PDF pending restorationERIC Number: ED057710
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1971-Nov
Pages: 159
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Thai 18-Week Course: Volume II, Lesson 11-20.
Defense Language Inst., Washington, DC.
The second of a six-volume series in an 18-week intensive language training course prepared by the Defense Language Institute contains classroom materials for 10 units of instruction. The course, consisting of 60 lessons and accompanying tape recordings together with an "Introduction to Thai Script" and a -Glossary," is designed to train native English speakers to level 1 proficiency in speaking, understanding, and reading. Basic structural patterns of Thai are introduced with vocabulary that is generally useful for Americans in Thailand. The lessons are structured around dialogues, grammar review, pronunciation and substitution drills, comprehension exercises, vocabulary lists, and response drills. Lessons 11 through 20 concern: (1) languages, (2) the toilet, (3-4) directions, (5) Who's that?, (6) taxi bargaining, (7) making change, (8) telephone conversations, (9) time, and (10) an invitation to go sightseeing. (RL)
Descriptors: Advanced Programs, Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Basic Skills, Grammar, Instructional Materials, Intensive Language Courses, Language Instruction, Language Learning Levels, Language Patterns, Reading Skills, Sino Tibetan Languages, Textbooks, Thai, Translation, Writing Exercises, Writing Skills
Director, Defense Language Institute, Department of the Army, U.S. Naval Station, Anacostia Annex, Washington, D.C. 20390 (With specific permission)
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Sponsor: Department of Defense, Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Defense Language Inst., Washington, DC.
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