Khmer I is the first part of a four-part elementary course sequence in Khmer offered through the Five College Center for World Languages. The course format includes intensive independent study, small group conversation sessions led by a peer conversation partner, and an evaluation by an outside evaluator. Students studying Khmer develop speaking and listening skills needed for study abroad in Cambodia and engagement with Khmer-speaking communities, and to support course work in Southeast Asian Studies and other academic, vocational, and personal goals.