UC Berkeley's Spring 2021 Intermediate Burmese class (100B) students interviews native Burmese speakers on hate speech, as part of their final assignment. This is the podcast of the project in English.

More on the instructor Kenneth Wong: https://sseas.berkeley.edu/people/kenneth-wong/

Kenneth Wong's personal blog:
https://kennethwongsf.blogspot.com/2021/07/a-lesson-on-hate-speech-using.html

A Lesson on Hate Speech

UC Berkeley's Spring 2021 Intermediate Burmese class (100B) students interviews native Burmese speakers on hate speech, as part of their final assignment. This is the podcast of the project in Burmese.

More on the instructor Kenneth Wong: https://sseas.berkeley.edu/people/kenneth-wong/

Kenneth Wong's personal blog:
https://kennethwongsf.blogspot.com/2021/07/a-lesson-on-hate-speech-using.html

A Lesson on Hate Speech in Burmese

To Wilt is to Bloom, an English translation of a poem by Maung Chaw Nwe, a Burmese poet

To Wilt is to Bloom by Maung Chaw Nwe

A recital of Burmese poet Maung Chaw Nwe's "After My Dinner with the Blue Star."

After My Dinner with the Blue Star by Chaw Nwe

Learn Burmese from Natural Conversation, Episode 1
with Kenneth Wong and Mol Mol (BLAY)
For vocabulary, go to: https://burmeselessons.blogspot.com/2021/10/episode-1-on-witches-wizards-and-nats.html

Burmese Natural Talk Episode 1: Witches, Wizards, and Nats

Dressmaker Rangoon, a Burmese poem by Maung Chaw Nwe, read by Kenneth Wong

Dressmaker Rangoon by Maung Chaw Nwe

Learn Burmese from Natural Conversation, Episode 1
with Kenneth Wong and Mol Mol (BLAY)
For vocabulary, go to: https://burmeselessons.blogspot.com/2021/11/episode-2-on-dating-and-courtship.html

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Burmese Natural Talk Episode 2: Dating and Courtship

Learn Burmese from Natural Conversation, Episode 3 with Kenneth Wong and Mol Mol (BLAY)
On teashop culture in Burma
For vocabulary, go to https://burmeselessons.blogspot.com/2021/12/episode-3-teashop-culture-in-burma.html

Burmese Natural Talk Episode 3: Teashop Culture

Learn Burmese from Natural Conversation, Episode 4 with Kenneth Wong and Mol Mol (BLAY)
On making -- and keeping -- new year resolutions
For vocabulary, go to https://burmeselessons.blogspot.com/2022/01/episode-4-what-is-your-new-year.html

Burmese Natural Talk Ep 4: New Year Resolution

Fearless Tiger, a poem by the late Hanthawaddy U Win Tin (NLD party), translated and read by Kenneth Wong

Fearless Tiger by Hanthawaddy U Win Tin

"Song" ("Tha-chin"), a Burmese poem by Tar Ya Min Wai, translated and read by Kenneth Wong

Song by Taya Min Wai

A Dead Poem, written by Taya Min Wai, translated from Burmese and read by Kenneth Wong

A Dead Poem by Taya Min Wai

"Harbor," a poem by Thukhamein Hlaing, translated from Burmese and read by Kenneth Wong. Burmese and English text at http://kennethwongsf.blogspot.com/2014/07/harbor-by-thukhamein-hlaing.html

Harbor By Thukhamein Hlaing

Traveling by Train, a Burmese poem by Tin Moe; translated and read by Kenneth Wong. The text of the poem is published at http://kennethwongsf.blogspot.com/2014/07/traveling-by-train-by-tin-moe.html

Traveling by Train by Tin Moe

The History of the Empty Chairs, by Kenneth Wong, a poem in Burmese and English, written to commemorate the 26th anniversary of Burma's 1988 student-led uprising. The text of the poem in both languages is published at http://kennethwongsf.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-history-of-empty-chairs-memorial.html

History of Empty Chairs

A poem for B.R. by Khin Aung Aye, translated by Kenneth Wong. The text of the poem is published at http://kennethwongsf.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-poem-for-br-by-khin-aung-aye.html

Poem for BR by Khin Aung Aye

"News People," an essay by Burmese satirist and humor writer Kan Chun, read by Kenneth Wong. Originally published in March 2003 in Shwe Mandalay Journal. ကံခြၽန္၏ "သတင္းလူ" (၂၄-၃-၂၀၀၃ ေ႐ႊမႏၱေလးဂ်ာနယ္) ကို Kenneth Wong ဖတ္သည္။

News People By Kan Chun

"First Love" and "Fallen Flowers Fit for Kings," poems by Maung Sein Win (Padigon), translated and read by Kenneth Wong, poems published at http://kennethwongsf.blogspot.com/2015/10/first-love-and-fallen-flowers-fit-for.html

First Love And Fallen Flowers By Maung Sein Win

Mid-River Love Exchange, a poem by Kyi Aye, read by Jennifer Barone (in English) and Khin Thiri Nanda (in Burmese). Translation and Burmese text of the poem posted at http://kennethwongsf.blogspot.com/2016/03/mid-river-love-exchange-by-kyi-aye.html

Midriver Love Exchange By Kyi Aye

Macbeth's "Tomorrow and tomorrow" soliloquy in contemporary everyday Burmese, translated and performed by Burmese-American writer and Burmese language instructor Kenneth Wong

Macbeth's soliloquy in Burmese

"A Letter for Nadi," a poem by Kenneth Wong, read in Burmese by Jane Eyre; in English by Kenneth Wong

A Letter for Nadi By Kenneth Wong Read By Jane

Each With Its Own Grace by Tin Moe, translated from Burmese by Kenneth Wong. Full text and translation at https://kennethwongsf.blogspot.com/2018/05/each-with-its-own-grace-by-tin-moe.html

Each with its own Grace

"Tell me if you find my voice" by Kenneth Wong, a poem in Burmese and English. For more, go to: https://kennethwongsf.blogspot.com/2019/02/i-lost-my-voice-and-found-poem.html

Looking for My Voice by Kenneth Wong

Once: A Poem in Memory of the 88 Uprising of Burma, written and recited in Burmese and English by Kenneth Wong

Text of the poem at http://kennethwongsf.blogspot.com/2020/08/once-poem-for-32nd-anniversary-of-1988.html

Once: A Poem in Memory of the 88 Uprising of Burma

Kenneth Wong, a Burmese American writer living in the U.S.

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