The Thai Handbook is a comprehensive guide to Thai conversation and grammar featuring the basic vocabulary and phrases needed in daily interaction with Thai speakers. Based on numerous examples of dialogue, the book systematically introduces practical phrases that are useful in most situations of everyday life, and step by step explains the relevant grammar that enables you to start constructing sentences more freely.
The book also contains a thorough guide to pronunciation of the consonants, vowels and tones plus the available audio files enable you to practice how to pronunciate the vocabulary and phrases. In addition, the book has plenty of exercises designed to help you master the tones and apply the grammar correctly. All of these features makes The Thai Handbook an ideal choice as your first textbook, and by following the instructions and using the audio you can learn how to speak Thai at an intermediate level with minimal supervision of an instructor.
No prior knowledge of the Thai language is required and the book aims to give you the necessary spoken proficiency before moving on to learn the Thai alphabet and writing system.
The book contains:
The Thai Handbook by Christian Stampe Jensen, published by Thai Language Academy.
240 pages, including introduction, appendices and index.
ISBN.: 978-87-996054-46 (ebook edition).
File size 5 MB (audio files must be downloaded separately).
The Thai Handbook is also available in print (paperback).
To order, please go to www.thai-language-academy.net.
Lesson 1 and the Table of Contents from The Thai Handbook are available for preview.
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