Spee Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Have enrolled in Thai language class at U. of London. Class starts this week. Can't wait to see how things go. The course textbook is Smythe's Teach Yourself Thai. I'm really hoping the course hits all aspects of language learning and not just basic phraseology. Are any UK-based folks enrolled or past students in the program? Does anyone know anything about the instructors there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_Pat_Pong Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Have enrolled in Thai language class at U. of London. Class starts this week. Can't wait to see how things go. The course textbook is Smythe's Teach Yourself Thai. I'm really hoping the course hits all aspects of language learning and not just basic phraseology. Are any UK-based folks enrolled or past students in the program? Does anyone know anything about the instructors there? Keep us informed as you move along in it Spee. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun Bob Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Hi - take it u mean SOAS - school of oriental and african studies ? I've been there for 1 year and am going back for intermediate course. Teacher we had produced her own material but it was all based on smythe's stuff - he also did the linguaphone course which is very good but v expensive too. be interested to know which evening u go on and what ur teachers name is... the begnners course i did last academic year was good - covered alot of useful situations - but as allways getting tones right is best 1 to 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boon Mee Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Spee~ Best of luck as well & study hard! บุญมี Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spee Posted October 5, 2004 Author Share Posted October 5, 2004 KB wrote: "Hi - take it u mean SOAS - school of oriental and african studies ?" Yep. "be interested to know which evening u go on and what ur teachers name is..." Will Pm you after things get going. "but as allways getting tones right is best 1 to 1." For sure, that and the writing are the keys. I'm hoping I will be able to find one or two similarly motivated classmates to work on things with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meadish_sweetball Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 KB wrote:"Hi - take it u mean SOAS - school of oriental and african studies ?" Yep. "be interested to know which evening u go on and what ur teachers name is..." Will Pm you after things get going. "but as allways getting tones right is best 1 to 1." For sure, that and the writing are the keys. I'm hoping I will be able to find one or two similarly motivated classmates to work on things with. Motivation is good, but to get the tones right, you should not rely on your classmates but only on live Thais who speak the language as their mother tongue. Just my advice after three years of Uni studies of Thai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spee Posted October 5, 2004 Author Share Posted October 5, 2004 Motivation is good, but to get the tones right, you should not rely on your classmates but only on live Thais who speak the language as their mother tongue. Just my advice after three years of Uni studies of Thai. Good point Meadish ! Well taken ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the scouser Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 Hi Spee, I studied at the SOAS classes from Sept. 97 to June 2000. I found them well taught. I believe that the teachers vary from year-to-year as some of them are students at the university. My class's was an American studying for his PhD. Scouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 Hi, Does anyone know the cost of the course? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinrada Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 Is that the college down besides the Lamb Pub in Lambs Conduit street? in Bloomsbury... I believe it comes under the umbrella of London University. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spee Posted October 5, 2004 Author Share Posted October 5, 2004 Is that the college down besides the Lamb Pub in Lambs Conduit street? in Bloomsbury...I believe it comes under the umbrella of London University. Correct on both counts. For the previous poster, the course cost is 228 GBP, or a little over $400 USD. If you want them to buy the Smythe book for you, then there is an added charge. All the relevant info is available at www.soas.ac.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haltes Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 I studied there for a year before carrying on my studies at Union Language school in Bangkok. They had 3 teachers there, one was a lecturer at Chiang Mai university before, another works for BBC world service Thai section, and the third I think was a student there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spee Posted October 9, 2004 Author Share Posted October 9, 2004 be interested to know which evening u go on and what ur teachers name is... I'm in the Saturday morning session. The instructor is a Thai linquist who goes by the nickname "Lek." She is of Issan/Lao heritage, but has been the UK long enough to move quickly from Thai style of thinking to western style of thinking. This helps in the understanding. I can already tell she will be good. As noted earlier, the course text is Smythe's Teach Yourself Thai, which I've had for several months already. So today's course intro was pretty basic, how to say hello, ask names, etc. However, in covering the basics, she has already given a couple of pointers on pronounciation and tone usage. She also nicely mixed in some interesting knowledge of Thai culture, history and customs. Already looking forward to next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun Bob Posted October 23, 2004 Share Posted October 23, 2004 Hi All - be nice to get some further feedback on this. I believe my teacher is from Chaing Mai University - Khru Uan - she is very good as well - mixes many things in one class - makes it fun and gets everybody involved. You might like to know that SOAS have a Thai society and I think that anyone can join - for further info see : SOAS Thai Soc There are some activities planned for Thursday October 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.png.3b3332cc2256ad0edbc2fe9404feeef0.png)
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now