THAI LANGUAGE MOD.2

This is one of the core courses within the China/Japan/Korea curricula of the Corso di Laurea in "Lingue, Culture e Società dell'Asia e dell'Africa Mediterranea".

In this module the students will deepen their knowledge of basic language structures. The students will learn how to introduce themselves, ask and reply to simple questions about personal life, family and everyday situations.

nowledge and comprehension
Complete knowledge of basic grammar structures of Thai language, Level A1
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 phneomena studied during the course, on the basis of the syntactical analysis ability acquired during the course

Confindent knowledge and use of alphabet, reading, writing and tonal system.

introduce oneself
personal interest
family
numbers and time
clauses and sentences
topic of sentences
how to use a dictionary
analysis of written texts

Mandatory Books

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

Optional Books

Ampai No One, Dizionario Thailandese Italiano / Italiano Thailandese, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2006
David K. Wyatt, Thailand, A Short History, 2nd Ed., New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2003
William J.Klausner, Reflections on Thai Culture, Bangkok, The Siam Society, 1993
Herbert P. Phillips, Modern Thai Literature with an Ethnographic Interpretation, Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 1987
Kamala Tiyavanich, Forest Recollections: Wandering Monks in Twentieth-Century Thailand,Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 1997
Robert J. Muscat, The Fifth Tiger: A Study of Thai Development Policy, LOndon-New York, Routledge, 2015
Surat Osathanugrah, Vanishing Bangkok, Bangkok, Sawasdee Publishing House, 2001
Niels Mulder, Inside Thai Society, Bangkok, Duang Kamol, 1990
Klaus Wenk, Thai Literature: An Introduction, Bangkok, White Lotus, 1995

Candidates should answer to simple questions in thai regarding personal facts such as name, surname, age, origin, birth date and other topics as discussed during classes. There might be some questions and translation of simple sentences from italian into Thai and vice versa, all regarding the topics discussed during classes. 1 hour test.

Class with written and spoken exercises.

written