecturer
2018 – 2020	University of Computer Sciences (Myeik)	Department of Myanmar	Associate Professor (Head of Department)
2021 – Still	Yangon University of Foreign Languages	Department of Linguistics	Associate Professor

Semantics, Sociolinguistics, and General Linguistics

She published articles in university research journals, in journals of Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science, as well as at university research conferences on various fields of linguistic topics throughout her career.
The papers she wrote were;

• Parallelism on a style of Myanmar Buddhist Holy Prose
• The Ambiguities in Everyday Speech
• An Essay style of Maung Shin Sai Htan by writer Khin Khin Htoo
• A Study of Deviation from Heart Contents Poems by Zaw Naung
• A Study of TASAY (Ghost) Poem composed by Kyi Aye
• A Study of Creation to Ancient Bagan Poetry composed by Zaw Gyi
• A Study on Creation of Plot and Characters from Pandong (Flower & Peacock) novel by Lin Gar Yi Kyaw
• The Study of Polysemi of the SYmbols from Myanmar Poems
• The Harmonious Patterns from Heart Content

• B.A, 1994, University of Yangon
• M.A, 2002, University of Yangon

• University of Dawei (2002 – 2003)
• East Yangon University (2003 – 2014)
• University of Hpan (2014 – 2016)
• East Yangon University (2016 – 2021)
• Yangon University of Foreign Languages (October 2021- present)

• B.A, 1985, University of Yangon
• B.A(Hons), 1986, University of Yangon
• M.A, 1993, University of Yangon
• Title, A Brief Account of the Kayin Myitta Byamasoya Religious Association
• Ph.D, 2017, University of Yangon
• Title, Kayin Myitta Byamasoya in National Affairs (1917-1974)

• Mawlamyine University (1986-1990)
• University of Yangon (1990-1993)
• University of Yangon (Hlaing Campus), (1993-1995)
• Dawei University (1996-1998)
• Dagon University (1998-2000)
• Taungoo University (2000-2003)
• West Yangon University (2003-2011)
• Hinthada University (2011-2012)
• Bago University (2012-2016)
• West Yangon University (2016-2017)
• Lashio University (2017-2018)
• Kyaing Tong University (2018-2019)
• Myeik University (2019-2021)
• Myingyan Universisty (June, 2021-September, 2021)
• Yangon University of Foreign Languages (September 2021, present)

National Activities of Dr. D. Po Min (President of Kayin National Association), May, 2009

The study of the historical sites in Kawhmu Township, September, 2010

The Role of Gazetteed and non-Gazetteed Officials of Konbaung Hluttaw, January, 2018

 

• 2000 – 2003 BA (German), YUFL
• 2006 -2008 Diploma in Global English (University of Yangon)/li>
• 2012- 2014 MA (German) YUFL, Thesis: Eine Studie über Strategien zur Förderung des Leseverstehens für BA III-Studenten an der YUFL (2014)

ဂျာမန်ဆိုရိုးများကို သဒ္ဒါရှုထောင့်မှ လေ့လာခြင်း (Yangon University of Foreign Languages Research Journal 2009, vol.1, No.1)
Abstract
ဂျာမန်ဘာသာ လေ့လာသင်ကြားနေသော ကျောင်းသား၊ ကျောင်းသူများ စကားပုံများ၊ ဆိုရိုးများကို လေ့လာရာတွင် သဒ္ဒါနှင့် တွဲဖက်လေ့လာခြင်းဖြင့် အလွယ်တကူ မှတ်မိစေရန်နှင့် အသိပညာ ဗဟုသုတတိုးတက်စေရန် ရည်ရွယ်၍ နယ်ပယ်ကမျိုးစုံရိှ စကားပုံ၊ ဆိုရိုးများကို ဂျာမန်သဒ္ဒါအရ အပိုင်း(၅)ပိုင်းခွဲ၍ အုပ်စုတူရာစုစည်းပြီး စကားပုံ၊ ဆိုရိုး (၃၅) ခုကို ဂျာမန်သဒ္ဒါ အမျိုးအစားတူရာကို အုပ်စုခွဲ၍ စုစည်းတင်ပြထားပါသည်။

 

A Study of Formal and Informal Usages which are used Differently in German Language (Yangon University of Foreign Languages Research Journal 2011, vol.3, No.1)
Nay Zin Kyaw*, Tsu Thondayi New**
Abstract

This paper is a study of some formal and informal usages of German language in different situations. While studying these usages, different ways of greeting and language used in classroom situation are focused. In German language, there are elecen kinds of greeting words to greet with each other and eight ways of bidding farewell. In studying this paper, the students who are studying German language will have knowledge to use the formal and informal usages, which are used differently, appropriately according to the situation.

 

A Contrastive Analysis of Affixation System between German and Myanmar (Yangon University of Foreign Languages Research Journal 2014, vol.6, No.1)
Cherry Soe Lwin*, Tsu Thondayi Nwe**, Nay Zin Kyaw ***
Abstract

In this paper, Affixation System of German and Myanmar are analyzed. In this study, German and Myanmar words are described by adding the prefix, interfix and suffix. This paper includes the distinctive form of German and Myanmar affixes. The affixes play the different role in German and Myanmar language. So some affixation systems are studied together with the example words taken from two languages. This paper focuses prefixes, interfixes and suffixes. Descriptive and comparative methods are used in this study.

 

A Study of the Role of Media that Develop the Speaking Skills and Listening Skills (Mandalay University of Foreign Languages Research Journal 2015, vol.6, No.1)
Myint Myint Aye*, Ei Ei Khaing**, Nay Zin Kyaw***, Swe New Mmwe****
Abstract

This paper presents the role of media used in teaching the speaking skill and the listening skill of German language as a foreign language. Media play an important role in teaching a foreign language. With the rise of advanced technology, language teaching is getting more and more effective. This paper aims at effective teaching through the appropriate use of modern media based on the course books prepared in line with the changes of times. By using the media as teaching facilities in teaching, it was found out that students not only showed more interest in learning but also actively took part in classroom activities.

 

A Study of Translation Errors Made by Third Year German Specialization Students at Yangon University of Foreign Languages (Yangon University of Foreign Languages Research Journal 2020 June, Vol.11, No.2)
Nay Zin Kyaw*, Wai Mar Myint**
Abstract

The module “Translation and Interpretation Skills- I” is one of the core courses for third year German specialization students (B 1.1) at YUFL in their first semester. The ability to translate is a language skill that has to be mastered. Here, the students should know that the mother language is very important for translation. German specialization students make errors when they translate German texts into Myanmar. Therefore, an analysis of translation errors is needed to find solutions to these problems. The type of this research was descriptive and quantitative research which used error analysis procedures to classify and analyze the students’ error. The aims of this study were to observe types of translation errors in translating texts from German into Myanmar, to determine the types of translation errors that are most common, to find out the causes of errors and to appreciate their mother language. The results of this study will help languages teachers and learners to improve translation teaching and learning. The participants were 80 third year German specialization students at Yangon University of Foreign Languages. The data were collected from the students’ translated texts. Translation problems and causes of errors were solved by using survey. The data were analyzed by considering by percentage and content analysis. The result shows that the most frequent translation errors are morphology errors. The causes of errors found in this study included carelessness, lack of vocabulary, and anxiety. This Study can be provided in student’s translation skills.
Keywords: error analysis, translation errors and morphology errors, translation assessment

 

• 2004 – 2007 BA (German), YUFL
• 2008 Certificate in Basic Diplomatic Skills, MOFA
• 2009-2010 Diploma in English, MUFL
• 2011 – 2012 MA Q (German), YUFL
• 2013 – 2015 MA (German) YUFL

• 04.09.2009 – 30.11.2011 worked as Tutor at German Department in Mandalay University of Foreign Languages
• 05.12.2011- 11.08.2016 worked as Tutor at German Department in Yangon University of Foreign Languages
• 12.08.2016 – 01.12.2019 worked as Assistant Lecturer at German Department in Yangon University of Foreign Languages
• 02.12.2019 – today work as Lecturer at German Department in Yangon University of Foreign Languages

Participation in Committees of YUFL

• 18.08.2014-28.08.2014 Training on Teaching Methodology for German Language Teachers, Indonesia, Jakarta
• 03.08.2020-30.10.2020 Online Training on Teachers’ Competence Improvement
• 26.07.2021-20.08.2021 Online Sommersprachkurs Deutsch als Fremdsprache

• (2012) A Study of Adverbs of Manner in German and Myanmar
• (2017) A Study of Speech Act for Directives in the German Language (အကောင်းဆုံးသုတေသနဆု၊ ၂၀၁၇)

A Contrastive Study of Adverbs of Manner in German and Myanmar
Daw Thang Khan Dim*, Daw Lei Mon Maung Maung**, Daw Sein U Swe***
* Lecturer, Department of German, Yangon University of Foreign Languages

** Tutor, Department of German, Yangon University of Foreign Languages

*** Tutor, Department of German, Yangon University of Foreign Languages

Abstract
This paper contrasts adverbs of manner in Myanmar and German. The data from grammar books in Myanmar and German, prescribed books, particularly those on Myanmar grammar, and Internet websites are collected. The data obtained are contrasted and analyzed.

 

A STUDY OF SPEECH ACT FOR DIRECTIVES IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE
Daw Thang Khan Dim*, Daw Lei Mon Maung Maung**, Daw Sein U Swe***
* Lecturer, Department of German, Yangon University of Foreign Languages

** Assistant Lecturer, Department of German, Yangon University of Foreign Languages

*** Assistant Lecturer, Department of German, Yangon University of Foreign Languages

Abstract

The basic concept to learn in Speech Act is that a speaker who makes an utterance has the purpose of referring to one action or performance. In this paper, we aim to study the utterances, and about directives such as confirming what is right or wrong about something, questioning, making commands and requests with the use of speech act. Moreover, the understanding of directives by undergraduate students in Second Year and Fourth Year, specializing in German language is analyzed and the findings are discussed and presented in this paper.

 

Types of Linguistic Losses in Georg Noack’s German Translation of Myanmar Short Story “အသုံးမကျတဲ့မိန်းမ”
Thang Khan Dim¹ , Sein U Swe² , Lei Mon Maung Maung^3
1 Associate Professor and Head, Department of German, Yangon University of Foreign Languages

² Lecturer, Department of German, Yangon University of Foreign Languages

³ Lecturer, Department of German, Yangon University of Foreign Languages

Abstract

The present study uses a Myanmar short story “အသုံးမကျတဲ့မိန်းမ” and its German translation text “die nutzlose Frau”. The Myanmar short story “အသုံးမကျတဲ့မိန်းမ” is written by “Min Lu” in 1995 and its German translation “die nutzlose Frau” by Georg Noack is published in 2009. The investigated short story was collected from the Myanmar short stories book “လမ်းဖြတ်ကူးသော ဝတ္ထုတိုများ (that are crossing the road)”. Based on theories of translation both of texts are examined, compared, analyzed and described to highlight some semantic, syntactic and cultural losses for translating the short story “die nutzlose Frau” by Georg Noack (2009) and to identify the other features (similarities or differences) in the translation. The study discovered losses occurring in the translating of the literary text. Not only 3 types of losses but also other interesting points were also found because of different society, literature and, selected contemporary short story by translator. It’s figured out that target language readers also get to know Myanmar’s society, economic situation, culture, and also learn about slang used in the 1995s.