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Quote DemiPuppet Replybullet Posted: 24 October 2008 at 7:33pm
Tapes for all the FSI courses are available from the US government. They ship to overseas destinations.

www.ntis.gov

Search for "Contemporary Cambodian" on the "product search page"

Beginning Courses:
Cambodian Basic Volume 2: 29 tapes
Contemporary Cambodian: Introduction: 54 tapes

Advanced Contemporary Cambodian Courses:
The Land and the Economy: 14 tapes
The Social Institutions: 15 tapes
Political Institutions: 15 tapes

All of the above are before the time of the Khmer Rouge and are somewhat out of date. They were recorded in the early-mid 70's and probably sound excellent.



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Quote raincrowlee Replybullet Posted: 25 October 2008 at 4:57pm
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I've been away from the site for a while and just found out that you added these downloads. Thank you very much for your hard work and dedication. I for one am happy that you've completed the Swahili course and added the audio for Vietnamese and Thai.
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Quote Zonker Replybullet Posted: 25 October 2008 at 11:19pm
Originally posted by daristani

Zonker, I don't know about audio for Contemporary Cambodian, but Dunwoody Publications, in the US, produces some materials for Cambodian, with audio.  Their Cambodian page is here:  http://www.dunwoodypress.com/search.php?tpl=17&catid=7&searchname=cambodian&submit.x=3&submit.y=20&submit=GO

 
 
Thanks for the reply. I am aware of the Dunwoody courses, but am uncertain about the quality of these, and of the degree of overlap with FSI and the Huffman program. They are not in any library here, and I noticed some correspondents ont the HTLAL website were somewhat unhappy with ordering from Dunwoody. I'd be keen to hear from anyone who has used these, or who could advise whether they are substantial revisions of FSI/DSI material.
 
Originally posted by DemiPuppet

Tapes for all the FSI courses are available from the US government. They ship to overseas destinations.

www.ntis.gov

Search for "Contemporary Cambodian" on the "product search page"

Beginning Courses:
Cambodian Basic Volume 2: 29 tapes
Contemporary Cambodian: Introduction: 54 tapes

Advanced Contemporary Cambodian Courses:
The Land and the Economy: 14 tapes
The Social Institutions: 15 tapes
Political Institutions: 15 tapes

All of the above are before the time of the Khmer Rouge and are somewhat out of date. They were recorded in the early-mid 70's and probably sound excellent.
 
Thanks for the tip. Hadn't spotted these in previous searches.
 
Much appreciated.
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Quote daristani Replybullet Posted: 26 October 2008 at 7:35pm
Zonker, I haven't ever used, or even seen, the Dunwoody Cambodian materials, and so I can't comment on them directly.  I have bought a number of books and some audio materials from Dunwoody in languages I'm more interested in, such as the Turkic and Iranian languages.  Without exception, they've been of very high physical quality, i.e., true hardcover books on good quality paper and very tight binding.  Truly, the ones I've seen look as if they'd last almost forever.  In terms of content, they vary in accord with the writers; the Kurmanji Kurdish dictionary is not very good, but the reader in the same dialect is excellent. 

So in a sense I feel confident in "vouching for" the company in general, in stating that I don't think their prices are overly high in terms of the physical quality of the books, especially in light of the very small market that most of these books have. 

Your hesitation re the substance of the Cambodian materials is certainly justified, though, especially if they might be reworkings (or even copies) of materials you're already aware of.  I don't know how many people on this board study Cambodian; my impression is that a fair number of people just come to the site to download materials, and don't bother to register in the forum or even to read it, so you may not have much luck in getting comments from anyone here.  If there are forums elsewhere more specifically devoted to Southeast Asian languages, or even Cambodian, you might have better luck posting questions there.  In any event, good luck with your studies.
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Quote Zonker Replybullet Posted: 30 October 2008 at 7:16pm
Daristani, thanks for the comments about the Dunwoody materials, which I find reassuring. I'll request info on the nature of the program (whether it is identical to or a significant revision of DSI/FSI program) and may then go ahead and purchase it - once the $US/AUS exchange rate becomes more reasonable again!
 
Thanks also for the encouraging remarks. 
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Quote DemiPuppet Replybullet Posted: 24 December 2008 at 7:02pm
I've added "Contemporary Cambodian Glossary" to the first post as well as to fsi-language-courses.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=692. The listed link also includes files uploaded by other people.

A far superior dictionary is available from SEAlang:

sealang.net/khmer/dictionary.htm


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Quote Zonker Replybullet Posted: 26 December 2008 at 4:43am
Thanks for the new Cambodian material: very much appreciated.
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Quote DemiPuppet Replybullet Posted: 26 December 2008 at 7:52am
Note to anyone lives in the Chicago area:

The PoplarCreek Library apparently has the government published audio tapes for the following courses still not on this site:

Contemporary Cambodian Introduction
Cambodian Basic Volume 2
Programmed Italian

The Chicago Public Library has the following audio:

Fula Basic
Chinyanja Basic
Swahili, an active introduction: geography
Swahili, an active introduction: general conversation.
Modern Written Arabic
Kirundi


The nearby Milwaukee public library system also has most of the missing African language courses.



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Quote ThaGreatGonzo Replybullet Posted: 26 December 2008 at 2:15pm
Anyone have a lead on Kituba Audio ?
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