400 Pages
by Routledge

400 Pages
by Routledge

Colloquial Thai: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Thai as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Thai... Read more

Introduction

Transliteration used in this book

1 Making contact

2 Finding out

3 Going places

4 Shopping

5 Socialising

6 Personal details

7 Look at that!

8 Out and about

9 Getting to know someone

10 Making plans

11 Sorting things out

12 Past adventures and hopes for the future

13 What does it mean?

14 On the phone

15 Good news, bad news

Grammar summary

How to write Thai letters

Sample dialogues in Thai script

English translations of dialogues for Units 6 to 15

Key to exercises

Thai-English glossary

English-Thai glossary

Index

Biography

John Moore is a former Director of the Diplomatic Service Language Centre at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, now resident in Thailand.  He was the main author of the 1st edition and also co-authored Colloquial Vietnamese.

He has lost contact with his 1st edition co-author, Saowalak Rodchue (whom we have had no success in tracking down), so will be preparing the 2nd edition alone.