THAI LANGUAGE 2 MOD.1

Mandatory course of the B.A. program in Languages, Cultures and Societies of Asia and North Africa with Southeast Asia.

Knowledge and comprehension
Complete knowledge of basic grammar structures of Thai language, Level A2
Knowledge and understanding of grammar structures
Ability to use grammar structures, tones and reading/writing
Identify different basic grammar structures
Define different grammar structures and constructions, syllables structure and tone and grammar pheomena studied during the course, on the basis of the syntactical analysis ability acquired during the course
A2 level of CEFR: He/she can understand sentences and frequently-used expressions related to the areas of experience most immediately relevant to him/her (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, places of interest, employment, etc.).
He/she can communicate in simple, everyday tasks requiring no more than a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.
He/she can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her past, environment and matters related to his/her immediate needs.

Having successfully completed the course THAI 1. (LT7070)

Every week, students will be introduced to new grammatical elements, writing, reading, syntax up to A2 level with written texts, videos or other material proposed by the teacher.

Mandatory Books

Songkran Bunjarat - Mario Sabattini, Grammatica essenziale della lingua thai, Venezia, Cafoscarina, 2017

Further readings:
Yuphaphan Hoongchamlong. 2007. Thai Language and Culture for Beginners 1. Distrubuted by University of Hawai’i Press
Smyth, D. 2002. Thai: An Essential Grammar. London and New York: Routledge

The course teachers may provide other materials either in person or via Moodle.

written test with open questions and multiple answer questions on phonetics, wrtiting, reading and tone. One hour written test (Mod.1 )

Class with written and spoken exercises.

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