THAI

Linguistics 19 Syllabus

 

PURPOSE:  Speaking conversational Thai.

 

MATERIAL ASSIGNED:

M. Haas and H. Subhanka, Spoken Thai, Spoken Language Services, Inc. (STH).

LL Call No.: PL/4163/H3165

 

RESTRICTION: None

 

WARNING:  Beginning with Unit 13, there are no tapes available.

 

MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF CREDIT AVAILABLE: 4 units

 

METHOD OF STUDY:

At the beginning of the course, listen twice through the STH to familiarize yourself with the pronunciation

of Thai.  For each lesson,

1.      Listen to the entire dialogue while following the English translation in the book to tell you what the

foreign sentences mean.

2.      Listen again while following the foreign transcription to help you with details in the pronunciation.

3.  Listen again with the book half-closed—look inside only when you need reminders about the meaning

or pronunciation.

4.  Replay individual phrases and say them aloud without referring to the book if possible. Imitate the

voice on tape as closely as you can. Replay and repeat each phrase, then add phrases together to build a

full sentence. Continue to build phrases into sentences in this way, until you can say the complete

sentence easily and in unison with the tape while understanding what you are saying. Use the book only

for occasional reference.

5.  Say the sentences of the dialogue along with the speaker on the tape again and again until you can

produce the foreign sentences easily and quickly given only the English ones as cues.

 

EXAMINATION:

Supervisor says the English version of sentences chosen at random from conversations in the assigned

material; the student says the Thai equivalent.  The grade is based on both fluency and accuracy.  All

exams are 30 minutes. Final is not cumulative.

 

ASSIGNMENT:

Spoken Thai (STH)

Block 1: STH Units 1-5, 7, 8

Block 3: STH Units 16-17, 19-22

Block 2: STH Units 9-11, 13-15

Block 4: STH Units 23, 25-29

 

 

2 Units                                                                                                            4 Units

STUDY TIME=6 hrs/wk                                                                                  STUDY TIME= 12 hrs/wk

MIDTERM= Block 1                                                                                       MIDTERM= Blocks 1 & 2

FINAL= Block 2                                                                                             FINAL= Blocks 3 & 4