THAI LANGUAGE COURSES

Journey 1 – Everyday Thai for everyday life

The essential toolkit to help you survive in Thailand with real-life situations, roleplays & activities

Survival Thai

  1. Introducing yourself and asking basic questions
  2. Talking about family, age, and occupation
  3. Asking for directions and getting around town
  4. Ordering food, asking for prices, and shopping
  5. Navigating everyday situations with roleplays

Thai Fundamentals

  1. Thai sound system, numbers, and key expressions
  2. Yes/no questions and sentence patterns
  3. Using classifiers, adjectives, and demonstratives
  4. Describing people, places, and things
  5. Essential vocabulary for daily life in Thailand
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Journey 2 – Everyday Thai for everyday life

Establish key grammatical concepts in Thai and take the next step in your Thai endeavour

Survival Thai

  1. Discussing time, days, and making appointments
  2. Asking for help and using everyday services
  3. Describing health symptoms and experiences
  4. Explaining meanings, reasons, and life events
  5. Expressing opinions and handling conversations

Thai Grammar

  1. Time expressions, tense markers, and frequency
  2. Reporting speech and making comparisons
  3. Describing emotions, personality, and appearance
  4. Using quantifiers, conjunctions, and connectors
  5. Building fluency with real-life grammar in context
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Journey 3 – Everyday Thai for everyday life

Cement your knowledge of Thai and express yourself through eloquent classroom discussions

Survival Thai

  1. Talking about travel, weather, and daily activities
  2. Suggesting, instructing, and goal-setting
  3. Handling cause-effect, conditionals, and passives
  4. Learning natural expressions via discussions
  5. Speaking confidently in real-life situations

Thai Grammar

  1. Complex sentence structures and relative clauses
  2. Expressing ability, possibility, and probability
  3. Using prefixes, classifiers, and connectors
  4. Describing emotions, hopes, and abstract ideas
  5. Perfecting grammar for fluency
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Explore 1 – Understand the writing system

Basic Thai Reading & Writing: Volume 1 – Familiarise yourself with Thai script fundamentals and unlock the code of written Thai

Thai Script Basics

  1. Learn the most common consonants and vowels
  2. Understand live syllables and how they affect tone
  3. Practice vowel placement and multi-form vowels
  4. Master the full set of Thai vowel sounds and rules
  5. Build confidence in reading Thai

Tone Rules & Marks

  1. Intro to Thai tone rules and consonant classes
  2. Learn how tone marks affect pronunciation
  3. Master low and falling tone marks
  4. High/rising tones and vowel shortening
  5. Apply tone rules to decode written Thai effectively
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Explore 2 – Understanding the writing system

Basic Thai Reading & Writing: Volume 2 – Uncover the tricks of advanced written Thai and enhance your reading & writing skills

Mastering Thai Script

  1. Review Thai characters, tone rules and vowels
  2. Identify camouflaged vowels and hidden syllables
  3. Master consonant clusters: true, pseudo, silent
  4. Recognize silent characters and unwritten vowels
  5. Practice reading with accuracy and fluency

Spelling Rules & Special Cases

  1. Decode double consonants and linking sounds
  2. Learn special rules and irregular pronunciations
  3. Read and write Thai numerals and symbols
  4. Get comfortable reading Thai in various fonts
  5. Boost reading/writing with full review
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Explore 3 – Understand the writing system

Thai Reading & Writing Comprehension – Strengthen your literacy skills with short stories and sharpen your vocabulary & grammar abilities

Reading Comprehension & Stories

  1. Practice reading through engaging short stories
  2. Discover Bangkok life & Thai culture
  3. Improve grammar through real examples
  4. Learn Thai in signs, ads, social media and more
  5. Build confidence reading longer texts in Thai

Vocabulary & Real-Life Usage

  1. Build daily-use vocabulary
  2. Understand common grammar patterns in context
  3. Learn informal vs. formal Thai expressions
  4. Boost reading skills with songs, articles, and jokes
  5. Enhance Thai literacy with story-based learning
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Connect 1 – Improve all 4 communicative skills

Insights into Thai Family and Social Customs – Take the next step towards fluency by fine-tuning your communication skills

Thai Culture & Communication

  1. How Thais talk about family and relationships
  2. Understand how age/status shape Thai speech
  3. Explore cultural values like “kreng jai” and “face”
  4. Decode personal questions and “mai bpen rai”
  5. Discover the mindset behind “sabaai-sabaai”

Fluency Through Cultural Insight

  1. Boost listening, speaking, reading, and writing
  2. Master polite speech, pronouns, and kinship terms
  3. Decode hidden meanings in Thai
  4. Learn how social norms shape communication
  5. Build fluency by connecting language with real life
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Connect 2 – Improve all 4 communicative skills

Discovering Thailand’s Regions, Beliefs, and Traditions – Taking the next step towards fluency by fine-tuning your communication skills

Thai Society & Beliefs

  1. Explore Thailand’s regions and local dialects
  2. Understand the role of Buddhism in daily life
  3. Learn about ceremonies and etiquette
  4. Discover how superstitions influence culture
  5. Dive into Thai festivals and national holidays

Fluency Through Cultural Exploration

  1. Practice all four skills through cultural themes
  2. Connect language to regional customs
  3. Expand vocab via spiritual/traditional contexts
  4. Understand unspoken rules and communication
  5. Build culturally aware Thai fluency
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Connect 3 – Improve all 4 communicative skills

Thai Protocol: Expressions, Community, and Bureaucracy – Taking the next step towards fluency by fine-tuning your communication skills

Thai Etiquette & Identity

  1. Learn Thai food culture and proper table etiquette
  2. Explore modern slang, idioms, and proverbs
  3. Discover Thai entertainment and pop culture
  4. Master formal Thai at work
  5. Gain insight into national history and Thai pride

Fluency in Real-World Contexts

  1. Power-up all four skills via cultural immersion
  2. Adapt your speech to any Thai setting
  3. Expand vocabulary with common expressions
  4. Spot cultural values in Thai language
  5. Polish fluency by mastering casual and official Thai
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