- 400 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Colloquial Thai
About this book
Colloquial Thai: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Thai as it is written and spoken today.
Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Thai in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Colloquial Thai is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout.
Key features include:
A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar
An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises
Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations
Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Thailand.
An overview of the sounds of Thai
Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Thai is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Thai.
Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Transliteration used in this book
- 1 Making contact
- 2 Finding out
- 3 Going places
- 4 Shopping
- 5 Socialising
- 6 Personal details
- 7 Look at that!
- 8 Out and about
- 9 Getting to know someone
- 10 Making plans
- 11 Sorting things out
- 12 Past adventures and hopes for the future
- 13 What does it mean?
- 14 On the phone
- 15 Good news, bad news
- Grammar summary
- How to write Thai letters
- Sample dialogues in Thai script
- English translations of dialogues for Units 6 to 15
- Key to exercises
- Thai–English glossary
- English–Thai glossary
- Index
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