This reader is intended for students who have learned the basic elements of the Shan language and want to improve their proficiency and gain experience in reading natural language. The reader contains twenty-four articles taken from issues of the newspaper Independence, published in the years 1991-1994. Each section is provided with its own vocabulary and notes. All the vocabulary entries are collected in a composite glossary. Also included is a short explanation of the Shan writing system.

1 90-min audio tapes included.