There are five essential mini projects we have learned and worked on the last seven weeks. Those project is a skill in Khmer everyone needs to become a better writer, reader, speaker and listener.
- The first topic we studied about was composing a formal speech to many audiences. Performing a formal speech in Cambodia is tough since the language needed to respect the structure of the culture and the ranking of the audiences. We can’t just express hello and introduce the speech, it includes many more protocols we have to follow to make the speech become eligible. The text below is an example:
| ជាបឋមខ្ញុំបាទសូមថ្ចាយបង្គំ សម្ដេចព្រះអគ្គមហាសង្ឃរាជាធិបតី សម្ដេចព្រះសង្ឃរាជ ព្រះសង្ឃរាជជាគណៈ និងព្រះថេរានុថេរៈជាទីសកា្ករៈដ៏ខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់បំផុត ។ |
| សូមគោរពបង្គំថ្វាយសម្ដេចព្រះករុណាព្រះអង្គម្ចាស់ជីវិតតម្កល់លើត្បូង ព្រះបាទសម្ដេចព្រះនរោត្តមសីហមុនី ព្រះមហាក្សត្រនៃព្រះរាជាណាក្សកម្ពុជាជាទីសការៈដ៏ខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់បំផុត ។ |
- Similar to writing in English, transitional words and phrase are very important in writing, since it helps to improve the context of the essay and make the writing flow much better. There is a lot of Khmer’s transitional words, therefore it is essential for us to remember and become familiar with those words. Choosing the ideal words is also very important in writing because some of the words will not suit to the context. The text below is same example:
| ម្យាងវិញទៀត
យ៉ាងណាក៏ដោយ ជាមួយគ្នានេះដែរ |
តាមពិតទៅ
មិនត្រឹមតែប៉ុណ្ណោះ អាស្រ័យហេតុនេះ |
ជាងនេះទៅទៀត
ដូច្នេះហើយ ទោះបីជា |
- Being able to take relevant notes is a very useful skill to have in life. Even though, Khmer is our first language, but still it is so hard to take important notes, especially when the speaker speaks very fast. To improve this skill, the learning facilitator, Nen Sokha, had us do a small exercise, which was listen to an 15 minutes interview and write a summarized for one to two minutes long. That task was tough because deleting important information is hard, sometimes I can’t decide between which is important and useless notes. The text below is a small peak on our summarize:
ឯកឧត្តម សាយ សំអាល់ជារដ្ឋមន្រ្តីក្រសួងបរិស្ថានបានជួបសម្ភាសដោយ លោកកៃ គឹមសុង និពន្ធនាយកដ្ឋាននៃការសែតភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្ដ ទាំងទងអំពីបញ្ហាការកាប់ព្រៃឈើ និងការប្រែប្រួល អាកាសធាតុ ។ឯកឧត្តមបានមានប្រសាសន៍ថា ចលករដែលធ្វើឲ្យប្រទេសកម្ពុជាមានការអភិវឌ្ឍន៍នោះគឺប្រភពថាមពល ។ ប្រទេសយើងមិនអាចឈានទៅមុខបានទេបើយើងពឹងផ្អែកទៅលើ ថាមពលដែលនាំចូលមកពីប្រទេសជិតខាងទាំងស្រុងនោះ ។ លើសពីនេះទៀត ឯកឧត្តមបាន ប្រកាន់នូវទស្សនៈមួយថា “ខ្លួនទីពឹងខ្លួន” ។