Hangin John G. Basic Course in Mongolian

Bloomington: Indiana University; The Hague: Mouton & Co., 1968. — 224 p. — (Uralic and Altaic series 73).Recent years have seen the publication in the West of a number of teaching materials for Mongolian languages, such as grammars, readers and structural analyses. In spite of these activities there has been no suitable textbook in the nature of a basic course undertaken for the all-important Khalkha dialect. This course was prepared in the hope of filling this need.
Therefore, the aim of this course is strictly pedagogical. It has been written to provide the student with a basic knowledge of the structure of the language and a vocabulary adequate for him to make practical use of both the spoken and written language within its limits.
The course consists of twenty-four units. The first twenty units each include a set of Basic Sentences based on a specific situation in the form of continued discourse. Occasionally, Notes to the Basic Sentences are provided to explain certain cultural features or idioms. Notes on Pronunciation are provided for the first three units where the phonemic system of the language is discussed. The Notes on Grammar of each unit explain the grammatical features of that unit at an appropriate stage of the course. Drills are provided for each unit and divided into substitution, response, selection, translation, conversation, etc. Short narrative material is included for units 8-20, based on basic sentences, to aid the students’ reading practice. The last four units are short reading materials with vocabulary designed to familiarize the student with modern Mongolian writing.