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School of Culture History and Language · ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Please direct course enquiries to Numtip.Lyons@anu.edu.au Thai 2 continues from Thai 1. In this course, students further develop their communicative, receptive, and productive skills of Thai. This course covers the topics of travelling and transportation, leisure activities, invitations, going to see a doctor, and Thai ways of life and festivities. Students will expand their grammatical use of more complex conjunctions, comparison, tenses indicators, and passive voice. Students will practise various skills through conversation on topics covered in class, translation exercises, and increased Thai language exposure through audio-visual media. Cultural issues in relation to language, cultural practice in daily life, and customs will also be included. By the end of the course, students will be able use a wider range of commonplace grammatical structures and communicate in a broader range of day-to-day situations.
Participation
Learning outcomes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Periodic quizzes
Learning outcomes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
Periodic homework
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Mid-semester assessment (The written conponent requires students to write 70 words in Thai.)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Final assessment (The written conponent requires students to write 120 words in Thai.)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
The total workload for the subject is 130 hours over 12 weeks of class and the examination period. Each week students are expected to study for 6 hours as follows: - 90 minutes, before online lecture, working on the written and audio materials for the week, and revising the written and spoken contents as well as vocabulary. - 180 minutes, participating in two 90-minute sessions via zoom - 90 minutes, completing weekly exercises. In addition, students are expected to spend at least 4 hours of individual study practising the week's written and spoken language forms, vocabulary, and reviewing feedback on their work. Other Information This course is 100% online. Proficiency equivalent: CEFR A1. On successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to engage at a Beginner level of Thai. Students with native speaker proficiency (may include cognate languages and dialects) must review the language proficiency assessment site and contact the CAP Student Centre for appropriate enrolment advice. Students with previous “language experience or exposure” are required to undertake a language proficiency assessment to ensure enrolment at the most appropriate level. Relevant past experience includes: - Previous study of the language (both formal and informal, for example but not limited to, at school, or, home, or through online activities, etc.) - Being exposed to the language in childhood via a family member or friend - Travel or living in a country where the language is spoken - The language being spoken in your home (even if you do not speak it yourself) Students who are not sure if they need to undertake a language proficiency assessment should seek advice from the course or language convenor. Students who intentionally misrepresent their language proficiency level may be investigated under the Academic Integrity Rule 2021 as having failed to comply with assessment directions and having sought unfair advantage. This may results in a penalty such as reduced grades or failure of the course. Students are not permitted to enrol in a language course below one that they have already successfully completed, except with permission of the language and/or course convenor. ---- As language courses are sequential, this may mean that students can only commence their language course in the following semester.
Details of the required text books will be published in the class summary. Supplementary materials will be provided on Wattle.