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Thai Pre-Intermediate Course
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Key information
Key information
- Duration
- 1 term per sub-level; 10 weeks per term
- Attendance mode
- Part-time, online live session/blended learning
Course overview
Course aim
This course aims to build on the knowledge and skills gained during the Elementary level. Students will do extensive reading about topics such as Thai food, university education and Thai politics. The course aims to build a more extensive vocabulary and improve all four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). As the course progresses, it aims to provide you with further confidence and vocabulary to discuss more complex topics, write and read more challenging texts in the language. This course is delivered by the Language Centre.
Method
All texts are provided in Thai script and come with lists of useful vocabulary. Students will also learn conversational skills by acting out situational role-plays such as booking flights, seeing a doctor or attending a job interview. You are expected to attend regularly, participate in class and complete homework regularly to ensure learning progress. You will receive regular feedback from your tutor.
The course objectives will be achieved within the 10-week course. This will be achieved through 20 hours of blended learning: this is composed of 15 hours of online structured lessons with the teacher. This is supplemented by a minimum of 5 hours of guided independent learning supported by complementary material and regular feedback from the tutor.
Material
Thai Pre-Intermediate materials are provided by the teacher.
Entry requirements and progression route
To join any of the Thai Pre-Intermediate courses, you should have completed Elementary 1-3 at SOAS Language Centre or have an equivalent knowledge of Thai. The progression route from Thai Pre-Intermediate 1 is to Thai Pre-Intermediate 2; from Pre-Intermediate 2 to Pre-Intermediate 3. Upon successful completion of Thai Pre-Intermediate 3 you will be able to progress to the Intermediate level course in Thai.
Please note, that each term, courses are subject to quorum requirements.
For course dates and information, please see our timetables
Structure
Thai Pre-Intermediate 1
By the end of the course, you should be able to:
- talk about your hobbies in more depth
- describe your feelings and personality
- link sentences together using conjunctions
- describe your working environment
- talk about shopping
- talk about your family members
- describe your home
- use the passive voice
- talk about doing things for others
- talk about having others do things for you
Thai Pre-Intermediate 2
By the end of the course, you should be able to:
- talk about some political topics
- make more use of connective words (if, therefore, however)
- attend a job interview
- instruct an employee
- use the passive voice appropriately (e.g., “I was bitten by a dog” vs. “A dog bit me”)
- use classifiers more accurately
Thai Pre-Intermediate 3
By the end of the course, you should be able to:
- turn verbs/adjectives into nouns
- describe a house in detail as talking to an interior designer
- discuss buying or renting a property in Thailand
- complain about a faulty product
- use a wide variety of time phrases
- describe your language learning experience
The above is an indication of content that may be covered over the duration of the course but it could vary depending on the level and progress of students in the class.
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See the full list of Language Centre short courses in Thai on the Thai homepage
