• Offered by School of Culture History and Language
  • ANU College ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
  • Classification Transitional
  • Course subject Thai
  • Areas of interest Asian Languages
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Chintana Sandilands
  • Mode of delivery Online or In Person
  • Co-taught Course
  • Offered in Second Semester 2014
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(a) grammar and drill on speech patterns
(b) oral and written comprehension
(c) conversation practice

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

 

By completing this unit the student will be able to:

  • talk about yourself, family and friends
  • describe people
  • describe leisure activities
  • make suggestions and arrangements
  • make more complex transactions to ask for information or as a consumer of goods and services
  • organise travel arrangements
  • describe educational background, qualifications, present course of study
  • describe daily routine
  • express wishes, hopes, sympathy, apology and appointment
  • give opinions about familiar or relevant topics
  • agree or disagree with opinions on familiar or relevant topics
  • listen to/ read short news items and signs
  • read a short narrative text
  • write a short narrative text
  • write a postcard or short personal letter

Indicative Assessment

Oral tests during the semester (40%), written assignments(30%), written mid-semester and final exam (30%). Graduate students attend joint classes with undergraduates but may expect more rigorous assessment and additional assignment work, tailored to the graduate students’ interests.

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Workload

5 class hours and 1 tutorial per week

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must have completed THAI6004 or 6102 or equivalent.

Prescribed Texts

Haas, M.R., Thai-English Students Dictionary, Stanford U Press.

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Students continuing in their current program of study will have their tuition fees indexed annually from the year in which you commenced your program. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee Description
1994-2003 $1218
2014 $2808
2013 $2808
2012 $2808
2011 $2778
2010 $2718
2009 $2670
2008 $2592
2007 $2298
2006 $2190
2005 $2190
2004 $1926
International fee paying students
Year Fee
1994-2003 $3402
2014 $3942
2013 $3942
2012 $3942
2011 $3942
2010 $3942
2009 $3816
2008 $3816
2007 $3816
2006 $3816
2005 $3816
2004 $3816
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
6834 21 Jul 2014 08 Aug 2014 31 Aug 2014 30 Oct 2014 In Person N/A

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