Books
Required and Optional

Required:
  • Marcus, Russell. English-Lao/Lao English Dictionary (Revised Edition, 2001.) Charles Tuttle, Publishers. Paperback. 424 pages. List price: $16.95. (Available on Amazon.com for $13.56.)(Also, Kerr's Lao-English Dictionary is highly recommended, but perhaps a bit expensive.)

  • Outhin Bounyavong. Bounheng Inversin, translator. 1999. Mother's Beloved. Seattle: University of Washington Press. A bilingual edition of a collection of short stories by a well-known Lao author. Hong Kong University Press: ISBN: 0295977361. Paperback. 198 pages. List price: $14.95 (Available on Amazon.com for $11.96.) Note: Both the Lao and the English versions of each story are provided in the text.
  • Optional:

  • Kerr, Allen. Lao-English Dictionary. Originally published in Washington, D.C. by American University Press, 1972. Currently publishing rights are held by White Lotus Publishers in Bangkok. Order from them through email at ande@loxinfo.co.th

  • Marcus, Russell. English-Lao/Lao English Dictionary (Revised Edition, 2001.) Charles Tuttle, Publishers. Paperback. 424 pages. List price: $16.95. (Available on Amazon.com for $13.56.) Though I prefer the Kerr dictionary.

  • Yates, Warren G. and Souksomboun Sayasithsena. 1995. Lao Basic Course. Paperback. 350 pages. Originally published by the Foreign Service Institute, this revised edition is available from Hippocrene Books: ISBN 0781804108. List price is $19.95.

  • Lao Primers, Grades 1, 2, and 3. Originally published by the Royal Lao Government, these primers were reprinted by Pragmatics, International and are available through the Hmong Bookstore in St. Paul, Minnesota. Since most publications prior to 1975 and some in the diaspora use the spelling system found in these texts, students need to be introduced to some materials written in this system, as well as materials using the current government's spelling system. These texts provide a basic introduction to this older system which is still in use by many adults educated in the earlier period.

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