A.U.A. Language Center Thai Course, Book 1 [Paperback]

J. Marvin Brown (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0877275068 | ISBN-13: 978-0877275060 | Publication Date: April 1, 1974

Volume 1-3 include extensive grammar, dialogue, and conversations, as well as tone distinction, manipulation, and identification. This SEAP Language text has accompanying audio tapes, available separately from: The Language Resource Center, Tape Sales, Room G11, Noyes Lodge, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-4701. Tel:[phone]

Product Details

• Paperback: 267 pages
• Publisher: Cornell University Southeast Asia Program Publications (April 1, 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877275068
• ISBN-13: 978-0877275060
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #646,368 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for all potential learners of Thai language, December 29, 1999

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David Conquest (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A.U.A. Language Center Thai Course, Book 1 (Paperback)

This book is the first in a 6 book set that starts from very basic Thai right through to upper intermmediate/experienced. The major reasons that make this set of books the best I've seen and used are as follows: 1, very well structured logical progression. 2, Use of IPA phonetics 3, Use of Thai script from page one 4, Use of useful language (you can actually use it!) 5, Use of colloquial Thai (book 4 'Small Talk') 6, Use of many styles of hand written Thai and not only typed script. (very useful!)

If you are looking for a book on Thai language this is definitely the book I would recommend. When I picked up this book I knewonly a couple of words in Thai, now I am quite fluent.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great course, February 1, 2001

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michael matweyou iii (uniontown, ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A.U.A. Language Center Thai Course, Book 1 (Paperback)

I studied this couse while in Thailand and can attest to it's effectiveness. As there is only one other review I thought a second might be helpful to an aspiring Thai learner. This course is for serious students though. Expect to spend about 100 hours+ per book and cassette pack. By the way... you must study with the tapes. It starts out with subject matter a little less useful than a guidebook because it presupposes that you are in it for the long haul and will pay your dues in order to REALLY learn Thai! But like I said "you need the tapes!" so here are the addresses if you can't find them on the net:U.S.+CANADA SEAP Publications, East Hill Plaza, Ithaaca, NY 14850 AUSTRALIA+NEW ZEALAND MIP Publications P.O. Box 416 Chatswood N.S.W. 2057 AUSTRALIA and from all other places THAI STUDIES DEPT> AUA Language Center 179 Rajadamri rd Bangkok 10330 Thailand

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you want to learn thai, buy these books, December 15, 2001

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Jon (Burke, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A.U.A. Language Center Thai Course, Book 1 (Paperback)

I've been learning Thai on and off for a while now. When I was in Chiang Mai, I took courses at the AUA there (they were very good), and they roughly followed these books for the classes. From looking around both here and in Thailand, they are really the ONLY comprehensive set of books that teaches english speakers how to speak thai. I also believe that the few college courses in america that teach thai also use these books.

The books were published a long time ago, but they still work fine. We had a laugh in book 2 during one of the exercises where they were arguing between 8 baht and 9 baht for a taxi ride (a.k.a. 18 cents or 20 cents nowadays)

I started with book 2 because I was already partially conversational. The books include vocabular, tone exercises, dialog practices, reading for comprehension, and how to read and write the thai characters. Each book contains perhaps 20 lessons. The lessons are not especially subject oriented (i.e. chapter 8 foods), but rather they are more a progression of words and sentance structures that are used most frequently.

Anyways, buy them, go to thailand and take the classes, have fun.