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922-055 RMIT: Thai 1A | |
Note | Formerly available as 920-178. Students who have completed 920-178 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 1st year |
Credit Points | 18.75 |
Coordinator | Allan Trigellis-Smith |
Prerequisites | None |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | Three 1-hour lectures and two 1-hour tutorials and a 1-hour practical language class per week |
Subject Description | This subject is designed as an introduction to modern standard Thai. Students are expected to quickly gain a mastery of the five tones, vowel sounds and regular Thai graphemes. Elementary language related to common situations in daily life is taught and students are made aware of the influence of social factors on the language. Students who complete this subject should have gained a mastery of the five tones in Thai as well as be able to recognise and produce Thai vowels, be able to understand elementary language related to common situations in daily life and have begun cultivating an awareness of social factors in relation to the language covered. |
Assessment | Oral/aural and written class tests and homework, and a 1000-word cultural assignment, and a 10-minute oral/aural test, and a 2-hour examination. |
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