Textbooks

Basic Khmer (CC BY)

This online interactive theme-based open textbook is for beginner learners of the Khmer language. This book aims to provide a practical introduction to speaking, listening, and reading. By the end of this course, students will be at the B1 level of the Common Framework for Language and at the low intermediate level on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) proficiency scales. Basic Khmer is funded by the Open Educational Resources Program at Michigan State University.

Intermediate Khmer (CC BY-NC)

This textbook was developed by the author’s firsthand experience teaching and designing Khmer language courses at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Language Centre in London. The book has nine chapters covering listening, speaking, reading, writing, and grammar, with interactive activities using H5P for prompt feedback. Each chapter offers a chapter summary that includes a list of functional expressions and a grammar summary and a practice section offers exercises and activities for students to continue practicing the target language or the chapter’s topic. Upon completion of this course, students will achieve a B2 level on the Common Framework for Language and a mid-intermediate level on the ACFTL proficiency scales.