Speak Thai with confidence
 The ability to communicate in Thai is a high priority for many foreigners in Thailand. From the basics of ordering food and telling the time, through to extended conversation and fluency, Thai language courses at Elite are designed to help build skills in core areas as well as focus on areas of personal interest. The Thai language program at Elite is arranged into four levels:
- Foundation
- Elementary
- Pre-intermediate
- Intermediate
Students are able to either begin studying at the Foundation level and work their way through the program, or are able to begin studying at a level that represents their existing ability.
Students are able to complete a free placement test if they are at a level other than Foundation.
Program Structure
With each level of study consisting of 40 hours of study, the program is designed to take the student from little or no ability to communicate in spoken and written Thai, to a level where students can understand and speak Thai with confidence in a range of social situations, and be able to read and write simple Thai.
Instructors
Elite's Thai language instructors are all professional graduates with teaching experience, and use the most effective course books and materials available. They employ a variety of techniques to make the classes as interesting and practical as possible, and to ensure that the learning experience is relevant to each students needs. Classes can include multimedia materials such as radio broadcasts, television and video sources as well as role-play, coursework and conversation.
Course outlines
Although each course is tailored to suit the needs of the students, the following are general guides to the language points covered at each level:
Foundation - 40 hours
- Greetings and introductions
- Tone manipulation
- Basic pronunciation rules
- Numbers
- The calendar
- Time
- Telephone
- Questions and asking for information
- Food and hotel language
- Basic grammar
- Talking about occupations
- Common situations, including: taxi, bank, post office, shopping
Elementary - 40 hours
- Elementary grammar
- Tone and pronunciation extension
- Apologizing
- Likes and hobbies
- Addresses, place
- Directions
- The use of 'hai'
- Requests
- Ability
- Fruits
- Comparing
- Home language
- Talking about the past, present and future
- More commonly encountered situations; school, embassy, shopping
Pre-intermediate - 40 hours
- Grammar extension
- Tone and pronunciation practice
- Everyday activities
- Talking about personal history
- Socializing
- Business language
- Formal and informal modes
- Extension of comparisons, directions, descriptions, telephoning and time languge
- Obligation
- Conditionals
- Describing feelings and emotions
- Modal verbs: permission, possibility and arrangements
- Passive voice
- Linking ideas and events
- Colors
- Comprehension
- Antonym
- Degrees of adjectives
- Prepositions
- Role play
- Extension of restaurant and hotel language
- Noun classifiers
Intermediate - 40 hours
Contact Us
For more information about learning Thai courses, including a course quotation, please contact Elite today on 02 6379400 Double A Book Tower 8th Floor 122 Sathorn Nua Bangrak Bkk 10500 email sales@eliteinstitute.com |
